Italian tenor Stefano Secco was born in 1973 in Milano, Italy, where he at early age received lessons from maestro Alberto Soresina, before enrolling at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory. He succesfully gradutated and also earned a diploma in percussion from the Accademia di Musica Moderna. He further perfected his singing with Giacinto Prandelli and Franco Corelli, and in master classes held by Leyla Gencer and Renata Scotto. In 1995 he won first prize in the international As.Li.Co singing competition and has subsequently received a bundle of prestigious international awards, such as the Jussi Björling Prize, Mario Lanza Prize and the Flaviano Labó. In 2001 the jury of the Beniamino Gigli Award in Finland chose him as prize winner.

At 29, the young tenor has already attained considerable success in some of Italy's most important theatres, among them the Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro Filarmonica di Verona, Teatro Comunale di Ravenna and Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. In March 2001 he made his debut at La Scala as Alfredo in “La Traviata” with Riccardo Muti conducting, before moving on to Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, where he appeared as Arturo in Bellini's I Puritani. In September and October 2001 he was the Duke in Rigoletto at the Frankfurt and Leipzig Operas respectively and Luisa Miller’s Rodolfo in Essen, Germany, in between Elisir d'amore in Helsiniki, Finland.

Current engagements include Rigoletto at the Baltimore Opera (Nov 2002), Madama Butterfly in Roma (Dec 2002) and La Sonnambula in Leipzig May 2003.

Secco has recorded arias for Italian Cantolopera and ENA/ Bella Musi. His repertory includes Fenton in Falstaff, Rodolfo in La Boheme, Osiris in Rossini's Mosee in Egitto, te Duke in Rigoletto, Arturo in Bellini, Sir Edgardo Ravenswood in Lucia di Lammermoor, Nemorino in Elisir and Elvino in La Sonnambula. He has also performed in live performances of Puccini's "Messa di Gloria," Berlioz' "Te Deum" and “Stabat Mater” by Rossini.

For a more complete track history or for checking future engagements, see operabase.com or stefanosecco.it.