Uruguayan tenor Carlo Ventre made his San Diego Opera debut in 2005 as Gabriele in Simon Boccanegra and returned in 2008 as Radames in Aida and again in 2009 for Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. Notable highlights in his career include Arrigo in I Vespri Siciliani in Tokyo with Teatro Massimo Palermo, Pollione in Norma at Sferisterio Opera Festival in Italy, Andrea Chénier at Barcelona’s Liceo, Cavaradossi in Tosca with Frankfurt Opera, Hamburg State Opera and Arena di Verona, Luigi in Il tabarro in Hamburg and Ricardo in A Masked Ball in Frankfurt. For his La Scala debut, he sang the Duke in Rigoletto and also appeared there as Ismaele in Nabucco. Roles for Welsh National Opera include Rodolfo in La bohème and Cavaradossi in Tosca. Other roles include Don José in Carmen, Alfredo in La traviata, and the title role of Andrea Chénier. He has sung in opera houses in Berlin, Rome, San Francisco, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Washington, Verona, Chicago, Genoa and Cologne.