Mattia Venni

Bass-Baritone

Mattia Venni was a sensational Crispino — his handsome baritone and capacity for self-parody allowed him to evolve from the melodramatic sobs of an almost-suicide scene to the complacent patter of success.

THE NEW YORK TIMES Oussama Zahr

Starred bass-baritone Mattia Venni as a hilarious Crispino, who brilliantly executed the rapid Italian patter and the subtle physical comedy of the role.

WALL STREET JOURNAL (WSJ) Heidi Waleson

Brescia-born bass-baritone Mattia Venni as Crispino was history in the making. Venni’s voice is unmatched in its brilliancy, purity and exactness in detail towards Italian diction. The way his voice gently delivers the most nuanced parts of the Italian language is history in the making. I have never experienced Italian like how I felt when listening to his voice. I was transported!” “I also have to mention his attitude, and I do think this is transparent no matter a singer’s role on stage, is a delight. He exemplified care and honored the presence of every cast member for the entire production. His supportive actions spoke volumes. And he was the lead! I really want to see more of this happening, a lead being a true leader!

OPERA WIRE Jennifer Pyron

The superb young Italian Mattia Venni in a star-making portrayal of the endearing, then annoying Crispino. The Brescia-born Venni tirelessly traced Crispino’s fall and rise with a richly characterful bass-baritone that tripped through rapid-fire patter with a minimum of buffo schtick.

THE OBSERVER Christopher Corwin

Captaining the trio of main characters, the Italian bass-baritone Mattia Venni was a Crispino shoemaker overflowing with humor, humanity and pathos, with a well-sounding voice of great quality and ductility. His perfect “saying” full of accents, with the right intention, without excesses and always perfectly understandable in singing, made each of his sentences become a kind of sung theater.

PROOPERA Daniel Lara

The revelation of the cast was Brescia born Italian bass-baritone Mattia Venni as Crispino. He proved a total stage animal, acting the role with his whole body, with great spontaneity and comedic verve. His interpretation was directed more towards wit and satire rather than buffoonish clowning. His lean bass-baritone is pithy and nimble.

PARTERRE BOX Eli Jacobson

Crispino — a plucky unscrupulous striver whom Venni played to comic perfection, relishing every syllable yet maintaining a firm tonal core.

CLASSICAL VOICE NORTH AMERICA David Shengold

The wonderful bass-baritone Mattia Venni in the title role stood out whenever he was on stage.

BROADWAY WORLD Richard Sasanow

Heading the list is Mattia Venni. With his attractive baritone, he sweeps the scale for self-mimicry; one could not hope for a better Crispino.

CLASSICAL SOURCE Susan Stempleski

One could not have asked for a better Crispino than bass-baritone Mattia Venni whose comedic chops were matched by some superb singing. Whether legato or staccato, whether solo or in duet or trio, his sturdy but flexible vocal production was a standout. Rapid patter presented no problems. We would welcome the opportunity to hear him again.

VOCE DI MECHE Meche Kroop

Captaining the trio of main characters, the Italian bass-baritone Mattia Venni was a Crispino shoemaker overflowing with humor, humanity and pathos, with a well-sounding voice of great quality and ductility. His perfect “saying” full of accents, with the right intention, without excesses and always perfectly understandable in singing, made each of his sentences become a kind of sung theater.

PROOPERA Daniel Lara

Mattia Venni was a sensational Crispino — his handsome baritone and capacity for self-parody allowed him to evolve from the melodramatic sobs of an almost-suicide scene to the complacent patter of success.

THE NEW YORK TIMES Oussama Zahr

Starred bass-baritone Mattia Venni as a hilarious Crispino, who brilliantly executed the rapid Italian patter and the subtle physical comedy of the role.

WALL STREET JOURNAL (WSJ) Heidi Waleson

Brescia-born bass-baritone Mattia Venni as Crispino was history in the making. Venni’s voice is unmatched in its brilliancy, purity and exactness in detail towards Italian diction. The way his voice gently delivers the most nuanced parts of the Italian language is history in the making. I have never experienced Italian like how I felt when listening to his voice. I was transported!” “I also have to mention his attitude, and I do think this is transparent no matter a singer’s role on stage, is a delight. He exemplified care and honored the presence of every cast member for the entire production. His supportive actions spoke volumes. And he was the lead! I really want to see more of this happening, a lead being a true leader!

OPERA WIRE Jennifer Pyron

The superb young Italian Mattia Venni in a star-making portrayal of the endearing, then annoying Crispino. The Brescia-born Venni tirelessly traced Crispino’s fall and rise with a richly characterful bass-baritone that tripped through rapid-fire patter with a minimum of buffo schtick.

THE OBSERVER Christopher Corwin

Captaining the trio of main characters, the Italian bass-baritone Mattia Venni was a Crispino shoemaker overflowing with humor, humanity and pathos, with a well-sounding voice of great quality and ductility. His perfect “saying” full of accents, with the right intention, without excesses and always perfectly understandable in singing, made each of his sentences become a kind of sung theater.

