Giancarlo Pasquetto made his debut in 1985 as the Conte di Luna in Il
Trovatore. The following year, he won the Competition "Voci Verdiane" (voices for Verdi's operas) in Bussetto, and sang in
Luisa Miller alongside Carlo Bergonzi who, in 1987, was beside him once again in
La Forza del Destino. After his debut at the Teatro Regio in Parma in
Cavalleria Rusticana, he sang in Strasbourg in the role of Tonio in I
Pagliacci, Germont in La
Traviata in Toulon and Marcello in
La Bohème at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona alongside Luciano Pavarotti.
In 1988 he made his debut in the Metropolitan in New York in the opera
Luisa Miller, he sang in Il
Trovatore in New Jersey,
Un Ballo in Maschera in Rennes and Tours in France,
La Forza del Destino at the Teatro Comunale in Modena, Piacenza and Ferrara and
La Bohème at the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca.
The 1989/1990 season began with an appearance at the Arena di Verona, where, for five consecutive years, he interpreted parts in
La Forza del Destino,
Aida,
Nabucco,
Don Carlo and
La Traviata. Then he performed in
La Bohème in Frankfurt and Toulon and in
Aida at the Teatro Sferisterio in Macerata. He made his debut in
Don Carlo at the Teatro Regio in Turin and in Las Palmas. He sang in I
Pagliacci at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona and in the part of Paolo Albiani in
Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari alongside Leo Nucci. He also performed in the opera
Alzira to inaugurate the Verdi Festival. He returned to the Teatro Sferisterio in Macerata to sing in Il
Trovatore, and then went on to sing in Teatro Regio in Parma to make his debut in
Werther and
Alzira.
In 1991 he made his debut at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in four symphonic lyrical concerts, in the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo in the opera
Madama Butterfly and in the Teatro Grande in Brescia and returned to the Teatro Regio in Parma for a production of
Luisa Miller.
In 1992 Giancarlo Pasquetto sang in Il
Trovatore in Verona and made his debut as Simon in
Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova. Under the baton of Zubin Mehta he sang in
Aida with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. At the Teatro Comunale in Treviso he sang in
La Bohème and in the Teatro Comunale in Bologna in
Luisa Miller.
In 1993 he made his debut at the Teatro alla Scala as Tonio in I
Pagliacci which was conducted by Riccardo Muti and he also made his debut in the role of
Rigoletto conducted by Daniele Gatti at the Staatsoper in Berlin. Following this was his performance in
Nabucco at the Festival in Bregenz and his debut in I
Puritani at the Teatro Bellini in Catania and
Aida at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome.
During 1994 he was greatly praised for his performance in
Rigoletto at Covent Garden in London. Following this he made his debut in
Lucia di Lammermoor and La
Traviata at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, in
Tosca in Reggio Emilia, in
La Bohème at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, a concert in Karlstadt,
Un Ballo in Maschera in Treviso and
Simon Boccanegra in Florence.
In 1995 he sang in
Nabucco at the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv,
Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro Regio in Turin,
Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and
Rigoletto in Montpellier. Following this he performed in
Aida with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta,
Tosca at the Teatro Grande in Brescia, Il
Trovatore and La
Traviata in Hamburg.
In 1996 he interpreted
Nabucco for the second time with the New Israeli Opera, he made his debut at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo in
La Bohème and returned to the Teatro San Carlo in Naples with
Madama Butterfly. Subsequently he made his debut in
Andrea Chenier at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and his debut in
Macbeth at the Teatro Comunale in Treviso. Then he was in Barcelona for a production of
Aida, in Tenerife for
Andrea Chenier and
Madama Butterfly and in Trieste for
Rigoletto. His debut at the Staatsoper in Vienna in
Andrea Chenier alongside Luciano Pavarotti was very important.
In 1997 he returned to Teatro Bellini in Catania for the debut of Iris, to the Teatro Massimo in Palermo for the debut of
Falstaff (Ford) and following this he sang in
Madama Butterfly in Cagliari and
Nabucco in Turin. In 1998 he sang in
Nabucco in Bilbao, La
Traviata at the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv and
Simon Boccanegra at the Festival di Glyndebourne.
In 1999 Giancarlo Pasquetto made his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich in I
Pagliacci and
Aida. He sang in
Tosca in Messina and
Nabucco in Saarbrucken. His debut in South America followed at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro in
Nabucco. He returned to Busseto to sing in
Luisa Miller.
In 2000 the baritone sang once again in
Luisa Miller at the Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, returned to Saarbrucken to perform in
Nabucco and also made his debut in Iceland with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in
Aida. He appeared again in the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich in
Tosca, at the Teatro Bellini in Catania in
Macbeth and in the Arena di Verona in
Aida. Following this was a performance he gave in
Simon Boccanegra, again in Munich, and his debut in Japan in a concert in Tokyo.
Giancarlo Pasquetto sang in
Rigoletto in 2001 at the New National Theater in Tokyo and
Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro Bellini in Catania. He returned to Brazil to sing in Il
Trovatore in Sao Paolo. He then performed in
Rigoletto in Fermo.
In October 2002 he will be in Il
Tabarro in Budapest and in 2003 in
Simon Boccanegra in Naples and in Tel Aviv.
November 2002