The Opera Singer

A voice from the depths

Bass — Voice graduate of the F. A. Bonporti Conservatory in Trento

“Artistic interpretation in singing can emerge only after technique has been mastered”

Vocal Profile

The Bass

Born in 1990, Luca Sozio earned a diploma in Voice from the Trento Conservatory and a Master's-level Academic Diploma in Flute from the Padua Conservatory. He pursued advanced training at the AMO Academy of Teatro Coccia in Novara, the Belcanto Academy in Trento and the Durres Opera Academy, and currently continues his training under Nadiya Petrenko. He has also furthered his studies with Paoletta Marrocu, Maurizio Leoni, Elisabetta Scano, Nelly Miricioiu and Vito Maria Brunetti. In 2024 he was selected as a Richard Wagner Foundation scholarship recipient and received a Special Prize at the Vano Visioli International Opera Competition. He was also a finalist at the 1st Bonisolli International Competition and the 20th Luigi Zanuccoli International Competition.

He regularly performs sacred, symphonic and operatic repertoire at festivals and institutions in Italy and abroad.

His operatic roles include Timur in Turandot at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona and Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome for EuropaInCanto. He made his debut as Doctor Grenvil in La traviata at Teatro Coccia in Novara, and performed Charon and Pluto in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo on a ten-performance tour of Greece and the Czech Republic. His repertoire also includes Colline in La bohème, the Commendatore in Don Giovanni and Jacopo in La notte di San Silvestro.

As a solo bass in symphonic and sacred repertoire, he has performed masterpieces including Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Rossini's Stabat Mater.

Operatic Repertoire

Roles performed

Doctor Grenvil

La Traviata

G. Verdi — Teatro Coccia, Novara · 2021

Jacopo il Corvo

La Notte di San Silvestro

R. Miani — 2024

Timur

Turandot

G. Puccini — Teatro San Carlo, Napoli · 2024

Charon and Pluto

L'Orfeo

C. Monteverdi — 2024

Colline

La Bohème

G. Puccini — 2024

Commendatore

Don Giovanni

W. A. Mozart — 2025

Ramfis

Aida

G. Verdi — 2025

Concert Repertoire

Solo performances

Ninth Symphony

L. V. Beethoven

Bass soloist — Venice Chamber Orchestra, conductor P. Semenzato · Bassano del Grappa (TV) and Montebelluna (TV)

Stabat Mater

G. Rossini

Bass soloist — Orchestra delle Alpi · 2025

Requiem

W. A. Mozart

Bass soloist — Conegliano · 2018

Vocal Recordings

Listen

Studia il passo

"Studia il passo... Come dal ciel"

G. Verdi

Live performance.

Pro peccatis

"Pro peccatis" — Stabat Mater

G. Rossini

Bass solo from Rossini's Stabat Mater.

Ramfis

Ramfis — Aida, consecration scene

G. Verdi

The consecration scene, in the role of Ramfis.

Nabucco

"Vieni o Levita..." — Nabucco

G. Verdi

Zaccaria's aria from Nabucco.

Barbiere

"La calunnia... E' un venticello" — The Barber of Seville

G. Rossini

Don Basilio's aria from The Barber of Seville.

Masnadieri

"Un ignoto, tre lune or saranno..." — I Masnadieri

G. Verdi

Short excerpt from Verdi's I masnadieri.

On Stage

Performance photographs

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Available for opera productions, sacred-music concerts and opera festivals.

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