Italian baritone Franco Vassallo has been acclaimed in the world’s leading opera houses such as Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera London, Opéra National de Paris and Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He began his career as a specialist of Belcanto repertoire with roles such as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia. In recent years, he has become a benchmark performer of Verdi roles such as Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Macbeth, Nabucco and Jago in Otello, and also Puccini roles as Scarpia in Tosca. Recent highlights are Macbeth at Macerata Opera Festival and in Pisa, Otello at Teatro Real de Madrid and in Cagliari, and Aida in Catania.
