Giacomo Prestia was born in Florence.

Fundamental is his debut in the splendid role of Philip II in Marseilles in 1997 and La Forza del Destino conducted by Muti at La Scala in 1999.

Giacomo Prestia has definitively established himself as a bass with a distinctly Verdian vocality, in terms of colour and extension, right down to impervious notes such as the E flat below the stave.

His brilliant career has led him to collaborate with the most prestigious conductors: Claudio Abbado, Myung-Whun Chung, Antonio Pappano, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, George Pretre, Daniel Oren, Nello Santi and many others. His curriculum is enriched by his work with world-renowned conductors such as De Ana, Vick, Zeffirelli, Maestrini, Pier’Alli, Kokkos and Krief.

His most recent successes include his debut in I Vespri Siciliani at the Teatro Regio di Parma in 2010 and in the wonderful role of Mefistofele on the Pisa and Lucca circuit in 2016.

Two new productions stand out in 2018: La Gioconda in the role of Alvise Badoero at the Theatres of the Emilia Romagna circuit (Piacenza, Modena, Reggio Emilia) and Macbeth at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liège.

He reprises the role of Fiesco at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv and closes the year with I Due Foscari at the Verdi Festival in Parma. In January 2020, he received the prestigious Verdi d’Oro award from the Corale Verdi di Parma and opened the 2019/2020 season at the Teatro Regio di Parma with the opera Turandot in the role of Timur. In November, despite the pandemic, he participates with the baritone Simone Piazzola in a live concert streamed from the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo Gli uomini di Verdi, an evening in which the two artists perform the most beautiful arias and the most famous duets of the composer from Busseto. In December of the same year, he received the prestigious career award Galeone d’oro 2020.