Italian Singer and conductor Roberto Balconi has died at the age of 58.

Born in Milan, Italy in 1967, Balconi studied singing under Evelyn Tubb in England, and Margaret Hayward, among others.

He made his operatic debut in 1993 at the Teatro La Fenice in Traetta’s “Buovo Dantona.” He would go to sing Cremona, Milan, San Francisco, Rome, Torino, Copenhagen, and France.

Among the works he became known for included Monteverdi’s “Incoronazione di Poppea,” John Eccles’ “Semele,” Monteverdi’s “Orfeo,” Marco Marazzoli’s “Capriccio,” J.S. Bach’s “Magnificat,” Handel’s “Semele,” and Handel’s “Siroe, among others.

He collaborated with several orchestras including English Baroque Soloists, Il Giardino Armonico, Il Complesso Barocco, Consort of Musicke, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Venice Baroque Orchestra Europa Galante, and Capella Savaria.

He also made several recordings for DG Archiv, Virgin Classics, Harmonia Mundi France, Opus 111, Nuova Era, Arcana, Glossa, Bongiovanni, Symphonia, Stradivarius, Arts, Tactus, and Naxos.