William Matteuzzi
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William Matteuzzi in an Italian tenor and opera singer known for his impressive vocal range and prominent upper register reaching a high F in full voice. [1]
Born in Bologna on 12 December 1957. He won the Enrico Caruso Singing Competition in 1980, which led him to Teatro alla Scala.
He has sung a wide repertoire ranging from Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi (Orlando furioso) to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Così fan tutte), Vincenzo Bellini (I Puritani, La Sonnambula), Gaetano Donizetti (La fille du régiment) and Giovanni Pacini (L’ultimo giorno di Pompei).
A highly respected Gioachino Rossini specialist, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1988 as Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia. His performed Rossini's buffo La scala di seta, L'occasione fà il ladro, L'Italiana in Algeri, La gazza ladra, La Cenerentola, La pietra del paragone, Il viaggio a Reims, Le Comte Ory and seria Otello, Zelmira, Armida, Ricciardo e Zoraide Maometto Secondo, etc...
Now mainly for teaching singing and doing master classes in Italy, Germany and Japan. But he formed ensemble and recoreding Monteverdi Operas (released L'incoronazione di Poppea, recorded L'Orfeo,....
