Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo made his Royal Opera debut in 2010 as Des Grieux (Manon). He has since returned to sing the title role in Faust, Alfredo Germont (La traviata). The Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Rodolfo (La bohème) and Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) for The Royal Opera.
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Vittorio Grigolo Italian tenor 1977-
Vittorio Grigolo was born in Arezzo and raised in Rome, where he sang as a soloist with the Sistine Chapel Choir. He made his operatic debut as the Shepherd Boy (Tosca) for Rome Opera and went on to study with Danilo Rigosa. At the age of 23 he became the youngest tenor to perform at La Scala, Milan. Since then he has sung at many of the world’s leading opera houses, in repertory including Hoffmann (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Werther, Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Roméo.
Sony
Grigolo is a recording artist for Sony, with whom he has made several award-winning solo albums. He has also appeared as Alfredo in a televised broadcast of La traviata from Zürich’s main railway station. And as the Duke of Mantua in a worldwide live television broadcast of Rigoletto from Mantua. Opposite Plácido Domingo in the title role.
Italy announces a formidable return to the opera stage with the young Italian tenor, Vittorio Grigòlo. His exceptional vocal and dramatic talents have been widely praised by the world’s press. Vittorio’s 2010 debut at London’s Royal Opera House Covent Garden as Des Grieux in Manon. Was described
as” the most sensational debut to be heard at Covent Garden for some time. He’s got everything the role demands – a voice that flows, terrific looks, an instinctive sense of theatre”. The Guardian
Arezzo
Born in Arezzo, Tuscany and raised in Rome, Vittorio was only four when he discovered his passion for music; a few years later he was made a soloist in the Sistine Chapel choir. Having made his debut as the Shepherd in Tosca at the age of thirteen. He began his vocal training in earnest, and at twenty-three became the youngest tenor ever to perform at La Scala, Milan. Within a few years, he was appearing around the world under the batons of Riccardo Chailly, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta. Riccardo Muti, Myung-Whun Chung, Gustavo Dudamel and Antonio Pappano.
Current season
Events in the current season include his debut at the Paris Opera in Lucia di Lammermoor in Fall 2013. Performances at La Scala, Milan, La Boheme in Vienna and New York and the release of his new album “Ave Maria” on Sony Classical. Drawing inspiration from his childhood singing in the legendary Sistine Chapel Choir in the Vatican. Vittorio now brings together an intimate collection of uplifting and beautiful spiritual songs, together with the very choir that shaped his musical beginnings.
Repertoire
He has a repertoire that includes some 24 operas from amongst others, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Gounod, Massenet, Offenbach, Bernstein and the sacred works of Rossini. As one of the leading tenors of his generation, he now performs in the world’s most prestigious opera houses including La Scala, Milan, The Royal Opera House, London, The Metropolitan Opera, New York, Washington National Opera, Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Opernhaus Zurich, Palau de Les Arts Valencia, and Chorégies D’Orange to name just a few.
Recent operatic appearances include the lead roles in Faust, Roméo et Juliette, Manon, Don Carlo andLes Contes d’Hoffmann, along with La Bohème, Lucrezia Borgia, La Traviata, Gianni Schicchi, Lucia di Lammermoor, Il Corsaro, and Rigoletto.
Conserts
He brings the same energy to his live concert performances as he does to his operatic roles. In 2008 he was invited to sing before an audience of over 40,000 at an event organized in Chicago as a tribute to the late Luciano Pavarotti. In 2010 Vittorio collaborated with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a special gala concert performance of Rigoletto in Tel Aviv and at the beginning of 2011 and 2012 he gave a tour of concerts in Germany and Switzerland performing arias and songs from his albums.
With a gold and platinum-selling debut album, a Grammy-nominated recording of Bernstein’s West Side Story and his album “The Italian Tenor” (Sony Classical) reaching the number one position in the US Billboard Classical Album chart, Vittorio is already established as a successful recording artist. In 2011 Sony Classical also released “Arrivederci” his personal selection of the most beloved Italian songs and opera arias ever written for the tenor voice.
Television
In addition, Vittorio has successfully moved across into television media with both his 2008 performance of Alfredo in La Traviata, broadcast live from Zurich’s main train station and Andrea Andermann’s 2010 highly acclaimed, worldwide live broadcast of Rigoletto from Mantua where Vittorio performed the leading tenor role of The Duke of Mantua alongside Plácido Domingo’s portrayal of Rigoletto.
Awards
Vittorio has been honored with awards that include the “European Border Breakers award” for his first solo album “In the Hands of love” (Polydor) and France’s 2010 Diapason” Decouverte de L’Année” (Discovery of the Year) award in recognition of his album “The Italian Tenor”. Also, “Best Tenor “category in L’Opera Magazine’s 2011 Opera awards, for his performance as “Des Grieux” in Manon at London’s Royal Opera House (2010) and the prestigious ECHO Klassik Newcomer of the year award in 2011.
