Luca Micheletti: ‘Opera italiana’ with Malcolm Martineau

One of the most acclaimed and versatile Italian artists of his generation, Luca Micheletti brings his extraordinary gifts to the Forum Fondazione Bertarelli for an evening of song rich in character and dramatic insight. Equally celebrated as baritone, actor, and opera director, Micheletti commands the world’s greatest stages: Teatro alla Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Ballet and Opera, the Arena di Verona and Sydney Opera House among them. In the 2025–26 season alone, he performs Guglielmo at La Scala, Escamillo at Teatro Real Madrid, the title roles in both Macbeth at Teatro Regio Torino and Don Giovanni in Tokyo under Riccardo Muti, and Marcello at the Royal Ballet and Opera in London. He also directs Simon Boccanegra at Teatro La Fenice. We are delighted to welcome him to the Forum.

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Paired with pianist Malcolm Martineau, one of the finest accompanists in the world and an OBE recipient for his services to music, this recital promises an evening of rare elegance and depth.

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Luca Micheletti baritone

Malcolm Martineau piano

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Programme:

W.A. Mozart

‘Non più andrai’, Le nozze di Figaro  

‘Aprite un po’ quegli occhi’, Le nozze di Figaro

‘Madamina, il catalogo è questo’, Don Giovanni

W.A. Mozart Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397

W.A. Mozart

‘Deh vieni alla finestra’, Don Giovanni

‘Fin ch’han dal vino’, Don Giovanni

‘Donne mie, la fate a tanti’, Così fan tutte

INTERVAL

G. Verdi

‘Non t’accostare all’urna’, Sei romanze

‘More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta’, Sei romanze

‘Nell’orror di notte oscura’, Sei romanze

G. Fauré Romances sans paroles*

G. Verdi ‘Vanne, la tua meta… Credo in un Dio crudel’, Otello

I. Albeniz ‘Tango, España, Op. 165*

G. Verdi ‘Perfidi! All’Anglo… Pietà, rispetto, amore!’, Macbeth

* solo piano (Malcolm Martineau)