Massimo Giordano portrait by Cherinfoto
He studied at the Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Tartini in Trieste, and then with Cecilia Fusco.
Past engagements include the title role in Roméo et Juliette (Vienna, Chicago, Frankfurt, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Parma, Pittsburgh); the title role in Werther (Berlin Deutsche Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Zurich, Toulouse, Spoleto); Chevalier des Grieux/Manon (the Met, La Scala, Vienna); Cavaradossi/Tosca (Dallas); Alfredo/La traviata (La Scala, Berlin Deutsche Opera, Parma, Tokyo, Trieste, Munich, Santa Fe); Rodolfo/La bohème (Munich, Berlin Staatsoper, Dresden, Los Angeles); Fenton/Falstaff (Dresden, Madrid, Salzburg Festival, ROH); Ruggero/La Rondine (Rome, Dallas, Sydney); Rinuccio/Gianni Schicchi (GFO, the Met); Nemorino/L’elisir d’amore (Reggio Emilia, Vienna, Monte Carlo, Berlin Staatsoper); Duke of Mantua/Rigoletto (Madrid, La Fenice, Busetto); Jean/Le Jongleur de Notre Dame (Rome); Oronte/I Lombardi alla prima crociata (Bergamo); Gérald/Lakmé (Palermo); Wilhelm Meister/Mignon (Carnegie Hall); Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni (Naples, Turin).
Plans include roles in La traviata (the Met, Los Angeles); La bohème (ROH and Opéra National de Paris); Carmen (Berlin Deutsche Opera, San Sebastian); Werther (Munich).