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 as Mozart’s Figaro, Count Almaviva, Leporello and Don Giovanni. In recent years, he has added a number of major Verdi roles to his repertoire, most notably Attila, Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra and Banco in Macbeth as well as Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust and Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust.

During the 2025/26 season, D’Arcangelo’s engagements include both Jean Procida in Les vêpres siciliennes and Sir Giorgio Valton in I puritani at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Escamillo in Carmen at the Zurich Opera House and the title role of Le nozze di Figaro in concert with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Recent appearances include Oroveso in Norma for the Wiener Staatsoper, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro at Teatro alla Scala Milan, the title role of Attila with the Opera de Marseille and Ernani in concert with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester.

D’Arcangelo’s career has taken him to many of the world’s foremost opera houses, including the state operas of Vienna and Berlin, Royal Ballet and Opera, Paris Opera, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Teatro Real Madrid and Metropolitan Opera. He made his Salzburg Festival debut in 1996 as Mozart’s Figaro, subsequently returning as Leporello and Don Giovanni. Among the conductors with whom he has worked are Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Myung-Whun Chung, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tugan Sokhiev, Sir Antonio Pappano and Sir Georg Solti.

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.