Although he has performed in all of the world’s major opera houses, this is Luca Pisaroni’s first appearance in Hungary. The Italian bass-baritone can be heard in the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Müpa‘s joint production of Don Giovanni, where he brings to life one of the defining roles of his repertoire, Leporello.

When I reach bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni over Zoom for a transatlantic conversation about Mozart and Don Giovanni, he tells me that he does not know what will happen when he takes the stage in Houston to perform the role of Mozart’s infamous antihero. 

The Story of a Serial Seducer on an Epic Scale.There are so many ways to play the title character in Mozart's Don Giovanni. Bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni knows this firsthand because he's been in 120 performances spread over 13 different productions.

He makes his role debut in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" at LA Opera.

Famed director Konstantin Stanislavski said, “There are no small parts, only small actors.” Norma Desmond, in Sunset Boulevard, responds to a question about her once having been big, says “I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”

An Inside the Huddle double-header! First up, we are joined by Luca Pisaroni as he prepares to make his role debut as Don Basilio in LA Opera’s The Barber of Seville. The Italian bass-baritone, known for his dynamic stagecraft and handsome tone, reveals his favorite role to perform (not a comic one!) and picks the best act of a Mozart opera.

Key Change is the COC’s new podcast, offering a fresh take on today's opera issues. Co-hosted by classical singer and culture critic Robyn Grant-Moran, a member of the COC’s Circle of Artists, alongside COC Director/Dramaturg-in-Residence Julie McIsaac.

The bass baritone Luca Pisaroni is on the top of an international career which started 2001 in the austrian city of Klagenfurt singing one of his now most famous roles - Mozart's Figaro. He has now sung more than 150 performances of that very role and is still not afraid of more to come.