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Maurizio Lo Piccolo This artist comes from Palermo. In his hometown,
he took up voice studies in 1995 and, a mere year
later, debuted as Don Chilone in L. Vinci’s Erighetta
e Don Chilone (Laboratorio Lirico), as well as
Darlemont in G. Donizetti’s I pazzi per progetto
(Operalaboratorio). In 1997, he collaborated with
Palermo’s Teatro Massimo, where he appeared in
productions of operas including R. Strauss’ Der
Rosenkavalier, G. Rossini’s Adina, G. Puccini’s
Manon Lescaut, P. Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin,
and G. Verdi’s Rigoletto. He specializes in the
operatic repertoire and is considered an unrivalled
interpreter of comic roles, especially in 18 th -century
opere buffe (A. Scarlatti, B. Galuppi, G. B. Pergolesi
et al.). Beyond this, he often performs works by
W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (title role and
Count Almaviva), Don Giovanni (Leporello and
Il Commendatore) and Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso
and Guglielmo), as well as the masterpieces of
the Italian bel canto. Lo Piccolo’s repertoire also
includes such works of 20 th -century music as
F. Busoni’s Arlecchino and I. Stravinsky’s Pulcinella.
The singer performs all over Europe, appearing as
a guest artist at such festivals as Aix-en-Provence,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Mozart festival in
La Coruña, the Rossini festival in Pesaro and the
Wexford Festival Opera, as well as at music theaters.
More rarely, he interprets religious music; under the
direction of Riccardo Muti at the Ravenna Festival,
he sang Mozart’s Requiem, La Betulia liberate and
Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore; under the direction
of Zubin Mehta, he prepared a solo part in the
Mass in C minor; and in Rosenheim, he performed
Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle. In 2009, under the
baton of Federico Maria Sardelli, he took on the role
of the Prince in the first contemporary performance
of A. Salieri’s opera Il mondo alla rovescia (theater
in Verona), a recording of which just came out on
the Dynamic label.
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