Biagio Pizzuti

Biagio Pizzuti Baritone

Biography

Having graduated in piano and singing from the G. Martucci Conservatory in Salerno, Biagio Pizzuti continued his training with Rolando Panerai, Renato Bruson and Alessandro Corbelli, as well as at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

He has won first prizes at the As.Li.Co competition, the Spoleto International Competition and the Toti Dal Monte Competition. Recent highlights include Filippo (Beatrice di Tenda) at the Valle d’Itria Festival; Ping (Turandot) at La Scala in Milan and the Verona Arena; Lelio Chinguetta (Il Parlatore Eterno) at the Verona Arena; Prosdocimo (Il Turco in Italia) and Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) at the Royal Opera of Wallonia; Malatesta (Don Pasquale) and Lescaut (Manon Lescaut) at the Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari; Leporello (Don Giovanni) at the Teatro Municipale in Reggio Emilia; Belcore (L’Elisir d’amore) at the Glyndebourne Festival; Count Gil (Il segreto di Susanna) at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari; Marcello and Schaunard (La Bohème) at the Gstaad Festival, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Rome Opera, the Teatro Regio in Turin and the Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari; Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte) at the Norwegian National Opera; and Nottingham (Roberto Devereux) at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna.