15 Facts About Bonaventura Bottone

Bonaventura Bottone trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Bonaventura Bottone is described by the New Grove Dictionary of Opera as "a superb actor with a strong, lyrical voice" who "excels in comic roles".

Bonaventura Bottone made his professional debut as Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville with Welsh National Opera in 1973.

Bonaventura Bottone subsequently sang Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor in Belfast, a Servant in Richard Strauss's Capriccio with Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Bardolfo in Verdi's Falstaff for Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1976.

Bonaventura Bottone appeared at the Wexford Festival for three consecutive seasons in Smetana's The Two Widows, Luigi and Federico Ricci's Crispino e la comare and Montemezzi's L'amore dei tre re.

Bonaventura Bottone has enjoyed a long relationship with English National Opera.

Bonaventura Bottone has sung more than twenty roles with the company in diverse repertoire.

Bonaventura Bottone took part in Dame Joan Sutherland's farewell appearance at Covent Garden.

Bonaventura Bottone has sung with: Welsh National Opera, where his roles have included Turridu and Le comte Ory; Opera North, where his roles have included Vana, Pedrillo and Nemorino ; and Scottish Opera, where his roles have included Jack, Narraboth and Loge.

Bonaventura Bottone has performed the roles at the Royal Festival Hall, La Scala Milan and the English National Opera.

Bonaventura Bottone toured in Japan at Grand Hall, Hyogo and Orchard Hall, Bunkamura, Tokyo to critical acclaim.

Bonaventura Bottone has an extensive concert repertoire, which has taken him to many of the world's leading concert halls.

Bonaventura Bottone has sung with numerous prominent international conductors, including: Richard Bonynge, Sir Andrew Davis, Jacques Delacote, Sir Edward Downes, Sir Mark Elder, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Bernard Haitink KBE CH, Richard Hickox, Vladimir Jurowski, James Levine, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, Carlo Rizzi and Jeffrey Tate.

Bonaventura Bottone has retained much of his repertoire into his eighth decade.

Bonaventura Bottone is a Patron of Bampton Classical Opera and led the jury for the company's Young Singers' Competition in 2019.