“Mr. Scibelli’s singing was full-bodied (one could see that he supported his sound all the way down to his feet) and magnificent to listen to. Calaf’s part, written for a dramatic voice, requires the tenor to sing through a full orchestra from the bottom to top of the tenor range. This was not a problem for Mr. Scibelli, whose glorious instrument and solid technique allowed him to express the text with great emotion to the back row without strain.”
– The Westfield Ledger
“The tenor Carlo Scibelli gave the role his all. He has a beefy tone and considerable flexibility. He understands that Rossini’s highly ornamented vocal lines are meant to be mesmerizing and eerie, not just decorous and frilly.” The New York Times
Carlo Scibelli’s career has brought him to many of the world’s great opera houses including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Los Angeles Music Center Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. His repertoire includes Conte Des Grieux (Manon Lescaut) Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Lenski (Eugene Onegin) Faust, Don José (Carmen), Cavaradossi (Tosca), Alfredo (La traviata), Rodolfo (La bohème), Italian Tenor (Der Rosenkavalier), Rossini’s Otello, and Rodolfo in Luisa Miller.
Mr. Scibelli’s engagements in the 2007-2008 season include his role debut as Manrico in Il trovatore for the Kentucky Opera, Calaf in Turandot in Orlando, and his French debut in the title role of Andrea Chenier at the Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy. He returns to the Israeli Opera in 2009 as Faust in Boito’s Meféstofélés. In 2006-2007 Mr. Scibelli sang the title role of Les Contes d’Hoffmann for the New Israeli Opera, was Ismael with the Baltimore Opera and his role debut as Calaf in Turandot with the Westfield Symphony Orchestra.
In 2005-06 he returned to the role of De Grieux in Manon Lescaut at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, and performed opera galas with the San Diego Symphony, the Long Island Philharmonic, at Southern Illinois University, and was heard in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with the Charlotte Symphony. His 2004-05 season included Rodolfo in Luisa Miller in Holland at the Reisoper, Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly with the Cleveland Opera, his role and house debut as De Grieux in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, opera galas with the San Diego Symphony and the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, and his debut in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the National Orchestra of Mexico.
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. He began his collaboration with Doc Severinson at the Colorado Symphony singing Italian arias and songs.
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, Harrisburg Symphony, Sacramento Symphony, Estonia Philharmonic, San Francisco Bach Choir, the National Orchestra of Mexico, and the Santa Barbara Symphony. His orchestral repertoire includes Verdi’s Messa da requiem, Händel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony 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.
Earlier in his career Mr. Scibelli has performed Un giorno di regno at Covent Garden, 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 Covent Garden 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.”