Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (born 14 December 1969) is an Italian

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

singer. He has been called a

bass-baritone A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three ...

, though he prefers the term basso cantabile.

Career

A native of

Pescara Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ...

, Abruzzo, D'Arcangelo began his studies in 1985 at the conservatory of Luisa D'Annunzio in Pescara, under Maria Vittoria Romano, honing his skills under Paride Venturi in

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

. From 1989 to 1991 he sang at the Concorso Internazionale Toti Dal Monte at

Treviso Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 87.322 inhabitants (as of December 2024). Some 3,000 live within the Venetian wall ...

, debuting in

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

's ''

Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...

'' and ''

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; full title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legen ...

''. He has performed under conductors such as

Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharm ...

Valery Gergiev Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (, ; ; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conducting, conductor and opera company director. He is currently general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre and of the Bolshoi Theatre and artistic director o ...

Christopher Hogwood Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (10 September 194124 September 2014) was an English Conducting, conductor, harpsichordist, and Musicology, musicologist. Founder of the early music ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music, he was an authority on h ...

Georg Solti Sir Georg Solti ( , ; born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt, and London, and as a long-servi ...

Bernard Haitink Bernard Johan Herman Haitink (; 4 March 1929 – 21 October 2021) was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the principal conductor of several international orchestras, beginning with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1961. He moved to Lond ...

Riccardo Muti Riccardo Muti (; born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He is current music director of the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the ...

James Conlon James Conlon (born March 18, 1950) is an American conductor. He is currently the music director of Los Angeles Opera and principal conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Early years Conlon grew up in a family of five children on Che ...

John Eliot Gardiner Sir John Eliot Gardiner (born 20 April 1943) is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, especially the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of 2000, performing Church cantata (Bach), Bach's church ...

, Riccardo Chailly,

Myung-Whun Chung Myung-whun Chung (; born 22 January 1953) is a South Korean conductor and pianist. Career Performer Chung studied piano with Maria Curcio and won joint second-prize in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition. He performed in the Chun ...

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, known for his historically informed performances. He specialized in music of the Baroque period, but later extended his repertoire to include Classical ...

and

Seiji Ozawa was a Japanese conductor known internationally for his work as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and especially the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), where he served from 1973 for 29 years. After cond ...

. He has sung at

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in Milan, at the

Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center), Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred ...

in New York, at the

Royal Opera House Covent Garden The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. The ROH is the main home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orch ...

in London, at the Opéra National (Bastille) in Paris, at the

Lyric Opera of Chicago Lyric Opera of Chicago is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in Chicago in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox (Chicago opera), Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, w ...

, at the

Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera (, ) is a historic opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by ...

in Vienna, at the

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, at

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in California, at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and at the

Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival () is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer, for five weeks starting in late July, in Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's operas are a focus of ...

. D'Arcangelo released solo albums of

Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

arias in September 2009 and

arias in April 2011 from

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

. D'Arcangelo was named an Austrian

Kammersänger Kammersänger (male; ) or Kammersängerin (female; ), abbreviated Ks. or KS, is a German Title of honor, honorific title for distinguished singers of opera and classical music. It literally means "chamber singer". Historically, the title was besto ...

in December 2014.

Repertoire

Recordings

Audio

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, recei ...

: '' Messa da Requiem'', released 19 November 2013, C Major, DVD & Blu-ray: 814337011482,

Gustavo Dudamel Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez (born 26 January 1981) is a Venezuelan conductor. He is currently the music director of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is scheduled to become the Music and Artistic ...

conductor. * Bellini: ''

La sonnambula ''La sonnambula'' (; ''The Sleepwalker'') is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the ''bel canto'' tradition by Vincenzo Bellini set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ''ballet-pantomime'' written by Eu ...

'', released 24 February 2009, L'Oiseau-Lyre 001238302, conductor Alessandro De Marchi. * Bellini: ''

I puritani ' (''The Puritans'') is an 1835 opera by Vincenzo Bellini. It was originally written in two acts and changed to three acts before the premiere on the advice of Gioachino Rossini, with whom the young composer had become friends. The music was set ...

