La Cenerentola: "Non più mesta"William Matteuzzi, Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Cecilia Bartoli, Alessandro Corbelli, Enzo Dara, Michele Pertusi, Fernanda Costa, Gloria Banditelli & Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
La Cenerentola: "Nacqui All'affanno e Al Pianto" - "Non Più Mesta"Fernanda Costa, Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Cecilia Bartoli, Gloria Banditelli, Enzo Dara, Michele Pertusi, Alessandro Corbelli, William Matteuzzi & Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
ALBUMVerdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata (Live)Nino Machaidze, Ivan Repušić, Réka Kristóf, Piero Pretti, Galeano Salas, Miklós Sebestyén, Michele Pertusi & Munich Radio Orchestra
Albums by Michele Pertusi
ALBUMVerdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata (Live)Nino Machaidze, Ivan Repušić, Réka Kristóf, Piero Pretti, Galeano Salas, Miklós Sebestyén, Michele Pertusi & Munich Radio Orchestra
ALBUMTosti: Le liriche sui testi di D'AnnunzioMichele Pertusi & Raffaele Cortesi
ALBUMVerdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociataRoberto de Biasio, Michele Pertusi, Parma Teatro Regio Orchestra & Daniele Callegari
ALBUMSilenzio CantatoreMichele Pertusi
ALBUMBellini: NormaCecilia Bartoli, Orchestra La Scintilla, Giovanni Antonini, John Osborn, Sumi Jo & Michele Pertusi
ALBUMBolero, Canzoni d'Amore - Love SongsMichele Pertusi & Mascia Foschi
ALBUMGiordano, U.: Andrea ChenierClaudio Otelli, Maria Guleghina, Pierre Lefebvre, Hans Helm, Gisella Pasino, Franco Bonisolli, Renato Bruson, Michele Pertusi, Glenys Linos, Heinz Zednik, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Budapest Radio Chorus, Evghenia Dundekova, Marcello Viotti & Stefano Miliani Rinaldi
ALBUMRossini: Torvaldo e DorliskaBruno Praticò, Michele Pertusi, Prague Chamber Chorus, Víctor Pablo Pérez & Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra
ALBUMBerlioz: La damnation de FaustLondon Symphony Orchestra, David Wilson-Johnson, London Symphony Chorus, Michele Pertusi, Sir Colin Davis, Enkelejda Shkosa & Giuseppe Sabbatini
ALBUMVerdi: Complete Chamber SongsMariella Devia, Sergei Larin & Michele Pertusi
Artist Biography
Although somewhat light-voiced, bass Michele Pertusi is among the most significant Italian singers to have emerged during the 1990s. His musicianship, stylishness, and steady, compact tone mark him as a major singer, one whose instrument will likely grow and darken over time. He initially concentrated on the bel canto repertory, undertaking roles best suited to his means; his reluctance to overburden his vocal production augurs well for longevity.
Although his career began at an early age, Pertusi had been well-trained. Studies with Carlo Bergonzi, Arrigo Pola, and Rodolfo Celletti had aided him in securing his vocal technique and establishing a process for examining the psychology of the figures he was to portray. Thus, by his mid-thirties, Pertusi had made debuts with Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, the Teatro Regio in Turin, La Scala in Milan, the Paris Opera, the Liceu in Barcelona, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. While not yet 30, Pertusi had already begun to receive invitations from such leading conductors as Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, Semyon Bychkov, James Levine, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Colin Davis, and Georg Solti (who chose him for Masetto in his recording of Don Giovanni and for Don Alfonso in his recording of Così fan tutte).
In Italy, Pertusi has enjoyed a warm relationship with the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, having sung several principal roles on that stage; for his achievements there, he was awarded the Rossini d'Oro Prize. Another venue with which he has remained close is the Festival di Torrechiara, with appearances there in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, and 2003.
Recording actively since his late twenties, Pertusi has appeared on the Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, Erato, Sony, Decca, Mondo Musicale, and Ricordi labels. His recording of Selim in Il turco in Italia brought him together again with conductor Riccardo Chailly, with whom he shared success in the same work at La Scala. Another leading role, the title role in Rossini's Moïse et Pharaon, is preserved on disc from a live performance, as is the title role in Rossini's Maometto II, taken from the stage at Pesaro. In addition to other honors, Pertusi was awarded the Abbiati International Prize in 1995.