Tenor Craig Sirianni has maintained a prestigious career throughout Europe and North America, as both a leading tenor in some of the worlds most celebrated opera houses, as well as a distinguished teacher of the vocal arts.
Mr. Sirianni’s most noted career highlights include his Italian debut with La Scala Opera as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and as Dick Johnson in La Fanciulla del West, (conducted by Riccardo Chailly and Giuseppe Sinopoli); sharing the leading role of Loris in Fedora with Placido Domingo for the Los Angeles Music Center Opera; a nationally televised “Live from Lincoln Center” performance of Turiddu with a New York City Opera production of Cavalleria Rusticana, and a numerous national Public Radio Broadcasts. Mr. Sirianni can be seen in several television documentaries including “The Placido Domingo: Tales from the Opera”.
Other career highlights include Radames in an Opera Carolina production of Aida, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for Opera Pacific, Manrico for an Edmonton Opera production of Il Trovatore, Cavaradossi in Tosca for the Cleveland Opera, a debut as Radames for the Minnesota Opera’s production of Aida, Luigi in a revival of Il Tabarro in Brussels with La Monnaie, Calaf in Turandot for Vancouver Opera and New York City Opera, Pollione in Norma for the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, Calaf in Turandot for Opera Pacific, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for the Santa Fe Opera and Cavaradossi in Tosca for Montreal Opera. Don Jose in Carmen with New York City Opera and Edmonton Opera; Dick Johnson in Fanciulla del West with the Santa Fe Opera, Pollione in Norma with Connecticut Grand Opera, Calaf in Turandot for Edmonton Opera and Manitoba Opera, Luigi in Il Tabarro in Brussels with La Monnaie; Jacopa in I due Foscari with L’Opera de Nice; Cavaradossi in Tosca for the Welsh National Opera, Edmonton Opera, Manitoba Opera and Cleveland Opera; Edgardo in Seattle Opera; Turridu in Cavalleria Rusticana for Honolulu Opera and televised on PBS “Live from Lincoln Center” with the New York City Opera; the title role in Faust in Mexico City; Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for Honolulu Opera; Ismaele in Nabucco for Manitoba Opera; Calaf in Turandot for Opera Carolina; Dick Johnson in La Fanciula del West or Arizona Opera; Don Jose in Carmen for Arizona Opera. His Most recent performances include Cavaradossi in Tosca with the Toledo Opera; Ramades in Aida for the Edmonton Opera and Calgary Opera; Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for the Denver Opera and Vancouver Opera; Ricardo in Un Ballo Maschera for the Arizona Opera; the title role of Andrea Chenier in Arizona Opera’s recent production
Since 2001, Mr. Sirianni has maintained an active private vocal practice throughout the New York City area as well as the Hudson Valley area of New York. He has maintained a regular visiting teacher status with Scott Flaherty Studios and the Barbara Mahajan studio in New York City. Mr. Sirianni has performed two concerts to raise money for the Disabled Persons’ Action Organization in Watertown, New York, as well as a concert for the One World Foundation to help raise money for the disabled in Canada.
Sirianni, a native of New York, received an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts from Jefferson Community College, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Music and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from the New York State University at Fredonia. He has been awarded a vocal scholarship by the Liederkranz Foundation in New York. He currently maintains a thriving private vocal studio in Upstate New York.