Italian tenor Antonello Palombi performs around the world to tremendous acclaim, and recently made his American debut performing the role of Dick Johnson in La Fanciulla del West with Seattle Opera. "The most pleasant surprise was the discovery of a very fine new tenor in Antonello Palombi, whose singing in rehearsals had set the rumor mills abuzz. It's all true: Here is a tenor with that exciting, emotion-stirring, head-turning Italianate sound, and he ignited the show whenever he was on-stage...here's betting he will be in considerable demand in this country” says the Seattle Times. He is now in demand with houses around the country including recent performances as Cavaradossi in Tosca with the Cincinnati Opera, Canio in I Pagliacci with the Dallas Opera, and Radames in Aida with the Michigan Opera Theatre and Palm Beach Opera, as well as recent European engagements as Calaf in Turandot in both Cagliari and Genoa, Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut in Frankfurt, Ismaele in Nabucco in Caracalla, Radames in Aida and Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut in Munich. American engagements for the 2006-2007 Season and beyond include a return to Seattle Opera as Radames in Aida and Canio in I Pagliacci, the title role in Don Carlo with the Cincinnati Opera, and Cavaradossi in Tosca and Baltimore Opera, as well as 2006-2007 European engagements including Radames in Aida and Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut at La Scala, a return to Oper Frankfurt for Faust in Mefistofele, Luigi in Il Tabarro, and Andrea Chenier in concert, Forza del Destino and the title role in Andrea Chenier with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Faust in Mefistofele in Liege and Genova, Calaf in Turandot in Caracalla and Venezia, and Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut in Torino and Leipzig. Antonello Palombi has performed leading roles with many important Opera Companies such as the Royal Albert Hall in London, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Regio in Torino, Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Granteatro La Fenice in Venice, New National Theatre in Tokyo, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Allami Operahaz in Budapest, Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon, Teatro Verdi in Florence, Teatro Bellini in Catania, Oper Frankfurt, Opernhaus in Zurich, Teatro Lirico and Teatro Romano in Cagliari, Schauspielhaus in Berlin, Hungarian State Opera, Ravenna, Cosenza, Pisa, Modena, Lucca, Livorno, Baden, Wiesbaden, Ludwigsburg, Mantova, Treviso, Rovigo, Savona, Bologna, Riga, Padova, Copenhagen, Zurich, Zagabria, Valladolid, in such roles as Don Josè in Carmen, the title role in Don Carlo, Pollione in Norma, Calaf in Turandot, Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Radames in Aida, Loris in Fedora, Ismaele in Nabucco, Luigi in Il Tabarro, Manrico in Il Trovatore, the title role in Andrea Chenier, Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra, Jacopo Foscari in I due Foscari, Paco in La Vida Breve, and Avito in Amore dei tre Re. Notable Conductors he has worked with include R. Abbado, Acs, Ahronovitch, Andretta, Aprea, Barbacini, Bartoletti, Bellugi, Benzi, Bernet, Caetani, Campanella,Campori, DelaCote, Desderi, Fedi, Fisher, Fedoseyev, Gandolfi, Gardiner, Gyorivanyi Rath, Handt, Karabtchevsky, Kuhn, Märkl, Martin, Mastrangelo, Medveczky, Mega, Morandi, Olmi, Pacor, Pons, Ranzani, Renzetti, Santi, Viotti, and Zambelli.