Antonio Abete

Winner of the As.Li.Co. contest, Antonio Abete made his debut in I Quatro rusteghi by Wolf-Ferrari. His career has then taken him to major Festivals and Opera Houses such as Zurich Opernhaus, Théatre des Champs Elysées, Opéra Bastille, Opera in Lyon, Barbican Center, Bayerische Staatsoper, Liceu Barcelona, Teatro Real Madrid, Berlin Staatsoper, Grand Théatre Geneve, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, La Monnaie in Bruxelles, Royal Danish Opera, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Musikfestwochen Luzern, Salzburger Festspiele, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Händel Festspiele in Halle, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Conductors with whom he has worked in opera and concert include Alessandrini, Antonini, Bolton, Christie, Coin, Cremonesi, Curtis, De Marchi, Fasolis, Garrido, Hogwood, Jacobs, Junghänel, Lopez Banzo, McCreesh, Malgoire, Minkowski, Mortensen, Pidò, Pinnock, Rovaris, Savall, Welser-Möst.
His Baroque and operatic repertoire includes La Calisto by Cavalli; Haydn's Orfeo ed Euridice with Cecilia Bartoli; Haendel's Ariodante, Serse, Agrippina, Tamerlano, Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, Ezio, Orlando; Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria, L'incoronazione di Poppea; Mozart's Don Alfonso/Cosi' fan tutte, Masetto and Leporello/Don Giovanni, the title role in Don Pasquale, Publio/La clemenza di Tito, Idomeneo, Bartolo/ Le nozze di Figaro; Pergolesi's La serva padrona; Rossini's Basilio/Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Scala di seta, Vivaldi's La Senna festeggiante.
Antonio Abete has a large concert and oratorio repertoire, which ranges from Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, up to Stravinsky and Honneger.
He sang with Maurizio Pollini in his "Monteverdi Project" (Salzburger Festspiele, New York, Tokyo, Rome).
Antonio Abete has a rich recording production to his credit (Alia Vox, Astrée Auvidis, Chandos, Harmonia Mundi, Hyperion, Virgin Classics), including Naïve Vivaldi's Orlando finto pazzo (Gramophone Editor's Choice; 10 Classica-Répertoire), he has won the Gramophone Award 1999 as best baroque vocal, and the Gramophone Award 2004 for Le nozze di Figaro - Bartolo with René Jacobs/Concerto Köln (Harmonia Mundi - DVD Bel Air).