MANRICO TEDESCHI (tenor)

Canadian tenor Manrico Tedeschi studied in Italy with Arrigo Pola (Pavarotti’s teacher) and Franco Corelli. After performing many roles in numerous opera houses in Europe, maestro Riccardo Muti asked him to sing CANIO in I Pagliacci at La Scala. After this success, Mr. Tedeschi performed RADAMÈS in Aïda at the Teatro Verdi in Padova, TURIDDU in Cavalleria Rusticana with the Bern Opera (Switzerland), DON JOSÉ in Carmen at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, at the Teatro Giglio in Lucca, at the Teatro Sociale in Mantova and on tour with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. He was also invited to sing GUGLIELMO RATCLIFF at the Mascagni Festival in Livorno. More recently, he created the role of NANNI in La Lupa, by Marco Turtino, at the Teatro Massimo in Palerma. Mr. Tedeschi also sung SAMSON in Samson et Dalila at theTeatro Felice in Genoa, CAVARADOSSI in Tosca, both with the Opera Lyra (Ottawa, Canada) and with the Opera Ireland, MAURIZIO in Adriana Lecouvreur at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania and CAVARADOSSI in Tosca in a Japanese tour with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Upcoming projects for Mr. Tedeschi include performances of VISCARDO in Il Giuramento by Mercadante at the Festival Wexford (UK) in October 2002, both TURIDDU and CANIO with the New Jersey State Opera, in February 2003, as well as OTELLO with the Opera Tampa Guild, Florida, in April 2003.