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Born in Parma, he graduated with honors in opera singing at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in his hometown. He has

won numerous international opera competitions including the Riccardo Zandonai Competition in Riva del Garda, the

Voci Verdiane Competition in Busseto, the Viotti-Valsesia Competition and Sanremo.

His career began at the Teatro Regio in Parma with his stage debut in a production of UN BALLO IN MASCHERA and in

a short time he was singing on stage in many Italian and international theaters.

In 2003 he made his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan as Arcas in IPHIGENIE EN AULIDE under the musical

direction of Riccardo Muti. Since then he has performed regularly in the Milanese theater interpreting

Sparafucile/RIGOLETTO with James Conlon, Il Re/AIDA with Riccardo Chailly and Daniel Barenboim, Ramfis/AIDA and

Wurm/LUISA MILLER with Gianandrea Noseda, Loredano/I DUE FOSCARI, Timur/TURANDOT with Valery Gergiev,

Colline/LA BOHEME with Gustavo Dudamel and Pistola/FALSTAFF (Dir. Strehler - Cond. Gatti) recent success of early 2025.

Thanks to his dark timbre and generous and elegant emission, Marco Spotti quickly catched on as one of the most

sought-after Verdi basses.

He made his debut as Procida/VESPRI SICILIANI at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, as Ramfis/AIDA he performed at

the Rome Opera with Daniel Oren, at the Verona Arena and at the Palau des Les Artes in Valencia conducted by Lorin

Maazel and Omar Wellber, in Tel Aviv with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta, in Naples at

the Teatro di San Carlo and at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

He made his debut as Alvise/LA GIOCONDA at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, an opera later sung also at the Arena di

Verona, at the Teatro Bellini in Catania and at the Greek National Opera in Athens. He subsequently performed

Banquo/MACBETH at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and at the Teatro Perez Galdos in Las Palmas;

Sparafucile/RIGOLETTO at the Fenice in Venice with Myung-Whun Chung, at the Bilbao Opera, at the Festival Verdi

Parma, at the Teatro Real in Madrid, at the Semperoper in Dresden, at the Palau Les Arts in Valencia; Massimiliano/I

MASNADIERI in Las Palmas and at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna conducted by Gatti, Loredano/I DUE FOSCARI at

the Theatre Champs Elysees in Paris and at the Teatro Comunale in Piacenza.

In concert he performed Verdi's MESSA DA REQUIEM at the Macerata Festival and with the Gothenburg Symphony

Orchestra in Sweden and Rossini's STABAT MATER at the Rheingau Festival in Germany, Beethoven's NINTH

SYMPHONY at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari and as Tiresias/OEDIPUS REX by

Stravinsky with the Orchestra Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

In recent seasons he has made numerous debuts including: Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London with

Commendatore/DON GIOVANNI, Pimen/BORIS GODUNOV at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Timur/TURANDOT at

the Orange Festival, Grande Inquisitore/DON CARLO at the Teatro Regio in Turin, at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa,

at the Palau Les Arts in Valencia, Walther/GUILLAUME TELL at the Amsterdam Opera, at the Monnaie in Brussels, at

the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Basilio/IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and at the

Gran Théatre de Geneve, Oroveso/NORMA at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.

With Maestro Pappano he participated in the concerts and recording of AIDA with the Orchestra dell'Accademia di

Santa Cecilia and in the production of KRÓL ROGER by Karol Szymanowski.

In recent years he has always dedicated himself to the repertoire in national and international contexts such as

Ramfis/AIDA in Seoul, Wurm/LUISA MILLER at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, at the Spring Festival in Budapest and

at the Gran Theatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Timur/TURANDOT and Papa ClementeVII/BENVENUTO CELLINI at the

Opera in Rome, Re/AIDA at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, EnricoVIII/ANNA BOLENA at the Teatro Regio in

Parma and debuted Fiesco/SIMON BOCCANEGRA at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.

Among his most important successes are the performances in Papa Clemente VII/BENVENUTO CELLINI at the Paris

Opera, Fernand/Le TROUVÈRE at the Verdi Festival 2018 with maestro Abbado, the debut of the role of MEFISTOFELE

by Boito at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo, under the direction of maestro Battistoni in November 2018.

Subsequently he was Ferrando/TROVATORE at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna.In September 2019 he debuted the role of ATTILA with maestro Renzetti at the

Teatro Lirico in Cagliari.

In December 2019 he took part in the inauguration of the season of the Teatro la Fenice in Venice playing Grande Inquisitore/DON

CARLO directed by maestro Myung-Whun Chung.

In February 2020 he was engaged in Don Basilio/IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA at the New National Theatre in Tokyo.

Since April 2021 the post-Covid recovery has seen him engaged in two important productions, Grande

Inquisitore/DON CARLO (Dir. Carignani) at the NNT Theatre in Tokyo and Ferrando/TROVATORE (Dir. Gatti) at the Circo

Massimo in Rome. In 2022 important engagements such as Wurm/LUISA MILLER (Dir. Mariotti) and

Timur/TURANDOT (Dir. Lyniv) at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and Alvise/GIOCONDA at the Grange Park Opera

Festival in London. Following as Don Basilio/BARBER OF SEVILLE at the Teatro Verdi in Salerno and Timur/TURANDOT

at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Cappellio/CAPULETS AND MONTAGUES at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, High

Priest/LA VESTALE at the Thessaloniki Festival (Maria Callas Centenary), Sparafucile/RIGOLETTO at the Teatro

Petruzzelli in Bari and Don Basilio/BARBER OF SEVILLE at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari.

Among the engagements of the immediate future, Collatinus/THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA and Grande Inquisitore/DON

CARLO at the Petruzzelli Theater in Bari for April and September/October 2025.

Since 2023 he has dedicated himself to teaching Singing (CODI/23) and has gained significant experience in various

Italian conservatories as listed below:

- Vittadini Conservatory of Pavia

- Bonporti Conservatory of Trento

- Campiani Conservatory of Mantua

- Peri-Merulo Conservatory of Reggio E. (currently in progress)

Numerous recordings of the artist: DVD MARIN FALIERO with Ottavio Dantone (Hardy Classic 2002), TOSCA

conducted by Maurizio Benini (BBC-OPUS ARTE) and by Daniel Oren with Arena di Verona (UNITEL Classica), AIDA

produced by La Scala and conducted by Riccardo Chailly (UM 2007). As audio CDs, Rimsky-Korsakov's SADKO with the

Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky (Mondo Musica 2001), IL MITO DI CAIN

(Bongiovanni 2003), DON GIOVANNI with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta (HELIKON

2011), AIDA and LA BOHEME produced by the Arena di Verona conducted by Daniel Oren and Lui Ja and AIDA with

Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia (Warner 2015), DVD of LE TROUVÈRE conducted by Roberto

Abbado/ Bob Wilson (Dynamic 2019) have been released.

(March 2025)