Making his operatic debut as recently as 2009 he has rapidly become one of the hottest new Italian tenors, singing on many of the prestige opera houses in Europe and already also sung Radames at the Metropolitan Opera. Tall and handsome he cut an imposing figure on stage and his evenly produced warm toned voice made also Calaf more human than normally. There are many quite good Italian tenors around at the moment and Riccardo Massi could very well go the top of the trade.

The first of the three remaining performances (February 23) was taken over by the young Italian tenor Riccardo Massì who has been singing professionally for only three years. Signor Massì made a very fine initial impression and built on that throughout the evening. Tall, sturdy of frame with a chiseled Roman profile, the tenor looked like a warrior. Massì has an interesting background

Date: 15 APRIL 2013

Date: 11,15,18  MAY 2013

In nur drei Jahren professioneller Praxis hat Riccardo Massi es bis an die New Yorker "Met" gebracht: welche Tenorqualitäten – ein Riccardo, breit in der Tiefe, weich dazu, zu Zwischentönen fähig, glanzvoll in der schön ausgesteuerten Höhe. Wetten, dass der in einem Jahrzehnt zu einem Otello vom Zuschnitt eines Ramon Vinay wächst? ....more