Marco Spotti
Bass
Born in Parma, after a degree at Conservatorio Arrigo Boito, he gave his professional stage debut in Un Ballo in Maschera at Teatro Regio in Parma.
Further engagements brought him to prestigious houses like the Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera Covent Garden London, the Theatre Champs Elysees, the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam, the Bavarian State Opera Munich, the Opera Rome, the Teatro La Fenice, the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires and the Grand Theatre Geneva.
He regularly worked with conductors like Riccardo Muti, Nello Santi, Daniele Gatti, James Conlon, Riccardo Chailly, Daniel Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, Gianandrea Noseda, Myung-Whung Chung, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Ottavio Dantone and Antonio Pappano.
His broad repertoire includes roles like Il Re & Ramfis/Aida, Fiesco/Simon Boccanegra, Inquisitore/Don Carlo, Wurm/Luisa Miller, Sparafucile/Rigoletto, Procida/I Vespri Siciliani, Loredano/I Due Foscari, Timur/Turandot, Walther/Guillaume Tell, Enrico VIII/Anna Bolena, Alvise/La Gioconda, Papa Clemente VII/Benvenuto Cellini and Basilio/Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
Highlights of the last seasons include: Timur/Turandot, Wurm/Luisa Miller and Ferrando/Trovatore at Teatro dell Opera in Rome, Il gran Inquisitore/Don Carlo in Valencia, Papa Clemente VII/Benvenuto Cellini at Opera National de Paris, as well as Walther/Guillaume Tell at Teatro Massimo Palermo, Federico Barbarossa/La Battiglia Di Lignano at Maggio Musicale Firenze and Alvise Badoero/La Gioconda at Grange Park Opera. Furthermore, he was Fernand/Les Trouvère at Verdi Festival in Parma and he gave his debut in the title role of MEPHISTOFELE in Tokio. In addition, he was Ferrando/Il Trovatore in Bologna and at the Opera di Roma, Wurm/Luisa Miller at Teatro Liceu Barcelona, ATTILA at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and Don Basilio/Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Inquisitore/Don Carlo at the New National Theatre in Tokio.
Future projects include Cappelio/I Capuleti e Montecchi at Teatro Massimo Palermo, La Vestale in Theassaloniki and Rigoletto at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.