Maurizio Casa sang the role of Rodolfo in La Boheme at the Nordhausen Staatstheatre, Germany. He has appeared in numerous theaters and concert halls throughout the United States and abroad, including Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Rome, Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt, and Vienna.

He has just reprised the role of Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte with the IVAI summer program in Tel Aviv under the auspices of Metropolitan Opera’s Joan Dornemann,

He has been a recipient of awards and scholarships from The Mannes College of Music and the 92^nd Street YMCA in New York City, as well as from international vocal competitions such as the Mario del Monaco, Chieti and Rheinsberg competions. In Germany, he continued his training at the Wiesbadener Opern Werkstatt, a program sponsored by the Hessichen Staatstheatre, where he worked with Iris Gerhard-Prein.

In the United States he was heard as a recitalist at the Caramoor Festival, where he also understudied the roles of Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore and the roles of Ruggero and Prunier in La Rondine. At the Natchez Music Festival, he appeared as Captain Tarnitz in The Student Prince and in the title role of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown as well as opera gala concerts with Opera in the Heights.

Maurizio's past opera engagements in Europe include il duca in Rigoletto with a touring production under the baton of Markus Elsner, Tamino in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at Frankfurt am Main's Theater, Alfredo in La Traviata at Rome's Teatro Flaiano, the role of Contino in Crispino and Contino at the Maxlrain's Die Opernbühne, and the role of Bastien in Mozart's Bastien und Bastienne in Germany with the Andechs Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Anton Fell.

In the fields of oratorio and concert music, he has sung Gluck's Te Deum, Hayden's Theresien Mass, Mozart's Mass in D Minor KV275 and Requiem, and Handel's Messiah with the Nova Amadeus Orchestra. In Rome, he bowed in Cimerosa's Mass with the Vatican Orchestra. His numerous appearances in recitals throughout Germany include concerts at the Burg in Kronberg in 2003, 2004, 2006, the Internationales Theatre in Frankfurt in 2005 and 2007 and concerts of Verdi and Bel Canto repertoire at the Hubertussal in the Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich.

Maurizio Casa, Tenor

AEA SAG

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Opera Productions Roles Opera Company

La Boheme                                       Rodolfo                       Theater Nordhausen(Germany)

Carmen                                            Don Jose                    Tteatro di Roma

Cosi Fan Tutte                                  Ferrando                   IVAI-Tel Aviv

Rigoletto                                           Duca                         Teatro di Roma

Gianni Schicchi                                 Rinuccio                    Altamura Festival

La Traviata Alfredo La Felice (Italy)

Crispino e la Comare Contino Maxlrain, Die Opernbühne

Die Zauberflöte Tamino Frankfurt Opera Kinder Werkstatt

Opera Roles Studied

L’Elisir d’Amore Nemorino

Madama Butterfly Pinkerton

Un Ballo in Maschera

Lucia di Lammermoor

Opera Scenes Performed

Lucia di Lammermoor Sulla Tomba Che Rinserra

Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor

Manon Signor Ne Principe Io Lo Vorrei

Werther Ah, Pourvu Que Je Voie, Ces Yeux

Don Giovanni Non Ti Fidar, O Misera

Madama Butterfly Vieni, La Sera

Les Pecheurs des Perles Au fond du temple saint

Acts 1 from Un Ballo

Teco iio sto and Trio from Act 2 of Un Ballo in Maschera

Zarzuelas

El Caserio Jose-Miguel Great Lakes Opera

La Reina Mora Bird Vendor Great Lakes Opera

Oratorios

The Messiah

Matthäus-Passion-Arien

Messe von Cimarosa

Te deum von Gluck

Theresien-Messe, Haydn

Messe B-Dur, KV275, Mozart

Musicals

You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown Charlie Brown Natchez Opera

Show Boat Ensemble National Broadway Tour

Operetta

The Student Prince Captain Tarnitz Natchez Opera