Stefano de Peppo

STEFANO DE PEPPO made his debut as a bass-baritone at Bellas Artes Opera House in 1990. Leporello (Don Giovanni), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Bartolo (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Publio (La Clemenza di Tito) were some of his early roles. In 2002 he sang Leporello in Rome with Renato Bruson as don Giovanni in a production televised by RAI and released into a commercial DVD. After auditioning for Placido Domingo, he sang Betto (Gianni Schicchi) at Los Angeles Opera and at Washington Opera (with Samuel Ramey as Schicchi). He was Bartolo in Kansas with the delightful Rosina of Joyce DiDonato. He has sung the title role of Don Giovanni with Mozart Festival Opera, and the role of Barone Kelbar in Verdi’s Un giorno di regno at Sarasota Opera. In 2021/2022 he was Uberto (La serva padrona) and Gaudenzio (Il signor Bruschino) at Sarasota Opera, don Magnifico (La Cenerentola) at Nashville Opera, the Sacristan (Tosca) at Opera Colorado and at Sarasota Opera, and again at Sarasota Opera he was Geronimo (Il matrimonio segreto) and Leporello (Don Giovanni) during the 2022/2023 season. He took part in the new opera Tenor overboard by Ken Ludwig/Gioachino Rossini which premiered at Glimmerglass Festival, where he returned in La Boheme and Romeo et Juliet.