Danilo Formaggia

Born in Milan, he studied piano and singing and attended master classes with Alfredo Kraus and Magda Olivero. After his operatic debut in 1996, his international career began with regular appearances at prestigious opera houses and festivals including the Teatro alla Scala, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Massimo "V. Bellini" di Catania, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Teatro Petruzelli di Bari, Opernhaus in Leipzig, Opéra de Montecarlo, Sydney Opera House, Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden, Edinburgh Festival, Royal Danish Theatre, International Music Festival in Český Krumlov, Festival de Radio France in Montpellier, and Rossini in Wildbad.

He has worked with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Colin Davis, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Donato Renzetti, Nello Santi, Claudio Scimne, Yuri Abramovich Bashmet, and directors such as Dmitri Bertman, Robert Carsen, Giancarlo Corbelli, Filippo Crivelli, Lindsay Kemp, Denis Krief, Franco Zeffirelli and Graham Vick, Franco Ripa di Meana, Karl-Ernst and Ursel Herrmann, and Isabella Bywater.

His repertoire includes works by Piccinni, Paisiello, Rossini, Donizetti, Beethoven, Bellini, Mercadante, Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Giordano, Cagnoni, R. Strauss, Mahler, Krenek and Stravinsky. His repertoire also includes several national and international premieres of contemporary operas.