Training

A native of Florence (Italy), Giacomo Prestia studied vocal technique with Maestro Sergio Catoni. He won several international competitions including the “Concorso internazionale Voci Verdiane” in Busseto and the “Concorso Luciano Pavarotti” in Philadelphia.

Performances

He made his Opera debut with Giuseppe Verdi’s ALZIRA in Fidenza in 1991, after which he embarked upon an intense and brilliant career that saw him performing in the major opera houses of the world, among them: Teatro alla Scala, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Opéra Nazionale de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zurich, Teatro Real de Madrid, Liceu de Barcelona, Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, San Carlo in Naples, Berlin’s Philharmonic with the famous Berliner Orchestra, Teatro Regio di Parma.  Mr. Prestia has also worked with prominent conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Gorge Pretre, Daniele Gatti, Nicola Luisotti,Daniel Oren, Daniel Baremboin,Nello Santi,Bruno Campanella,Maurizio Benini,Michele Mariotti.

Among the many good performances during the 2010-2011 season, we remind the success in the Vespri Siciliani in Parma Regio Theatre, Macbeth in Bilbao,Aida for the opening 74° Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Norma in Bari Petruzzelli Theatre.

In the next season he will sing Aida in Milan Scala,Lucia and Masnadieri in Naple San Carlo,Macbeth in Montecarlo,Norma in Theatre Regio in Torino, Aida in Barcelona and Verona and Don Carlo in Theatre Regio In Parma.

 2012 schedule

January	Milano--Aida
February	Napoli--Lucia
March	Napoli--Masnadieri
April	Montecarlo--Macbeth
May	Torino--Norma
June	Torino--Norma
July	Barcelona--Aida
August	Verona-- Aida e Turandot
September	Parma--Don Carlo
October	Parma--Don Carlo
November	Firenze--Turandot
December	Paris--Favorite

Repertory

Beethoven	Missa solemnis
Bellini	I puritani
	La sonnambula
Donizetti	Don Pasquale
	La favorita
	Messa da requiem
Gounod	Faust
Massenet	Don Quichotte
Meyerbeer	Gli ugonotti
Ponchielli	Gioconda
Rossini	Il barbiere di Siviglia
	Stabat Mater
Verdi	Aida
	Attila
	Don Carlo
	Ernani
	La forza del destino
	I lombardi alla prima crociata
	Macbeth
	Masnadieri
	Messa di Reqiuem
	Simon Boccanegra
	I Vespri siciliani