Introduction
Young Sicilian tenor Pietro Adaíni studied singing and music with baritone Salvo Todaro and has attended masterclasses with notable tenor Marcello Giordani. He currently studies under renowned bel canto tenor Salvatore Fisichella. He was a finalist in the 2011-12 international singing competition Voci dal Mediterraneo – Premio Archimede in Syracuse, and in 2014 was awarded a scholarship at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, where he debuted in the roles of Rodolfo La Bohème and Nemorino L’elisir d’amore.
Pietro quickly began establishing himself on the operatic stage in Italy, attending the ‘Gran Prix of the Opera’ in Parma, performing as the tenor soloist in Puccini’s ‘Messa di Gloria’ in Cagliari, and appearing as Beppe and Arlecchino in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci at the Sferisterio Macerata Opera Festival and as Ernesto in Don Pasquale in Bergamo, Como, Cremona, Pavia and Jesi.
An adept singer of Rossini repertoire, Pietro has had much success as Il Conte d’Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, a role that he has performed in Florence, Salerno, Padua, at the Operaestate Festival Veneto and at the Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima, Peru, as well as the role of Don Ramiro in La cenerentola in Ravenna, Lucca, Piacenza and Ancona. Other roles include Fenton Falstaff in Genoa, Narciso Il turco in Italia at the Bergen National Opera, Norway, Ruodi Guillaume Tell and Lindoro L’italiana in Algeri at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Fadinard Il cappello di paglia di Firenze at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples and Il Conte di Libenskof Il viaggio a Reims in Verona and at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
Recent highlights include highly praised appearances as Elvino in La sonnambula at the Teatro Regio di Torino, Il Duca di Mantova in Verdi’s Rigoletto in Salerno with conductor Daniel Oren and Dorvil La scala di seta at the Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman. Pietro has also recently achieved great success in the role of Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi at the Teatro Grande di Brescia and the Teatro Fraschini di Pavia. Upcoming engagements will include several new runs as Rinuccio at the Teatro Sociale di Como and the Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona, Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Bolshoi Theatre conducted by Tugan Sokhiev, and Bruschino Il signor Bruschino at Pesaro’s Rossini Opera Festiva.
Performance Schedule
- More info 20:00 10 Jan 2020 Teatro Sociale di Como, COMO
GIACOMO PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi
Conductor: Sergio Alapont
Director: Carmelo Rifici
Gianni Schicchi: Sergio Vitale
Lauretta: Lavinia Bini
Zita: Agostina Smimmero
Rinuccio: Pietro Adaini
Gherardo: Didier Pieri
Nella: Marta Calcaterra
Betto di Signa: Andrea Concetti
Simone: Mario Luperi - More info 15:30 12 Jan 2020 Teatro Sociale di Como, COMO
GIACOMO PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi
Conductor: Sergio Alapont
Director: Carmelo Rifici
Gianni Schicchi: Sergio Vitale
Lauretta: Lavinia Bini
Zita: Agostina Smimmero
Rinuccio: Pietro Adaini
Gherardo: Didier Pieri
Nella: Marta Calcaterra
Betto di Signa: Andrea Concetti
Simone: Mario Luperi - More info 20:30 17 Jan 2020 Teatro Ponchielli, CREMONA
GIACOMO PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi
Conductor: Sergio Alapont
Director: Carmelo Rifici
Gianni Schicchi: Sergio Vitale
Lauretta: Lavinia Bini
Zita: Agostina Smimmero
Rinuccio: Pietro Adaini
Gherardo: Didier Pieri
Betto di Signa: Andrea Concetti
Nella: Marta Calcaterra
Simone: Mario Luperi - More info 15:30 19 Jan 2020 Teatro Ponchielli, CREMONA
GIACOMO PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi
Conductor: Sergio Alapont
Director: Carmelo Rifici
Gianni Schicchi: Sergio Vitale
Lauretta: Lavinia Bini
Zita: Agostina Smimmero
Rinuccio: Pietro Adaini
Gherardo: Didier Pieri
Betto di Signa: Andrea Concetti
Nella: Marta Calcaterra
Simone: Mario Luperi - More info 19:00 28 Jan 2020 Teatro Filarmonico, VERONA
GAETANO DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor
Conductor: Andriy Yurkevych
Director: Renzo Giacchieri
Lord Enrico Ashton: Biagio Pizzuti
Lucia: Ruth Iniesta
Edgardo di Ravenswood: Pietro Adaini
Arturo Bucklaw: Enrico Zara
Raimondo: Simon Lim
Alisa: Lorrie Garcia
Normanno: Riccardo Rados - More info 15:00 02 Feb 2020 Teatro Filarmonico, VERONA
GAETANO DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor
Conductor: Andriy Yurkevych
Director: Renzo Giacchieri
Lord Enrico Ashton: Biagio Pizzuti
Lucia: Enkeleda Kamani
Edgardo di Ravenswood: Pietro Adaini
Arturo Bucklaw: Enrico Zara
Raimondo: Simon Lim
Alisa: Lorrie Garcia
Normanno: Riccardo Rados