# William Matteuzzi

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'''William Matteuzzi''' (born 12 December 1957 in [Bologna](/source/Bologna), Italy) is an Italian operatic [tenor](/source/tenor) renowned for his impressive vocal range and prominent upper register, reaching a high F (above the tenor high C) in full voice,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://401dutchdivas.nl/en/the-high-c.html|title=HIGH C &#124; 401 Dutch Divas|website=401dutchdivas.nl|accessdate=May 20, 2019}}</ref> which enabled him to participate in the recent revival of the [tenore contraltino](/source/tenore_contraltino) repertoire. he is nicknamed "the King of the high F". He is also admired as a fine musician and elegant vocalist.

He won the Enrico Caruso Singing Competition in 1980, which led him to [Teatro alla Scala](/source/Teatro_alla_Scala).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-06-04 |title=Ho appeso l'ugola al chiodo: intervista al tenore William Matteuzzi |url=https://www.gbopera.it/2008/06/ho-appeso-lugola-al-chiodo-intervista-al-tenore-william-matteuzzi/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=GBOPERA |language=it-IT}}</ref>

He has sung a wide repertoire ranging from [Claudio Monteverdi](/source/Claudio_Monteverdi) or [Antonio Vivaldi](/source/Antonio_Vivaldi) (''[Orlando furioso](/source/Orlando_furioso_(Vivaldi))'') to [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](/source/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart) (''[Così fan tutte](/source/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte)''), [Vincenzo Bellini](/source/Vincenzo_Bellini) (''[I Puritani](/source/I_Puritani)'' and ''[La Sonnambula](/source/La_Sonnambula)''), [Gaetano Donizetti](/source/Gaetano_Donizetti) (''[La fille du régiment](/source/La_fille_du_r%C3%A9giment)'') and [Giovanni Pacini](/source/Giovanni_Pacini) (''L’ultimo giorno di Pompei'').

A highly respected [Rossini](/source/Gioachino_Rossini) specialist, he made his [Metropolitan Opera](/source/Metropolitan_Opera) debut in 1988 as Count Almaviva in ''[Il barbiere di Siviglia](/source/Il_barbiere_di_Siviglia)''. He has performed Rossini's [comic opera](/source/comic_opera)s ''[La scala di seta](/source/La_scala_di_seta)'', ''[L'occasione fa il ladro](/source/L'occasione_fa_il_ladro)'', ''[L'italiana in Algeri](/source/L'italiana_in_Algeri)'', ''[La gazza ladra](/source/La_gazza_ladra)'', ''[La Cenerentola](/source/La_Cenerentola)'', ''[La pietra del paragone](/source/La_pietra_del_paragone)'', ''[Il viaggio a Reims](/source/Il_viaggio_a_Reims)'', ''[Le comte Ory](/source/Le_comte_Ory)'' as well as his [''opere serie''](/source/opera_seria) ''[Otello](/source/Otello_(Rossini))'', ''[Zelmira](/source/Zelmira), [Armida](/source/Armida_(Rossini))'', ''[Ricciardo e Zoraide](/source/Ricciardo_e_Zoraide)'', ''[Maometto II](/source/Maometto_II)'', ''[Semiramide](/source/Semiramide)'', etc.

He now mainly dedicates himself to teaching singing and giving master classes in Italy, Germany and Japan, but he has latterly founded an ensemble for recording Monteverdi operas, which has released recordings of ''[L'incoronazione di Poppea](/source/L'incoronazione_di_Poppea)'' and ''[L'Orfeo](/source/L'Orfeo)''.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official|https://www.williammatteuzzi.com/}}
*[http://www.opera-rara.com/matteuzzi-william-1.html5 Opera Rara]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060507200102/http://www.operaitaliana.com/autori/interprete.asp?ID=432 Opera Italiana]
*{{IMDb name|id=0559866|name=William Matteuzzi}}

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