MARCO CARIA

Baritone
Biography and goals

“one of the most interesting voices on the international opera scene.”

Marco Caria, a baritone born in Oristano, is recognized as one of the most interesting voices on the international opera scene, with a career that has taken him to major theaters around the world, from the Wiener Staatsoper to the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

His most recent debuts include Scarpia in Tosca (Montpellier 2022), Barnabas in La Gioconda (Cagliari 2025) and Jago in Otello (Sassari 2024), with an anticipated return as Scarpia at the Margarethen Festival in Austria in 2026.

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2001

first competitions

first victories in international competitions-Tito Gobbi, Domenico Alaleona, Luciano Neroni and others.

2002

DEBUT at THEATER

as Don Alvaro in G. Rossini's “Il Viaggio a Reims” at the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti.

2007

OPERALIA

Second prize and special audience award in Paris.

2007

Debut in North America

Cincinnati, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles.

2010

DEBUTTO wiener staatsoper

Beginning of close cooperation.

2021

singing school opening

Masterclasses and teaching in Rome.

REPERTOIRE

MARCO CARIA HAS MORE THAN FORTY ROLES IN THE REPERTOIRE.

Tosca, Montpellier 2022
«Tosca,
you make me forget God!»

BARON SCARPIA
(TOSCA)

Nabucco, Sassari 2023
«Let the insane tremble at my fury...
victims all shall fall henceforth!...»

NABUCCO
(NABUCCO)

Otello (Jago), Sassari, 2024
«Although I pretend to love him,
I hate that Moor...»

JAGO
(OTEL)

recent engagements

MaRCO CARIA CONQUERED THE MOST IMPORTANT THEATRES IN THE WORLD.

2026

tosca (baron scarpia)

Oper im Steinbruch / Römersteinbruch Sankt Margarethen

2026

THE TROUBADOUR (THE COUNT OF LUNA)

Municipal Theater of Lima, Lima, Peru

2026

aida (amonasro)

Great Festival, Lima, Peru

2025

aida (amonasro)

Opera Hong Kong

2025

IL TROVATORE (Il Conte Di Luna)​

National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing, China)

2025

LA GIOCONDA (BARNABAS)

Cagliari Opera House

Tosca, Montpellier, 2022
FUTURE COMMITMENTS.

TOSCA (BARON SCARPIA)

The Margarethen am Steinbruch Festival is a unique opera festival in the spectacular St. Margarethen quarry, where opera comes to life in a fascinating natural amphitheater. And for 2026, Baron Scarpiaawaits you at Tosca: in this majestic place. Join me under the Burgenland sky for an unforgettable performance.

Jul. - Aug.

2026

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