Clorindo Manzato - baritono, artista lirico

In this society now globalized and of extreme competition, it is difficult to present an artist without falling into false rethoric and in the lengthy attempt to convince that is the better and meritorious of all the consideration.

Unfortunatelly as usual the words are wasted to say “who is it” or “How it is”, and it is true that a lot of things are written or said, surely there are a few that are remembered.

One thing is true, Clorindo has always proved to be a serious artist, reliable, flexible and versatile.

Hism dark rope bariton vocal style, extensive and voluminose, sometimes harsh that make to prefer roles hard and pushed.

He has to his credit a vast theatral experience with dozen recitals leading roles of production of Italian and international repertorie representative lyric opera as well as a multiple serie of lyric concerts in all genres.

These are short words that far for expectations, self-congratulatory, are merely intended to arouse the visitor interest, during the research and discovery of the man and the artist.

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Artistic Curriculum

He studied singing with Saverio Durante and, in 1993, he graduated in Lead Baritone Vocal, from the “A. Buzzolla” Conservatory at Adria (Rovigo), now Ministry of University Teaching and Research – High Artistic and Musical Training, where he later received a higher degree (doctorate 2^nd level) in Musical Discipline (Interpretation branch) in 2006.

He studies the ‘aesthetics of the score’ (interpretation according to the original version of a work) with Saverio Durante, Angelo Soliman and Leopoldo Mosca.

He has participated in several masterclasses given by artists such as Bruno Merlin (tenor – ‘verism’ interpretation), Maurizio Arena (director orchestra) and Leonora Banfi (operetta singer) etc..

He has adopted the artistic suggestions of Gastone Limarilli (tenor) and Giorgio Zancanaro (baritone).

He has derived technical and stylistic inspiration from Antonio Cotogni’s school, whose concept of “singing the words” has led him to pay scrupulous attention to recitation and diction.

With astounding versatility he commands an impressive breadth of repertoire encompassing virtually every musical style from 1600 till today.

He is a faithful and accurate interpreter of the operatic and concert repertoire, Italian and German sacred music, chamber arias, German Lieder and French mélodies, and songs from musicals and films as well.

His interpretations embrace the “bel canto” of Bellini, Rossini and Donizetti, the lyric and dramatic roles of Gounod, Bizet, Verdi and Puccini, and the heroic roles of the international repertoire.

Since his debut in 1997 in Benatzky’s operetta “Im weissen Rössl” and in Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra”.

He has performed many roles portraying a wide variety of characters between which:

Alfio in Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” (11 performances);
Figaro in Giochino Rossini’s “Barbiere di Siviglia” (14 performances);
Conte di Luna in Giusepper Verdi’s “Trovatore” (5 performances);
Belcore in Donizetti’s “Elisir d’Amore” (1 performance);
Giorgio Germont in Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” (88 performances);
Sharples in Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” (1 performance);
Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” (12 performances);
Amonasro in Giuseppe Verdi’s "Aida" (5 performances).

He is also busy in the field of Sinfonic and Sacred Music:

“9^ Sinfonia” for orchestra, choir and solos, of L.W. Beethoven (1 performances);
“Stabat Mater” for Orchestra, choir and solos of G. Rossini (1 performances);
“Mass in G major D167” for Orchestra, choir and solos of F. Schubert (3 performances);
“Glory Mass in F major” for solos, choir and orchestra of P. Mascagni (10 performances);
“Mass” for solos, male choir and orchestra of A. Mazzuccato (12 performances).

He is also busy in the field of “regia lirica”:

in Gioachino Rossini’s “Barbiere di Siviglia” (2 performances);

He has worked as assistant of the world-famous director Marco Pucci Catena, among others for the staging of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” (Imperia, 1995) and “La Bohème” (Bozen, 1995).

He has sung both in Italy and abroad in well-known concert halls and theatres.

He has worked with various conductors including: Elisabetta Maschio, Luca Paccagnella, Mauro Perissinotto, Vitaliano Bambini, Stefano Giaroli, Dorino Signorini, Leigh O’Hara, Luca Tieppo, Angelo and Gaetano Soliman, Riccardo Boeretto, Mauro Roveri, Stefano Carlini, Nicola Samale, Elia Corazza, Dario Bisso Sabadin, Enrico Mainardi, Gianluca Fasano, etc..

