Salvatore Salvaggio, is an Italian bass baritone  who made his debut at the age of 20 in the role of Gaspare in the "Rita" by G. Donizetti, directed by Giovanni Folli, conductor of the Maestro Fabio Pirona. Numerous debuts will follow, including in the "Viaggio a Reims" by G. Rossini directed by Emilio Sagi, conductor Pietro Rizzo at the XXIII ° "Rossini Opera Festival" of Pesaro; Geronimo in the “Matrimonio Segreto” of D. Cimarosa, directed by Italo Nunziata conductor of the Maestro Michael Guttler, for the Teatro "La Fenice" in Venice; Don Magnifico in the Cenerentola by G. Rossini under the direction of Simona Marchini, conductor Maestro Alessandro Pinzauti at the G. Verdi Theater in Pisa, Teatro del Giglio in Lucca at the Goldoni Theater in Livorno and at the Teatro Comunale di Todi. Is protagonist in the Scoiattolo in Gamba of Nino Rota and Cantori di Brema by Gaetano Panariello at the Teatro Rendano of Cosenza. Benoit and Alcindoro in the Boheme by G. Puccini directed by Luciano Pavarotti conductor M ° Janos Acs. The Sacristan in the Tosca by G. Puccini directed by Ivan Stefanutti, conductor of the Maestro Matteo Salvemini at the Rimini Auditorium. Dulcamara in Elisir d'amore by G. Donizetti directed by Franco Zappalà conductor Maestro Michele De Luca at the F. Zappalà Theater in Palermo. The Baron of Trombonok in the “Viaggio a Reims” by G. Rossini, directed by Rosetta Cucchi, conductor M ° Darrel Ang, for the A. Toscanini Foundation of Parma at the Teatro Comunale of Piacenza and at the Lugo Opera Festival and at the G. Verdi Theater in Busseto at the Teatro Alfieri di Asti directed by Maestro Aldo Sisillo. It He was Don Annibale Pistacchio in the Doorbell by G. Donizetti, directed by Jean Luis Grinda conductor, Maestro Fabrizio M. Carminati at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theater, soon after he was recalled for the role of Don Bartolo in Rossini's Barbiere di Siviglia directed by Damiano Michieletto, conductor M ° Alessandro Agostini. Abroad, he distinguishes himself from the Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama (Japan), in the roles of Geronimo in the “Matrimonio Segreto” of D. Cimarosa and Don Bartolo in the Nozze di Figaro by W.A.Mozart directed by Michael Hampe conductor M ° Daisuke Murananka. 

 

From 2011 he has performed Uberto in Pergolesi's Serva Padrona for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theater (February 11) Pluto in Monteverdi Orfeo at the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg - Russia (May 11) Nonacourt in the Rota’s Cappello di Paglia di Firenze for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theater (July 11) directed by Andrea Cigni conductor by M° Sergio Alapont - Concerts tour in Japan (Sep / Nov 2011).

Don Abbondio in the Promessi Sposi by Pippo Flora and Michele Guardì (Italian tour from December 11 to April 12); Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti at the Pirandello Theater in Agrigento in the role of title and direction (April 2012),  a concert in the Opera  Theater of St Petersburg (May 12); 

 

Concert "Verdi & Friends" Tsuda Hall in Tokyo and presentation of the album "Salvatore Salvaggio The Art of the Basso Buffo" published by AMR Classics (April 13); Apollo and Dafne of G.F. Handel in the title role and direction at the Mito Opera Festival in the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento (September 13).

He was again Nonancourt in the Cappello di Paglia di Firenze by N. Rota directed by S. Alapont directed by A. Cigni at the Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland (October-November 13) and at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conductor A. Battistoni directed by A. Cigni (December 13) obtaining great appreciation from the international critics. Geronimo in the Matrimonio Segreto of D. Cimarosa, directed by Italo Nunziata conductor M ° Julian Kovatchev, at the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca (February 2014) and at the Dante Alighieri Theater of Ravenna (March 2014). Simone in Gianni Schicchi by G. Puccini directed by R. Catalano and the conductor by Maestro Sergio Alapont at the Orizzonti Festival of Chiusi (Si) (August 2014). Leporello in the Don Giovanni of W.A. Mozart conductor Maestro Massimiliano Caldi at the Mozart Festival in Gdańsk - Poland (August 2014). Don Abbondio in the Promessi Sposi - Opera Moderna by Michele Guardì and Pippo Flora tour 2015/2016 in the most prestigious theaters in Italy. In February 2016 he was engaged in a concert tour in Japan in the cities of Tokyo and Nagano. Debut in the role of Schaunard in the Boheme by G. Puccini at the Teatro VIttorio Emanuele di Messina conductor Maestro Marco Alibrando, directed by Giorgio Bongiovanni (March-April 2016). In the role of Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti at the Orfeo Theater Taranto and Teatro Duni di Matera conductor Maestro Damiano Binetti directed by Marco Aliverta (April 2016). Debut in the role of Don Basilio in the Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini at the Cadogan Hall in London conductor by Maestro Gaetano Lo Coco (September 2016) and then returned to the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in the Boheme by G. Puccini conducted by Maestro Daniel Oren and Maestro Francesco Ivan Ciampa directed by Lorenzo Mariani. Recently he was Don Magnifico in the Cenerentola by G. Rossini at the Victoria Eugenia Theater in San Sebastian -Spain (May 2017) directed by Maestro Eduardo Portal directed by Paolo Panizza and at the Gayarre Theater of Pamplona - Spain (October 2017) conducted by Maestro Nicola Valentini for the direction of Curro Carreres. He was in the title role of Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti at the Rzeszow Philharmonic Theater in Poland conducted by Maestro Damiano Binetti directed by Alena Pešková (September 2017 and April 2018); At the Opera Theater of Cagliari he played the role of Don Nibbio in the musical Ape of L. Da Ponte directed by Maestro Alessandro Palumbo directed by Davide Garattini (July 2017) and Don Bartolo in the Nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart directed by M ° Stefano Montanari directed by Jonathan Miller (September-October 2017). Recently he was Don Magnifico in the Cenerentola by G. Rossini at the Politeama Greco Theater in Lecce at the Nuovo Teatro G. Verdi in Brindisi and at the Teatro Curci of Barletta (May2018) conductor M° Salvatore Percacciolo and directed by Paolo Panizza.

Tour concert in China 2018/2019- He was in the title role of Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti at the Teatro Filarmonico for Arena di Verona (Feb 2019 – mar 2019) conducted by Alvise Casellati and directed by Antonio Albanese.– Bartolo in Barber of Seville G. Rossini at Rzeszow Philharmonic Theater in Poland conducted by Maestro Damiano Binetti (Jun 2019) – Geronimo in Matrimonio Segreto D. Cimarosa conducted by Alessandro Bonato and directed by Morgan and Dulcamara in Elisir d'amore by G. Donizetti conducted by Ola Rudner and directed by Pier Francesco Maestrini at the Teatro Filarmonico for Arena di Verona (oct-nov 2019).

Tour concerts in China 2019/2020 , Japan  and Malta (jan 2020). Taddeo in Italian in Algeri by G. Rossini directed by Francesco Ommasini and directed by Stefano Vizioli (February / March 2020).

He recently made his successful debut as G. Puccini's Gianni Schicchi in Norway at Stavanger Konserthus (September 2021).

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