Piero Pretti, italian tenor, began his studies with the soprano Antonietta Chironi, attending also the masterclass with Renata Scotto, Gianni Raimondi, Giusy Devinu, Claude Thiolas, Antonio Juvarra, Gianni Mastino and Marco Camastra.
He made his first operatic experiences singing many concerts of Puccini’s La Bohème in different tourneè in Germany, Nederland, Belgium, Norge and Great Bretain.
The season 2007 started in Jesi at Teatro Pergolesi with Puccini’s La Bohème and continued with Verdi’s Rigoletto at Teatro Sperimentale of Spoleto. The following year he was in Venice at Teatro La Fenice with Puccini’s La Bohème.
Among last engagements Verdi’s La Traviata in Jesi at Teatro Pergolesi and in Treviso at Teatro Comunale, Gluck’s Ifigenia in Aulide (Achille) in Rome at Teatro dell’Opera (Riccardo Muti conducting), the collaboration with the Salzburg Summer Festival during the production of Moïse et Pharaon (Amenophis) by Rossini, Donizetti’s Poliuto (title role) and Rigoletto in Sassari at Teatro Verdi, Verdi’s Il Trovatore in Ravenna at Teatro Alighieri Verdi's and I vespri siciliani under baton of M° Gianandrea Noseda in Torino.
Mr Pretti 2011 engagements have included Verdi’s Les vêpres siciliennes (Arrigo) in Naples Teatro di San Carlo, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in Torino, Rigoletto Highlights in Ravenna and Nairobi Riccardo Muti conducting and Rigoletto in Como and Cremona.
