Michael Petruccelli
Tenor (VIC)
Renowned for his ‘pure, glowing tenor’, Michael Petruccelli is one of Australia’s emerging operatic stars.
In 2024, Michael sang The Stranger in Jonathan Mills’ new opera Eucalyptus in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne and appeared as Septimus in Theodora with Pinchgut Opera/Opera Australia.
Major appearances in 2016/2017 included Stephen Goldring (The Eighth Wonder) and Pedro (Two Weddings, One Bride) for Opera Australia and Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Beppe (Pagliacci) and The Minister (The Princess and the Pea) for Victorian Opera.
On the concert platform, Michael has taken the tenor solos in Schubert’s Missa Brevis in G Major, Mozart’s Missa Brevis in D Major and Coronation Mass, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël, Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai and Bach’s Magnificat and St. Matthew Passion.
In 2018, Michael Petruccelli returned to Opera Australia as Goro in their touring production of Madama Butterfly before taking up a full-time young artist position with Oper Frankfurt. 2019 roles include Basilio/Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro for Oper Frankfurt, Pedro (Two Weddings, One Bride) for Opera Australia and Aquillo (Farnace) for Pinchgut Opera.
In 2021/2022, Michael sang Almaviva in The Barber of Seville for West Australian Opera; for Victorian Opera, he appeared in Parrawang Lifts the Sky, Le Mesurier in Voss for State Opera South Australia and Jason in Medée for Pinchgut Opera. In 2023, he returned to Victorian Opera in Galileo and Capriccio and to Pinchgut Opera for The Pleasures of Versailles.
Image credit: Louis Petruccelli
