Giovanni Maria Palmia

Born in Reggio Emilia. In 2014 he graduated in experimental opera singing at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory of Parma under the guidance of M ^ Ilia Aramayo. Subsequently he perfected himself at the Opera School of the Teatro Comunale in Bologna and in masterclasses with Renata Scotto and Mariella Devia. He plays supporting roles in numerous works, including Adriana Lecouvreur, Rigoletto, Nabucco, Aida, Jérusalem, Trovatore, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Werther, Carmen, Pagliacci. In May 2015 he is Gastone in “La Traviata or the lady of the camellias” by Nanni Garella, in collaboration with Teatro Arena del Sole and Teatro Comunale di Bologna. In October 2016 he made his debut in the role of Carlo Moor in the opera I Masnadieri by Giuseppe Verdi, under the direction of M ° Simon Krečič with the direction of Leo Muscato, during the FESTIVAL VERDI 2016 in Parma, at the Teatro G. Verdi in Busseto . Production then resumed in April and May 2017. In July 2017 he plays Gastone in La Traviata directed by Hirofumi Yoshida under the direction of Alfonso Antoniozzi at the Comunale of Bologna. Between November and December 2017 he made his debut in the role of Alfredo in La Traviata at the Sanzio Theater in Urbino and at the Rossini Theater in Pesaro, under the direction of Maestro Stefano Bartolucci and directed by Julija Samsonova Khayet. In January 2018 he is Matteo Borsa in Rigoletto at the Teatro Regio in Parma, in the prestigious staging of Pier Luigi Samaritani, under the direction of M ° Francesco Ivan Ciampa, on the occasion of Leo Nucci’s 50-year career. In December 2018 he was a finalist in the Rinaldo Pelizzoni International Opera Competition in Sissa (PR). In June 2019 he made his debut in the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, in the splendid setting of the castle of Peschiera Borromeo (MI) under the direction of Maestro Lorenzo Bizzarri and directed by Gianmaria Aliverta. In the same month he is Arlecchino in Pagliacci by Leoncavallo, during the Summer Reggia Opera Festival at the Reggia di Colorno (PR), alongside Fabio Armiliato in the role of Canio, under the direction of Maestro Lorenzo Bizzarri and directed by Eddy Lovaglio. In the summer of 2019 he was a finalist in several international opera singing competitions, including “Bellano, the town of artists” and “City of Orte – Opera sul Tevere international opera competition” with Katia Ricciarelli as president of the commission. He is the winner of the first prize at the “Crescendi 2019 International Opera Competition” in Bedonia (PR). He ranks third at the Rinaldo Pelizzoni International Opera Competition 2020.