'', released 11 October 2010, Decca DVD 00044007433515, conductor Michele Mariotti * Bizet: ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'' released 28 October 2008, Decca 001216709, conductor

Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Early life Pappano was born in Epping, Esse ...

. *

Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian Romantic composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the ''bel canto'' opera ...

: ''

L'elisir d'amore ''L'elisir d'amore'' (; ''The Elixir of Love'') is a (comic melodrama, opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's (1831). ...

'', released 16 January 2007, Virgin Classics 63352, conductor . * Donizetti: aria ''Egli è spento'', from '' Belisario'', in ''Bel Canto Portrait/Nelly Miricioiu'', released 14 August 2001, Opera Rara 217, conductor David Parry. * Donizetti: aria ''Addio'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper.Biography of the artist on the website of the "Opera Rara" label
* Donizetti: aria ''Addio brunetta, son già lontano'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. * Donizetti: aria ''Malvina, la bella'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. *

: Arie italiane per basso, released 1 September 2009, Deutsche Grammophon 000289 477 8361 9, conductor Federico Maria Sardelli. *

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

: '' L'anima del filosofo ossia Orfeo ed Euridice'', released 2 November 1997, L'oiseau-Lyre 452668, conductor Christopher Hogwood. * Mercadante: aria ''La preghiera'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. *

: Mozart arias – d'Arcangelo, Orchestra del Teatro Regio, released 29 April 2011, Deutsche Grammophon 000289 477 9297 0, conductor

Gianandrea Noseda Gianandrea Noseda (born 23 April 1964) is an Italian conductor. He is currently the music director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C.; general music director (''Generalmusikdirektor)'' of Zurich Opera; principal guest condu ...

. * Mozart: ''

'', released 18 July 1995, Archiv Produktion (Deutsche Grammophon) 445870, conductor sir John Eliot Gardiner. * Mozart: ''Don Giovanni'', released 11 August 1998, Deutsche Grammophon 457601, conductor Claudio Abbado. * Mozart: ''Don Giovanni'', released 13 February 2007, Deutsche Grammophon 000817509 and Decca DVD 000838309, conductor

Daniel Harding Daniel John Harding (born 31 August 1975) is a British conductor and airplane pilot. Biography Harding was born in Oxford. He studied trumpet at Chetham's School of Music and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra at age 13. At age 17, ...

. * Mozart: ''Don Giovanni'', released 20 November 2007, TDK 2103003, conductor Riccardo Muti. * Mozart: ''

Le nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna ...

'', released 13 February 2007, Deutsche Grammophon 000987602 and 000987502, DVD 000817509 and 000879909, conductor

. * Mozart: ''Le nozze di Figaro'', released 3 July 1995, Deutsche Grammophon 445903, conductor Claudio Abbado. * Pacini: aria ''Come nube che leggera'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. * Pacini: aria ''Ecco alfin'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. * Pacini: aria ''Il paggio'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. *

Puccini Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, s ...

: ''

La bohème ''La bohème'' ( , ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '':wikt:quadro, quadri'', ''wikt:tableau, tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto b ...

'' released 14 September 1999, Decca 466070 and 470624, conductor Riccardo Chailly. ** Puccini: aria "O Mimì, tu più non torni", conductor Riccardo Chailly in ''La Bohème – The Dream Cast'', released 12 November 2002, Decca 472619. * Puccini: ''

Tosca ''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...

'', released 6 May 2003, Decca 000017112, conductor

Zubin Mehta Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor :wikt:emeritus, emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta's father ...

. *

Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano p ...

: ''

Armida Armida is the fictional character of a Saracen sorceress, created by the Italian late Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso. Description In Tasso's epic '' Jerusalem Delivered'' (), Rinaldo is a fierce and determined warrior who is also honorabl ...

