The Romantic Hero / Vittorio Grigolo

Bizet: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Gounod: L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Va! je t'ai pardonné (from Roméo et Juliette) Salut tombeau (from Roméo & Juliette) Halévy: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (from La Juive) Massenet: Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther) Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) Meyerbeer: Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) Offenbach: O Dieu, de quelle ivresse (from Les contes d'Hoffmann)

Established as one of the world’s leading Italian tenors, an integral vehicle in Vittorio’s operatic trajectory has been French opera. His extraordinary international breakthrough came in the role of Des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon alongside Anna Netrebko at the Royal Opera House in 2010. He astounded the audience and critics: ‘The birth of a star’ - EVENING STANDARD ‘The most sensational debut to be heard at Covent Garden for some time’ - THE GUARDIAN The following year critics applauded his return to the Royal Opera House London to sing the title role in Faust alongside a stellar cast including Angela Gheorghiu, René Pape and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. His previous professional appearances in key French repertoire also include performances as Romeo in Romeo & Juliette at both La Scala and Los Angeles Opera (both in 2011) and the title role in Zürich Opera House’s production of Les Contes d’Hoffmann that same year. To the famous heroic arias such as Romeo’s “L’amour, l’amour…Ah, lève-toi soleil”, Des Grieux’s “ah fuyez, douce image” and Faust’s “Salut, demeure chaste et pure”, Vittorio has also added lesser-known arias from La juive , l’Africaine and Le Cid. All roles meet the description of the romantic hero, full of love, passion, and jealousy.

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