Commissioner /

Emanuele Giannino



Graduated at the Conservatory “Arcangelo Corelli” of Messina, and a winner of important competitions, such as the “Adriano Belli” of Spoleto in 1987 and the “Toti Dal Monte” in 1992, Emanuele Giannino made his debut in L’italiana in Algeri and in La sonnambula in Spoleto.

He has established an international career, performing regularly on some among the world’s most prestigious concert stages and opera houses, including Teatro alla Scala, Liceu in Barcelona, Opernhaus in Zürich, Monnaie in Bruxelles, Opéra National de Paris, Semperoper in Dresden, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence.

During the last two seasons he gained a great success performing Le nozze di Figaro (Don Curzio) at Teatro alla Scala and at Festival International de Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence, Falstaff (Bardolfo) at Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Achille) at Opéra de Nantes, Le nozze di Figaro (Don Curzio) and Madama Butterfly (Goro) at Teatro La Fenice di Venezia and La fanciulla del west (Ashby) at Opéra National de Paris.

Among his future plans are Le nozze di Figaro in Bahrein, Falstaff with the Bamberger Symphoniker, Macbeth at Teatro Verdi di Pisa and Norma at Teatro La Fenice di Venezia.

Active also on the concert side, he has sung Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Petite messe solennelle (Teatro alla Scala) and Messa di Gloria, Beethoven’s IX Symphony and Christus am Ölberge. During his career he took part in some important productions, including Die Zauberflöte (Monostatos) at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Le nozze di Figaro (Basilio) at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence, Gianni Schicchi (Gherardo) at the Teatro alla Scala, Otello (Roderigo) at the Opéra National de Paris, Oedipe (Laios) by Enescu at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Macbeth (Malcom) at the Opernhaus in Zürich, L’elisir d’amore (Nemorino) in Korea, L’italiana in Algeri (Lindoro) at the Liceu di Barcellona and at the Semperoper in Dresden, La sonnambula (Elvino) at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Don Pasquale (Ernesto) in Bilbao, Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo) at the Canadian Opera in Toronto, Chérubin at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Falstaff and I pagliacci at the Monnaie in Bruxelles, Lucrezia Borgia and Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Teatro Regio di Torino. His repertory also includes Il turco in Italia, L’amico Fritz, Il matrimonio segreto, I quatro rusteghi, Sigismondo, Le donne rivali, L’occasione fa il ladro and Turandot.

His discography includes Le donne rivali by Cimarosa (recorded in 1994), Piramo e Tisbe by Hasse (recorded in 1996), Messa di Gloria by Rossini (2000) and La clochette by Duni (2002).