Luca Salsi

Acclaimed by «Il Sole 24 ORE» for “a voice so fine that it stands out from the crowd on stage: incisive, rich, polished, powerful and fresh”, Luca Salsi was born in San Secondo Parmense. He graduated in singing from the “Arrigo Boito” Conservatory in Parma under the tutelage of soprano Lucetta Bizza and continued his training with baritone Carlo Meliciani. His career has led him to perform major roles on the world’s greatest stages: the Metropolitan in New York, Teatro alla Scala, the London Royal Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper, Washington National Opera, Salzburg Festival, Los Angeles Opera, Berlin Staatsoper, Liceu de Barcelona, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Teatro Real in Madrid. He has worked with great conductors including Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, Valery Gergiev, James Levine, Daniele Gatti, James Conlon, Gustavo Dudamel, Nicola Luisotti, Renato Palumbo, Donato Renzetti, Michele Mariotti and Alberto Zedda and with eminent stage directors such as Robert Carsen, Hugo De Ana, Antony Minghella, Werner Herzog, Franco Zeffirelli, David McVicar and Damiano Michieletto.
Salsi has opened the Teatro alla Scala season five times - Andrea Chénier (2017), Tosca (2019), the gala A riveder le stelle (2020), Macbeth (2021) and Don Carlo (2023). He has sung a wide range of leading baritone roles including Macbeth, Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Carlo (Ernani), Germont (La traviata), Scarpia (Tosca), Nabucco, Gérard (Andrea Chénier), Simon Boccanegra, and Alfio (Cavalleria rusticana).

Recent and future highlights include: La traviata at Metropolitan Opera House, the new production of Nabucco at the Teatro alla Scala, La traviata and Andrea Chénier at Salzburger Festspiele and Teatro Real in Madrid, Rigoletto and La traviata at Tiroler Erl Festspiele, Falstaff at Liceu in Barcelona, San Carlo in Naples and Opera of Rome, Macbeth at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Rigoletto at Opernhaus Zürich, Cavalleria rusticana at Bayerische Staatsoper and Tosca at Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago.

In the upcoming season, he will open the season at Teatro alla Scala for the sixth time with Otello, returning later for Macbeth. He will also appear at the Wiener Staatsoper in Otello and Un ballo in maschera, at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Rigoletto, and at Teatro Real in La Gioconda, among other engagements.

He was awarded with the Franco Abbiati Prize 2026 as Best Singer of the Year.