Marco Berti

Born in Como, he got his singing diploma at the “Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan in 1989 under the guidance of Giovanna Canetti, and he then continued to perfect his vocal technique with Adelaide Saraceni, Pier Miranda Ferraro, and GianFranca Ostini.

After winning the Concorso Internationale Giacomantonio, he made his debut in 1990 as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly in Cosenza.

He sang as Otello by G. Verdi and performed with legendary names, such as Corelli, Del Monaco, Bergonzi, Domingo, and Pavarotti.

While Radamés, Riccardo, Adorno, Manrico, Ernani, and Otello are his most admired in the Verdian repertoire, it is just as important to mention his Puccinian roles, which have brought him equal acclaim and appreciation for his vocal elegance and unrestrained scenic presence: Calaf, Des Grieux, Pinkerton, Cavaradossi, and Edgar in the eponymous opera.

Great successes are also Marco Berti’s interpretations of Don José in Bizet’s Carmen and Canio in Leoncavalli’s Pagliacci.

Marco Berti has worked with many of the world’s great conductors, such as Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, Antonio Pappano, Daniel Oren, James Conlon, and Nicola Luisotti and world-renowned stage directors like Franco Zeffirelli, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Pier’Alli, and Liliana Cavani, Luc Bondy, Ferzan Ozpetek, and many more.

He sang in the major opera houses around the world, from Covent Garden to The Metropolitan in New York, from Teatro alla Scala in Milan to the Arena of Verona, from Liceu in Barcelona to l’Opéra de Paris, and as far as the grand Oriental stages of Beijing and Tokyo.