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Curriculum Vitae and repertoire: Costantino Finucci
Bass
Personal Information and Contacts
Date and Place of Birth: Salerno, 08/04/1980
Based in: Montalcino (SI), Italy
Education
Diploma with Honours at the Conservatorio "G. Martucci" of Salerno (M° Claudio Di Segni)
Advanced Training
Accademia
Chigiana, TLS Spoleto, AsLiCo, Scuola dell'Opera Italiana.
(M°:
Renato Bruson, Leo Nucci, Brigitte Fassbaender, Raina Kabaivanska,
Barbara Frittoli, Alfonso Antoniozzi).
Voice Competitions and Awards
2005: Winner (3rd Prize) – 59° Concorso Teatro Lirico Sperimentale "A. Belli", Spoleto.
2006: 3rd Prize – Concorso Lirico Internazionale "Rocca delle Macìe", Castellina in Chianti.
2007: 2nd Prize – Concorso Lirico Internazionale "Tito Schipa", Lecce.
2007: 4th Prize – Concorso Internazionale "Mattia Battistini", Rieti.
2008: 1st Prize (Ford – Falstaff) – 59° Concorso AsLiCo.
2009: 3rd Prize and Audience Prize – 26° Concorso Internazionale "Maria Caniglia", Sulmona.
2011: First Prize (Belcore – L'elisir d'amore) – Concorso Lirico Internazionale "Tito Schipa", Lecce.
2011: Special Prize "Ettore Bastianini" – Concorso Internazionale "Benvenuto Franci", Pienza.
SELECTED OPERATIC ENGAGEMENT
KEY ROLES IN REPERTOIRE (BASS)
Deduted on stage:
G. Rossini: Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
G. Verdi: Wurm (Luisa Miller)
G. Verdi: Ferrando (Il Trovatore)
G. Puccini: Colline (La Bohème)
G. Bizet: Zuniga (Carmen)
A. Cagnoni: Re Lear (Re Lear– World Premiere & Dynamic CD Recording)
W. A. Gluck / R. Strauss: Thoas (Iphigénie en Tauride)
R. Strauss: Jokanaan (Salomé – French Version)
U. Giordano: Roucher (Andrea Chenier)
R. Zandonai: Ostasio (Francesca da Rimini)
Selected Engagements (2026 – 2016)
May 2026: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Rossini) - Fiorello. Teatro Verdi di Salerno (2 performances). Cond. Daniel Oren, Dir. Riccardo Canessa.
July 2025: La Traviata (G. Verdi) – Marchese D'Obigny. Reggia di Caserta (2 performances). Cond. Daniel Oren, Dir. Riccardo Canessa.
February – April 2025: Tosca (G. Puccini) – Sciarrone. Teatro alla Scala di Milano (10 performances). Cond. Michele Gamba, Dir. Davide Livermore.
December 2024: La Traviata (G. Verdi) – Marchese D'Obigny. Teatro Verdi di Salerno (2 performances). Cond. Daniel Oren, Dir. G. Vaccari.
April 2024: La Bohème (G. Puccini) – Schaunard. Teatro Aurora, Gozo, Malta (1 performance). Cond. Colin Attard Dir. Enrico Castiglione.
January 2024: Manon Lescaut (G. Puccini) – Un Comandante di Marina. Teatro Comunale di Bologna (5 performances). Cond. Oksana Lyniv Dir. Leo Muscato.
2021 – 2023: Macbeth (G. Verdi) – First Apparition / Herald. Teatro alla Scala (12 performances - Season Opening, December 7th). Cond. Riccardo Chailly / Giampaolo Bisanti, Dir. Davide Livermore.
September – October 2022: Fedora (U. Giordano) – Lorek. Teatro alla Scala (7 performances). Cond. Marco Armiliato, Dir. Mario Martone.
December 2022: Turandot (G. Puccini) – Ping. Teatro Verdi di Salerno (2 performances). Cond. Daniel Oren, Dir. Riccardo Canessa.
May – July 2022: Rigoletto (G. Verdi) – Marullo. Teatro alla Scala (8 performances). Cond. Michele Gamba, Dir. Mario Martone.
March – May 2022: Un Ballo in Maschera (G. Verdi) – First Judge. Teatro alla Scala (7 performances). Cond. Nicola Luisotti / Giampaolo Bisanti, Dir. Marco Arturo Marelli.
February – March 2022: Adriana Lecouvreur (F. Cilea) – Quinault. Teatro alla Scala (7 performances). Cond. Giampaolo Bisanti, Dir. David McVicar.
August – October 2021: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Rossini) – Fiorello / Officer. Teatro alla Scala (6 performances). Cond. Riccardo Chailly, Dir. Leo Muscato.
November – December 2019: Carmen (G. Bizet) – Morales. Teatro Regio di Torino (11 performances). Cond. Giacomo Sagripanti, Dir. Stephen Medcalf.
2017 – 2019: La Traviata (G. Verdi) – Barone Douphol. Teatro alla Scala (19 performances). Cond. Nello Santi / M.W. Chung / M. Armiliato, Dir. Liliana Cavani.
May 2019: La Bohème (G. Puccini) – Marcello. Teatro Rossini in Civitanova Marche. Cond. Alfredo Sorichetti, Dir. Josè Medina.
September 2018: Carmen (G. Bizet) – Zuniga. Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (Bangkok Tour - 2 performances). Cond. Zubin Mehta, Dir. Daniele Finzi Pasca.
