Riccardo Iannello, Tenor

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Riccardo Iannello

"The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest."

-Erik Satie-

Riccardo Iannello, Tenor

Official website of tenor
Riccardo Iannello

"The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest."

-Erik Satie-

Riccardo Iannello, Tenor

Official website of tenor
Riccardo Iannello

"The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest."

-Erik Satie-

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Semifinalist - Met Opera Auditions

In a college auditorium in Buffalo, the scene is set for the district finals of the annual Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions as young Canadian tenor Riccardo Iannello advances to the semi-final round.

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"He has a glorious voice with a clarity and technique that make even the difficult parts sound easy."

John Huxhold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Riccardo Iannello as Alfredo displays a beautiful, rich, resonant voice that amply conveys the beauty and majesty of Verdi’s music."

Mark Bretz, Ladue News

"Riccardo Iannello's, Act II aria drew shouts of 'bravo' on opening night..."

Chuck Lavazzi, KDHX

"As Alfredo, Riccardo Iannello showed promise, singing with a pleasing, youthful tone and possessing the right dramatic instincts."

Joseph So, Opera Canada

"Johane Ansell and Riccardo Iannello...sparred charmingly as Gilbert and Sullivan's plaintiff and defendant."

Patrick Dillon, Opera Canada

"She's paired with Riccardo Iannello as Alfredo and the blending of her voice with his tenor is simply marvelous. Both are able to convey their emotions and desires vocally as well as through their acting performances."

Chris Gibson, BWW Opera World

Meet
Riccardo

Canadian-Italian lyric tenor Riccardo Iannello made his professional solo opera début in 2010 as an apprentice artist with Opéra de Montréal as Lord Cecil in Roberto Devereux. That same year he débuted as Schmidt in Werther and Second Jew in Strauss’ Salomé conducted by the new Metropolitan Opera’s Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Riccardo has been an artist in residence with Pacific Opera Victoria where he marked both his company and role début as Le Remendado in Carmen. He made his company and professional U.S. solo opera début as Alfredo in La Traviata with Union Avenue Opera in St. Louis, MO at age 32. Following his U.S. début, Riccardo participated in Ireland’s prestigious Wexford Festival where he took part in a successful run of two, new productions and a short work production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury, singing the role of Edwin, the Defendant. Other roles and companies include Tamino in Miami Music Festival’s production of The Magic Flute as well as the reprisal of Alfredo with Southern Ontario Lyric Opera conducted by Sabatino Vacca.

Riccardo's career spans from opera to concert work as well. He has been a tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Etobicoke Philharmonic, in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with ChoralWorks under the baton of Brian Rae, in Haydn's The Creation with Toronto Sinfonietta and the Oakham House Choir at Ryerson University, and in Dubois' The Seven Last Words of Christ with Choral St. Eustache in Québec. He has also toured in several U.S. cities with former I Sing Beijing whose mission was to recognize Mandarin as a lyrical musical language and introduce Chinese operatic repertoire to the mainstream opera world.

In competition, Riccardo was a Great Lakes Regional finalist at the prestigious Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He was the recipient of the Opera Buffs award from the Metropolitan Opera of New York.

Riccardo’s career has extended overseas performing at various venues in Germany. The first one took place at Lindenfels castle in Lindenfels and followed by another in Boppard as part of the Mittelrhein Musik Festival under the helm of Helge Dorsch. That was followed by another concert soon after in Honolulu, Hawaii singing alongside mezzo soprano, Deanna Pauletto, and Hawaii native and baritone, Quinn Kelsey. This marked his début with the host company, Hawaii Opera Theater. He has had great success in reprising the role of Alfredo in La Traviata marking his debut with Miami Lyric Opera in February 2020.

He is currently a member of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association, ACTRA Toronto, and the American Federation of Musicians union in conjunction with the Toronto Musicians' Association, Local 149.

Photo credit: Phil Crozier

Upcoming
Performances

La Traviata

Alfredo

Miami, FL

Miami Lyric Opera

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Verdi Requiem

Milton, ON

Milton Philharmonic

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Recital

Deanna Pauletto, mezzo-soprano

Riccardo Iannello, tenor

Quinn Kelsey, baritone

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Hawaii Opera Theater

Italienische Nacht - Zauber des Belcanto

August 17 at 7:30pm: Hotel Jakobsberg, Boppard, Germany

August 18 at 7:30pm: Lindenfels Castle, Lindenfels, Germany

Mittelrhein Musik Festival

A Vocal Recital of Opera Arias, Duets, and Songs

Toronto, ON

Columbus Centre: Carrier Art Gallery

La Traviata

Alfredo

Conductor: Sabatino Vacca

Southern Ontario Lyric Opera

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Audition Tour

Italy, Germany, Austria

Various Companies

La Traviata in Concert

Alfredo

Conductor: Sabatino Vacca

Southern Ontario Lyric Opera

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Die Zauberflöte

Tamino

Conductor: Stephanie Rhodes

Miami Music Festival

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Die Zauberflöte

Tamino

Conductor: Geoff Butler

Opera York

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Lord Nelson Mass

Tenor Soloist

Conductor: Matthew Jaskiewicz

Toronto Sinfonietta

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Wandering Scholar & Trial by Jury

The Defendant

Wexford Festival Opera

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La Traviata

Alfredo

Conductor: Scott Schoonover

Union Avenue Opera

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Ariadne auf Naxos

Scaramuccio

Conductor: Timothy Vernon

Pacific Opera Victoria

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European Representation:

Andrei Diakov
Diakov Opera Management
Berlin, Germany
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