Roberto Frontali is being regarded as one of the leading Verdian baritones of his generation. He made his operatic debut at the Teatro dell´Opera in Rome in Spontini´s Agnese di Hohenstaufen. Throughout his career, he has conquered a vast repertoire singing works by various composers such as Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini and for the past few years, he has been devoting his time to Verdi roles, those include Don Carlo, Falstaff, Ernani, Trovatore, Traviata, Simon Boccanegra, Ballo in Maschera, Luisa Miller, Attila, Vespri Siciliani and Rigoletto.
Roberto Frontali Italian baritone
In the early nineties, he made his debuts at the Metropolitan Opera and at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, singing Bellini´s Beatrice di Tenda. One of his signature roles has been Figaro in Barbiere di Seviglia. He has performed the role in Ferrara (under Abbado), Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Rome, Genova, La Scala in Milan, Vienna, Tokyo, Nice, the Met and Covent Garden. He began this season with Don Carlo in Vienna and Torino followed by Lucia di Lammermoor at La Scala ; and Trovatore in Parma.
He recently starred in the title roles in a new production of Simon Boccanegra at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.Two news debuts in 2007 as Nabucco in Ancona and Stankar in Stiffelio for his eagerly-awaited return to Covent Garden. The season 2007 will continue with Count di Luna in Madrid, Renato in Ballo in Maschera in Florence, Rodrigo in Don Carlo in Dresden and Simone in Bologna. In 2008 he sang in Torino(Rigoletto),in Genoa and Dresda(Trovatore). He will come back to La Fenice in Venice(Barber) and to Cagliari(Onieghin).
Back to the Met of New York with Rigoletto and Michonnet in 2009. Recently he has been Nabucco and Simone in Palermo. On July 2010 he made two new debuts: Jack Rance at the San Francisco Opera with maestro Luisotti and Don Carlo di Vargas at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with maestro Metha. he was Rigoletto again under the baton of maestro Chung at the Fenice of Venice.
New debuts in 2011, he was Scarpia and Amonasro under the baton of maestro Daniel Oren. This year he is Falstaff(title role) in Lausanne, production of Arnaud Bernard, Alfio in Cavalleria with James Conlon, Nabucco in Bilbao, Scarpia in San Francisco with Nicola Luisotti. New debut with Michele and Schicchi in Puccini’s Trittico.
Again with Maestro Luisotti eh makes is debut in Otello in Naples San Carlo Opera House and in 2015 under the baton or Maestro Gatti he is Macbeth in Paris Champs Ellisees and Golaud in Pelleas and Melisande of Gounod in the 78 Maggio Musicale of Florence.
Metropolitan Opera
| Met Performance] CID:310550 L’Elisir d’Amore {196} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/14/1992 Debut: Roberto Frontali |
| [Met Performance] CID:310590 L’Elisir d’Amore {197} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/18/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:310630 L’Elisir d’Amore {198} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/21/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:310660 L’Elisir d’Amore {199} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/25/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:310690 L’Elisir d’Amore {200} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/28/1992 |
| [Met Performance] CID:316170 Lucia di Lammermoor {502} New York, Queens, Cunningham Park; 06/8/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:316190 Lucia di Lammermoor {503} New York, Staten Island, Gateway-NRA, Great Kills Park; 06/11/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:316200 Lucia di Lammermoor {504} New York, Manhattan, Central Park, Great Lawn; 06/14/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:316220 Lucia di Lammermoor {505} New York, Bronx, Pelham Bay Park; 06/17/1994 |
| [Met Performance] CID:319380 La Traviata {786} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:319420 La Traviata {787} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:319470 La Traviata {788} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/22/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:319500 La Traviata {789} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/25/1995 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:319560 La Traviata {790} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/2/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:319590 La Bohème {1016} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/4/1995 Debut: Patricia Racette |
| [Met Performance] CID:319620 La Bohème {1017} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/8/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:319660 La Bohème {1018} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/11/1995 Debut: Nuccia Focile |
| [Met Performance] CID:319690 La Bohème {1019} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/14/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:319730 La Bohème {1020} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/18/1995 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:322430 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {473} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/13/1995 Debut: Claudio Desderi |
| [Met Performance] CID:322470 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {474} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322500 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {475} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/20/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322530 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {476} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322560 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {477} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/27/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322590 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {478} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/30/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326240 La Traviata {809} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/23/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326270 La Traviata {810} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/26/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326300 La Traviata {811} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/29/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326340 La Traviata {812} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/2/1996 Debut: Maurizio Barbacini |
| [Met Performance] CID:326370 La Traviata {813} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/5/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326420 La Traviata {814} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/9/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327030 La Traviata {816} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/10/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327080 La Traviata {817} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/1997 |
| [Met Performance] CID:327120 La Traviata {818} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/18/1997 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:331207 New Production Lucia di Lammermoor {508} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/7/1998 Debut: Vinicio Cheli |
