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Carlo Scibelli
Carlo Scibelli’s career brings him to many of the world’s great opera houses, among them San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Los Angeles Music Center Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Royal Opera in London, and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

Mr. Scibelli’s most recent engagements have included his role debut as Manrico in Il trovatore for the Kentucky Opera, Calaf in Turandot in Orlando, his French debut in the title role of Andrea Chenier at the Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy, his return to the Israeli Opera in as Faust in Boito’s Meféstofélés and title role of Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Rodolfo in Luisa Miller for the Reiseopera in Holland, the title role of Faust at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain, and his debut in New Zealand as Manrico in Il trovatore.

Mr. Scibelli made his debut as De Grieux in Manon Lescaut at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and has since sung the role at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv.  He has been heard as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for the Cleveland Opera, the Greek National Opera, the Montepulciano Festival, the Royal Albert Hall, and the Reiseopera in the Netherlands.

In other recent seasons Mr. Scibelli sang the title role in Gounod’s Faust with Connecticut Grand Opera, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Greek National Opera, the Multepuciano Festival, and London’s Royal Albert Hall and in Holland at the Reisopera, the title role of Candide in Mexico City, Alfredo in La traviata and Nabucco (Ismaele) for Deutsche Opera in Berlin, La bohème for Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Santa Barbara Opera and the title role of Rossini’s Otello at the Caramoor Festival.

No stranger to oratorio or concert singing, Mr. Scibelli has worked with the San Diego Symphony, Colorado Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Charlotte Symphony, Harrisburg Symphony, Sacramento Symphony, Estonia Philharmonic, San Francisco Bach Choir, the National Orchestra of Mexico, the Mississippi Symphony, and the Santa Barbara Symphony.  His orchestral repertoire includes Verdi’s Messa da requiem, Händel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Symphony No. 8, and Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio. He recorded Villa Lobos’ Symphony No. 10 under the baton of Gisèle Ben-Dor for Koch.  Mr. Scibelli made his Italian debut in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem conducted by the late Giuseppe Sinopoli at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. He has often collaborated with Doc Severinson in concerts Italian arias and songs with orchestra.

Earlier in his career Mr. Scibelli has performed Un giorno di regno for the Royal Opera at the Royal Festival Hall, I Lombardi in Santiago, La traviata for Opera Grand Rapids, Madama Butterfly for Hawaii Opera Theatre and a gala concert in Santa Barbara and with the San Diego Symphony, was The Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier, Alfred in Die Fledermaus, and Pinkerton at the San Francisco Opera, I Capuleti e i Montecchi for Minnesota Opera, Il Duca in Rigoletto, Alfredo in La traviata, Pinkerton, Vladimir in Prince Igor at the New York City Opera, Edmonton Opera and for Knoxville Opera. Other career highlights include his European debut in May 1998 at the Royal Albert Hall for the Royal Opera as Alfredo in La traviata, a performance of Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes at Carnegie Hall for an Isaac Stern Tribute Concert, and a Santa Barbara Symphony Gala Concert with Frederica von Stade, as well as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the Teatro Regio of Turin and Macduff in Macbeth in Cagliari.

Mr. Scibelli was seen and heard as Camille in the “Live from Lincoln Center” PBS telecast of The Merry Widow with the New York City Opera and the PBS televised world premiere production of Phaedra in which he created the role of Hippolytus. He made his film debut performing the role of an opera singer in the Barbra Streisand film “The Mirror Has Two Faces.”


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Carlo Scibelli
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“Carlo Scibelli makes a wonderful Manrico. His bearing is just right and he is the true Verdi tenor hero.”

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The Press, Christchurch