From 1986 to 1990 he studied conducting in Vienna with Julius Kalmar and 1992 he took the final Diploma at the Conservatory of Bologna. In 1992 he was assistant conductor to Gustav Kuhn at the Arena Sferisterio in Macerata and after this period he received many invitations from different opera houses and concert halls in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. In 1993, alongside his conducting activity, he made his debut as a baritone in Mozart's Don Giovanni (title role) in Tel Aviv.

Davide Damiani has worked with many distinguished conductors, such as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Marcello Viotti, Daniel Oren, Riccardo Chailly, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Fabio Luisi, Philippe Jordan, Kazushi Ono, Zoltan Pesko, Anton Guadagno, Carlo Rizzi, Jonathan Webb, Arnold Bosman, Julius Rudel, Gerd Albrecht and stage directors such as Franco Zeffirelli, Hans Neuenfels, Robert Carsen, Cesare Lievi, David Pountney, Stephen Lawless, Götz Friedrich, Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Daniele Abbado and Luc Bondy.

From 1995 to 1999, Davide Damiani became an artist in residence with the VIENNA STAATSOPER, where he performed with great acclaim in the following operas: Madama Butterfly (Sharpless), Le Nozze di Figaro (Conte d´Almaviva), L´Elisir d´Amore (Belcore), Meyerbeer's Le Prophéte (Oberthal) NEW PRODUCTION, Enescu's Oedipe (Créon) NEW PRODUCTION, Fedora (De Siriex) with Placido Domingo, Verdi's Jerusalem (Conte de Toulose) with Josè Carreras, conducted by Zubin Mehta NEW PRODUCTION filmed for TV.

He soon developed a full career of guest performances, which has led him to the following opera houses: TEATRO SAN CARLO NAPOLI L´Elisir d´Amore (Belcore) with Luciano Pavarotti; TEATRO REGIO TORINO; CARDIFF, PALM BEACH OPERA, TORONTO, VERONA Don Giovanni (title role); TEATRO MASSIMO PALERMO Manon Lescaut (Lescaut); TEATRO CARLO FELICE GENOVA, MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO The Rape of Lucretia (Prince Tarquinius); TEATRO COMUNALE RAVENNA, TEATRO BELLINI CATANIA, TEATRO COMUNALE MODENA The Rakes´s Progress (Nick Shadow); STADTTHEATER ST. GALLEN Don Giovanni (title role), L'Elisir d'Amore, Ariadne auf Naxos (Harlekin); TOKIO Madama Butterfly (Sharpless) and La Traviata (Germont); TEL AVIV Lucia di Lammermoor (Enrico); DEUTSCHE OPER AM RHEIN DÜSSELDORF Le Nozze di Figaro (Conte d´Almaviva) and Don Giovanni; BERLIN, BERGAMO Bohème (Marcello); TEATRO LIRICO CAGLIARI Granados's Goyescas (Paquiro) recorded for CD, and Le Nozze di Figaro (Conte); TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA Fabio Vacchi's Les Oiseaux de Passage (Alexandre) and Guido Turchi's Exil; TEATRO COMUNALE BARI Piccinni's Didon (Iarbe) recorded for CD; TEATRO VERDI TRIESTE, STADTTHEATER BASEL Falstaff (Ford); WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL Mercadante's Il Giuramento (Manfredo) recorded for CD and scenes from Rigoletto (title role); MILANO AUDITORIUM Beethoven's 9th Symphony; to the OPERNHAUS GRAZ Britten's Peter Grimes (Balstrode); to the SPLIT SUMMER FESTIVAL Nabucco (title role) filmed for TV; KIEV PHILARMONIC Beethoven's 9th Symphony; as well as to the TEATRO PICCINNI BARI Don Giovanni (Title role).

In the 2004 and 2005 seasons his engagements will take him, among other places, to the SPLIT SUMMER FESTIVAL for Nabucco (Title role) and Aida (Amonasro); to the TORINO AUDITORIUM LINGOTTO (Festival Settembre Musica) Beethoven's 9 th Symphony with Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino conducted by Gerd Albrecht; to REGGIO EMILIA, PARMA, MODENA for The Rape of Lucretia (Tarquinius) recorded for dvd; to the HOLLAND FESTIVAL for the WORLD PREMIERE of Luca Francesconi's Gesualdo considered as a murderer (title role); to the WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL for Mercadante's La Vestale (Publio) and recorded in cd, Pagliacci (Tonio) and Recital; to the MILANO AUDITORIUM for the Luigi Dallapiccola's Volo di notte (Rivière); to the TEATRO PICCINNI BARI (Saison of the Teatro Petruzzelli) for Le Nozze di Figaro (Conte di Almaviva). Also he will sing at PALM BEACH OPERA I Puritani (Riccardo); BRUXELLES THEATRE DE LA MONNAIE, WIENER FESTWOCHEN and AIX-EN-PROVENCE FESTIVAL the WORLD PREMIERE of Philippe Boesmans's Julie (Jean) directed by Luc Bondy; to the ST. MARGARETHEN OPERNFESTSPIELE the NEW PRODUCTION of Carmen (Escamillo) directed by Gianfranco de Bosio; to the ANCONA TEATRO DELLE MUSE for the ITALIAN PREMIERE and NEW PRODUCTION of Hans Werner Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers (Gregor Mittenhofer) directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi.

In 2006 he will sing at the ROMA TEATRO DELL'OPERA in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress (Nick Shadow). Among his future projects are numerous recitals and concerts.

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