Opéra de Lausanne

At the Opéra de Lausanne: Elmiro (Otello, February 2010).

Giovanni Furlanetto studied at the Pedrollo Conservatory of Vicenza, where he graduated in singing under Luisa Romana Righetti while he was having his first professional experiences as a theatre and circus actor.

He imposes himself on the international scene by winning in 1988 the Opera Company of Philadelphia - Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition and performing in many important Italian and foreign productions.

His wonderful career brought him to perform on the principal international theatres and festivals such as: Teatro alla Scala, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Rossini Opera Festival di Pesaro, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Massimo “Vincenzo Bellini” di Catania, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro dell’Opera Giocosa di Savona, Festival Donizettiano di Bergamo, Festival di Martina Franca, Salzburg Festival, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Opéra National de Paris, Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Festival in Aix-en Provence, Festival ib Antibes, Opéra de Nice, Opéra de Montecarlo, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Bruxelles, New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro La Maestranza in Sevilla, Festival Mozart in Madrid and in La Coruña, Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon, Nederlandse Opera and Radio Vara in Amsterdam, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Barbican Center in London, Santa Fe Opera Festival, San Francisco Opera Company, Baltimore Opera Company, Opéra de Montréal, Philadelphia Opera Company, Matsumoto Festival, as well as Santiago del Chile, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Bilbao, Lille, Montpellier, Avignon, Caen, Lyon, Liège, Luxembourg.

He worked with important conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Lorin Maazel, Antonio Pappano, Daniele Gatti, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, and with such stage directors as Dario Fo and Luca Ronconi.

Ideal interpreter of Mozart’s, Rossini’s and Donizetti’s repertoire, he was much acclaimed during his career for his performances of Le nozze di Figaro (Conte d’Almaviva, Figaro), Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni, Leporello), La clemenza di Tito (Publio), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Don Basilio), Il viaggio a Reims (Don Profondo), La gazza ladra (Podestà), Guillaume Tell (Walther), Il turco in Italia (Don Geronio), Otello by Rossini (Elmiro), Linda di Chamounix (Prefetto), Don Pasquale (title role), Maria Stuarda (Talbot), Mosè (Osiride), Anna Bolena, Lucia di Lammermoor (Raimondo), Lucrezia Borgia, I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Capellio), La sonnambula (Rodolfo), Luisa Miller (Walter, Wurm), Aida (Re, Ramfis), Macbeth (Banquo), Evgenij Onegin (Gremin), Serse (Ariodante), Carmen (Escamillo), Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Nonancourt), La vedova scaltra by Wolf-Ferrari, L’heure espagnole (Don Inigo), La bohème (Colline).

Recent engagements have included Maria Stuarda at the Opéra de Lyon and at the Théatre du Châtelet in Paris, La Favorite at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago del Chile, La vedova scaltra in Montpellier, Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, in Napoli and in Santiago de Chile, Lucia di Lammermoor at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Bruxelles, Il turco in Italia at the Opernhaus in Leipzig and at the Staatsoper in Berlin, where he also performed L’Etoile under the baton of Simon Ratte.

During the 2010-11 season he has performed Il turco in Italia at the Opernhaus in Leipzig, Il trovatore at the Opéra de Massy, La fanciulla del West and Marco Tutino’s Senso (world premiere) at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Don Basilio) at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse and at the Teatro Regio di Parma, Il turco in Italia (Selim) at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, Lucia di Lammermoor (Raimondo) at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste.

He opened the 2011-12 season performing Il turco in Italia (Selim) at the Opernhaus in Leipzig, followed by Lucia di Lammermoor (Lord Enrico) at the Teatro Verdi di Pordenone and L’étoile (Siroco) at the Staatsoper in Berlin.
Among his future plans are Il trovatore (Ferrando), Rossini’s Otello (Elmiro) and Manon Lescaut (Geronte) at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, Il turco in Italia (Selim) at the Opernhaus in Leipzig, Rossini’s Messe Solennelle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in Liverpool.