Leonardo Ferrando

INTRODUCTION

Leonardo Ferrando is a renowned Bel Canto tenor with lovely timbre of voice, expert technique and elegant phrasing.

RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

Recent and future highlights include among others:

• Gérald/Lakmé at the Royal Opera House of Muscat, and at Tiroler Landes Theater, Innsbruck;
• Il Conte d’Almaviva/Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Arena di Verona, Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Teatru Manoel (Malta);
• Don Ramiro/La Cenerentola at Ente Concerti Marialisa de Carolis, Sassari Teatro Comunale;
• the release of  the DVD Le Comte Ory by label Naxos, on which tenor Leonardo Ferrando sings the title role;
• a house debut as Tammu/Babylon at Staatstheater Wiesbaden at the opening of the International Maifestspiele 2022;
• Corasmino/Zaira in Gießen, Germany;
• Ernesto/Don Pasquale at Smålands Musik & Teater.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Uruguay, and of Italian origin, tenor Leonardo Ferrando stands out in the bel canto repertoire for his musicality, fine phrasing, and impressive high register.

His operatic highlights include the roles of Almaviva/Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Ramiro/La Cenerentola, Comte Ory, Ernesto/Don Pasquale, Nemorino/L’elisir d’amore, Carlo/Linda di Chamounix, Arturo/I puritani, Orombello/Beatrice di Tenda, Tamino/Die Zauberflöte, Ferrando/Così fan tutte, Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni, Gérald/Lakmé, Tammu/Babylon (the contemporary opera composed by J. Widmann), as well as leading roles in rare bel canto operas.

Leonardo Ferrando’s career has taken him to Bergamo, Berlin, Bremen, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Helsinki, Innsbruck, Malmö, Montevideo, Muscat, São Paulo, Toulon, Trieste and Verona, where he has worked with recognized stage directors such as Michael Hampe, Davide Livermore, Peer Boysen, Robert Carsen, Nicola Raab, Annilese Miskimmon, Rodula Gaitanou, Irina Brook or Fabio Sparvoli.

He has performed under the baton of conductors including Philippe Auguin, Antonino Fogliani, Manlio Benzi, Jordi Bernàcer, Fabrizio Maria Carminati, Tobias Ringborg, Enrico Calesso, Tõnu Kaljuste, and George Petrou, to name a few.