Ruggero Raimondi

Personal Info

Birthday

October 3, 1941

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Ruggero Raimondi

Biography

Ruggero Raimondi (born 3 October 1941) is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer who has also appeared in motion pictures. Ruggero Raimondi was born in Bologna, Italy, during World War II.

His voice matured early into its adult timbre, and at the age of 15, he auditioned for conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, who encouraged him to pursue an operatic career. He began vocal studies with Ettore Campogalliani, and was accepted at age 16 as a student at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. He then continued his studies in Rome, under the guidance of Teresa Pediconi and Armando Piervenanzi.

Known For

Le Sanglot des anges

My Out-Laws

Carmen

Boris Godounov

Life Is a Bed of Roses

Don Giovanni

The Trout

Georges Bizet: Carmen

Filmography

2019
My Out-Laws
as Grand-Father
2014
Boris Godounov, une conscience tourmentée
as self
2010
Rigoletto a Mantova
as Sparafucile
2006
Puccini: Tosca (Arena di Verona)
as Il barone Scarpia
2005
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
as Don Basilio
Così fan tutte
as Don Alfonso
2004
Puccini: Tosca
as Baron Scarpia
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
as Lindorf / Coppélius / Dappertutto / Miracle
Alfredo Kraus, Ruggero Raimondi and Katia Ricciarelli in Concert
as Self
2002
Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)
as Selim
1997
The Colors of the Devil
as Bellisle
1993
Mozart:The Requiem from Sarajevo
as Baritone
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca
as Il Barone Scarpia
1989
Boris Godounov
as Boris Godounov
1986
Tosca
as Scarpia
1985
Faust
as Méphistophélès
1984
Carmen
as Escamillo
Il viaggio a Reims
as Don Profondo
1983
Ernani
as Don Ruy Gómez de Silva
Life Is a Bed of Roses
as Count Michel Forbek
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
as Self
1982
The Trout
as Party Guest
Verdi: Requiem
as Self - Bass
1980
Georges Bizet: Carmen
as Escamillo
1979
Don Giovanni
as Don Giovanni