Carlo Ruggiero

Carlo Ruggiero. Lyric Tenor. Verdi / Puccini / Verismo + Crossover.

Conservatorio G. Martucci, Salerno (Diploma, 2000). Conservatorio G. Tartini, Trieste (Master's Degree, Level II, 2008). Scholarship and chorus artist course, Teatro alla Scala (2001).

Opera chorus artist at Arena di Verona, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro San Carlo, Teatro Carlo Felice, Teatro Massimo di Palermo and Teatro Verdi di Trieste. Worked under conductors Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly and Daniel Oren, and directors Franco Zeffirelli and Graham Vick.

Soloist roles: Nemorino (L'elisir d'amore), Turiddu (Cavalleria rusticana), Don José (Carmen). Second Prize, Lilian Caraian Award 2008 (chamber music).

Solo tenor on international cruise lines since 2009: MSC Cruises, Costa Crociere, Holland America Line, Celebrity Cruises (contract concluded October 2026). Own 45-minute one-man show, Opera del Sole (Holland America, 2024). Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish.