Magrì
Born in Cantania, Sicily, Ivan Magrì first studied voice with Domenica Monti and eventually received a diploma with full marks from the Conservatorio Giussepe Verdi, where he studied with Giovanni Canetti and Wilma Borelli. Magrì also had the great privilege to be taught by Luciano Pavarotti. He has won many international competitions, such as the Riccardo Zandonai International Competition for young opera singers and the Francesco Maria Martini Competition.
Magrì made his operatic debut in 2006 as Ernesto in Don Pasquale.
He is rapidly gaining recognition as a leading tenor at such theaters as the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Staatsoper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Hungarian State Opera, Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, as well as in Opera Australia, Houston Grand Opera and Florida Grand Opera (USA), Theatro Municipal in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Teatro Colon in Buenos, and Aires Palau de les Artes in Valencia; in Italy — Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. He also take part in Opera Festival Arena di Verona, Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago, Festival Donizetti in Bergamo, Wexford Festival, Macerata Opera Festival, Savonlinna Festival in Finland.
In 2017, Magrì debuted at the Bolshoi Theatre as Alfredo in La Traviata.
Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto) — Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Staatsoper Hamburg, Semperoper Dresden, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Opera di Firenze in Florence, Hungarian State Opera, Dutch National Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Sociale in Como, Opera Las Palmas, Teatro Regio in Turin, Estonian National Opera, Israeli Opera, Savonlinna Festival
Alfredo (La Traviata) — Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Staatsoper Berlin, Israeli Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Florida Grand Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Real in Madrid, Palau de les Artes, Korea National Opera in Seoul, Macerata Opera Festival, Savonlinna Festival
Rodolfo (Luisa Miller) — Staatsoper Hamburg, Opernhaus Zürich
Gabriele Adorno (Simon Boccanegra) — Palau de les Arts in Valencia
Manrico (Il trovatore) — Staatsoper Berlin, Musikfest Bremen
Radamès (Aida) — Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona
Ismaele (Nabucco) — Teatro Regio in Parma
Rodolfo (La Bohème) — Opera Australia, Houston Grand Opera, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Oper Köln and Theatro Municipal in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) — Wiener Staatsoper, Oper Stuttgart
Cavaradossi (Tosca) — Spring Festival in Tokyo, Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago
Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) — Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio, Opera de Lima, Festival Donizetti in Bergamo
Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) — Den Norske Opera in Oslo
Fernando (Marin Faliero) — Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, Teatro Verdi in Sassari
Arturo (I Puritani) — Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Latvian National Opera in Riga, Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava
Faust (Faust) — Opera Australia, Greek National Opera
Werther (Werther) — Hungarian State Opera, Estonian National Opera
Romeo (Roméo et Juliette) — Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari