Enrico BassoIT
Enrico Basso
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Biography

Enrico Basso is an Italian tenor. His musical training began with piano and organ studies at the ‘Jacopo Tomadini’ Conservatoire in Udine, where he subsequently completed the master’s degree programme in singing under the guidance of Annamaria Dell’Oste.

In 2024 he made his debut as Don Ottavio in W. A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Teatro ‘Dino Buzzati’ in Belluno and sang Gherardo in G. Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi at Mittelfest in Cividale del Friuli.

In 2025 he attended the Accademia Chigiana in Siena under the guidance of William Matteuzzi and made his debut as the Jailer and the Grand Inquisitor in L. Dallapiccola’s Il prigioniero at Teatro dei Rozzi. That same year, he sang Fenton in G. Verdi’s Falstaff on the Opera domani project’s national tour. His performances also include Sir Bruno Roberton in V. Bellini’s I puritani in Como, Pavia and Cremona, Don Eusebio in G. Rossini’s L’occasione fa il ladro at Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, and Nemorino in a concert performance of G. Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore.

In 2026 he attended the Accademia Rossiniana ‘Alberto Zedda’ at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and sang Conte di Libenskof in Il viaggio a Reims. His announced engagements include Ismaele in Alahor in Granata at the G. Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo.

His awards include the Mozart Prize at the Città di Belluno International Singing Competition and Third Prize at the Premio Nazionale delle Arti. In 2025 he won the role of Fenton in G. Verdi’s Falstaff at the 76th AsLiCo International Competition.

Operabase profile

Schedule

Upcoming dates

Alahor in Granata

Gaetano Donizetti

RoleIsmaele

Donizetti Opera

Teatro Sociale · Bergamo

Programme

Alahor in Granata

Gaetano Donizetti

RoleIsmaele

Donizetti Opera

Teatro Sociale · Bergamo

Programme

Alahor in Granata

Gaetano Donizetti

RoleIsmaele

Donizetti Opera

Teatro Sociale · Bergamo

Programme

Messiah

Georg Friedrich Händel

Tenor soloist

Duomo · Mirano (VE)

Archive

St John Passion, BWV 245

Johann Sebastian Bach

Tenor soloist · Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia

Duomo di Sant’Andrea Apostolo · Venzone

Programme

Le nozze di Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

RoleDon Curzio

Da Ponte Opera Festival

Teatro Lorenzo Da Ponte · Vittorio Veneto

Programme

Le nozze di Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

RoleDon Curzio

Da Ponte Opera Festival · School and public performances

Teatro Lorenzo Da Ponte · Vittorio Veneto

Programme

Le nozze di Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

RoleDon Curzio

Da Ponte Opera Festival

Teatro Lorenzo Da Ponte · Vittorio Veneto

Programme

Il viaggio a Reims

Gioachino Rossini

RoleZefirino / Gelsomino

Rossini Opera Festival

Teatro Rossini · Pesaro

Programme

Concerti al Museo

Gioachino Rossini

“D’ogni più sacro impegno” from L’occasione fa il ladro

Museo Nazionale Rossini · Pesaro

Programme

Il viaggio a Reims

Gioachino Rossini

RoleConte di Libenskof

Rossini Opera Festival

Teatro Rossini · Pesaro

Programme

Il tenore rossiniano

Gioachino Rossini

Concert · Accademia Rossiniana “Alberto Zedda”

Pieve di San Giovanni Battista · Carpegna

Programme

Accademia Rossiniana Concert

“Alberto Zedda” Academy

Teatro Rossini · Pesaro

Programme

Il prigioniero

Luigi Dallapiccola

RoleThe Gaoler / The Grand Inquisitor

Piccolo Opera Festival · Double bill with Il sigillo

Risiera di San Sabba · Trieste

Programme

Il prigioniero

Luigi Dallapiccola

RoleThe Gaoler / The Grand Inquisitor

Piccolo Opera Festival · Double bill with Il sigillo

Casa Circondariale A. Bigazzi · Gorizia

Programme

Coffee Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Tenor soloist · Cantatas BWV 27, 167 and 176 · Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia

Cavallerizza · Udine

Programme

Requiem, K. 626

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Tenor soloist · University of Udine Orchestra

Duomo · Udine

Programme

Coffee Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Tenor soloist · Cantatas BWV 149 and 197 · Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia

Cavallerizza · Udine

Programme

L’elisir d’amore

Gaetano Donizetti

RoleNemorino

Concert performance · Musica Civica

Auditorium Santa Caterina · Treviso

Programme

Requiem, K. 626

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Tenor soloist · Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia

Duomo di Santo Stefano Protomartire · Caorle

Programme

Requiem, K. 626

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Tenor soloist · Festival del Tiepolo e del Settecento in Europa · Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata · Udine

