Paolo Bordogna
{{short description|Italian opera singer}}
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| birth_place = Melzo, Italy
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| nationality = Italian
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| occupation = Opera singer
| years_active = 2005 – present
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Paolo Bordogna (born January 2, 1972) is an Italian operatic baritone and bass. He is particularly associated with buffo (comic) roles.{{cite web |title=Paolo Bordogna Opera Australia |url=https://opera.org.au/artists/paolo-bordogna |website=opera.org.au |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
Biography
Bordogna studied singing with baritone Roberto Coviello.{{cite web |title=Paolo Bordogna — People — Royal Opera House |url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/paolo-bordogna |website=www.roh.org.uk |accessdate=28 June 2020}} Since 2005, he has appeared often at the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro in such roles as Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola,{{cite web |title=A Fairytale Grows Up: Rossini's 'La Cenerentola' |url=https://www.npr.org/2010/12/24/132210721/a-fairytale-grows-up-rossinis-la-cenerentola |website=NPR.org |accessdate=28 June 2020 |language=en}} Bartolo in The Barber of Seville{{cite web |title=Il Barbiere di Siviglia 2014 Review Rossini America |url=http://www.rossiniamerica.org/il-barbiere-di-siviglia-2014-review/ |website=rossiniamerica.org |accessdate=28 June 2020}} and numerous others. His career has taken him to the Teatro Real, La Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, the Paris Opera, The Royal Opera, and many others of the world's leading opera houses.{{cite web |title=Paolo Bordogna |url=https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/artists/paolo-bordogna |website=Opéra national de Paris |accessdate=28 June 2020 |language=en}} He has also performed the roles of Dandini in La cenerentola and Figaro in The Barber of Seville. Over 50 roles in his wide repertory include the title roles of Donizetti's Don Pasquale and Dr. Dulcamara in that composer's L'elisir d'amore.
In Mozart operas, he has performed as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro at Opera Australia, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan Tutte at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and Leporello in Don Giovanni for Staatsoper Wien.
In 2016, he joined a civil union with his partner Adalberto Ruggeri.{{cite web |last1=Candioli |first1=Francesca |title=Il manager e il baritono Adalberto e Paolo dicono sì |url=https://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/bologna/notizie/cronaca/2016/2-settembre-2016/giornalista-baritono-adalberto-paolo-dicono-si-240860104751.shtml |website=Corriere di Bologna |accessdate=28 June 2020 |language=it |date=9 February 2016}}
Selected discography
- Don Gregorio. DVD: Dynamic. Cat: 33579{{cite web |title=CLDODONG.HTM |url=https://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLDODONG.HTM |website=www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
- La cambiale di matrimonio. DVD: Naxos Cat: 2110228
- La gazza ladra. DVD: Dynamic, Cat: 33567
- La Cenerentola. CD: Naxos Records Cat: 8.660191-92
- Un giorno di regno. DVD (Blu-ray, PAL): Unitel Classica Cat: 720304
- Tutti in maschera. DVD: Bongiovanni Cat:675754013264
- Tutto buffo, solo album Decca records Cat: 4811685{{cite web |title=Tutto Buffo |url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8064605--tutto-buffo |website=Presto Classical |accessdate=28 June 2020 |language=en}}
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External links
- [https://www.paolobordogna.com/ Official website]
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Category:Italian operatic baritones
Category:Musicians from Lombardy