Rosario La Spina

Background: Born, Australia. Trained at the Queensland Conservatorium with Joseph Ward OBE then Young Singers’ Course at La Scala, Milan, studying with Luciana Serra and Leyla Gencer. First prize in the “Mario Del Monaco International Opera Competition”, 2002

OA repertoire: Rodolfo: La bohème, Cavaradossi: Tosca, Prince: Love for Three Oranges, Pinkerton: Madama Butterfly, Duke: Rigoletto, Alfredo: La traviata, Calaf: Turandot, Prince: Rusalka, Hoffmann: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Don José: Carmen, Radamès: Aida

Other Companies: Radamès (Seattle); Arturo: Lucia di Lammermoor (Bern Stadttheater); Messenger: Samson and Delilah, Riccardo: Oberto (La Scala); Riccardo (Genova); Duke: Rigoletto (Tuscany, NZ); Pinkerton (WAO); Arvino: I lombardi (Teatro Regio di Parma); Alfredo: La traviata (Modena, WAO); Luigi: Il tabarro (Osaka, Japan). Soloist with Ulster Orchestra, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, MSO, SSO, TQO, Stanford University Orchestra, Taiwan Symphony Orchestra

Recordings/Videos: Classical Spectacular (MSO); Puccini Romance (TQO/ABC Classics); Rusalka (Chandos); Rosario (Universal) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo

Rosario La Spina's performances are proudly sponsored by Maersk Line