ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

He completed his musical studies at the “L. Refice ”in Frosinone.

Winner of numerous national and international competitions such as the G. Verdi of Parma, the As.Li.Co. from Milan, Mario del Monaco from Castelfranco Veneto, M. Battistini from Rieti and Mario del Monaco from Marsala. He made his debut in 1989 in Nabucco in Rome, playing the role of Zaccaria.

He collaborates with conductors such as: Seiji Ozawa, Riccardo Muti, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, James Levine, Nikolas Harnoncourt, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Chailly, Salvatore Accardo, Bruno Campanella, Stefano Ranzani, Nello Santi, Alberto Zedda, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Donato Renzetti, Piergiorgio Morandi, Gustav Kuhn, Sigiswald Kuijiken, Lorenzo Viotti, Carlo Rizzi, Antoni Ros Marbà, Jonathan Webb .....

He also collaborates with directors such as Dario Fo, Luc Bondy, Robert Wilson, Ferruccio Soleri, Jérôme Savary, Jonathan Miller, Giancarlo Del Monaco, Grischa Asagaroff, Hugo De Ana, Sandra S. Bernhard, Giles Havergal, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Giancarlo Cobelli, Marco Arturo Marelli ....

Established performer in the comic and bel canto repertoire, he is present in major national and international theaters, including Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro S. Carlo in Naples, Maggio Musicale di Firenze, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Comunale of Bologna, Teatro Massimo of Palermo, Gran Teatro La Fenice of Venice, Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania, Metropolitan Opera House (NewYork), Dallas Opera, Opera House Miami, Detroit Opera House, Minnesota Opera Minneapolis, Canadian Opera Company Toronto, Opéra de Montréal, Opéra Garnier (Paris), Théâtre du Chatelet (Paris), Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Opéra Théâtre D'Avignon, Opéra National de Nancy, Opéra de Lille, Muziektheater in Amsterdam, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam , Auditorium Rainier III (Montecarlo), Teatro Real (Madrid), Cartuja Center Sevilla, Teatro Sao Carlo (Lisbon Biwako Hall (Otsu, Japan), Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), Aichi Prefecturial Art Theater (Nagoya) , Kanagawa Arts Theater (Yokohama), Shanghai Grand Theater, Beijing Opera, Umeda Arts Theater (Osaka), The Israeli Opera (Tel Aviv), Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie (Brussels), Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro), Pergolesi Theater ( Pergolesi Festival, Jesi) ....

Among the most important interpretations of recent years, we remember the presence as a male protagonist:

Rossini Opera Festival - L'italiana in Algeri, in the role of Mustafà directed by Dario Fo;

Salzburg Festival - The Marriage of Figaro in the role of Don Bartolo, conducted by Nikolas Harnoncourt and directed by Luc Bondy;

Maggio Musicale Firenze - 1st World Championship of Hanjo by M. Panni directed by Robert Wilson;

Savonlinna Festival - L'elisir d'amore, in the role of Dulcamara with the direction of Jonathan Webb and the direction of Omri Nitzan;

Saito Kinen Festival - Falstaff, in the lead role under the direction of Seiji Ozawa;

Donizetti Bicentennial - Don Pasquale.

Donato Di Stefano also took part in some record and television productions:

L'italiana in Algeri with Nancy's Opera National with French national television; La serva padrona, with the Petite Bande under the direction of S. Kuijiken for Accent Live (also on DVD) and with G. Kuhn for Ricordi-Bmg and a television production for Italian Radio and Television International.

His discography also includes The Marriage of Figaro (Don Bartolo) with the direction of Pier-Giorgio Morandi for Naxos, La traviata (Dr. Di Grenvil) with Zubin Mehta for Philips, A secret of importance (Father Mattei) by Rendine for Ricordi, Linda by Chamounix (Il Prefetto) for Frequenz, Giulia and Sesto Pompeo di Soliva for the label of Swiss Italian Radio, CD The secret marriage (Don Geronimo) Festival Alten Musik Innsbruck. In 1998/9 for his interpretation of the role of Don Bartolo in The Barber of Seville he received the nomination for the Dora Mavor Moore Award.