Lorenzo Regazzo

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Lorenzo Regazzo, born in Venice, Italy, is an opera singer. His voice can be categorised as bass, bass-baritone or basso cantante. He is especially well-known for interpreting Baroque, Classical, and bel canto repertoire. Among the qualities frequently noted by the critical press are his virtuosic coloratura technique, sumptuous tone, and vivid stage presence.

Enthusiastically received at the major opera and concert venues of Europe, as well as in Japan and the USA, Regazzo has also been a regular guest at musical events such as the Salzburg Festival and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. Among the conductors he collaborated with are Simon Rattle, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Colin Davis, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Daniele Gatti, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jesús López-Cobos and Marcello Viotti. He has made Baroque music recordings with such specialists of the genre as René Jacobs, Emmanuelle Haim, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Claudio Scimone, and Andrea Marcon.

Regazzo holds degrees in singing, piano, choral music, and choral conducting, and has studied voice with Sesto Bruscantini and Regina Resnik. His operatic début (in Rossini's L'inganno felice) took place in 1994 at the Pesaro Festival.

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His discography includes Le Nozze di Figaro (with René Jacobs), which won the Grammy Award in the category of Best Opera Recording; two recitals: Chante Venise and Arie per Basso (Naïve; with Rinaldo Alessandrini) for both of which Regazzo received the "Orphée d’or" awards.

  • Mosè in Egitto, Rossini (2007, CD, live recording) as Mosè.
    cast: Regazzo, Amou, Gierlach, Adami, Bevacqua, Trucco; Wurttemberg Philharmonic, dir. Antonio Fogliani (Wildbad Rossini Festival 2006); Naxos
  • Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart (2006, DVD) as Figaro.
    cast: Peter Mattei, Christiane Oelze, Lorenzo Regazzo, Christine Schäfer, Heidi Grant Murphy; dir. Sylvain Cambreling; Opus Arte
  • Don Giovanni, Mozart (2006, DVD) as Leporello.
    cast: Carlos Alvarez, Lorenzo Regazzo, Maria Bayo, Sonia Ganassi, Jose Bros; dir. Víctor Pablo Pérez, Opus Arte
  • La clemenza di Tito, Mozart (2006, DVD) as Publio.
    cast: Susan Graham, Christophe Pregardien, Catherine Naglestad, Hannah Esther Minutillo, Lorenzo Regazzo, dir. Sylvain Cambreling, Paris Opera; Opus Arte
  • Maometto II, Rossini (2005, DVD) as Maometto.
    cast: Lorenzo Regazzo, Carmen Giannatasio, Maxim Mironov, Annarita Gemmabella; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, dir. Claudio Scimone; Dynamic
  • Orlando furioso, Vivaldi (2004, CD) as Astolfo.
    cast: Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Larmore, Veronica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Lorenzo Regazzo; Ensemble Matheus, dir. Jean-Christophe Spinosi; Opus111
  • L'Orfeo, Monteverdi (2004, CD) as Plutone.
    cast: Natalie Dessay, Ian Bostridge, Patrizia Ciofi, Alice Coote, Sonia Prina, Mario Luperi, Veronique Gens, Lorenzo Regazzo; Le Concert d'Astree, dir. Emmanuelle Haïm; Virgin Veritas
  • Chante Venise, Mayr, Rossini, Buzzolla, Hahn (2003, CD) solo recital. Lorenzo Regazzo; Dimitri Romano, pianoforte; Forlane
  • La contadina, Hasse (2002, CD) as Don Tabarano.
    cast: Lorenzo Regazzo, Graciela Oddone; Ensemble Arcadia, dir. Attilio Cremonesi, Megaphon Importservice
  • L'Orione, Cavalli (2001, CD, live recording) as Filotero.
    cast: Francesc Garrigosa, Laura Polverelli, Lorenzo Regazzo, dir. Andrea Marcon; Mondo Musica
  • La gondola, Buzzolla (2000, CD) solo recital. Lorenzo Regazzo; Dimitri Romano, pianoforte; Rivo Alto
  • Don Giovanni, Mozart (1999, DVD) as Masetto.
    cast: Alvarez, Pieczonka, Antonacci, Kirchschlager, d'Arcangelo, Schade, Regazzo, Selig; Vienna Philharmonic, dir. Riccardo Muti; TDK
  • Una cosa rara, Vicente Martin Y Soler (1999, CD, live recording) as Lubino.
    cast: Cinzia Forte, Luigi Petroni, Luca Dordolo, Lorenzo Regazzo; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, dir. Giancarlo Andretta; Mondo Musica
  • L'inganno felice, Rossini (1999, CD, live recording) as Batone.
    cast: Carmela Remigio, Lorenzo Regazzo, Luigi Petroni, Paolo Rumetz, Roberto Scaltriti; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, dir. Giancarlo Andretta; Mondo Musica
  • La gazza ladra, Rossini (1998, CD, live recording) as il Podestà.
    cast: Andrea Cortese, Enrico Cossutta, Franco Vassallo, Giovanni Andreoli; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, dir. Giancarlo Andretta; Mondo Musica
  • L'inganno felice, Rossini (1997, CD) as Ormondo.
    cast: Annick Massis, Raul Gimenez, Rodney Gilfry, Pietro Spagnoli, Lorenzo Regazzo; Le Concert des Tuileries, dir. Marc Minkowski; Erato

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