Programme

L’occasione fa il ladro

Gioachino Rossini

RoleDon Eusebio

Teatro Sociale · Rovigo

Programme

L’occasione fa il ladro

Gioachino Rossini

RoleDon Eusebio

Teatro Sociale · Rovigo

Programme

L’occasione fa il ladro

Gioachino Rossini

RoleDon Eusebio

Educational performance

Teatro Sociale · Rovigo

Programme

I puritani

Vincenzo Bellini

RoleSir Bruno Roberton

Teatro Ponchielli · Cremona

Programme

I puritani

Vincenzo Bellini

RoleSir Bruno Roberton

Teatro Ponchielli · Cremona

Programme

I puritani

Vincenzo Bellini

RoleSir Bruno Roberton

Teatro Fraschini · Pavia

Programme

I puritani

Vincenzo Bellini

RoleSir Bruno Roberton

Teatro Fraschini · Pavia

Programme

I puritani

Vincenzo Bellini

RoleSir Bruno Roberton

Teatro Sociale · Como

Programme

I puritani

Vincenzo Bellini

RoleSir Bruno Roberton

Teatro Sociale · Como

Programme

Requiem, K. 626

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Tenor soloist · Carl Czerny’s version for piano four hands

Centro Culturale Aldo Moro · Cordenons

Programme

Il prigioniero

Luigi Dallapiccola

RoleThe Gaoler / The Grand Inquisitor

Chigiana International Festival

Teatro dei Rozzi · Siena

Programme

Petite Messe solennelle

Gioachino Rossini

Tenor soloist

Duomo San Mauro Martire · Maniago

Programme

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Johann Sebastian Bach

Tenor soloist · Cantatas I, III, V and VI · Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia

Duomo Concattedrale San Marco · Pordenone

Programme

Fantasia corale, op. 80

Ludwig van Beethoven

Tenor soloist · Quinta Giusta

Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi · Gorizia

Programme

Gianni Schicchi

Giacomo Puccini

RoleGherardo

Mittelfest

Chiesa di San Francesco · Cividale del Friuli

Programme

Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

RoleDon Ottavio

Teatro Dino Buzzati · Belluno

Programme

Requiem per una donna

Marianna Acito

Tenor soloist · Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia

Ex Convento di San Francesco · Pordenone

Programme

Gallery

Enrico Basso in a dark suit and white shirt beside a piano, in front of a wall decorated with floral and gold motifs.A red-lit stage: a performer in a dark coat stands behind another seated on the floor, among stacked furniture, frames and lamps.A performer in a dark suit and glasses supports another who is kneeling and leaning backwards on stage.A performer in a dark jacket raises one hand and holds an open book beside another kneeling performer; stacked frames and furniture fill the stage.A performer in a dark suit and glasses holds a book beside another curled up on the floor; other performers stand in the background.Enrico Basso in a white bathrobe on stage, in front of two white deckchairs and a blue backdrop.

Videos

Chigiana Factor 2025 — Enrico Basso, J. Massenet, Werther

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FVG Orchestra e Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia — W. A. Mozart, Requiem in D minor K. 626

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Repertoire

Opera

Vincenzo Bellini

  • I puritani — Sir Bruno Roberton

Luigi Dallapiccola

  • Il prigioniero — Il Carceriere / Il Grande Inquisitore

Gaetano Donizetti

  • Alahor in Granata — Ismaele
  • L’elisir d’amore — Nemorino

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Don Giovanni — Don Ottavio
  • Le nozze di Figaro — Don Basilio / Don Curzio

Giacomo Puccini

  • Gianni Schicchi — Rinuccio / Gherardo

Gioachino Rossini

  • Il viaggio a Reims — Conte di Libenskof / Gelsomino / Zefirino
  • L’occasione fa il ladro — Conte Alberto / Don Eusebio

Giuseppe Verdi

  • Falstaff — Fenton
  • La traviata — Alfredo Germont / Gastone

Concert / Oratorio

Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Cantata BWV 117
  • Cantata BWV 149
  • Cantata BWV 167
  • Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 — Tenor soloistCantatas I, III, V and VI
  • Magnificat, BWV 243
  • St John Passion, BWV 245 — Tenor soloist

Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Choral Fantasy, Op. 80
  • Mass in C major

Georg Friedrich Händel

  • Messiah

Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Missa in tempore belli

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Requiem, K. 626

Giacomo Puccini

  • Messa di Gloria

Gioachino Rossini

  • Petite Messe solennelle
  • Stabat Mater

Giuseppe Verdi

  • Messa da Requiem

Art song

Ludwig van Beethoven

  • An die ferne Geliebte

Franz Liszt

  • Tre sonetti del Petrarca

Ottorino Respighi

  • Cinque canti all’antica

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