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 (Simon Boccanegra) and Banco (Macbeth) as well as Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust and in Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust.
During the 2024/25 season, D’Arcangelo performs Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro) with the Semperoper Dresden, Oroveso (Norma) at Wiener Staatsoper, and Verdi Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Last season he sang Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) at Teatro alla Scala Milan, title role Attila with Opera de Marseille, Ernani in concert with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, and made a return to the Salzburg Festival as Publio (La Clemenza di Tito).
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo’s career has taken him to many of the world’s foremost opera houses, including the Vienna and Berlin state operas, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Paris Opera, La 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, John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tugan Sokhiev, Sir Antonio Pappano, and Sir Georg Solti.
Ildebrando 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.
