Francesco Anile
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tenor
Born in Polistena (Reggio Calabria), he graduated in clarinet (1985) and singing (1989), awarded full honours at the Conservatorio “F. Cilea” in Reggio Calabria. Later he completed his studies with Aldo Protti in Cremona, and following his change in voice from baritone to tenor he was mentored by Ottavio Taddei in Florence. In 2001 he attended master classes at the Verdi Opera Festival in Parma held by Renata Scotto and Maja Sunara. He has received many certificates, commendations and recognitions of achievement, and has been a finalist in prestigious National and International competitions such as “Toti Dal Monte” in Treviso; “Lauri Volpi” in Latina; “Cilea” in Reggio Calabria; “Bellini” in Caltanisetta. He came first in the “E. Bastianini” category in Concorso “Grandi Voci Toscane” (“Great Tuscan Voices” contest) in Campi Bisenzio – Florence, and won third prize at the International Contest “M. Del Monaco” in Marsala.
Since 1999 he has been performing at the greatest theatres in Europe and the world – Tokyo, Seoul, National Opera Houses in Zagreb, Ljubjiana, Malta, Cairo, Daegu, Otzu, Yerevan, Stadtische Theater Chemnitz (Germany). For many years he has appeared on the most prestigious Italian theatres’ posters: La Fenice in Venice, San Carlo in Naples, Massimo in Palermo, Teatro del Giglio, Comunale in Bologna, Terme di Caracalla-Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Lirico in Cagliari, Sociale in Como, Alighieri in Ravenna, Grande in Brescia, Ponchielli in Cremona, Fraschini in Pavia, Filarmonico in Verona, Bellini in Catania. In 2011 he debuted at the Teatro alla Scala of Milan in Cavalleria rusticana. He was later engaged for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Manon Lescaut.
Francesco Anile has been directed by several conductors including Nello Santi, Massimo Pradella, Donato Renzetti, Daniele Callegari, Renato Palumbo, Niksa Bareza, Maurizio Arena, Loris Voltolini, Gianluca Marcianò, Stefano Ranzani, Maurizio Benini, Pietro Mianiti, Antonio Pirolli, Gianpaolo Bisanti, Marco Letonja and directors as Franco Zeffirelli, Roberto De Simone, Gianfranco de Bosio, Graham Vick, Pierpaolo Pacini, Federico Tiezzi, Plamen Kartalof, Henning Brockhaus, Pierfrancesco Maestrini, Aldo Tarabella, Lorenzo Mariani.
His recordings including Iris by Mascagni, Stadtische Theater Chemnitz conductor Niksa Bareza, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria Associazione Rossini di Sassari, conductor A. Puglia.
Upcoming engagements: tour in Japan with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conductor Zubin Mehta. Cavalleria and Pagliacci at the Teatro Cilea in Reggio Calabria, Turandotat Teatro Massimo of Palermo; Aida at Terme di Caracalla; Cavalleria rusticana at Teatro Comunale of Bologna.
Artist’s website:
http://www.francescoanile.it
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