A grand prize winner of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Michael Fabianomade his San Francisco Opera debut as Gennaro in 2011’s Lucrezia Borgia, a role he first performed at English National Opera. Recent engagements include the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto) at the Dresden’s Semperoper and English National Opera; Edgardo (Lucia di Lammeroor) with Vancouver Opera and at the ABAO in Bilbao; Rodolfo (La Bohème) with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Limoges Opera; Cassio (Otello) with Paris Opera; Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi) at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and Greek National Opera; Raffaele (Stiffelio) with the Metropolitan Opera; Alfredo (La Traviata) at the Teatro San Carlo; and Nemorino (L’Elisir d’Amore) with Fort Worth Opera. Fabiano was awarded the 2009 Grand Prize from the Gerda Lissner Foundation; first prize in the 2008 Opera Index Awards; first place in the 2007 Loren Zachary Competition; a 2007 Sarah Tucker Study Grant; first prize in the 2006 Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition; the José Carreras Prize for the best tenor in the 2006 Julián Gayarre Competition in Pamplona, Spain; and a 2007 George London Foundation Encouragement Award. Recent and upcoming engagements include the Duke of Mantua in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale with Florida Grand Opera, and with Dresden’s Semperoper; a recital in Montreal; Rodolfo in Ottawa and Seattle; Cassio (Otello) at the Met; Alfredo in Santa Fe; and Nemorino in Florence.