Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (born 14 December 1969) is an Italian

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

singer. He has been called a bass-baritone, though he prefers the term basso cantabile.

Career

A native of

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

, Abruzzo, D'Arcangelo began his studies in 1985 at the conservatory of Luisa D'Annunzio in Pescara, under Maria Vittoria Romano, honing his skills under Paride Venturi in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

. From 1989 to 1991 he sang at the Concorso Internazionale Toti Dal Monte at

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and '' comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Ven ...

, debuting in Mozart's '' Così fan tutte'' and '' Don Giovanni''. He has performed under conductors such as

Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...

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, Christopher Hogwood, Georg Solti,

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Riccardo Muti Riccardo Muti, (; born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He currently holds two music directorships, at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale ...

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, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Seiji Ozawa. He has sung at La Scala in Milan, at the

Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is oper ...

in New York, at the

Royal Opera House Covent Garden The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Ope ...

in London, at the Opéra National (Bastille) in Paris, at the

Lyric Opera of Chicago Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. It was founded in Chicago in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included Maria ...

, at the

Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August ...

in Vienna, at the

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, at Los Angeles Opera in California, at

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in Barcelona, and at the

Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival (german: Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Ama ...

. D'Arcangelo released solo albums of Handel arias in September 2009 and Mozart arias in April 2011 from

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

. D'Arcangelo was named an Austrian

Kammersänger Kammersänger (male) or Kammersängerin (female), abbreviated Ks. or KS, is a German honorific title for distinguished singers of opera and classical music. It literally means "chamber singer". Historically, the title was bestowed by princes or ...

in December 2014.

Repertoire

Discography

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: ''

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'', released 19 November 2013, C Major, DVD & Blu-ray: 814337011482,

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conductor. * Bellini: ''

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'', released 24 February 2009, L'Oiseau-Lyre 001238302, conductor Alessandro De Marchi. * Bellini: ''

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'', released 11 October 2010, Decca DVD 00044007433515, conductor

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: '' Carmen'' released 28 October 2008, Decca 001216709, conductor

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. *

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: '' L'elisir d'amore'', released 16 January 2007, Virgin Classics 63352, conductor . * Donizetti: aria ''Egli è spento'', from '' Belisario'', in ''Bel Canto Portrait/Nelly Miricioiu'', released 14 August 2001, Opera Rara 217, conductor David Parry. * Donizetti: aria ''Addio'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper.Biography of the artist on the website of the "Opera Rara" label
* Donizetti: aria ''Addio brunetta, son già lontano'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. * Donizetti: aria ''Malvina, la bella'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. * Handel: Arie italiane per basso, released 1 September 2009, Deutsche Grammophon 000289 477 8361 9, conductor Federico Maria Sardelli. *

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: '' L'anima del filosofo ossia Orfeo ed Euridice'', released 2 November 1997, L'oiseau-Lyre 452668, conductor Christopher Hogwood. * Mercadante: aria ''La preghiera'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. * Mozart: Mozart arias – d'Arcangelo, Orchestra del Teatro Regio, released 29 April 2011, Deutsche Grammophon 000289 477 9297 0, conductor

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. * Mozart: '' Don Giovanni'', released 18 July 1995, Archiv Produktion (Deutsche Grammophon) 445870, conductor sir John Eliot Gardiner. * Mozart: ''Don Giovanni'', released 11 August 1998, Deutsche Grammophon 457601, conductor Claudio Abbado. * Mozart: ''Don Giovanni'', released 13 February 2007, Deutsche Grammophon 000817509 and Decca DVD 000838309, conductor

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. * Mozart: ''Don Giovanni'', released 20 November 2007, TDK 2103003, conductor Riccardo Muti. * Mozart: ''

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'', released 13 February 2007, Deutsche Grammophon 000987602 and 000987502, DVD 000817509 and 000879909, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt. * Mozart: ''Le nozze di Figaro'', released 3 July 1995, Deutsche Grammophon 445903, conductor Claudio Abbado. * Pacini: aria ''Come nube che leggera'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. * Pacini: aria ''Ecco alfin'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. * Pacini: aria ''Il paggio'', in ''Il Sibilo'', released 2 December 2002, Opera Rara 219, piano David Harper. *

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: ''

La bohème ''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '' quadri'', '' tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusep ...

