Michael Petruccelli

tenor

"Slipping easily into comedy and warming hearts with his pure, glowing tenor, Michael Petruccelli cuts an endearing Beppe." 
Paul Selar, Herald-Sun

Renowned for his “pure, glowing tenor,” Michael Petruccelli is one of Australia’s emerging operatic stars.

In 2024, he sang Septimus (Theodora) for Pinchgut Opera/Opera Australia and starred in Jonathan Mills’ new opera Eucalyptus for Victorian Opera (in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne). 2025 apearances include Pirelli in Sweeney Todd and Ticon in Káťa Kabanová (Victorian Opera), Haydn’s Creation (Tasmanian Symphony and Royal Melbourne Philharmonic) and Verdi’s Requiem (Festival of Voices Hobart).

For Opera Australia, Michael has sung Stephen Goldring (The Eighth Wonder), Pedro (Two Weddings, One Bride) and Goro in their touring producton of Madama Butterfly. Other roles include Almaviva in The Barber of Seville for West Australian Opera, Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Beppe (Pagliacci), Monsieur Taupe (Capriccio) and The Minister (The Princess and the Pea) for Victorian Opera, Jason in Medée and Aquillo in Farnace for Pinchgut Opera.

During his time at Oper Frankfurt, he performed The Italian Singer (Capriccio), Basilio/Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro, Lucio in Rossini's Otello, Graf von Lerma (Don Carlo), Voice of a Young Sailor in a new production of Tristan und Isolde and Le Remendado (Carmen).

An accomplished interpreter of contemporary Australian opera, Michael has appeared in productions including Richard Mills’ Galileo and Deborah Cheetham’s Parrwang Lifts the Sky with Victorian Opera, Voss with State Opera South Australia and Mary Finsterer’s Antarctica with Sydney Chamber Opera.

On the concert platform, Michael has taken the tenor solos in Schubert’s Missa Brevis in G Major, Mozart’s Missa Brevis in D Major and Coronation Mass, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël, Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai and Bach’s Magnificat and St. Matthew Passion.  

His regular recital collaborations have included the series Night and Day (with associate artist Elyane Laussade), Brahms’ Liebeslieder-Walzer with The Team of Pianists and Britten’s The Heart of the Matter and Canticle III (‘Still Falls the Rain’) with Ensemble Goldentree.

Representation: World

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