Stfano de Peppo - Baritone

Bass-baritone Stefano de Peppo, a native Italian, began his musical career as a soloist in the Children's Chorus of Teatro alla Scala of Milan, city where he continued his training with vocal studies at the Civic School of Music.
Engagements for 2007/2008 include The Magic Flute, don Giovanni, Nozze di Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutte, Tosca in USA, Mexico, Spain, Israel and Italy.
In 2006 He has been invited by Placido Domingo at Washington National Opera to take part to William Friedkin’s recent production of Gianni Schicchi with Samuel Ramey in the title role. He also sang Leporello in Milan and at Connecticut Grand Opera, and his first Papageno with great acclaim at Wichita Grand Opera. In 2005 he was Bartolo in a new production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Teatro Colon in Bogota, Colombia. He also appeared as Geronte in a production of Puccini's Manon Lescaut at Palm Beach Opera, with Daniela Dessi and Fabio Armiliato.
During the summers of 2004 and 2005 he performed Leporello in Prague in the theatre where don Giovanni was premiered, and together with Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro in various Theatres in USA during fall/winter 2004-2005 with Mozart Festival Opera.

Among the highlights of 2003 he very successfully sang Mustafa in a new production of L'Italiana in Algeri performed at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and Annibale Pistacchio in Donizetti’s Il Campanello at Symphony Space in New York with New York Chamber Opera.

Additional engagements in 2001 and 2002 included the Sacristan in Tosca and Alcindoro/Benoit in Boheme for Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Teatro Argentina in Rome with Renato Bruson as the Don (production which was filmed by the Italian TV Channel RAI and taped for commercial DVD release), and Betto in Gianni Schicchi at Los Angeles Opera.
He made his Minnesota Opera debut in 2001 with Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia and also appeared with Opera Orchestra of New York in Les Huguenots and Connecticut Grand Opera as Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte. In summer 2001, he appeared with Portland Opera Repertory Theatre as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro. He opened the 1997-1998 Bellas Artes Season as Leporello. Additionally, he sang Leporello in Jerez, Spain. He returned to the States in 2000 for Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia in Palm Beach after singing Dulcamara in Tenerife, and made his New York debut as Don Magnifico at The American Opera Center at Lincoln Center. He made his Canadian debut in 1999 as Mustafa in L'Italiana in Algeri with Opera Hamilton in addition to Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Jerez.

Mr. de Peppo joined the Teatro de Bellas Artes in Mexico City in 1990, where he sang Dulcamara in L'elisir d'amore, Bartolo, Sacristan in Tosca, Sam in Un ballo in Maschera, Marco in Gianni Schicchi, Truffaldine in Ariadne auf Naxos, the King in Aida, Mustafa in L'Italiana in Algeri and Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola. In Mexico he took part in a movie version of Cosi Fan Tutte which received the “Rockefeller Foundation” Prize.