Fabio Armiliato is one of the best-loved Italian tenors of the late 20th and early 21st century. 

Born August 17, 1956, in Genoa, he has had a prominent international career, performing at such houses as the Metropolitan Opera, Vlaamse Opera, San Francisco Opera, La Scala, Monte Carlo, Florence, Opéra de Paris, and the New National Theatre Tokyo. 

He also frequently performed with his wife Daniela Dessì, until her untimely death in 2016. The two recorded many operas together including “Andrea Chénier,” “La Traviata,” “Madama Butterfly,” “Manon Lescaut,” “Aida,” and “Tosca.” 

His brother is noted conductor Marco Armiliato.

Major Roles

Armiliato has been best-known for his forays into the Italian verismo repertoire, dominating operas of Puccini, Giordano, Mascagni, and Leoncavallo. He was called “the best Chénier of our time” by L’Opera, though he has also been a strong interpreter of Verdi’s more dramatic operas.  

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His Major Role in Woody Allen’s “To Rome With Love”

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Here he is in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Daniela Dessì.