LucaMicheletti

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  • Baritone
  • Director

About Luca

Italian baritone, actor, and opera/theatre director Luca Micheletti is one of the most acclaimed and versatile artists of his generation. In the 25/26 season, he performs Guglielmo Così fan tutte at Teatro alla Scala, Escamillo Carmen at Teatro Real in Madrid, the title role in Macbeth at the Teatro Regio Torino, and Marcello La bohème at the Royal Ballet and Opera in London. He will also direct Simon Boccanegra at Teatro La Fenice.

Micheletti has sung on many of the world’s leading stages, including Teatro alla Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Ballet and Opera in London, Sydney Opera House, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Opera di Roma, La Fenice, Arena di Verona, Teatro Regio Torino, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Ravenna Festival, Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, and the theatres of Piacenza, Modena, and Reggio Emilia, among others.

He has worked with Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Myung-Whun Chung, Daniele Gatti, Fabio Luisi, Daniel Harding, Marco Armiliato, Daniel Oren, Daniele Callegari, Julia Jones, Renato Palumbo, Bertrand de Billy, Antonino Fogliani, Pablo Heras-Casado, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, and Eun Sun Kim, in productions by Giorgio Strehler, Franco Zeffirelli, Luca Ronconi, David McVicar, Chiara Muti, Davide Livermore, Hugo de Ana, Cristina Mazzavillani, Arnaud Bernard, Francesco Micheli, Andrea de Rosa, Karin Henkel, and Sláva Daubnerová, among others.

As a director, Micheletti has staged major productions in both drama and opera; most recently, Sophocles’ Ajax, Bizet’s Carmen, Schumann’s Scenes from Faust, The Merry Widow, Trouble in Tahiti, and the world première of Colasanti’s L’ultimo viaggio di Sindbad.

Parallel to his stage career, Micheletti earned degrees in Literature and Theatre Studies (Milan, Venice) and a PhD in Italian Studies (La Sapienza Università in Rome). His dramatic career has earned him some of Italy’s most prestigious awards: the Ubu, the International Pirandello, and the Franco Enriquez Prizes.

For his artistic achievements, he is listed in the Roll of Honour of the Conservatorio “Luca Marenzio” in Brescia, his hometown.

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Contact

Angelica Conner

Angelica Conner

Senior Artist Manager
Charlotte Bateman

Charlotte Bateman

Assistant Artist Manager

Representation

Worldwide management with Askonas Holt (excluding Italy)

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Season Highlights

Nov 2025
Teatro alla Scala
Così fan tutte (Guglielmo) Robert Carsen (Director) Alexander Soddy (Conductor)
Dec 2025 - Jan 2026
Teatro Real, Madrid
Carmen (Escamillo) Damiano Micheletto (Director) Eun Sun Kim e Iñaki Encina (Conductors)
Jan 2026
Teatro la Fenice, Venice
Simon Boccanegra (Director) Renato Palumbo (Conductor)
Feb 2026 - Mar 2026
Teatro Regio Torino
Macbeth (Title Role) Riccardo Muti (Conductor) Chiara Muti (Director)
Jul 2026
Royal Ballet and Opera, London
La bohème (Marcello) Lorenzo Passerini (Conductor)

Video

Selected Repertoire

Bernstein

Trouble in Tahihi (Sam)

Bizet

Carmen (Escamillo)

Donizetti

Il campanello di notte (Enrico)

Lehár

Die lustige Witwe (Danilo)

Mozart

Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro/Count Almaviva)   •   Don Giovanni (Title Role)   •   Così fan tutte (Guglielmo)

Pergolesi

La serva padrona (Uberto)

Puccini

La bohème (Marcello)   •   Madama Butterfly (Sharpless)

Stravinksy

L'histoire de Soldat (The Devil)

Verdi

Rigoletto (Title Role)   •   Otello (Iago)   •   Il trovatore (Conte di Luna)   •   Macbeth (Title Role)   •   Don Carlo (Rodrigo)   •   I vespri siciliani (Guido di Montfort)   •   Un ballo in maschera (Renato)   •   La traviata (Giorgio Germont)   •   Falstaff (Ford)

Press

  • Madama Butterfly (Sharpless)

    Puccini Festival
    Aug 2025

    • We were pleased to hear Luca Micheletti in Sharpless, a distinguished baritone whose vocal authority (what a striking high note!) and mastered art of nuance allow, in a role often too often considered secondary, to emerge the portrait of a humanist and... true consul.

    • Luca Micheletti’s Sharpless was dignified, elegantly sung, his frustration at Pinkerton’s behaviour palpable.

    • In a rather luxurious casting choice, the fine baritone Luca Micheletti (Sharpless) added dignity and sang with ease and refinement.

  • Carmen (Escamillo)

    Arena di Verona
    Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

    • Luca Micheletti appeared as an elegant and seductive Escamillo, who captivated the audience from the moment he entered the stage, singing the verses of "The Toreador" with enthusiasm and festive exultation. Coming from a family of artists, with proven experience as both an actor and a singer (as well as a regular director of the I Guitti Company ), the internationally renowned baritone from Brescia combines the charm of his voice with the charisma of his stage presence.

    • Luca Micheletti portrays a classy Escamillo, showcasing the unique allure of a precious vocal instrument combined with the charisma of a seductive stage presence. It goes without saying that his entrance, with the famous "Toreador," depicted with enviable confidence in both singing and movement, is one of the most distinctive parts of the entire performance.

  • La Traviata (Giorgio Germont)

    Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
    Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

    • Luca Micheletti is a vocally and scenically impeccable performer...

    • Papa Germont... is the true highlight of the evening's singing. We had already had the opportunity to hear Luca Micheletti three years ago, again outdoors, at Caracalla, in the role of Escamillo . As on that occasion, Micheletti perfectly captures the role: singing, diction, phrasing, everything is there. He also handles Caracalla's amplification very well, playing with the nuances of the part and producing a masterful "Di Provenza il mare, il suo l" , usually among the least convincing moments of the opera but this time, instead, among the best of the evening.