Enea Scala[1] is an Italian operatic tenor in the belcanto field, known internationally as a performer of Rossini's roles such as Rinaldo in Armida, Argirio in Tancredi, Pirro in Hermione, Idreno in Semiramide and Otello.
[3] With the title role of Mascagni's L'amico Fritz, Alfredo in Verdi's La traviata and Fenton in Falstaff, Scala moved towards more lyric characters.
His first German role was Alfred in Die Fledermaus[5] by Johann Strauss at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
[2] In September 2019, Scala appeared in the title role of Rossini's Otello at the Oper Frankfurt, alongside Nino Burjanadze as Desdemona.
[7] Scala performed in 2014 the role of Comte Belfiore in Mozart's La finta giardiniera in a production of the Opéra de Lille recorded as DVD, with Emmanuelle Haïm conducting Le Concert d'Astrée.