Biography

Born in Alghero (Sassari), he obtained his degree in Politics and Economy at the University of Sassari and, at the same time, he got the degree with mention in Singing at Conservatorio di Musica of Verona.

He began his career in 1999 under the guide of Angelo Capobianco, with whom he’s still specializing. After that he won many competitions dedicated to opera singers, among them we find the “Basiola” of Cremona, the “Tagliavini” of Deutschlandsberg (Austria), the “Belli” of Spoleto and the “Placido Domingo Operalia” of Hamburg.

He sang under the direction of many important conductors such as Yuri Ahronovich, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Giuliano Carella, Michel Plasson, Anton Guadagno, Maurizio Barbacini, Stefano Ranzani, Maurizio Arena, Evelino Pidò, Donato Renzetti, Kery-Linn Wilson, Yoram David, Lukas Karytinos, Michele Mariotti, Gianluigi Gelmetti and he even worked with famous directors as Franco Zeffirelli, Maurizio Scaparro, Hugo de Ana, Denis Krieff, Christopher Loy, Mario Martone, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Luca Ronconi, Jean Reno’, Lorenzo Mariani, Alfredo Corno, Stefano Mazzonis, Nicolas Joel, G. Del Monaco and Sparvoli.

In 2002, under the guide of Riccardo Chailly, Domenico Balzani recorded for Decca the role of Ping in the world premiere of Turandot with the ending by Luciano Berio. With “Bongiovanni” he even recorded for the first time ever Leoncavallo’s Zazà and he is going to publish with “Phaedra” a CD of chamber arias played with accordeon and piano.

He sang in many important theatres as Massimo of Palermo (Elisir d’amore, Belcore; Boheme, Marcello; Don Pasquale, Malatesta), Lirico di Cagliari (Don Giovanni, Leporello), Regio di Torino (Pagliacci, Silvio; Faust, Valentine; Boheme, Marcello; Cenerentola, Dandini; Manon Lescaut, Lescaut, Edgar, Frank), Festival Puccini di Torre del Lago (Boheme, Marcello; Turandot, Ping; Manon Lescaut, Lescaut), Verdi of Trieste (Signor Bruschino, Bruschino; Cambiale di Matrimonio, Mill; Ginevra di Scozia, Il Re di Scozia; Turandot, Ping; Madame Butterfly, Sharpless; Elisir d’amore, Belcore), Opèra Nacional du Rhin of Strasburgo (Don Pasquale, Malatesta; L’Italiana in Algeri, Taddeo), Oper Frankfurt (Manon Lescaut, Lescaut), Opera di Istambul (Elisir d’amore, Belcore), Opera of Lima (Pagliacci, Silvio), Concertgebown of Amsterdam (Turandot, Ping), Bellini of Catania (Barbiere di Siviglia, Figaro; Traviata, Germont; Don Pasquale, Malatesta; Cenerentola, Dandini; Manon Lescaut, Lescaut) Opera of Montpellier (Lucia di Lammermoor, Enrico); Opera of Toulouse (Elisir d’amore, Belcore), Opera of Basilea (Traviata, Germont), Opera Roma-Terme of Caracalla (Pagliacci, Silvio), Tokio New National Theatre (Boheme, Marcello), Avenches Opera Festival (La Traviata, Giorgio Germont, Don Giovanni (Leporello)), Deutches Oper of Berlino (Lucia di Lammermoor, Enrico; Boeheme, Marcello), Opera of Tel-Aviv in Israele (Boheme Marcello), Opera Theater of Roma (Pagliacci, Silvio), San Carlo's Theater of Napoli (Butterfly, Sharpless).