San Diego Opera debut. Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra is a frequent singer at the world’s greatest opera companies and concert stages. Recent engagements include the title role of Ernani at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Opernhaus Zürich, Calaf in Turandot, Luigi in Il Tabarro and Radames in Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West at San Francisco Opera, the title role of Don Carlo at Vienna Staatsoper, Ricardo in A Masked Ball at Bilbao, Cavaradossi in Tosca at Deutsche Oper Berlin as well as with the Rome Opera on tour in Tokyo, Manrico in Il trovatore for Tel Aviv Opera, Riccardo for Washington National Opera, and Radames for Los Angeles Opera. Other notable performances include his debut at the Teatro Regio as Riccardo, a role he also performed at Arena di Verona and Alvaro in La Forza del Destino for La Scala. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Cavaradossi, stepping in at the last moment to replace Luciano Pavarotti. Additional performances include Pollione in Norma, Cavaradossi, the title role of Andrea Chenier, Radames and Alvaro for Vienna Staatsoper, Pagliacci in Il Pagliacci and Turridu in Cavalleria Rusticana in the same evening at the Metropolitan Opera, Don Carlo at Los Angeles Opera and Cavaradossi at Royal Opera House Covent Garden. His engagements have taken him to Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper, London’s Royal Opera. Paris Opera Bastille, Staatsoper Berlin, among many others. His extensive recording credits include Il trovatore and Tosca both conducted by Maestro Muti, as well as two solo cds of Verdi, Puccini, and verismo arias. He also appears on the Opernhaus Zürich DVD of Aida.