Recognised as a byword in comic opera and bel canto repertoire, Bruno de Simone is one of the most valued singers-actors on the international opera scene. Born in Naples, he combined his university degree with study in music and singing with Sesto Bruscantini and began to distinguish himself as the ideal performer of dramma giocoso from the 18th and 19th century and comic opera, especially Rossini – with seventeen roles – and Donizetti repertoire. He is currently confirmed as an indispensable singer in this sphere. He has also made a name for himself in the world of comic opera with works by the likes of Galuppi, Pergolesi, Paisiello and Cimarosa, and is now considered to be the leading singer in this field, being the most prolific performer of this repertoire.

From the beginning of his career he has taken the lead role in important revivals of little-known compositions from the 18th century, outstanding among these was Lo frate ‘nnamorato, by Pergolesi (Teatro alla Scala, Milan 1990), with which he garnered great personal success. He is habitually engaged by the most respected opera houses, musical institutions and international festivals: Milan La Scala, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Regio in Turin and Parma, Comunale in Bologna, Arena in Verona, La Fenice in Venice, San Carlo in Naples, Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome and the Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia; he performs regularly in Wien (Staatsoper), Paris (Opéra), Tokyo, Barcelona (Liceu), Madrid (Teatro Real), Washington, San Francisco, Amsterdam, A Coruña (Festival Mozart), Berlin (Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper), Zürich, Münich, Génève, Sevilla, Liège, Tel Aviv and many others. He has worked with the greatest conductors of the last decades, from Abbado to Campanella, without forgetting Chailly, Gatti, López Cobos, Metha, Muti, Renzetti and Zedda and with directors as Cobelli, De Ana, Martone, Ronconi,  Pizzi, Sagi, Servillo and Zeffirelli.

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