Biography
Alessandro Praticò was
born in Reggio, Calabria and earned his degree in piano and piano accompaniment
at the Francesco Cilea conservatory in 2017. He
performs regularly as a soloist in numerous festivals in Europe and, since 2011, he has worked as a vocal coach in
the following productions: La Traviata,
Rigoletto, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci,
L'Arlesienne, La Bohème, Die Zauberflöte, Un
ballo in maschera, Noye's Fludde, Andrea Chénier, Carmen, Simon Boccanegra, Le nozze di Figaro, Reigen,
and Gianni Schicchi under the baton of conductors like Donato Renzetti, David
Crescenzi, Maxime Pascal, Matteo Beltrami, and Thomas Roesner. He was selected
as one of the five best students at the Francesco Cilea Conservatory in Reggio
Calabria to give concerts at Expo Milan in 2015. In the spring of 2018, he
participated in the masterclasses of Philippe Jordan at the Collège de France
and the Bastille Amphitheatre. He has worked with numerous singers, including
Luciana D'Intino, Dolora Zajick, Elina Garanča, Lucio Gallo, Donata D'Annunzio
Lombardi, and Mihaela Marcu. He also expanded his repertoire as a soloist under
the guidance of Alexander Hintchev. A vocal coach at the Nuovo Teatro Comunale
in Sassari in 2016 then at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari in 2017, he also
became the principal assistant to conductor David Crescenzi. In July 2018, he
joined the team of professionals for the Premiere Opera International Summer
Program in Urbania (Italy) which aims to develop the talents of opera singers
and instrumentalists. Alessandro Praticò joined the Paris Opera Academy in
September 2017.