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Francesco Demuro (born 6 January 1978), is an Italian operatic tenor. He was born in Porto Torres, Sardinia. By the age of ten, Demuro made his first stage appearance, and by the age of twelve, he had joined the Minicantadores, a group of young singers of traditional Sardinian songs in the genre known as cantu a chiterra of which he became a leading representative. He later studied in Cagliari under Elisabetta Scanu, and made his opera debut in the role of Rodolfo in Verdi's ''Luisa Miller'' at the Teatro Regio in Parma in October 2007. Currently, he lives in Lucca, with his wife Vittoria Contini and their daughters. At the same time, he retains his strong connection to Sardinia, where he spends holidays and performs Sardinian folk songs in popular festivals. ==Career highlights== In 2008 he appeared as the Duke of Mantua in ''Rigoletto'' at the "Verdi Festival" in Parma, as well as in Dresden, Hong Kong, at the Teatro Regio in Turin, in ''Simon Boccanegra'' in Athens, and in ''La bohème'' in Bari and Sassari. In 2009, he made his debut as Nemorino in ''L'elisir d'amore'' in Teatro Filarmonico di Verona and also appeared in the opera at La Scala in Milan the following year. His US debut took place as Alfredo in Verdi's ''La traviata'' with Seattle Opera in the McCaw Hall opera house.〔Bernard Jacobson, ("Casting choices spin gold in Seattle Opera's ''Traviata''" ), ''Seattle Times'', 19 October 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2013〕 In December 2009 " Lucia di Lammermoor" in Sassari. In 2010 he appeared at Suntory Hall in Tokyo in ''Così fan tutte'',〔Chiho Iuchi, ("Suntory Hall closes opera series with racy tale from Mozart" ) 26 February 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013〕 sang in ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' in Hamburg, another ''La traviata'' and a ''Der Rosenkavalier'' in Dresden and also at the Wiener Staatsoper. He was featured as the poet Rodolfo in a ''La bohème'' in Detroit and at Wiener Staatsoper, in ''Maria Stuarda'' in Athens, another ''Elixir'', and a new production of ''Rigoletto'' at Wiener Festwochen conducted by Omer Meir Wellber and directed by Luc Bondy. The 2011 summer season saw a repeat of his Alfredo at Arena di Verona, where he received enthusiastic reviews.〔("Francesco Demuro: tenore" ), Arena di Verona on www.arena.it〕 His debut at the Royal Opera House in ''Gianni Schicchi'' conducted by Antonio Pappano was a huge success,〔("Puccini: ''Il Trittico'' DVD (The Royal Opera)" ), Royal Opera House], on roh.org.uk〕 and that company invited him to return to sing another Alfredo. Over the 2012/2013 period, he appeared in a variety of new roles, including Nemorino in ''Don Pasquale'' at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, in ''Macbeth'' in Munich, and in ''Falstaff'' at La Scala. In addition, he reprised some roles which included another Duke of Mantua for the San Francisco Opera, Alfredos for the Berlin Staatsoper, the Wiener Staatsoper, and the Oper Frankfurt, and as the poet Rodolfo for the Seattle Opera in February/March 2013. Other appearances included those in ''Maria Stuarda'' staged by the ABAO-OLBE company in Bilbao in April 2013, another ''Così'' in San Francisco in June 2013, as Roméo in ''Roméo et Juliette'' in the Arena di Verona, and appearances as Fenton in San Francisco's October 2013 ''Falstaff'' came about. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francesco Demuro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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