Antonino Giacobbe
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Antonino Giacobbe
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Born in Soverato, Antonino Giacobbe graduated in opera singing from the "S. Giacomantonio" Conservatory in Cosenza and earned a master's degree in Languages ​​for International Cooperation from the University of Catania. He has studied with artists such as Renato Bruson, Salvatore Fisichella, Eva Mei, Fiorenza Cedolins, and others. He has won several important international opera competitions: the "Fausto Ricci" International Opera Competition (2023), the "L. Mancinelli" International Competition (2022 and 2023), and Second Prize at the "Scuola dell'Opera Italiana" International Opera Competition (2021). He quickly began performing in many important Italian and international theaters, including: the Verdi Theater in Trieste, the Cagliari Opera Theater, the Marrucino Theater in Chieti, the Giglio Theater in Lucca, the Municipal Theater of Benevento, the Puccini Theater in Torre del Lago, the Alfieri Theater in Asti, the Coliseum of Porto Ageas, the Ancient Theater of Taormina, the Mancinelli Theater in Orvieto, the Rendano Theater in Cosenza, the Teatro dell'Unione in Viterbo, the Turin Philharmonic Academy, the Ateneu Theater in Bacau, the Friends of the Loggione, the Teatro alla Scala, the Oppède Festival, the Théâtre Le Majestic, the Olympia Theater in Valencia, and the Gran Teatro. Falla in Cadiz, Théâtre Jean-Dechamps in Carcassonne, Auditorium Heydar Aliyev in Baku, etc. He has collaborated with conductors such as Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Enrico Calesso, Francesco Cilluffo, Cyril Diederich, Ivan Fischer, Rico Saccani, Valerio Galli, Alberto Veronesi, Vittorio Parisi, etc. and directors such as: P.L.Pizzi, Grischa Asagaroff, Fabio Ceresa, Davide Garattini Raimondi, Pier Francesco Maestrini, Massimo Pizzi Gasparon, Mario Pontiggia, etc. His repertoire includes the roles of: Giorgio Germont (La Traviata), Figaro (The Barber of Seville), Marcello, Schaunard, Benoit and Alcindoro (La bohème), Don Giovanni and Masetto (Don Giovanni), Belcore (The Elixir of Love), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Le Dancaire (Carmen), Sacristan (Tosca), Betto di Signa (Gianni Schicchi), A Mandarin (Turandot), Dositheus and the Oracle (Nero). His discography includes Boito's Nerone (released on DVD and Blu-ray by Dynamic) from the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari. His concert performances also include Brahms's Requiem at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari. His recent and upcoming engagements include: Madama Butterfly (Sharpless) at the Teatro Natura in Oira, directed by Renato Bonajuto; La Traviata (Germont) in Oppède-le-Vieux; Carmen (Dancairo) at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, conducted by Beatrice Venezi and directed by Filippo Tonon; and Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Emilio) at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, conducted by Valerio Galli and directed by Damiano Michieletto.
He is lover of cinema and visual arts