'' released 14 September 1999, Decca 466070 and 470624, conductor Riccardo Chailly. ** Puccini: aria "O Mimì, tu più non torni", conductor Riccardo Chailly in ''La Bohème – The Dream Cast'', released 12 November 2002, Decca 472619. * Puccini: ''

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'', released 6 May 2003, Decca 000017112, conductor

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. * Rossini: '' Armida'', released 4 October 1994, Sony 58968, conductor

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. * Rossini: '' Bianca e Falliero'', released 11 December 2001, Opera Rara 20, conductor David Parry. ** Rossini: aria ''Cielo, il mio labbro inspira'' from ''Bianca e Falliero'', conductor David Parry in ''Sogno talor'', released 9 September 2003, Opera Rara 225. * Rossini: '' Otello'', released 8 February 2000, Opera Rara 18, conductor David Parry. ** Rossini: aria ''"Che smania! ahimè! che affanno... L'error d'un infelice" from ''Otello, conductor David Parry, in ''Tyrants and Lovers'', released 13 August 2002, Opera Rara 221. * Rossini: ''

Semiramide ''Semiramide'' () is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on Voltaire's tragedy ''Semiramis'', which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Assyria. The opera was first performed at La Feni ...

'', released 25 July 2006, Nightingale Classics 207013, conductor . * Rossini: '' Stabat Mater'', released 1 November 2010, EMI Classics 5099964052922, conductor

. *

: ''

I Lombardi alla prima crociata ''I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata'' (''The Lombards on the First Crusade'') is an operatic ''dramma lirico'' in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on an epic poem by Tommaso Grossi, which was "very much a ...

'', released 16 September 1997, Decca 455287, conductor

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. * Verdi: ''

'', released 27 March 2001, Philips 468079 and DVD 000157119, conductor

. * Verdi: ''Messa da Requiem'', released 30 August 2005, RCA Victor red seal 61244, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt. * Verdi: '' Otello'', released 11 October 1994, Deutsche Grammophon 439805, conductor Myung-Whun Chung. ** Verdi: aria "Niun mi tema" from ''Otello'', conductor Myung-Whun Chung in ''Bravo Domingo!'', released 15 September 1998, Deutsche Grammophon 000719102 (re-released as ''Truly Domingo'', 10 October 2006, same catalogue number). * Verdi: ''

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'', released 20 October 1998, Deutsche Grammophon 447064, conductor James Levine. * Giuseppe Verdi: ''

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'', released 17 September 2002, EMI Classics 57360, conductor Antonio Pappano. *

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: '' Bajazet'',''

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'' 21.3 (2005) 563–566. released 10 May 2005, Virgin Classics 45676 45676, conductor

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. ** Vivaldi: aria "Nasce rosa lusinghiera" from ''Bajazet'', conductor Fabio Biondi in ''Best 100 Vivaldi'', released 12 February 2008, EMI Classics 10358.

DVD

* ''Tancredi'' (

Schwetzingen Festival The Schwetzingen Festival (German: Schwetzinger Festspiele, now Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele) is an early summer festival of opera and other classical music presented each year from May to early June in Schwetzingen, Germany. In 1952, the broadc ...

) * ''L'elisir d'amore'' (

Wiener Staatsoper The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August Si ...

) * ''Don Giovanni'' (

Salzburger Festspiele The Salzburg Festival (german: Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amad ...

) * ''Le nozze di Figaro'' (

) * ''Carmen'' (

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Ope ...

) * ''I Puritani'' (

Teatro Comunale di Bologna The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house in Bologna, Italy. Typically, it presents eight operas with six performances during its November to April season. While there had been various theatres presenting opera in Bologna since the early 1 ...

) * ''Anna Bolena '' (

) * ''Verdi Requiem'' ( Los Angeles Philharmonic) * ''L’elisir d’amore'' (Baden-Baden Festspielhaus) * ''Don Giovanni'' (

Macerata Opera The Macerata Opera is the name given to the coordinating bodies of the provincial and local government in Macerata, the provincial capital of the Marche region of Italy, which puts on performances of three or four operas each July and August under ...

Festival) * ''Don Giovanni'' (

)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando 1969 births Living people Italian opera singers People from Pescara Operatic bass-baritones Italian basses Österreichischer Kammersänger Deutsche Grammophon artists