The Three Italian Tenors

Direct from Rome - experience the brilliance of The Three Italian Tenors! Making their North American debut, The Three Italian Tenors - Giovanni Maria Palmia, Ugo Tarquini, and Alessandro Fantoni - bring timeless Italian opera arias and beloved songs to life with passion, charm, and dazzling vocal power. Joined by pianist Fabrizio Mocata, this unforgettable evening blends romance, drama, and nostalgia in a stunning celebration of Italy’s rich musical heritage.

Alessandro Fantoni completed his studies at the IOS Academy of the Zurich Opera House. Recent performances include Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro Antico in Taormina; Traviata in Genoa and in the prestigious Piazza del Campo in Siena; Rigoletto and Madama Butterfly at the Royal Palace of Colorno (Parma); Trovatore at the Teatro Verdi in Genoa; Zarqa Al Yamama, a new production by the Riyadh Cultural Center; Pagliacci at the Teatro Duse in Bologna and the Teatro dell’Unione in Viterbo; Forza del destino in Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Tosca at the Chianni Opera Festival and the Teatro dell’Unione in Viterbo. He has also sung at the Petruzzelli in Bari, San Carlo in Naples, Arena d i Verona, Torre del Lago Puccini, Carlo Felice in Genoa, Comunale in Piacenza, Bellini in Catania, Goldoni in Livorno, Verdi in Pisa, Donizetti in Bergamo, House of Music i n Moscow, National Opera in Aarhusand Zurich Opera House. Important collaborations include Rapallo Opera Festival, Capri Opera Festival, Ecoteatro, The Four Italian Tenors, Pavarotti Foundation, Elena D’Angelo Company, Academia Chigiana, Arturo Toscanini Society, Voz Y Alma Association, and G.I.M.Y.F. Association, with which he has sung in prestigious theaters around the world. 

Gianni Leccese is a talented Italian tenor, educated under the supervision of outstanding artists: William Matteuzzi and Leone Magiera—a legendary pianist and conductor, a close collaborator of Luciano Pavarotti himself. He made his debut in Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci, performing as part of opera seasons and festivals. His career quickly gained international momentum. The artist has given concerts and opera performances on four continents—China, Japan, Egypt, Indonesia, Great Britain, Greece, France, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Cyprus—winning critical acclaim and audience enthusiasm. Leccese has collaborated with the biggest stars of the Italian opera scene, and performed on the most important stages in Europe and the world, including the Teatro Sociale di Como, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Teatro G. Verdi di Trieste, Wrocław Opera, Opera de Nice Côte d’Azur, Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center in Japan, Cairo Opera House in Egypt and many others. He also successfully starred as Tony in Leonard Bernstein’s musical West Side Story—an MTI-approved production—in Bulgaria and Romania in 2019. 

Ugo Tarquini collaborates with some of the most important opera foundations in the world. He has played leading roles in Puccini’s operas Bohéme (Fondazione Festival Pucciniano, Pompei Opera Festival), Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at Muscat Opera House in Oman, The Marriage of Figaro at the Teatro Regio in Parma, Rinaldo (Händel) at the Seoul Arts Center Theatre, Turandot in Busoni for the 62° Festival Puccini season in Torre del Lago; Puccini’s Le Villi at the Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío in Managua (curated by the Puccini Festival Foundation) and Bizet’s Carmen broadcast on the Rai5 television channel. He is also Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. Among the main debuts of recent years are those in Verdi’s operas Tosca, Pagliacci, Trovatore, Puccini’s Tabarro and Turandot at the Taranto Opera Festival, and Nabucco at the Macedonian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. He was part of the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation for whom he performed at the Verona Arena for the 2013 season opening night and at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, as the only Italian tenor in two prestigious celebratory concerts of Pavarotti.

Gaetano Amore is a tenor and actor celebrated for his bright, flexible voice, stylistic elegance, and natural stage presence. He earned his master’s degree with highest honors from the “G. Martucci” Conservatory of Salerno and further refined his training at the “Joaquín Rodrigo” Conservatory in Valencia, combining performing with teaching. He has appeared on stages includingthe Teatro Verdi in Busseto, honoring Giuseppe Verdi, and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, collaborating with distinguished conductors and directors in Italy and abroad. Winner of the “Ottavio Garaventa—Best Tenor” Award and First Prize Overall at the International “Baronissi Line” Competition (100/100), he has earned acclaim in leading operatic roles such as Almaviva (The Barber of Seville), Gherardo (Gianni Schicchi), Prunier (La Rondine), Libenskof (Il viaggio a Reims), Gérard (Les Enfants Terribles), Pulcinella (Pulcinella), and Anchise (La finta giardiniera). A sensitive interpreter of repertoire from the 16th to the 20th century, he blends musical precision with theatrical vitality, following the finest Italian and Neapolitan vocal traditions.

Pianist, composer, Sicilian and citizen of the world, Fabrizio Mocata is widely recognized as one of the most innovative and promising talents of the international Tango scene thanks to his ability to combine authenticity, classical training and refined jazz influence. His sunny and original Tango has become a recurrent highlight of all the major Tango festivals (Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Granada, Medellin) where he shared the stage with several of the living greats of the genre. His recent discography includes Swango and Cruzando Aguas, and he is currently the musical director of Recital Cantango and Tango Argentina touring the U.S., Korea, Oman, Argentina and Europe. His album Tangos Cruzados with Franco Luciani, was nominated to Latin GRAMMY Awards in 2024. https://fabriziomocata.it/