Italian baritone Paolo Bordogna made his Royal Opera debut in 2017 as Belcore (L’elisir d’amore) and returned in 2021 for Leporello (Don Giovanni). He studied with Roberto Coviello, Katia Ricciarelli, Bianca Maria Casoni and Alberto Zedda. Awards include the 2000 Caruso Prize. His repertory includes roles by Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi. He appears regularly at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and has also been a guest at La Scala, Milan, Rome Opera, Maggio Musicale, Florence, Teatro Regio, Turin, Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, the Donizetti Festival in Bergamo, Arena di Verona, Teatro Communale, Bologna, Paris Opera, Opéra National de Lyon, Vienna State Opera, New National Theatre, Tokyo, Beijing National Opera, Opera Australia, Teatro Real, Madrid, Liceu, Barcelona, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, Bilbao ABAO, the Wiesbaden Festspiele, Bayerische Staatsoper, Berlin Staatsoper, Staatsoper Hamburg, Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Theatre and Los Angeles Opera House. His recordings include the solo album Tutto Buffo (Decca).