The concert activities that should be remembered are:

27.03.2010, Sottomarina di Chioggia - Chiesa Buon Pastore - Prima esecuzione mondiale delle musiche di Enrico Mainardi - Meditazione Musicale S.M. della Navicella e Magnificat per Orchestra sinfonica, coro e soli;
08.11.2008, MADRID – Salon de Actos de la Real Accademia de Bellas Artes de San Fernado de Madrid c/ Alcalà, 13 <<Puccini comple 150 anos>> transmision directa por Radio Clasica (RNE);
2007, his performance in an opera concert at the Charenton – Parigi, in occasion of the anniversary of tren' the years from the dead women of Maria Callas during “l’exposition de la collection personelle de Jean-Jacques Hanine-Roussel”;
1997, his performance in an opera concert (together with the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra led by Gaetano Soliman) at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan was televised via satellite.

Some of his performances in Esperanto have been recorded by Velut Luna Records and released on compact disc.

He is an all-round artist: he is also a recognized composer and lyricist.

He is active in music not only as an artist but also as an organizer of musical events. Since 1999 he works as a Ministry Lyric Producer (Acknowledged by decree by the Italian State 03.09.1999, transmitted with note nr. 2892/TG1 of 01.10.1999).

His versatility also expresses itself in his deep interest in artistic and theatrical life as a whole, which leads him to explore even its technical aspects in an extremely professional way. He has been managing for several years his own private opera activity and the office for administration and organization of the Teatro Comunale at Adria, organizing in collaboration with the “Arena di Verona Foundation”.

It has been the artistic director of various opera festivals in Italy:

Teatro Comunale di Adria (RO), a far data dal 08.03.2004 al 14.01.2010;
Ditta Mousike di San Donà di Piave (VE), a far data dal 01.01.2006 al 12.01.2010;
Associazione Orchestra Filarmonica del Veneto di San Donà di Piave (VE), a far data dal 01.01.2006 al 12.01.2010;
Associazione Orchestra da Camera “I solisti della stravaganza” di San Donà di Piave (VE) ), a far data dal 15.04.1999 al 31.12.2007;
Associazione VOXARTIS di Terni, a far data dal 31.08.2002 al 12.01.2010;
Associazione Mistral di Cavarzere (VE) rassegna estiva “Cavarzere … in Lirica” anni: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009;
Arena Eleonora Duse, Sottomarina di Chioggia festival lirico estivo CLODIaeSTATE anni 2005, 2006;
M.A.S. MUSICA ARTE SERVIZI Socc. Cooperativa di Mestre (VE) a far data dal 01.01.2008 al 15.01.2010;
Comune di Montagnana (PD), progetto di marketing territoriale “Note di …….Viaggio” anno 2007;

In 2001, he was a co-presenter of a musical television programme on local networks.

He is also a specialist in sound and recording engineering.

He has taken courses in communication and mental techniques aiming at emotion and sensory self-control.

He collaborated as a Lyric Producer and Baritone with the following artists and producers, among others: Antonio Salvadori, Giorgio Zancanaro, Marco Pucci Catena, Gaetano Soliman, Daniele Zanettovich, Maurizio Arena, Mauro Perissinotto, Luca Paccagnella, Edoardo Lanza, Mauro Duranti, Angelo Soliman, Vitaliano Bambini, Marco Biolcati, Massimiliano Ferrati, Massimo Morelli, Elisabetta Maschio, Stefano Giaroli, Dorino Signorini, Leigh O’Hara, Luca Tieppo, Alba Russo-Mazzetti, Lino Venturini (ex Arena of Verona Foundation), Federico Pupo (Treviso Theatre, Teatri Spa, Cassamarca Foundation), Adriana Migliorini (International lyric center of Adria), Eleonora Banfi, Riccardo Boeretto (agency Mousikè), Mauro Roveri, Stefano Carlini, Nicola Samale, Elia Corazza, Dario Bisso Sabadin, Enrico Mainardi, Gianluca Fasano, etc..

