Tenor Giovanni Sala is recognized as a ‘revelation’ and ‘vocally flawless’, establishing himself as one of the leading tenors of his generation with regular appearances at top opera houses worldwide. In the 2025/26 season, he will make his Royal Opera House debut as Alfredo (La Traviata), return to Teatro alla Scala as Ferrando (Così fan tutte), and sing Macduff (Macbeth) at Teatro Regio di Torino.
Recent highlights include Alfredo (La Traviata) at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) and Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) at Bayerische Staatsoper, Tito (La Clemenza di Tito) at the Edinburgh Festival and Monte Carlo Opera, F.L. Gassmann’s L’Opera Seria at La Scala, and a tour of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with Riccardo Muti. He has also performed Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Teatro Massimo Palermo, Nicias (Thaïs), Prunier (La Rondine), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Alfredo (La Traviata), and Fenton (Falstaff).
Sala is equally in demand for concert repertoire, performing Haydn’s Paukenmesse under Pablo Heras-Casado, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Riccardo Muti and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and Mozart’s Requiem at Festival l’Offrande Musicale. Born in Lecco, he studied at Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Como and at Accademia Teatro alla Scala with Luciana d’Intino and Marcelo Álvarez. Awards include Second Prize at the Queen Sonja Competition (2017) and the AsLiCo Competition (2014).