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Ambrogio Maestri

Italian operatic baritone (born )

Ambrogio Maestri

Maestri as Falstaff, Vienna State Opera,

Born (age&#;54&#;55)

Italy

Occupationoperatic baritone

Ambrogio Maestri (born ) is an Italian operatic baritone.

Online biography for kids Kurier ; Maestri, Falstaff himself, is a miracle, now sweet, now salty, the most revealing lines of the libretto almost tossed into the air. I have always loved singing, from an early age. In other projects. EN IT.

He is especially known for his portrayal of the title character in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff.[1][2] He studied piano and singing in his home town, Pavia. In Italy he has performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Verdi in Trieste and the Arena di Verona.

Abroad he has performed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, the Royal Opera House in London, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, San Francisco Opera House, the Konzerthaus and the Staatsoper in Vienna, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and others.

He presents as a powerful, robust man on stage.

Gramophone has described him as Italy's answer to Bryn Terfel,[3] "fresh-voiced [and] emotionally sympathetic."[4]

He has been critically praised by the likes of Riccardo Muti.[5]Edward Seckerson of The Independent said of his performance as Falstaff at the Royal Opera House of London that he is "wonderfully real, animating all aspects of the text and making great play of the innate contradiction between a booming, boorish, authority and those mellifluous remnants of wily old airs and graces."[6]

One of his earliest roles was Monterone in Rigoletto, in ; he was cast by then-director Placido Domingo at the Washington National Opera.[7] In he played Rolando in La battaglia di Legnano at the Teatro di San Carlo.[8] In he played the role of Dr Dulcamara in Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore in Vienna, and at the Metropolitan Opera in September and October alongside Anna Netrebko.[9] In December he gave his th performance of Falstaff in a new production by the Metropolitan Opera in New York.[10]

He appears in complete opera streaming videos of Falstaff, L'elisir d'amore, and Adriana Lecouvreur at Met Opera on Demand.[11]

Besides his involvement in opera, he is known for his published recipes for Italian food (particularly risottos), and for his cooking videos (some of which are posted to YouTube.)[7]

Repertory

  • Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Scarpia), Gianni Schicchi, Il tabarro (Michele)[12]
  • Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
  • Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Pasquale (title role)
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
  • Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana
  • Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff, Aida, Il trovatore, La battaglia di Legnano, La forza del destino, La traviata, Nabucco, Otello, Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera

References

  1. ^"Concert review".

    Classical Source.

    Biography for 2nd graders Gramophone Publications. Retrieved 1 October In the last four years Maestri has confronted Puccini and Verismo. This stage experience in fact allows him to enhance the vehemence of his own vocal weight without losing the la linea del canto.

    Archived from the original on 14 July Retrieved 15 October

  2. ^Mackenzie, Sir Compton; Stone, Christopher (). The Gramophone. C. Mackenzie. p.&#;
  3. ^Gramophone Classical Good CD & DVD Guide.

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  9. ^Mackenzie, Sir Compton; Stone, Christopher (). The Gramophone. C. Mackenzie.

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  13. ^Muti, Riccardo (). Riccardo Muti. Rizzoli. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  14. ^"Ambrogio Maestri is Verdi's Falstaff".

    Biography for kids amelia earhart Wall Street Journal ; Il baritono italiano, nel ruolo di Falstaff vince perfino il paragone con tutti i grandi This interpretation earned him enthusiastic reviews from the international press and opened the doors of the most important opera houses in the world. Gramophone Publications. La Nazione ; Il baritono Ambrogio Maestri ha meritato i caldi consensi per il suo Tonio umano e pieno di sfumature malinconiche.

    ABC Classic FM. 24 June Archived from the original on 20 February Retrieved 1 October

  15. ^ abCooper, Michael (4 December ). "A Plus-Size Falstaff Grows into His Outsize Part". The New York Times.
  16. ^RM, rassegna musicale italiana.

    Rassegna musicale italiana. p.&#;

  17. ^"Exclusive interview with Ambrogio Maestri". Opera Focus.

    Ambrogio maestri biography for kids Everyone said that my voice was a phenomenon and that it would have been a great shame not to valorize it. He is especially known for his portrayal of the title character in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff. Res Musica ; Stupendo, poi, il canto di Ambrogio Maestri, il quale, indossando i panni di Tonio, inonda il teatro con la sua voce ampia, sonora e morbidissima, capace di bei legati e con una proiezione del registro acuto notevolissima. In a rewarding career with an abundance of roles Maestri has obviously continued to bring Falstaff to the most important stages, with Sir John becoming his true alter ego through in depth research and interpretative recitation.

    Archived from the original on 6 December Retrieved 1 October

  18. ^Tommasini, Anthony (7 December ). "An Outsize Rapscallion Let Loose on Postwar England". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June
  19. ^Met Opera on Demand.
  20. ^"Il Trittico, Bavarian State Opera, 30 Mar - April 8 , Munich, Germany | Watch Online".

    Operabase. 30 March Retrieved 25 July

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