Giorgio Zancanaro (Giorgio Zancanaro) |

Giorgio Zancanaro

He began to sing late, having previously worked in the police. Debut 1970 (Milan). Big success came in 1977 (Hamburg, Count di Luna). Since 1981 at La Scala (debut as Ford in Falstaff). Since 1982 at the Metropolitan Opera (Renato in Un ballo in maschera). In 1984 he performed with great success the part of Germont (Florence), in 1985 he sang in Covent Garden (Gerard’s part in André Chénier). Among the performances of recent years are Escamillo (1993) and Amonasro (1995) at the Arena di Verona festival. Among the parts are also Rigoletto, Rodrigo in Don Carlos, Ezio in Verdi’s Attila and others. Among the many recordings of the parts of Germont (conductor Rizzi, Teldec, recorded on video), William Tell (conductor Muti, Philips), Gerard (conductor Patane , CBS), etc.

E. Tsodokov