Nazzareno Antinori received his diploma in singing from the Santa Cecilia conservatory in Rome. He studied singing with Maestro Jolanda Altea Magnoni and in 1979 he made his debut at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome in
Madama Butterfly in the part of F. B. Pinkerton, a role that he interpreted several times over the following years.
From the beginning of his career, Mr. Antinori has performed in several roles: during the 1981-82 season he was Rodolfo in
La Bohème at the Teatro A. Ponchielli in Cremona, at the Teatro G. Verdi in Triest and in the Arena di Verona, Ruggero in
La Rondine at the Teatro G. Verdi in Pisa and at the Teatro G. Verdi in Pistoia, Alfredo in
La Traviata at the Teatro G. Verdi in Triest, at the Teatro A. Ponchielli in Cremona and at the Teatro de La Zarzuela in Madrid, Cavaradossi in
Tosca at the Teatro V. Bellini in Catania, Rodolfo in
Luisa Miller at the Teatro Fraschini in Pavia, Ismaele in
Nabucco at the Teatro Regio in Parma, Steva in
Jenufa at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, F. B. Pinkerton in
Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona. During the same period he sang the
Inno delle Nazioni (the National Anthem) at the Teatro Regio in Parma and the
Messa da Requiem by Bottesini at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Apart from his interpretation of the role of F. B. Pinkerton in
Madama Butterfly (Teatro G. Verdi in Triest, Arena di Verona - broadcast all over the world -, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro A. Ponchielli in Cremona, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, in Lille - France and in Cagliari), in the following years (1983-85) he interpreted Alfredo in
La Traviata (Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi, Teatro Politeama in Palermo, Teatro Rendano in Cosenza and in Bonn), Cavaradossi in
Tosca (Teatro A. Ponchielli in Cremona, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, and in Nantes), Rodolfo in
La Bohème (Arena Sferisterio in Macerata). He also sang in
Zoltan Kodaily in Cagliari in 1985 and in the
Oratorio by Bellisario in Ortona in 1986.
Since 1986 Nazzareno Antinori has had the chance of expanding his own repertoire and consequently of performing in new roles such as: Turiddu in
Cavalleria Rusticana (Torre del Lago, Teatro A. Ponchielli in Cremona, Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo), Manrico in
Il Trovatore (Treviso, Arena in Cagliari), Maurizio in
Adriana Lecouvreur (Teatro Rendano in Cosenza, Teatro Sociale in Como), Don Carlo in
Don Carlo (Teatro Comunale in Piacenza). At least until the end of the 1980s he interpreted the roles of F. B. Pinkerton in
Madama Butterfly, Cavaradossi in
Tosca (Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi) and Alfredo in
La Traviata (Arena Sferisterio in Macerata, Teatro Comunale in Piacenza), in the main Italian theatres: Teatro A. Ponchielli in Cremona, Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, Teatro Comunale in Piacenza, Torre del Lago and Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
At the beginning of the 1990s Mr. Antinori's repertoire increased when he interpreted various roles such as Macduff in
Macbeth (Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi, Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia, Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, Teatro Bellini in Catania), Ismaele in
Nabucco (Teatro V. Bellini in Catania, Arena Sferisterio in Macerata, Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Arena di Verona - broadcast all over the world in 2001 in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi), Ernani in
Ernani at the Teatro Regio in Parma, Foresto in
Attila at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Don José in
Carmen at the Teatro Arena Sferisterio in Macerata.
Besides his operatic repertoire, Nazzareno Antinori has taken part in several concerts and recitals in some theatres in Germany, France, Spain and Italy. The Great Concert of ten tenors in Sen Jong (Seoul), the Messa da Requiem in Enschede (Holland), the Three tenors Concert, which was broadcast live by the Turkish TV in Ankara, some concerts for the twinning of Beijing with the Sferisterio of Macerata in Beijing, in the presence of the President of the People's Republic of China, a Gran Gala at the Opera Theatre in Kiev in the presence of the Italian and American Ambassadors and broadcast by the National television of Ukraine, a Grand Gala at the Opera theatre in Sofia and at the National Gallery in London for the presentation of the Arena di Verona Opera Season.
His discography includes a recording of the
Messa Solenne by the composer and conductor Maestro Ferdinando Nazzaro in which he sang for the Holy See in Prague (a great Concert of the same Mass was performed in the Santa Maria Maggiore Church in Rome in the presence of the Cardinal's Apostolate of the Holy See),
Tosca and
Madama Butterfly for the Label Frequents,
Maria Egiziaca (world première) for Bongiovanni, Maria Callas Competition for Fonit Cetra, Messa da Requiem. Mr. Antinori took part in the recording of the opera-video
Madama Butterfly in the Arena di Verona.
He was a teacher at the Frescobaldi Conservatory in Ferrara, at the Conservatory in Bologna and at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro and he is now a teacher at the Conservatory in Fermo. He attended a specialization course "Tenori" with Mario del Monaco, Carlo Bergonzi and Franco Corelli. He has given performances which have been conducted by: Maestros Gavazzeni, Muti, Oren, Guadagno, Arena, Quadri, Miller, Franci, Bellini, Sudan, Moretti, de Bernard, P. Carignani and directed by Bolognini, Montaldo, Sequi, Ronconi, Savarj, Bolchi, Deflò.
During his career, Mr. Antinori has won the international concerts "E.N.A.L." in Palermo, "Mario del Monaco" and "Maria Callas". He has also received several acknowledgements, such as the international prizes "Luigi Illica" in Castell'arquato (1983), "La Navicella" from the Ente dello Spettacolo per Meriti Umanitari (1989-1991), the international poetry prize "Delfino d'Argento" (1994) and the Trubbiani Bronze Medal that portrays the Sferisterio Theatre in Macerata in 1996.
Nazzareno Antinori's repertoire includes Giuseppe Verdi's and Giacomo Puccini's main operas (
La Traviata,
Il Trovatore,
Nabucco,
Macbeth,
Il Corsaro,
I Lombardi,
Ernani,
Messa da Requiem,
Stiffelio,
Simon Boccanegra,
Aida,
Otello;
Tosca,
Madama Butterfly,
Le Villi,
Il Tabarro,
La Rondine,
La Fanciulla del west,
Turandot) and many famous operas, such as
Adriana Lecouvreur by F. Cilea,
Carmen by G. Bizet,
Cavalleria rusticana by P. Mascagni, Pagliacci by R. Leoncavallo,
Francesca da Rimini by Zandonai,
Andrea Chénier and
Fedora by U. Giordano,
La Vestale by Spontini,
Norma by V. Bellni,
Samson et Dalila by Saint Saëns.
During the 2002-2003 Season, Nazzareno Antinori's engagements include the role of Ismaele in
Nabucco at the Teatro Verdi in Triest and in the Arena di Verona and the role of Turiddu in
Cavalleria rusticana in Tokyo.
July 2003