Born in Pavia, Amborgio Maestri studied Piano and Voice, under the guidance of Umberto Grilli. His international career took off in 2001, when he debuted Falstaff directed by Riccardo Muti and in the revival of Giorgio Strehler’s direction, at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and the Teatro Verdi in Busseto.
At Teatro alla Scala, Ambrogio later debuted in iconic Verdi roles such as Iago in Otello, Renato in Un ballo in maschera, Don Carlo di Vargas in La forza del destino, and Giorgio Germont in La traviata. He has performed on stages of the most prestigious international opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opéra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and many others. His repertoire also includes the Count of Luna in Il trovatore, Amonasro in Aida, the title roles of Simon Boccanegra, Rigoletto, Nabucco, Don Pasquale, as well as Tonio and Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, Gérard in Andrea Chénier, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore and Mamma Agata in Viva La Mamma.
Ambrogio has established himself as one of the most acclaimed baritones internationally and continues to bring Falstaff to the most important opera stages, having celebrated his 200th performance of the role at the Metropolitan Opera in 2013 and, later on, his 250th performance in the role at the Wiener Staatsoper in Vienna in 2016 under the baton of Zubin Mehta.
Among the renowned conductors Ambrogio has worked with Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Chailly, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Oren, Fabio Luisi, Antonio Pappano, Christian Thielemann, Jeffrey Tate, James Levine, Nello Santi, Marcello Viotti, Marco Armiliato, Gianandrea Noseda, and Daniel Harding. He also worked with acclaimed directors such as Franco Zeffirelli, Sir Robert Carsen, Graham Vick, Peter Stein, Bob Wilson, Laurent Pelly, Mario Martone, Hugo De Ana, Bartlett Sher, Damiano Michieletto, Davide Livermore, and others.
For 2023/24, Ambrogio will start the season at the Vienna State Opera with performances of Don Pasquale and a new production of Il trittico. He will be Scarpia in Tosca in Tokyo and Nagoya, before returning to the Paris Opéra for Adriana Lecouvreur. At the Bayerische Staatsoper, he will be Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore and at La Scala, he will perform in Don Pasquale before finishing the season at the Gran Teatre del Liceu with Adriana Lecouvreur.
