Lorenzo Regazzo, (born in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...

) 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.See press
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/ref> Performing at the major opera and concert venues of Europe, as well as in Japan and the US, Regazzo has also been a regular guest at musical events such as the

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and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. Among the conductors he collaborated with are Simon Rattle,

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, Lorin Maazel, Colin Davis,

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, Riccardo Chailly,

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, Nikolaus Harnoncourt,

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and

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. He has made Baroque music recordings and took part in live performances with such specialists of the genre as

René Jacobs René Jacobs (born 30 October 1946) is a Belgian musician. He came to fame as a countertenor, but later in his career he became known as a conductor of baroque and classical opera. Biography Countertenor Born in Ghent, Jacobs began his music ...

, Emmanuelle Haïm,

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, Jean-Christophe Spinosi,

Fabio Biondi Fabio Biondi (born 15 March 1961) is an Italian violinist and conductor. He is a specialist in Baroque and early music. Biography Born in Palermo, Sicily, Biondi had a late start, having never even held a violin till age 11, but by the follo ...

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, and

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. Regazzo holds degrees in singing, piano, choral music, and choral conducting, and has studied voice with

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and Regina Resnik. His operatic début (in Rossini's ''L'inganno felice'') took place in 1994 at the Pesaro Festival.Official biography
on Stage Door Artists Management

Discography

His discography includes ''

Le Nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), 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 premie ...

'' (with

), which won the

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in the category of Best Opera Recording; two recitals: ''Chante Venise'' and ''Vivaldi: Arie per Basso'' (Naïve; with

) for both of which Regazzo received the "Orphée d'or" awards.

CD

Studio *''Handel: Arie per basso'', 2009 (solo recital) – Lorenzo Regazzo,

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(conductor). Label: Opus111/Naive *''La fida ninfa'', Vivaldi, 2008 (as Oralto) – Veronica Cangemi, Sandrine Piau, Marie Nicole Lemieux, Lorenzo Regazzo,

Philippe Jaroussky Philippe Jaroussky (born 13 February 1978) is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing. Unusually for a countertenor ...

, Topi Lehtipuu, Sara Mingardo, Christian Senn; Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor). Label: Opus111/Naïve *''Don Giovanni'', Mozart, 2007 (as Leporello) – Johannes Weisser, Lorenzo Regazzo, Alexandrina Pendatchanska,

Olga Pasichnyk Olga Pasichnyk (Ukrainian: Ольга Ігорівна Плиска-Пасічник lga Ihorivna Plyska-Pasichnyk Polish: Olga Pasiecznik; born 3 March 1968) is a Polish-Ukrainian classical soprano singer. She lives in Poland. Biography Born ...

, Tarver, Im, Guerzoni, Borchev;

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(conductor). Label: Harmonia Mundi *''Vivaldi: Arie per basso'', 2006 (solo recital) – Lorenzo Regazzo,

(conductor). Label: Opus111/Naive *''Orlando furioso'', Vivaldi, 2004 (as Astolfo) – Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Larmore, Veronica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Lorenzo Regazzo; Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor). Label: Opus111/Naive *''Le nozze di Figaro'', Mozart, 2004 (as Figaro) – Véronique Gens, Patrizia Ciofi, Angelika Kirchschlager, Lorenzo Regazzo, Simon Keenlyside;

(conductor),

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. Label: Harmonia Mundi *''L'Orfeo'', Monteverdi, 2004 (as Plutone) – Natalie Dessay, Ian Bostridge, Patrizia Ciofi,

Alice Coote Alice Coote OBE (born 10 May 1968) is a British lyric mezzo-soprano. Life Coote was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, the daughter of the painter Mark Coote. She was educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (though she did not ...

, Sonia Prina, Mario Luperi, Veronique Gens, Lorenzo Regazzo; Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor) Label: Virgin Veritas *''Chante Venise'', Mayr, Rossini, Buzzolla, Hahn; 2003 (solo recital) – Lorenzo Regazzo; Dimitri Romano, pianoforte. Label: Forlane *''La contadina'', Hasse, 2002, (as Don Tabarano – Lorenzo Regazzo, Graciela Oddone; Ensemble Arcadia, Attilio Cremonesi (conductor). Label: Megaphon Importservice *''La gondola'', Buzzolla, 2000 (soloist) – Lorenzo Regazzo; Dimitri Romano, pianoforte. Label: Rivo Alto *''L'inganno felice'', Rossini, 1997 (as Ormondo) – Annick Massis, Raul Gimenez, Rodney Gilfry, Pietro Spagnoli, Lorenzo Regazzo; Le Concert des Tuileries, Marc Minkowski (conductor). Label: Erato Live *''L'Italiana in Algeri'', Rossini, 2010, recorded in 2008 at

Rossini in Wildbad Rossini in Wildbad is a bel canto opera festival in Bad Wildbad, Baden-Württemberg, specialising in the lesser-known operas of Gioachino Rossini and his contemporaries. The festival commemorates a stay by Rossini at the town's spa in 1856, whic ...

Festtival (as Mustafà) – Marianna Pizzolato, Lorenzo Regazzo,

Lawrence Brownlee Lawrence Brownlee (born November 24, 1972) is an American operatic tenor particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire. Describing his voice, Speight Jenkins, general director of the Seattle Opera, said: "There are other singers that sing ...

, Bruno De Simone, Giulio Mastrototaro, Alberto Zedda (conductor). Label: Naxos *''Elena e Costantino'',

Ramón Carnicer Ramón Carnicer i Batlle (October 24, 1789 – March 17, 1855) was a Spanish composer and opera conductor, today best known for composing the National Anthem of Chile. Biography Carnicer was born in Tàrrega, Spain. He was a pupil of Francesc ...

