Fabio Armiliato

FABIO ARMILIATO is one of the most renowned tenors of his generation. TO ROME WITH LOVE marks his debut as a film actor.

Armiliato was born in Genoa and studied at the Niccolò Paganini conservatory in his home town. He made his official debut in 1984 as Gabriele Adorno in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. After winning the Tito Schipa competition in Lecce, his international career developed rapidly and led him to some of the greatest Opera Houses in the world.

He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House with Il Trovatore, returning later in Aida and Madame Butterfly. He has also performed in the Teatro all Scala in Milan, in the Opera de Paris, and in the San Francisco Opera. He performed Madame Butterfly in La Scala, in the Puccini Festival (Torre del Lago) and in the New National Theatre (Tokyo).

Other performances include the Great Singers of Our Time Concert (Athens), Turandot (Seville), Luisa Miller (Zurich), Force of Destiny (Vienna), Othello and Il Trovatore (Liege), Carmen (Barcelona), and Mefistofele (Monte Carlo).

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