May 2018: Salome (R. Strauss) – First Soldier. Teatro Filarmonico di Verona (4 performances). Cond. Michael Balke, Dir. Marina Bianchi.
March – May 2018: Francesca da Rimini (R. Zandonai) – Ostasio. Teatro alla Scala (7 performances). Cond. Fabio Luisi, Dir. David Pountney.
2017 – 2018: Andrea Chénier (U. Giordano) – Fleville. Teatro alla Scala (8 performances - Season Opening, December 7th). Cond. Riccardo Chailly, Dir. Mario Martone.
May – June 2017: Manon Lescaut (G. Puccini) – Un Comandante di Marina. Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (6 performances). Cond. Daniel Oren, Dir. Davide Livermore.
2016 – 2017: Madama Butterfly (G. Puccini) – Yamadori. Teatro alla Scala (8 performances - Season Opening, December 7th). Cond. Riccardo Chailly, Dir. Alvis Hermanis.
June – July 2016: La Bohème (G. Puccini) – Marcello. Japan Tour (including Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo - 13 performances total). Cond. Carlo Palleschi, Dir. Giulio Bongiovanni.
March – May 2016: La Fanciulla del West (G. Puccini) – Bello. Teatro alla Scala (8 performances). Cond. Riccardo Chailly, Dir. Robert Carsen.
Selected Engagements (2005 – 2015)
June – October 2015: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Rossini) – Don Basilio. Tour: Savona (Priamar), Bologna, Modena, Sondrio (6 performances).
November 2014: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Rossini) – Don Basilio. Teatro Rendano di Cosenza (2 performances).
December 2013 – April 2014: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Rossini) – Don Basilio. ASLICO Pocket Opera (13 performances).
October – December 2013: I Vespri Siciliani (G. Verdi) – Roberto. Reggio Emilia, Modena, Piacenza (6 performances).
September – October 2013: Luisa Miller (G. Verdi) – Wurm. Teatro Municipale di Piacenza (1 performance).
February 2012: L'elisir d'amore (G. Donizetti) – Belcore. Teatro Politeama Greco di Lecce (2 performances).
2011 – 2012: Falstaff (G. Verdi) – Ford. Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck (13 performances).
September – October 2012: La Traviata (G. Verdi) – Giorgio Germont. TLS Spoleto and Umbria Tour (7 performances).
2010 – 2011: Andrea Chénier (Roucher - 12 performances) and Cenerentola (Dandini - 11 performances). Innsbruck.
September 2010: La Bohème (G. Puccini) – Marcello. Teatro Borgatti di Cento.
November 2009: L'elisir d'amore (G. Donizetti) – Belcore. Teatro Titano di San Marino (2 performances).
July – August 2009: Re Lear (A. Cagnoni) – Re Lear. Festival della Valle d'itria (2 performances - World Premiere).
July – August 2009 Ifighenie auf Tauris (Gluck- Strauss) - Thoas Festival della valle D'Itria" (2 performances).
October – December 2008: Falstaff (G. Verdi) – Ford. Circuito Lombardo (Pavia, Brescia, Como, Cremona - 8 performances).
July – August 2008 Pelagio (S. Mercadante) - Pelagio" Festival della Valle d'itria (2 performances – First CD Recording).
February – March 2008: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Paisiello) – Figaro. Fondazione Petruzzelli di Bari and Corfu (2 performances).
September 2007: Il Trovatore (G. Verdi) – Il Conte di Luna. TLS Spoleto (2 performances).
July 2007: Salomè (R. Strauss) – Jokanaan. Valle d'itria (2 performances).
September 2005 – October 2006: Lucia di Lammermoor (G. Donizetti) – Enrico Ashton. Spoleto and Umbria (8 performances).
2005 – 2006: La Bohème (G. Puccini) – Marcello / Schaunard. Spoleto (8 performances total).
Solo Concert Activity with Orchestra (Selected)
October 2024: Tosca (Un carceriere) – Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome. 3 performances and Deutsche Grammophon CD recording. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
April 2024: Soloist with OFI Orchestra – 60th Anniversary Amici della Lirica, Piacenza. Conductor: M° Fabrizio Cassi.
September 2020: La Traviata (Barone Douphol) – Teatro alla Scala (5 concert performances) . Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
January 2011: New Year's Concert – Fondazione Teatro Borgatti di Cento (Soloist).
January 2010: Solo Recital – Ass. musicale Maria Caniglia, Teatro "Maria Caniglia" di Sulmona.
July 2008: Expo 2008 Zaragoza (Spain) – Soloist.
February 2008: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (Russia) – Soloist for TLS Spoleto.
April 2006: China Tour (TLS Spoleto) – Puccini Messa di Gloria (Puccini) at the Forbidden City (Beijing) and Shenyang.
June 2003 Soloist Bass in Dixit Dominus - Vincenzo Fiodo. Cond. M° Virginio Profeta
Discography and Video
DVD Teatro alla Scala:
Andrea Chénier (2017, C Major)
Madama Butterfly (2016, Decca)
La Fanciulla del West (2016, Decca)
CD Dynamic:
Re Lear (Cagnoni, 2010)
Pelagio (Mercadante, 2010)
Salome (Strauss, 2008)
CD Deutsche Grammophon:
Tosca (Santa Cecilia, 2024)