Born in Naples, Vito Priante made his debut in 2002 in Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona at the Teatro Goldoni in Florence, as part of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. After performing in the Baroque and Classical repertoires (notably through regular collaboration with Alan Curtis), he gradually turned towards bel canto roles.

In 2008, he was awarded the 28th Franco Abbiati Prize (presented by the Italian critics) for his performance in the title role of Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero at La Scala in Milan, in a production directed by Peter Stein and conducted by Daniel Harding.

He has sung Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the Glyndebourne Festival, La Fenice in Venice, the Berlin Staatsoper (under Daniel Barenboim), the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (under Marc Minkowski), the Salzburg Festival, and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. He has also performed Dandini (La Cenerentola) at the Vienna Staatsoper, the Bayerische Staatsoper, and more recently at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Rome Opera House.

Vito Priante has also taken on the role of Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Teatro Regio in Turin, and at the Baths of Caracalla during the Rome Opera’s summer season in 2014. He has sung Belcore (L’Elisir d’Amore) in Turin, Malatesta (Don Pasquale) in Naples, and Lescaut (Manon) in concert version with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. He made his debut as Escamillo at the Royal Opera House in London and took on the four villain roles in Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Teatro Real in Madrid, in a new production by Christoph Marthaler and conducted by Sylvain Cambreling.

Last season, his performances included, among others, Escamillo at La Scala in Milan, Lord Cecil (Maria Stuarda) at the Liceu in Barcelona, and his debut at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro in Rossini’s La Gazzetta.

This season, he can be heard in Il cappello di paglia (Teatro alla Scala), Così fan tutte (Teatro Comunale di Bologna), and La Traviata (Opéra national du Rhin).