PROOPERA Daniel Lara

The revelation of the cast was Brescia born Italian bass-baritone Mattia Venni as Crispino. He proved a total stage animal, acting the role with his whole body, with great spontaneity and comedic verve. His interpretation was directed more towards wit and satire rather than buffoonish clowning. His lean bass-baritone is pithy and nimble.

PARTERRE BOX Eli Jacobson

Crispino — a plucky unscrupulous striver whom Venni played to comic perfection, relishing every syllable yet maintaining a firm tonal core.

CLASSICAL VOICE NORTH AMERICA David Shengold

The wonderful bass-baritone Mattia Venni in the title role stood out whenever he was on stage.

BROADWAY WORLD Richard Sasanow

Heading the list is Mattia Venni. With his attractive baritone, he sweeps the scale for self-mimicry; one could not hope for a better Crispino.

CLASSICAL SOURCE Susan Stempleski

One could not have asked for a better Crispino than bass-baritone Mattia Venni whose comedic chops were matched by some superb singing. Whether legato or staccato, whether solo or in duet or trio, his sturdy but flexible vocal production was a standout. Rapid patter presented no problems. We would welcome the opportunity to hear him again.

VOCE DI MECHE Meche Kroop

Captaining the trio of main characters, the Italian bass-baritone Mattia Venni was a Crispino shoemaker overflowing with humor, humanity and pathos, with a well-sounding voice of great quality and ductility. His perfect “saying” full of accents, with the right intention, without excesses and always perfectly understandable in singing, made each of his sentences become a kind of sung theater.

PROOPERA Daniel Lara
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Bio

In July 2023 Italian bass-baritone Mattia Venni made his professional debut with the opera company Teatro Nuovo at the Lincoln Center in New York City, in the title role of Crispino in “Crispino e la Comare” (L&F Ricci).

The New York Times’ Oussama Zahr said of Venni’s portrait of Crispino: “Mattia Venni was a sensational Crispino — his handsome baritone and capacity for self-parody allowed him to evolve from the melodramatic sobs of an almost-suicide scene to the complacent patter of success” and The Wall Street Journal’s critic Heidi Waleson said, “Starred bass-baritone Mattia Venni as a hilarious Crispino, who brilliantly executed the rapid Italian patter and the subtle physical comedy of the role”.

Recently, in August 2024 Venni performed as a soloist in an opera recital for the Fondazione Teatro Grande Brescia, Italy and in September he made his first debut in both Teatro Sociale di Trento, Italy and Stagione Lirica di Lecce singing the role of Betto da Signa in “Gianni Schicchi” (G. Puccini).

In Winter 2025, he will debut at Teatro Amintore Galli, Italy, in the role of Dulcamara in “L’Elisir d’amore” (G.Donizetti), and later in March at Sarasota Opera, USA, in the role of Figaro in “Le nozze di Figaro” (W.A. Mozart).

He also performed as Suplice in the Parnassus Society’s production of “La Fille du Regiment” (G.Donizetti), at Soka Performing Arts Center, USA.

In Spring 2025 Venni will be making his debut at Santa Barbara Opera, USA, once again playing Sulpice in “La Fille du Regiment”.

In summer 2025 Venni will be making his debut with Santa Fe Opera, USA, as an apprentice artist in the role of Antonio and as Figaro cover in “Le nozze di Figaro”.

In November 2023, Venni was awarded both the first place and special prize Giuseppe Taddei Awards at the International Lyric Competition of the city of Genova, Italy.

In May 2024 Venni won the International Lyric Competition “Jole de Maria” in Rome and later in the same month was among the 12 finalists of the “Mattia Battistini” International lyric competition in Rieti, Italy.

In June 2024 Venni won the Luciano di Pasquale international lyric competition in Rieti, Italy and was among the 10 finalists in both the “Bellano competition” on lake Como, Italy and the Carrara lyric competition, Italy.

Venni had a successful career in the film industry as a camera operator in Paris, France, and Los Angeles, California before switching careers in 2019.

In 2020 he enrolled at UCLA after being accepted to two other prestigious institutions: Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, and Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

In 2021 he performed the role of Don Bartolo in UCLA Opera’s “Le nozze di Figaro” (W.A. Mozart) and in June 2022 he sang the role of Dulcamara in “L’Elisir d’Amore” (G. Donizetti) with Opera UCLA.

Mattia sang the role of Polyphemus in “Acis and Galatea” (G.F.Handel) in November 2022, directed by Crystal Manich and conducted by Dr. James Bass.

Venni graduated in June 2023 with a Bachelor of Music and a major in Voice performance with the highest honors from UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music.

