Ildebrando D’Arcangelo

Hailed by critics for his stage presence and glorious basso cantabile voice, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo has made an outstanding name for himself through his interpretations of Mozart’s Figaro, Count Almaviva, Leporello and Don Giovanni. In recent years he has expanded his repertory to include major Verdi roles such as Attila, Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra) and Banco (Macbeth), as well as Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust and in Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust.

Ildebrando D’Arcangelo’s career has taken him to many of the world’s foremost opera houses, including the Vienna and Berlin State Operas, the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, the Paris Opéra, La Scala, Milan, the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He made his Salzburg Festival debut in 1996 as Mozart’s Figaro, subsequently returning in roles such as Leporello, Don Giovanni and Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia). Among the conductors with whom he has worked are Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Myung-Whun Chung, John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tugan Sokhiev and Antonio Pappano.

In the 2025/26 season, prior to his return to the Salzburg Whitsun Festival as Lord Sidney (Il viaggio a Reims), Ildebrando D’Arcangelo has sung Procida (Les Vêpres siciliennes) at Covent Garden, Escamillo (Carmen) at the Zurich Opera House and the title role of Le nozze di Figaro in a concert performance with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. He closes the season with a return to Covent Garden to sing Sir Giorgio (I puritani). His recent engagements have included Oroveso (Norma) at the Vienna State Opera, Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) at La Scala, Milan, the title role of Attila at the Opéra de Marseille and Silva (Ernani) with the Munich Radio Orchestra.

Ildebrando D’Arcangelo was a prize-winner at the International Toti Dal Monte Singing Competition in Treviso in 1989 and again in 1991. In addition to aforementioned composers, his extensive repertory also encompasses works by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Handel, Bizet, Boito and Stravinsky. Some of his finest performances have been released on DVD by labels that include Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Virgin Records.

D’Arcangelo was a prizewinner at the International Toti Dal Monte Singing Competition in Treviso in 1989 and again in 1991.
In addition to the aforementioned composers, his extensive repertoire also encompasses works by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Handel, Bizet, Boito and Stravinsky.

Some of his finest performances have been released on DVD by labels that include Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Virgin Records.