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Metropolitan Opera
[Met Performance] CID:353598  La Bohème {1218} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/16/2010 Debuts: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Vittorio Grigolo, Fabio Capitanucci, Takesha Meshé Kizart Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353604 La Bohème {1219} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/20/2010 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:353670 La Bohème {1220} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/23/2010 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353606 La Bohème {1221} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/28/2010 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353614 La Bohème {1222} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/01/2010 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353618 La Bohème {1223} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/05/2010 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354961 Rigoletto {850} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/2013 Debut: Enrico Giuseppe Iori, Wallis Giunta |
| [Met Performance] CID:354962 Rigoletto {851} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/16/2013 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:354972 Rigoletto {852} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/20/2013 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354981 Rigoletto {853} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/24/2013 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:354986 Rigoletto {854} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/27/2013 |
| [Met Performance] CID:354995 Rigoletto {855} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/01/2013 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:355348 Vittorio Grigolo in Recital Metropolitan Opera House; 03/09/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355378 La Bohème {1251} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/19/2014 Debuts: Anita Hartig, Jennifer Rowley, Nicolas Testé |
| [Met Performance] CID:355385 La Bohème {1252} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/22/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355393 La Bohème {1253} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355400 La Bohème {1254} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/29/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355410 La Bohème {1255} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/02/2014 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:355416  La Bohème {1256} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/05/2014 HD Transmission/Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:355426 La Bohème {1257} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/10/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355430 La Bohème {1258} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355443 La Bohème {1259} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/18/2014 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355740 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {257} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/12/2015 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:355750 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {258} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/16/2015 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355762 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {259} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/22/2015 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355772 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {260} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/27/2015 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:355763 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {261} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/31/2015 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:355793 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {262} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/05/2015 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355861 Manon {267} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/09/2015 Debut: Mireille Asselin Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:355868 Manon {268} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/2015 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355878 Manon {269} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/17/2015 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355885 Manon {270} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/21/2015 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:355891 Manon {271} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/25/2015 |
| [Met Performance] CID:355898 Manon {272} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/2015 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356365 L’Elisir d’Amore {285} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/10/2016 Debut: Enrique Mazzola Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356376 L’Elisir d’Amore {286} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/14/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356387 L’Elisir d’Amore {287} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/19/2016 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356397 L’Elisir d’Amore {288} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/23/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356402 L’Elisir d’Amore {289} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356854 L’Elisir d’Amore {290} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/30/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356408 L’Elisir d’Amore {290} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/30/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356582 New production Roméo et Juliette {330} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2016 Debuts: Chase Brock, Diego Silva Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356586 Roméo et Juliette {331} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/04/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356591 Roméo et Juliette {332} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/07/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356593 Roméo et Juliette {333} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/10/2017 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356603 Roméo et Juliette {334} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356597 Roméo et Juliette {335} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/2017 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356608 Roméo et Juliette {336} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/21/2017 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356601 Roméo et Juliette {337} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/25/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356613 Roméo et Juliette {338} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356631 Werther {82} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/16/2017 Debuts: Sarah Larsen, Louis Bailey, Carolina De Salvo, Henry T. Balaban Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356635 Werther {83} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/20/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356638 Werther {84} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/2017 Debut: Veronica Simeoni |
| [Met Performance] CID:356642 Werther {85} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/27/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356649 Werther {86} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/04/2017 Broadcast |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:356718 50 YEARS AT LINCOLN CENTER: A GALA CELEBRATION Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2017 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356746 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {269} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/26/2017 Debut: Tara Erraught Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356740 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {270} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/30/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356749 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {271} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/04/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356753 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {272} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/07/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356758 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {273} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356766 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {275} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/21/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356770 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {276} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/24/2017 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356805 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {277} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/28/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356774 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {277} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/28/2017 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356838 New production Tosca {951} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2017 Debuts: Christian Zaremba, Davida Dayle Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356840 Tosca {952} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/03/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356844 Tosca {953} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/06/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356846 Tosca {954} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/09/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356849 Tosca {955} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/12/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356853 Tosca {956} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/15/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356857 Tosca {957} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/18/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356862 Tosca {958} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/23/2018 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356866 Tosca {959} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/27/2018 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356922 Lucia di Lammermoor {600} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/22/2018 Debut: Deborah Nansteel Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356926 Lucia di Lammermoor {601} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356930 Lucia di Lammermoor {602} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/30/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356935 Lucia di Lammermoor {603} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/03/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356940 Lucia di Lammermoor {604} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/07/2018 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356955 Lucia di Lammermoor {605} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/11/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356945 Lucia di Lammermoor {606} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356999 La Bohème {1321} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/25/2018 Debuts:James Gaffigan, Nicole Car, Etienne Dupuis Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:357002 La Bohème {1322} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/29/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357008 La Bohème {1323} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357012 La Bohème {1324} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/06/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357015 La Bohème {1325} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/10/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357020 La Bohème {1326} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/2018 |
| [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 |
