ALFREDO ZANAZZO, born in Imperia, a small town in the north-western Italian coast between Genoa and Nice, after completing high-school, began a musical career in the mid seventies as pianist-singer of commercial music. Heard by chance while playing in a middle-east club by an Italian baritone, he was suggested to change his inclination toward opera singing. After some auditions in Italy, he decided to start training in classical singing, discovering afterwards to possess a true and rich bass voice. The great bass Tancredi Pasero was interested about him and provided some artistic and technical help to the young singer, who went on his musical education with the bass Bonaldo Giaiotti and Maestro Renato Pastorino of the Scala in Milan.
After winning several international competition, he made his successful debut at Arena di Verona in 1981 as the King in Verdi's AIDA. By the end of the same year he sang Zaccaria in NABUCCO at the opening of TRIESTE's Opera season, and shortly after he appeared for the first time at LA SCALA of Milan, with the important role of Narbal in the opera LES TROYENS by Berliotz, conducted by Georges Pretre. During the following years he performed in almost all major Opera houses in the world, like the Staatsoper in Vienna, Salle Garnier in Paris, Metropolitan in New York, the Operas of Munich, Geneva, Zurich, Hamburg, San Diego, Las Palmas, Toronto, Turin and all the other big Italian theatres. Alfredo Zanazzo is requested for his genuine dark and powerful timbre, suitable for dramatic Verdi's roles as well as for "BEL CANTO", due to the warm and noble quality of his voice.