'', released 4 October 1994, Sony 58968, conductor Daniele Gatti. * Rossini: '' Bianca e Falliero'', released 11 December 2001, Opera Rara 20, conductor David Parry. ** Rossini: aria ''Cielo, il mio labbro inspira'' from ''Bianca e Falliero'', conductor David Parry in ''Sogno talor'', released 9 September 2003, Opera Rara 225. * Rossini: ''

Otello ''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's play ''Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the La Scala, Teatro alla Scala, M ...

'', released 8 February 2000, Opera Rara 18, conductor David Parry. ** Rossini: aria ''"Che smania! ahimè! che affanno... L'error d'un infelice" from ''Otello, conductor David Parry, in ''Tyrants and Lovers'', released 13 August 2002, Opera Rara 221. * Rossini: ''

Semiramide ''Semiramide'' () is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on Voltaire's tragedy ''Sémiramis (tragedy), Semiramis'', which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Assyria. The opera was first ...

'', released 25 July 2006, Nightingale Classics 207013, conductor . * Rossini: '' Stabat Mater'', released 1 November 2010, EMI Classics 5099964052922, conductor

. *

: '' I Lombardi alla prima crociata'', released 16 September 1997, Decca 455287, conductor

James Levine James Lawrence Levine ( ; June 23, 1943 – March 9, 2021) was an American conductor and pianist. He was music director of the Metropolitan Opera from 1976 to 2016. He was terminated from all his positions and affiliations with the Met on March ...

. * Verdi: '' Messa da Requiem'', released 27 March 2001, Philips 468079 and DVD 000157119, conductor

. * Verdi: ''Messa da Requiem'', released 30 August 2005, RCA Victor red seal 61244, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt. * Verdi: ''

'', released 11 October 1994, Deutsche Grammophon 439805, conductor Myung-Whun Chung. ** Verdi: aria "Niun mi tema" from ''Otello'', conductor Myung-Whun Chung in ''Bravo Domingo!'', released 15 September 1998, Deutsche Grammophon 000719102 (re-released as ''Truly Domingo'', 10 October 2006, same catalogue number). * Verdi: ''

Rigoletto ''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had c ...

'', released 20 October 1998, Deutsche Grammophon 447064, conductor James Levine. * Giuseppe Verdi: '' Il trovatore'', released 17 September 2002, EMI Classics 57360, conductor Antonio Pappano. *

Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

: '' Bajazet'','' The Opera Quarterly'' 21.3 (2005) 563–566. released 10 May 2005, Virgin Classics 45676 45676, conductor Fabio Biondi. ** Vivaldi: aria "Nasce rosa lusinghiera" from ''Bajazet'', conductor Fabio Biondi in ''Best 100 Vivaldi'', released 12 February 2008, EMI Classics 10358.

Video

* ''Tancredi'' (

Schwetzingen Festival The Schwetzingen Festival (German: Schwetzinger Festspiele, now Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele) is an early summer festival of opera and other classical music presented each year from May to early June in Schwetzingen, Germany. In 1952, the broadca ...

) * ''L'elisir d'amore'' (

Wiener Staatsoper The Vienna State Opera (, ) is a historic opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by ...

) * ''Don Giovanni'' (

Salzburger Festspiele The Salzburg Festival () is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer, for five weeks starting in late July, in Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's operas are a focus of ...

) * ''Le nozze di Figaro'' (

) * ''Carmen'' (

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. The ROH is the main home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orch ...

) * ''I Puritani'' (

Teatro Comunale di Bologna The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house in Bologna, Italy. Typically, it presents eight operas with six performances during its November to April season. While there had been various theatres presenting opera in Bologna since the early ...

) * ''Anna Bolena '' (

) * ''Verdi Requiem'' (

Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. The orchestra holds a regular concert season from October until June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from ...

) * ''L’elisir d’amore'' (Baden-Baden Festspielhaus) * ''Don Giovanni'' ( Macerata Opera Festival) * ''Don Giovanni'' (

)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando 1969 births Living people Italian opera singers People from Pescara Operatic bass-baritones Italian basses Österreichischer Kammersänger Deutsche Grammophon artists