Gabriele Viviani

Baritone Gabriele Viviani studied with Graziano Polidori and has built a distinguished international career at some of the world’s leading opera houses. He has appeared at venues including Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Canadian Opera, San Francisco Opera, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro La Fenice, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro di San Carlo, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Opéra Bastille, Vienna State Opera, Royal Opera House, Deutsche Oper, Hamburg State Opera and Staatsoper Berlin. His extensive repertoire includes roles such as Renato in Un ballo in maschera, Simon Boccanegra, Giovanni lo Sciancato in Francesca da Rimini, Scarpia in Tosca, Tonio in Pagliacci, Nabucco, Carlo Gérard in Andrea Chénier and Rodrigo in Don Carlo. In recent seasons he has sung L’elisir d’amore at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and Opéra Bastille, Tosca at the Royal Opera House, ABAO Bilbao Opera, Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Teatro di San Carlo, La fanciulla del West at Teatro Regio di Torino and Nabucco at Opéra de Lausanne and the Savonlinna Opera Festival. He has worked with conductors including Nicola Luisotti, Daniele Rustioni, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Oren and Riccardo Muti.