Carfizzi opens the 2011-12 season with a return to Houston Grand Opera as Dr. Bartolo in a new production of Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Other operatic engagements this season include Schaunard at the Metropolitan Opera in Franco Zefferelli’s classic production of La Bohème under the baton of Louis Langrée, Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at Dallas Opera and Henry Kissinger in the San Francisco Opera premiere of John Adams’s Nixon in China. 

Recent notable engagements included Paolo in Simon Boccanegra with both the San Francisco Opera and Metropolitan Opera, Brander in Berlioz’ La damnation de Faust with the Metropolitan Opera, Dr. Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Seattle Opera, Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri with Dallas Opera, Dr. Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Canadian Opera Company, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with Houston Grand Opera and his European debut as Leporello in Don Giovanni with Oper Köln. Additionally at the Metropolitan Opera, he has performed such roles as Schaunard in La Bohème, the Mandarin in Turandot, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Haly in L’italiana in Algeri, and Peter Quince in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Operatic highlights of past seasons include a return to the Canadian Opera Company as Talbot in Maria Stuarda, as well as performances at the Metropolitan Opera in La damnation de Faust, Le nozze di Figaro, Turandot, Gianni Schicchi, and La Bohème. Other operatic engagements included performances with Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera and a European debut with Opera Cologne. Past engagements include performances of Masetto in Don Giovanni for the Tanglewood Music Festival under James Levine, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola with Houston Grand Opera, Handel’s Messiah with San Francisco Symphony, Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass with Seattle Symphony, Pandolfe in Massenet’s Cendrillon with Central City Opera, Frank in Die Fledermaus with Seattle Opera, Leporello in Don Giovanni with Minnesota Opera, and Dr. Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.In addition to his staged opera performances, he has also performed with a number of concert organizations such as Opera Orchestra of New York, Washington Concert Opera, and Mostly Mozart festival singing Mozart’s Mass in C-Minor.

A graduate of the Yale University School of Music, Mr. Carfizzi has won several prestigious awards: Of note, he has won the Richard Tucker Career Grant Award, the George London Award, the Sullivan Foundation Award, The Richard F. Gold Career Grant from The Shoshana Foundation, and the Sergio Franchi Memorial Scholarship from the National Italian American Foundation. He has also participated in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions where he was the Connecticut District Winner.