, 2009, recorded at Teatro Real, Madrid in 2005 – Ruth Rosique, Robert McPherson, Saimir Pirgu, Lorenzo Regazzo, Mariola Cantarero, et al.; Coro y Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real, Jesús López Cobos (conductor). Label: Dynamic (CDS 619) *''Due Messe "Catanesi"'', Bellini, 2008, recorded in Pompeii 1998 – Cinzia Forte, Paoletta Marrocu, Stefano Ferrari, Lorenzo Regazzo; Accademia i Filarmonici, Maurizio Ciampi (conductor). Label: Nuova Era *''L'inganno felice'', Rossini, 2008, recorded at Wildbad Rossini Festival 2005 (as Tarabotto) – Kenneth Tarver, Corinna Mologni, Lorenzo Regazzo, Marco Vinco, Simon Bailey; Czech Chamber Soloists,.

Alberto Zedda Alberto Zedda (2 January 19286 March 2017) was an Italian conductor and musicologist whose specialty was the 19th-century Italian repertoire. Alberto Zedda was born in Milan, Italy, where he accomplished his education in music and humanities, co ...

(conductor). Label: Naxos *''Mosè in Egitto'', Rossini, 2007, recorded at Wildbad Rossini Festival 2006) (as Mosè) – Regazzo, Amou, Gierlach, Adami, Bevacqua, Trucco; Wurttemberg Philharmonic, Antonino Fogliani (conductor). Label: Naxos *''L'Orione'', Cavalli, 2001, live recording (as Filotero) – Francesc Garrigosa, Laura Polverelli, Lorenzo Regazzo,

(conductor); ''Mondo Musica'' *''Una cosa rara'', Vicente Martin Y Soler, 1999, live recording) (as Lubino) – Cinzia Forte, Luigi Petroni, Luca Dordolo, Lorenzo Regazzo; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, Giancarlo Andretta (conductor). Label: Mondo Musica *''L'inganno felice'', Rossini (1999, CD, live recording (as Batone) – Carmela Remigio, Lorenzo Regazzo, Luigi Petroni, Paolo Rumetz, Roberto Scaltriti; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, Giancarlo Andretta (conductor). Label: Mondo Musica *''La gazza ladra'', Rossini, 1998, live recording (as il Podestà) – Andrea Cortese, Enrico Cossutta, Franco Vassallo, Giovanni Andreoli; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, Giancarlo Andretta (conductor). Label: Mondo Musica Compilations *''Vivaldi, il furioso!'', 2006 – Sandrine Piau, Sara Mingardo, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky, Magdalena Kožená, Lorenzo Regazzo et al. Label: Opus111/Naive *''Le Style Classique: The First Viennese School'', 2005 – Antonio Abete, Cornelius Hauptmann, Lorenzo Regazzo, Simon Keenlyside. Label: Harmonia Mundi *''The Finest Sacred & Secular Arias from 1600 to 1800'', 2004 – Lorenzo Regazzo, Marcello Lippi, Maurice Bevan,

Nicolas Rivenq Nicolas Rivenq (born 1958) is a contemporary French baritone. Born in London, Rivenq studied music at the "École d'Art lyrique" of the Paris Opéra, as well as the Indiana University. He has participated in numerous productions of baroque ...

, Simon Keenlyside. Label Harmonia Mundi

DVD

*''Il turco in Italia'', Rossini, 2011 (as Selim) – Lorenzo Regazzo, Giulio Mastrototaro, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Francesco Morace, Daniele Zanfardino; Giovanni Battista Rigon; Orchestra del Padova e del Veneto; recorded live at Teatro Olimpico, Settimane Muicali 2009. Label: Jupiter Classics *''Il barbiere di Siviglia'', Rossini, 2009 (as Don Basilio) – Dionigi D'Ostuni, Elia Fabbian, Concetta D'Alessandro, Cuneyt Unsal, Lorenzo Regazzo; Giovanni Battista Rigon (conductor), Orchestra del Padova e del Veneto; recorded live at Teatro Olimpico, Settimane Musicali 2008 *''Le nozze di Figaro'', Mozart, 2006 (as Figaro) – Peter Mattei,

Christiane Oelze Christiane Oelze (born 9 October 1963 in Cologne) is a German operatic soprano. From 2003 to 2008, she taught singing at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. Since 2010 she taught at the Masterclass of Apeldoorn (Netherlands), since 2011 a ...

, Lorenzo Regazzo,

Christine Schäfer Christine Schäfer (born 3 March 1965) is a German operatic soprano. Biography Schäfer was born in Frankfurt. She studied from 1984 until 1991 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin, where her teachers were Ingrid Figur, Aribert Reimann and ...

, Heidi Grant Murphy; Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Label: Opus Arte *''Don Giovanni'', Mozart, 2006 (as Leporello) – Carlos Alvarez, Lorenzo Regazzo, Maria Bayo, Sonia Ganassi, Jose Bros; Víctor Pablo Pérez (conductor). Label: Opus Arte *''Maometto II'', Rossini, 2005 (as Maometto) – Lorenzo Regazzo, Carmen Giannatasio, Maxim Mironov, Annarita Gemmabella; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra,

(conductor). Label: Dynamic *''Don Giovanni'', Mozart, 1999 (as Masetto) – Alvarez, Pieczonka, Antonacci, Kirchschlager, d'Arcangelo, Schade, Regazzo, Selig;

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(conductor). Label:

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References

External links

Official Facebook PageOfficial biography, repertoire, and photo gallery
on Stage Door Artists Management
Biography and music samples
on

Naïve Records Naïve Records is a French independent record label based in Paris, specializing in electronic music, pop music, jazz and classical music. Founding and expansion It was founded in 1998 by Patrick Zelnik, former CEO of Virgin France, Gilles Paire ...

Lorenzo Regazzo

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