German-Italian tenor Riccardo Romeo has been a member of the soloist ensemble at Deutsche Oper am Rhein since the 2024/25 season, where his repertoire spans a wide range of operatic styles.

Highlights of the 2026/27 season include Steuermann in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, Fatty in Kurt Weill’s Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Goro in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Remendado in Bizet’s Carmen and Ramon in Massenet’s La Navarraise. He also makes a guest appearance at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich as Roland in Ziehrer’s Die Landstreicher.

At Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Romeo’s recent roles include Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Tichon in Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová, Andres in Berg’s Wozzeck, Jaquino in Beethoven’s Fidelio, Pong in Puccini’s Turandot and Spoletta in Tosca.

His international engagements have taken him to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and the Opéra de Saint-Étienne, as well as to concert venues across Europe and North America. In 2025, he toured with Cappella Mediterranea as Liberto and Soldato II in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, having previously performed these roles at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2022.

From 2021 to 2024, Romeo was a soloist at Staatsoperette Dresden, where he appeared as Sigismund Sülzheimer in Im weißen Rössl, Juan Damigo in Nico Dostal’s Clivia, Tobias Ragg in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd and Egon von Wildenhagen in Der Vetter aus Dingsda. He previously belonged to the ensemble of the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater during the 2020/21 season. Earlier engagements included appearances at Stadttheater Gießen, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Oper Frankfurt and Staatstheater Nürnberg.

Born in Augsburg to Italian parents, Romeo grew up bilingual and discovered the operatic stage at an early age, making his debut in 2005 as the Little Shepherd Boy in Puccini’s Tosca. He studied voice with Berthold Possemeyer at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main and with Yves Sotin at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. His artistic development has been further enriched by masterclasses with William Christie, Véronique Gens, Helmut Deutsch and other distinguished musicians. He is a recipient of a scholarship from the Fondation Royaumont.

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Riccardo Romeo is represented by ArteMIS worldwide.