Pietro Ballo

Pietro Ballo - Italian operatic singer (tenor), born October 2, 1952 in Palermo. He came from a family of laborers, working then himself in a quarry in Sicily before changing his professional orientation toward music. He enrolled into the school of singing at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, then his operatic career started near the end of 1980s, mostly in Italy, at various opera stages as well in concert halls.

During 1970s he moved to Milan where he made his debut in such a role as Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff. He sang then roles of Rudolfo in La Boheme, Italian singer in Der Rosenkavalier, and Roland in Esclarmonde (Teatro Massimo, January 1993).

Sources

• Provincia di Palermo
• Teatro Massimo Web-site