Tenor Matteo Macchioni, who was born in Sassuolo (Modena, Italy), will appear as Ramiro in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” at Klagenfurt City Theatre in the 2024/25 season – following his debut at the Arena di Verona as Pong in Puccini’s “Turandot” and as Frontino in Rossini’s “L’equivoco stravagante” at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro in summer 2024.
In 2024, Matteo Macchioni sang his first German-speaking role, Monostatos in “The Magic Flute” at the Verona Opera House, where he had last sung in “Le nozze di Figaro”. He was also heard this year as Spoletta in “Tosca” at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Daniel Harding and as Don Ramiro in “La Cenerentola” at the Olympia Theatre Maria Callas in Athens.
In recent seasons he has appeared as Ferrando in ‘Così fan tutte’ (Royal Danish Opera House Copenhagen), Don Ottavio in ‘Don Giovanni’ (Freiburg Theatre and Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza), Don Ramiro in ‘La Cenerentola’ (Welsh National Opera Cardiff, Leipzig Opera, Royal Danish Opera House Copenhagen, Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino), Almaviva in ‘Il barbiere di Siviglia’ (Semperoper Dresden, Royal Danish Opera House Copenhagen, Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa, Teatro Verdi in Padua, Teatro Bicentenario León-Mexico), Conte Alberto in ‘L’occasione fa il ladro’ (Tiroler Festspiele Erl), Ruodi in Rossini’s ‘Guillaume Tell’ (Tiroler Festspiele Erl), Aronne in ‘Mosè in Egitto’ (Bregenz Festival), Isacco in ‘La gazza ladra’ (Teatro alla Scala di Milano under Riccardo Chailly) and as Ernesto in ‘Don Pasquale’ (Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa), or Monsieur le Bross in Donizetti’s ‘Olivo e Pasquale’ (Bergamo).
He has been a regular guest at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro since his participation in the Rossini Academy under Alberto Zedda, including in “Adina”, “La gazza ladra” and “Il viaggio a Reims”.
The young tenor was able to expand his repertoire at an early stage, including in Salerno as Nemorino in “L’elisir d’amore” under Daniel Oren, as Don Basilio in “Le nozze di Figaro” at the Carlo Felice in Genoa as well as in Como, Brescia, Cremona and Pavia, as Red Whiskers and Squeak in Britten’s “Billy Budd”, as Goro in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in Genoa or as Abate di Chazeuil (“Adriana Lecouvreur”) in Como, Pavia, Cremona and Sassari.
In 2008, Matteo Macchioni was the youngest tenor ever to reach the final of the Pavarotti Competition. Carlo Bergonzi heard him there and supported him on his further path. In 2012, he was also a finalist at the Toti dal Monte International Singing Competition.
After his success in the Italian casting show “Amici di Maria De Filippi” and other TV appearances, he was soon offered various TV shows, including a programme entitled “Mozart a modo mio” in 2012, followed by “Wagner a modo mio”, which became very popular.
Matteo Macchioni received his first music lessons at a very early age. After completing his piano studies, he devoted himself entirely to singing.
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08/2024