| [Met Performance] CID:331219 Lucia di Lammermoor {509} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331231 Lucia di Lammermoor {510} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/15/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331240 Lucia di Lammermoor {511} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/18/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331249 Lucia di Lammermoor {512} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/21/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332006 Lucia di Lammermoor {525} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/29/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332015 Lucia di Lammermoor {526} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/2/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332024 Lucia di Lammermoor {527} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/5/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332039 Lucia di Lammermoor {528} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/9/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:332048 Lucia di Lammermoor {529} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333225 New Production Il Trovatore {572} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/7/2000 Debuts: David Lowe, John Shelhart, Matthew Richardson |
| [Met Performance] CID:333237 Il Trovatore {573} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333249 Il Trovatore {574} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/15/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333267 Il Trovatore {575} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/21/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333279 Il Trovatore {576} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/26/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333288 Il Trovatore {577} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/29/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333300 Il Trovatore {578} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/2/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333315 Il Trovatore {579} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/6/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333321 Il Trovatore {580} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/9/2001 Debut: Francisco Casanova |
| [Met Performance] CID:333333 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Il Trovatore {581} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/13/2001 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350163 Luisa Miller {78} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/14/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350164 Luisa Miller {79} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/18/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350165 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Luisa Miller {80} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/23/2002 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350521 Il Trovatore {596} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350525 Il Trovatore {597} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/15/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350533 Il Trovatore {598} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350539 Il Trovatore {599} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/2003 |
[Met Performance] CID:351296  Falstaff {168} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/23/2005 Debut: Peter Bronder |
| [Met Performance] CID:351299 Falstaff {169} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/26/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351305 Falstaff {170} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/01/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351307 Falstaff {171} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/04/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351316 Falstaff {172} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/12/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351320 Falstaff {173} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/15/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351323 Falstaff {174} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/19/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351327 Falstaff {175} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/22/2005 |
[Met Performance] CID:352828  Rigoletto {816} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/24/2009 Debuts: Riccardo Frizza, Grazia Doronzio, Viktoria Vizin |
[Met Performance] CID:352856  Adriana Lecouvreur {67} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/06/2009 Debut: Brian Frutiger Broadcast/Streamed Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:352863 Adriana Lecouvreur {68} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352869 Adriana Lecouvreur {69} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/2009 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352879 Adriana Lecouvreur {70} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/2009 |
[Met Performance] CID:352889  Adriana Lecouvreur {71} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352895 Adriana Lecouvreur {72} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/25/2009 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:352907 Adriana Lecouvreur {73} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/28/2009 |
[Met Performance] CID:352980  Rigoletto {822} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/01/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352985 Rigoletto {823} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/04/2009 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352997 Rigoletto {824} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/09/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353009 Rigoletto {825} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356064 Tosca {938} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/16/2015 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356073 Tosca {939} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/21/2015 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356893 Madama Butterfly {876} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/22/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356898 Madama Butterfly {877} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/26/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356903 Madama Butterfly {878} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/03/2018 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356908 Madama Butterfly {879} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/08/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356917 Madama Butterfly {881} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357110 Aida {1170} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/07/2019 Debuts: Kristin Lewis, Kevin Ray, Min-Tzu Li, Brian Gephart |
| [Met Performance] CID:357114 Aida {1171} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/11/2019 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357117 Aida {1172} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/2019 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357161 Aida {1173} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/18/2019 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357147 Rigoletto {886} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/2019 Debut: Ramona Zaharia Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:357152 Rigoletto {887} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/16/2019 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357154 Rigoletto {888} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/19/2019 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357157 Rigoletto {889} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/2019 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:357163 Rigoletto {890} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/01/2019 Debut: Olivia Vote |
| [Met Performance] CID:357170 Rigoletto {891} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/06/2019 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357174 Rigoletto {892} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/09/2019 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357179 Rigoletto {893} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/15/2019 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357185 Rigoletto {894} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/2019 |
