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Roberto Saccà One of the leading lyric tenors. He is of Italo-German extraction and accomplished his big breakthrough in 1995 in Haydn's "Orfeo ed Euridice" under the direction of Mo. Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Vienna Festival. Since then, Roberto Saccà has been a much sought-after singer in all the major operatic theatres of the world. The core of his career is formed around the operas of Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi, such as Tamino in "Die Zauberflöte", Ferrando in "Così fan tutte" and Alfredo in "La Traviata". Mr. Saccà grew up in Germany and studied voice in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Initial engagements first took him to Würzburg and Wiesbaden. From 1993 to 2003, he was on the roster at the Zurich Opera House, where, among other assignments, he sang the principal role in the world première of Herbert Willi's "Schlafes Bruder". After the opening concert of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice with Mo. Riccardo Muti in 2003 he was the Alfredo («La Traviata»)in November 2004 in the opening night of the Teatro La Fenice under Mo. Lorin Maazel. His latest successes were «Rigoletto» in Torino, «La Traviata» in Tokyo, «Intermezzo» in Zurich and «Roberto Devereux» in Munich. Being a well requested Mozart-Tenor Roberto Saccà interpreted during the Mozart-celebrations of 2006 in Barcelona («Idomeneo»), Dallas («Die Zauberflöte»), Venice and at the Salisburg Festival («Lucio Silla»), Torino («Entführung») and Vienna («Così fan tutte»). Furthermore he was the Dämon in Henze's «L'Upupa» in Hamburg and debuted as Bacchus («Ariadne auf Naxos») and Florestan («Fidelio») in Zurich. Season 2006/07: Henzes L'UPUPA an der Staatsoper Hamburg, debut as Bacchus/ARIADNE AUF NAXOS at the Opera Zurich, new production of CLEMENZA DI TITO at the state opera Berlin, DAPHNE at the Vienna state opera, Schumann's FAUSTSZENEN at the opera Zurich. Season 2007/08: cocerts of Beethoven's 9th symphony under Mo. Dohnanyi in London, debut ROBERTO DEVEREUX at the state opera Munich, ROSENKAVALIER/Sänger in Japan touring with the state opera Dresden, RIGOLETTO/Duca at the Teatro Regio Turino, concerts of Haydn's SCHÖPFUNG under Mo. Adam Fischer, new productions of INTERMEZZO at opera Zurich and MANON (Massenet) at the opera Marseille (debut), LA TRAVIATA at the New National Theatre Tokyo. Season 2008/09: debut as Florestan/FIDELIO at the opera Zurich under M° Haitink, followed by GRIECHISCHE PASSION/Manolius at Zurich, new production of ARIADNE AUF NAXOS and DAPHNE at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and ARIADNE AUF NAXOS at the opera Zurich. Season 2009/10: debut PETER GRIMES at the opera Düsseldorf, debut as Kaiser in Strauss' FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN at the opera Zurich and in Prokofiew's THE GAMBLER at the Royal Opera House London, followed by DER FERNE KLANG/Fritz at opera Zurich and Mieczyslaw Weinberg's DIE PASSAGIERIN/Walter at the Bregenz Festival. At the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome debut as tenor in MISSA SOLEMNIS under M° Pappano. Further concerts are: Verdi's REQUIEM under M° Kout in Prague and ARIADNE at the Richard-Strauss-Festival in Garmisch. Roberto Saccà recorded on DVD "La Traviata" under Mo. L. Maazel, "Cosí fan tutte" and "Don Giovanni" both under Mo. N. Harnoncourt, "Gianni Schicchi" under Mo. S. Ozawa, "Messiah" under Mo. H. Rilling and several CD's including a solo CD with arias from Donizetti to Verdi. |