Andrea Silvestrelli is one of the most sought-after ‘bassi profondi’ on the international opera scene. Garnering critical acclaim for his debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in Rigoletto, the Chicago Sun-Times reported, “There were wild cheers for Andrea Silvestrelli …who brought a terrifying, sepulchral tone to the assassin Sparafucile.” The 17-18 season opens with performances of Hunding in Die Walküre with the National Taichung Theater in Taiwan. Mr Silvestrelli then returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago as Nourabad in Les pêcheurs de perles and Timur in Turandot, and sings the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo with Washington National Opera. In spring 2018, he will perform in San Francisco Opera’s Ring Cycle as Fasolt in Das Rheingold and Hagen in Götterdämmerung.
