Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto made his San Diego Opera debut in 1985 in the title role in Verdi’s Oberto, returning for Méphistophélès in Faust and the title role in Don Giovanni on two occasions each, King Philip in Don Carlo, Basilio in The Barber of Seville, and most recently in the title roles of Boris Godunov in 2007 and Don Quixote in 2009. Recent engagements include Boris Godunov at the Vienna Staatsoper and King Philip and Boris Godunov at The Mariinsky theatre in St. Petersburg, making him the first Italian ever to sing those roles there. At the Salzburg Festival he was first heard in 1986 as Mozart’s Figaro, returning as Leporello, Don Alfonso, Don Giovanni and King Philip. Other roles include Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra, the title roles in Boris Godunov and Don Quixote, and Zaccaria in Nabucco. He appears regularly with the opera companies in Vienna, Milan, Paris, London, Florence, Rome, Turin and with the Metropolitan Opera. Many of his performances are available on more than twenty-seven CDs and DVDs including King Philip, Don Giovanni, Attila, Figaro, Alfonso and Leporello. Ferruccio Furlanetto is a Kammersänger of the Wiener Staatsoper and an Honorary Ambassador to the United Nations.