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"Le Grillon"

Behind The Scenes (REHEARSAL)

CRISPINO E LA COMARE

Federico & Luigi Ricci

Performance

MIEI RAMPOLLI FEMMININI​

G.Rossini

PERFORMANCE

APRITE UN PO' QUEGLI OCCHI

W.A.Mozart

PERFORMANCE
(TRIO)

LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT

G. Donizetti

PERFORMANCE
(Sulpice & Marie Duet)

LA FILLE DU REGIMENT

G. Donizetti

Performance

CEASE TO BEAUTY

G.F. Handel

Behind The Scenes (REHEARSAL)

CRISPINO E LA COMARE

Federico & Luigi Ricci

PERFORMANCE

MADAMINA IL CATALOGO È QUESTO

W.A.Mozart

Behind The Scenes (REHEARSAL)

CRISPINO E LA COMARE

Federico & Luigi Ricci

Performance

MIEI RAMPOLLI FEMMININI​

G. Rossini

PERFORMANCE

APRITE UN PO' QUEGLI OCCHI

W.A.Mozart

PERFORMANCE
(TRIO)

G.Donizetti

PERFORMANCE
(Sulpice & Marie Duet)

LA FILLE DU REGIMENT

G. Donizetti

Performance

CEASE TO BEAUTY

G.F. Handel

Behind The Scenes (REHEARSAL)

CRISPINO E LA COMARE

Federico & Luigi Ricci

PERFORMANCE

W.A.Mozart

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Figaro in: “The Marriage of Figaro”

MARCH 2025

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Sulpice in: The Daughter of the Regiment

MAY 2025

Santa Fe Opera , NM, USA

Antonio in: The Marriage of Figaro *Cover: Figaro

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Press

"Mattia Venni was a sensational Crispino — his handsome baritone and capacity for self-parody allowed him to evolve from the melodramatic sobs of an almost-suicide scene to the complacent patter of success".

THE NEW YORK TIMES Oussama Zahr

“Heading the list is Mattia Venni. With his attractive baritone, he sweeps the scale for self-mimicry; one could not hope for a better Crispino.”

CLASSICAL SOURCE Susan Stempleski

"Starred bass-baritone Mattia Venni as a hilarious Crispino, who brilliantly executed the rapid Italian patter and the subtle physical comedy of the role".

WALL STREET JOURNAL (WSJ) Heidi Waleson

"The wonderful bass-baritone Mattia Venni in the title role stood out whenever he was on stage".

BROADWAY WORLD Richard Sasanow

“The superb young Italian Mattia Venni in a star-making portrayal of the endearing, then annoying Crispino.” “The Brescia-born Venni tirelessly traced Crispino’s fall and rise with a richly characterful bass-baritone that tripped through rapid-fire patter with a minimum of buffo schtick.”

THE OBSERVER Christopher Corwin

“Brescia-born bass-baritone Mattia Venni as Crispino was history in the making. Venni’s voice is unmatched in its brilliancy, purity and exactness in detail towards Italian diction. The way his voice gently delivers the most nuanced parts of the Italian language is history in the making. I have never experienced Italian like how I felt when listening to his voice. I was transported!” “I also have to mention his attitude, and I do think this is transparent no matter a singer’s role on stage, is a delight. He exemplified care and honored the presence of every cast member for the entire production. His supportive actions spoke volumes. And he was the lead! I really want to see more of this happening, a lead being a true leader!”

OPERA WIRE Jennifer Pyron

"The revelation of the cast was Brescia born Italian bass-baritone Mattia Venni as Crispino. He proved a total stage animal, acting the role with his whole body, with great spontaneity and comedic verve. His interpretation was directed more towards wit and satire rather than buffoonish clowning. His lean bass-baritone is pithy and nimble".

PARTERRE BOX Eli Jacobson

"Crispino — a plucky unscrupulous striver whom Venni played to comic perfection, relishing every syllable yet maintaining a firm tonal core".

CLASSICAL VOICE NORTH AMERICA David Shengold

“One could not have asked for a better Crispino than bass-baritone Mattia Venni whose comedic chops were matched by some superb singing. Whether legato or staccato, whether solo or in duet or trio, his sturdy but flexible vocal production was a standout. Rapid patter presented no problems. We would welcome the opportunity to hear him again.”

Meche Kroop VOCE DI MECHE Meche Kroop

“Captaining the trio of main characters, the Italian bass-baritone Mattia Venni was a Crispino shoemaker overflowing with humor, humanity and pathos, with a well-sounding voice of great quality and ductility. His perfect “saying” full of accents, with the right intention, without excesses and always perfectly understandable in singing, made each of his sentences become a kind of sung theater.”

PROOPERA Daniel Lara

“Brescia-born bass-baritone Mattia Venni as Crispino was history in the making. Venni’s voice is unmatched in its brilliancy, purity and exactness in detail towards Italian diction. The way his voice gently delivers the most nuanced parts of the Italian language is history in the making. I have never experienced Italian like how I felt when listening to his voice. I was transported!” “I also have to mention his attitude, and I do think this is transparent no matter a singer’s role on stage, is a delight. He exemplified care and honored the presence of every cast member for the entire production. His supportive actions spoke volumes. And he was the lead! I really want to see more of this happening, a lead being a true leader!”

OPERA WIRE Jennifer Pyron