Rubén Amoretti has a wide and versatile bass voice with a brilliant and beautiful timbre.
The combination of his commanding vocalism and musicianship, jointly to his elegant stage presence and theatrical abilities has enabled him to portray a broad variety of characters, such as Don Giovanni, King Philip II in Don Carlo and Mephistopheles in Faust. This bass acquired and honed his musical skills in Switzerland and the United States and he adopted his refined technique thanks to his lessons with Professors Dennis Hall, Carlos Montané and Nicolai Gedda. His career has taken him to the stages of New York, Moscow, Zurich, Stuttgart, Vienna, Geneva, Palm Beach, Paris, Prague, Mexico, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona and Seville, among others.
Mr. Amoretti has worked with major conductors including Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anton Guadagno, Pinchas Steinberg, Bruno Bartoletti, Marcello Viotti, Nello Santi, Zubin Mehta, Alberto Zedda and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. His repertoire includes the most important roles for bass, such as Mephistopheles in both Faust and The Damnation of Faust, both Don Giovanni and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Mustafá in L'Italiana in Algeri, King Philip II in Don Carlo, Zaccaria in Nabucco, Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Colline in La Boheme and Scarpia in Tosca.
He also has a special interest in the Spanish lyric repertoire, appearing in both zarzuelas and Spanish operas. He is a regular guest singer at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, where his many roles have included Padre Antón in El Gato Montés.
Rubén Amoretti has a broad concert repertoire that includes the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the Petite Messe Solennelle by Rossini, the Messa di Gloria by Puccini, the Verdi Requiem and the Mozart Requiem, among many others.
Highlights of recent seasons include his debut appearances at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in Poliuto and Roméo et Juliette and at the Palau de Les Arts in Valencia in The Damnation of Faust.
