Didier Pieri

Didier Pieri was born in Livorno. His academic career led him to earn a Master’s degree in Performing Arts from the University of Florence with a thesis on Giacomo Puccini’s “La fanciulla del West”; at the same time, he completed his vocal studies in Paris under the guidance of Yva Barthélémy, creator of the “La voix liberée” method. In 2017, he took part in the world premiere of “Delitto e Dovere”, an opera by Alberto Colla based on Oscar Wilde, at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto; the production was later revived at the Teatro Coccia in Novara and broadcast on Sky Classica. In 2018, with the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, he took part in a tour of Japan, performing the role of Pang in “Turandot” at the Bunka-Kaikan Theater in Tokyo and the Osaka Festival Hall. That same year, he made his debut as Don Ottavio in “Don Giovanni” at the Teatro Cilea in Reggio Calabria, a production later revived at the Luglio Musicale Trapanese and as part of the As.Li.Co. season in 2021–2022.

In addition to these, he has gone on to take on other leading roles, such as Orphée (Orphée aux Infers – Offenbach, Luglio Musicale Trapanese, 2019), Gonzalve in Ravel’s “L’heure espagnole” in Cremona, Brescia, Como, and Pavia (As.Li.Co circuit) in 2020, the German tenor in Donizetti’s “Le convenienze e inconvenienze teatrali” in Savona and Novara, and Arlecchino in “Le maschere” at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno in 2023. Also worth noting are his roles as Spoletta (Tosca) and Il Tinca (Il tabarro) at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Goro (Madama Butterfly) and the Dance Master/A Streetlamp Keeper (Manon Lescaut) at the Regio in Turin, Nick (La fanciulla del West) on the As.Li.Co. circuit, Flavio (Norma) at the Municipale in Piacenza and the Pavarotti in Modena, the Abbot of Chazeuil (Adriana Lecouvreur), the Dance Master/A Lamplighter, and Un Incredibile (Andrea Chénier), Uncle Vézinet (The Straw Hat of Florence) at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Remendado (Carmen) at the Arena di Verona and Don Basilio (The Marriage of Figaro) at the Teatro Filarmonico, Pang (Turandot) and Prunier (La rondine) at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, and Uncle Vézinet at the Opéra Royale de Wallonie in Liège.

In recent seasons, highlights include his German debuts at the Osterfestspiele in Baden-Baden as Goro in “Madama Butterfly”, conducted by Kirill Petrenko leading the Berliner Philharmoniker—a performance later repeated in concert form at the Berlin Philharmonie— the Abbot of Chazeuil in “Adriana Lecouvreur” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; Isèpo in “La Gioconda” under the baton of Antonio Pappano at the Salzburg Osterfestspiele; and Spoletta in “Tosca” in the opera’s premiere at the historic Glyndebourne Festival. Also noteworthy are his appearances on two recorded versions of “Lucia di Lammermoor”—for Universal Music/DECCA in the role of Normanno and for EuroArts in the role of Arturo—as well as in the very first video recording of Pietro Mascagni’s “Iris” in the role of Cenciaiuolo.

Upcoming engagements include Un Cenciaiuolo (Iris) at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Achille in Rosalba/Felice (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze) at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Andrès/Cochenille/Franz/Pitichinaccio (Les contes d’Hoffmann) and the Abbot of Chazeuil (Adriana Lecouvreur) at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Juan (Don Quichotte) at La Scala in Milan, and Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor) at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.