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Pierluigi Zordan (Baritone)

Born: Italy

The Italian baritone, Pierluigi Zordan [Pier Zordan], first studied with studies with the baritones Vittorio Benetti and Mario Possenti; he perfected himself with Maestros Pier Miranda Ferraro, Danilo Cestari, Danilo Rigosa and in the prestigious master-classes held by Luciana D'Intino and Piero Cappuccilli at the Teatro "Sociale" di Como.

Pierluigi Zordan made his debut in Cassino in 1992 as Sharpless with Madama Butterfly, conducted by Sergio Oliva and in 1994 he won the XV "Mattia Battistini" in Rieti, for the role of Tonio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, establishing himself at the Teatro "Vespasiano" conducted by by Maurizio Rinaldi, staged by Franca Valeri. In the 1st Opera Season of "Villa Pisani" he made his debut as Amonasro in Aida with the "Città di Verona" orchestra conducted by Enrico De Mori, staged by Antonello Madau Diaz. In addition to Pagliacci, Butterfly and Aida, he has already performed numerous times the main roles of Traviata, Trovatore, Cavalleria Rusticana, Barbiere di Siviglia, Campanello, Betly, Elisir d'Amore, Bohème, Tosca, Lucia di Lammermoor, Nabucco, Ballo in Maschera, Georges Bizet's Carmen and Andrea Chènier. He engraved Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. Of the sacred repertoire it includes some Sacred Cantatas by J.S. Bach, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Mascagni's Messa di Gloria, Camille Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio, Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, W.A. Mozart's Coronation Mass and Rossini's Petite Messe Sollennelle.

Pierluigi Zordan has had the opportunity to sing with well-known conductors such as Maurizio Arena, Maurizio Rinaldi, Enrico De Mori; and then Francesco Rosa, Marco Berdondini, Michail Smirnov, Ruben Zatikyan, Christian Maggio, Maurizio Baldin, Ubaldo Composta, Pietro Perini, Mauro Roveri, Stefano Romani, Riccardo Boeretto, Roberto Bongiovanni, Pierangelo Gelmini, Alessandro Arigoni, Roberto Gianola, Luca Tieppo, Giulia Manicardi, Isidoro Gusberti, Giovanni Leonardo Lorenzin, Pierangelo Valtinoni, Giuseppe Orizio, Matteo Bettinelli, Andrea Schiavio … with pianists Salvo Sgrò, Samuele Pala, Damiano Carissoni, Eddy De Nadai, Alessandro Cofano, Armando Calvia, Stefano Fogliardi, Enrico Miaroma, Hirano Mitzuro, Alessandro Kirschner, Patrizia Bernelich, Michela Forgione, Angiolina Sensale, Corrado Loffredi, Mauro Perissinotto, Marzio Fullin, Stefania Zanesco, Sergio Grandi, Lisa Takashima, Sem Cerritelli, Federico Brunello, Marco Titotto, Christian Maggio, Vito Lombardi, Joyce Fieldsend, Andrea Albertin, Roberto Rossetto, Alberto Boischio, Paolo Polon, Alberto Bruni, Stefano Bettineschi, Antonio Camponogara, Bruno Volpato, Marco Lessio, Kaori Suzuky, Beppe Sanzari, Giulia Mandruzzato, Matteo Andri, Massimo Zulpo, Stefano Caniato, Leonardo Andreotti, Roberta Paroletti, Giovanni Del Messier, Roberto Barrali, Diego Crovetti … with the stage directors Franca Valeri, Antonello Madau Diaz, Francesco Esposito, Renato Stanisci, Natale Filice, Massimo Scaglione, Maria Luisa Bigai, Massimo Somaglino, Luigi Todarello, Claudio Sportelli, Daniele Rubboli …

Pierluigi Zordan has performed in the theaters "Donizetti" and Sala "Piatti" (Bergamo), "Grande" (Brescia), "Verdi" (Padova and Busseto), "Comunale" (Adria, Vicenza, Nova Milanese and Lonigo), "Sociale" (Rovigo and Como), "Vespasiano" (Rieti), "Bibiena" (Mantova), “Erbe” (Milan), “Borgatti” (Cento), “Pax” (Cusano Milanino), Cinisello Balsamo, "Alle Vigne" (Lodi), “Kursaal”, “Congressi” and “Comunale-Magnolia” (Abano Terme), “Regionale dei Congressi” (Grado), “Concordia” (Pordenone), “Municipal” in Chiasso (Switzerland), “Salieri” (Legnago) and “Derby” (Milan)… He currently lives in Vicenza, Italy.


Sources:
Corale le Voci dei Berici Website (2014), English translation by Aryeh Oron (March 2023)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (March 2023)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Works

Giovanni Leonardo Lorenzin

Bass

[CV-1] (1997, Video): BWV 161, BWV 140

Links to other Sites

Pier Zordan baritono (Corale le Voci dei Berici) [Italian]
Pier Zordan on Faceboo


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