Giacomo Aragall was born in Barcelona. His debut in a leading tenor role was at La Fenice, Venice in 1963, in Verdi's Jerusalemme.
Since then, he has sung in theatres including La Scala, Milan, Teatro Comunale, Bologna and Teatro dell'Opera, Rome, Hamburg, Munich, Bonn, Cologne, Berlin, Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Paris, Marseilles, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Theâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, Zürich, Budapest, Prague, Liceu, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, Houston, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Cape Town.
Mr Aragall also performed at festivals such as Verona, Orange, Bregenz and Edinburgh. Conductors include Claudio Abbado, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Sir Georg Solti, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Charles Mackerras, Carlos Kleiber, Lorin Maazel, Sylvain Cambreling, Georges Prêtre, Richard Bonynge, Zubin Mehta, Jesús López-Cobos, Plácido Domingo and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos: and stage directors including Luchino Visconti, Jean Villar, Otto Schenk, Franco Zeffirelli, Roman Polanski, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Bob Wilson.
Giacomo Aragall has given concerts and recitals in venues such as the Concertgebouw, Salle Pleyel, Musikverein, Palau de la Música Catalana, Teatro Real and Herculessaal. His awards include Honorary Patron of the Orfeó Català Foundation, Cross of St George, Kammersänger from the Austrian government, Gold Medal of the Fine Arts from the Spanish government and Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Girona.
Giacomo Aragall's discography includes La traviata, Faust, Rigoletto, Tosca, Simon Boccanegra and Madama Butterfly, as well as concerts and recitals.