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*Musical repertory*
*Genere*	*Autore*	*Ruolo*

OPERISTICO	George BIZET	- dall’opera CARMEN, ruolo di “Escamillo”
"	Gaetano DONIZETTI	- dall'opera ELISIR D'AMORE, ruolo di “Belcore”
"	Gaetano DONIZETTI	- dall'opera DON PASQUALE, ruolo del “Dott. Malatesta”
"	Gaetano DONIZETTI	- dall'opera LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, ruolo di “Lord Enrico Asthon”
"	Charles GOUNOD	- dall'opera FAUST, ruolo di “Valentino”
"	Pietro MASCAGNI	- dall'opera CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, ruolo di “Alfio”
"	Giacomo PUCCINI	- dall'opera LA BOHEME, ruolo di “Marcello”
"	Giacomo PUCCINI	- dall'opera TOSCA, ruolo di “Scarpia”
"	Giacomo PUCCINI	- dall'opera MADAMA BUTTERFLY, ruolo di “Sharples”
"	Giuseppe VERDI	- dall'opera LA TRAVIATA, ruolo di “Giorgio Germont”
"	Giuseppe VERDI	- dall'opera AIDA, ruolo di “Amonasro”
"	Giuseppe VERDI	- dall’opera IL TROVATORE, ruolo del “Conte di Luna”
"	Giuseppe VERDI	- dall’opera SIMON BOCCANEGRA, ruolo di “Paolo Albiani”
"	Giuseppe VERDI	- dall’opera RIGOLETTO, ruolo di “Rigoletto”
"	Giuseppe VERDI	- dall’opera NABUCCO, ruolo di “Nabucco”
"	Gioachino ROSSINI	- dall’opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, ruolo di “Figaro”
SINFONICO	Ludwig van BEETHOVEN	- 9 ^ SINFONIA per soli coro ed orchestra

SACRO	JohannSebastian BACH	- alcune arie tratte dalle “CANTATE”
"	Johann Sebastian BACH	- brani solistici da “ORATORIO DI NATALE”
"	Franz Joseph HAYDN	- brani solistici dalla “LA CREAZIONE”
"	Nicolò JOMMELLI	- brani solistici da “LA PASSIONE DI GESU' CRISTO”
"	Francesco Antonio VALLOTTI	- IL GLORIA (anno 1747) per soli, coro ed orchestra
"	Umberto MONTI	- LE SETTE PAROLE DI CRISTO IN CROCE per soli, coro ed organo
"	Umberto MONTI	- CRISTO CROCIFISSO POTENZA E SAPIENZA per soli, coro, flauto, organo e pianoforte
"	Gioachino ROSSINI	- PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE
"	Gioachino ROSSINI	- STABAT MATER
"	Alberto MAZZUCCATO	- MESSA E MOTTETTI per coro maschile, tre voci virili e orchestra
"	Franz SCHUBERT	- MESSA IN G MAJOR D167 per Orchestra, coro e soli
"	Pietro MASCAGNI	- MESSA DI GLORIA IN F MAJOR per Orchestra, coro e soli (tenore-baritono)
"	Wolfang Amedeus MOZART	- REQUIEM per Orchestra, coro e soli
"	Enrico MAINARDI	- MAGNIFICAT e MEDIAZIONE MUSICALE S.M. DELLA NAVICELLA per Orchestra, coro e soli (mezzo soprano-baritono)

CAMERISTICO	J. BRAHMS	Alcuni tra i "Lied" più famosi
"	W.A. MOZART	"
"	R. SCHUMANN,	"
"	L. Van BEETHOVEN	"
"	G. MAHLER	"
"	R. STRAUSS	"
"	F.J. HAYDN	"
"	F. SCHUBERT	"
"	H. WOLF	"
"	E. AUDRAN	Alcune tra le "melodies" francesi più famose
"	H. DUPARC	"
"	A.E. CHABRIER	"
"	G. FAURE	"
"	J.B. FAURE	"
"	A. CHOUDENS	"
"	E. CHAUSSON	"
"	C. GOUNOD	"
"	C. DEBUSSY	"
"	E. REYER	"
"	F. ALFANO	Alcune tra le "liriche" italiane più famose
"	A. FIORENTIN	"
"	V. BELLINI	"
"	G.F. GHEDINI	"
"	L. BELLONI	"
"	A. GUERCIA,	"
"	A. BUZZOLLA	"
"	G. ROSSINI	"
"	R. BROGI	"
"	R. ROSSELLINI	"
"	A. BUZZI-PECCIA	"
"	Don F. RONCONI	"
"	S. CALTABIANO	"
"	F.P. TOSTI	"
"	N. CATTOZZO	"
"	G. VERDI	"
"	G. DONIZETTI	"
"	E. WOLF-FERRARI	"
"	S. DURANTE	"
"	N.CELEGA	"
"	ecc. e molti altri ancora	"