Paolo Bordogna
Paolo Bordogna (born January 2, 1972) is an Italian operatic baritone and bass. He is particularly associated with "buffo" (comic) roles. Biography. Bordogna studied singing with baritone Roberto Coviello. Since 2005, he has appeared often at the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro in such roles as Don Magnifico in "La Cenerentola", Bartolo in "The Barber of Seville" and numerous others. His career has taken him to Teatro Real, La Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, the Paris Opera, The Royal Opera and many others of the world's leading opera houses. He has also performed the roles of Dandini in "La cenerentola  and Figaro in The Barber of Seville". Over 50 roles in his wide repertory include the title role of Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" and Dr. Dulcamara in that composer's "L'elisir d'amore". In Mozart operas, he has performed as Figaro in "Le nozze di Figaro" at Opera Australia, Don Alfonso in "Cosi fan Tutte" at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and Leperello in "Don Giovanni" for Staatsoper Wien. In 2016, he was joined in a civil union with his partner Adalberto Ruggeri.