Was born in Italy. His wide repertoire includes Radames in Aida (Verdi), Don Jose in Carmen (Bizet), Cavaradossi in Tosca (Puccini), Pollione in Norma (Bellini), Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut (Puccini), Calaf in Turandot (Puccini), Alvaro in La forza del destino (Verdi), Canio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), and the title role in Otello (Verdi), Andrea Chenier (Giordano), Don Carlo (Verdi) and others. He performs regularly at leading international opera houses including the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro all Scala, Bavarian Staatsoper and the opera houses of Turin, Rome, Venice, Tokyo, Liege, Lisbon, Budapest, Catania, Frankfurt, Zurich, Monte Carlo and many others.