Piero Pretti

Piero Pretti started his artistic career with a long European tournée in 2006, performing in La bohème as Rodolfo. Following this, he interpreted Alfredo in La traviata at Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi and at Teatro Comunale in Treviso, the title role in Poliuto in Sassari, Manrico in Il trovatore in Ravenna, and Achille in Iphigénie en Aulide staged at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome and conducted by Riccardo Muti.

The 2011 and 2012 seasons marked a decisive turning point in his career as a tenor, with performances in: I vespri siciliani, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor and La traviata at Teatro Regio in Turin, I vespri siciliani at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, a concert of Verdi arias conducted by Riccardo Muti for the Ravenna Festival, Verdi Requiem in Kazan, Luisa Miller, Rigoletto and Un ballo in maschera at Teatro alla Scala in Milan and at Teatro Regio in Parma, I due Foscari at Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Madama Butterfly at New Zealand Opera in Auckland, Il trovatore for NTR Zaterdag Matinee in Amsterdam, La traviata at La Fenice, Rigoletto at Teatro Regio in Turin, and Rossini Stabat Mater and Verdi Requiem conducted by Gianandrea Noseda in Tokyo. His 2014 season opened with Lucia di Lammermoor at Teatro alla Scala, followed by: Rigoletto and La traviata at Wiener Staatsoper, Rigoletto at Bayerische Staatsoper in Münich, Royal Opera House in London and at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, I vespri siciliani at Teatro Real in Madrid, Nabucco at Les Chorégies d’Orange, Rossini Stabat Mater at Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, and Lucia di Lammermoor for Fondazione Arena at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona. Subsequent engagements over the following years included Madama Butterfly in Bilbao and Wien, Lucia di Lammermoor at Hamburgische Staatsoper, Muscat, Turin and Paris, La traviata at La Fenice and at Teatro Regio in Turin, Nabucco at Arena di Verona, Madama Butterfly in Munich, Paris and Berlin, Rigoletto at Teatro Real in Madrid and at La Scala, La bohème at Wiener Staatsoper, La donna serpente in Turin, Il trovatore in Macerata, Rigoletto in Rome and Naples, Anna Bolena in Milan, Macbeth in Turin and Edinburgh, Il trovatore in Frankfurt, Un ballo in maschera in Wien and Paris, La bohème in Madrid, and Lucia di Lammermoor in Trieste, Il pirata in Milan, Il trovatore in Florence, Seville and Madrid, Rigoletto, Nabucco and Lucia di Lammermoor in Münich, Madama Butterfly in Zürich, Werther in Venice, and Aida in Paris.

Since 2020,Piero Pretti’s calendar has included other significant milestones, the most note worthy being his participation in the Donizetti Requiem at the Monumental Cemetery in Bergamo to commemorate victims of Covid, Ariadne auf Naxos at Festival della Valle d’Itria, Ernani at Festival Verdi in Parma and Il trovatore at La Fenice. Four Verdi operas stand out in his 2021 season: La Traviata at the Teatro di San Carlo, Il Trovatore at Opera di Roma, Un ballo in maschera at Parma Festival Verdi and Rigoletto at Teatro del Maggio in Florence. More Verdi followed in 2022, with I vespri siciliani at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Rigoletto at La Scala, Simon Boccanegra at Parma Festival Verdi, and Requiem with Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi. That same year he performed in Norma conducted by Michele Mariotti at the Concertgebouw.

His recent engagements include: I vespri siciliani at the Teatro alla Scala and Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Ernani at La Fenice and Palau de Les Arts in Valencia, I lombardi alla prima crociata with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Madama Butterfly at the Arena di Verona and at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Rigoletto in Caracalla, La Traviata at La Fenice, Don Carlo in Piacenza, I vespri siciliani (Gala Concert) conducted by Riccardo Frizza to celebrate the 50th anniversary of  Teatro Regio in Turin, Un ballo in maschera at Teatro Regio in Turin, Mefistofele at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Tosca at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Turandot at Opernhaus Zürich and Der Rosenkavalier at Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

During this season: Il Trovatore at Palau de les Arts in Valencia and at Tiroler Erl Festspiele, Don Carlo e Un ballo in maschera at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Rigoletto at Teatro Regio in Turin and Staatsoper Hamburg, Carmen at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and at Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville.