FICHERA Massimiliano,
baritone

Born in Acireale at the age of fifteen he began to study singing with soprano Cecilia Fusco and he  improved his vocal technique with Magda Olivero.    He won some of the most important singing competitions and he made his debut as Tonio in Pagliacci in Arad.   His repertoire includes : Le nozze di Figaro, I Puritani, La Traviata, Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Un Ballo in Maschera, Ernani, Attila, La Bohème, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Pasquale, La Romanziera e l’uomo nero, Pagliacci, Turandot, Cavalleria Rusticana, Il Segreto di Susanna, Le Villi, Madame Butterfly, Simon Boccanegra, I Vespri Siciliani, Manon Lescaut, Fedora, Il marchese di Roccaverdina, Carmina Burana and Symphony No. 9 Beethoven.  He has performed in many theaters, among which: Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Teatro La Pergola, Teatro Rossini in Pesaro, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Chiabrera in Savona, Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Rendano in Cosenza, Teatro Carignano in Turin, the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Teatro Sociale in Rovigo, Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Teatro Dell’Aquila in Fermo, Teatro Morlacchi in Perugia, Corte Malatestiana in  Fano, Luglio Musicale Trapanese, Teatro Nuovo in Spoleto, Opera Astana, Kazakhstan. Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, Osaka and other cities of Japan, where he sang a tour of the Il barbiere di Siviglia. He recorded many CD for the labels: Bongiovanni, Kiccomusic.