Natale de Carolis

Natale de Carolis (born 25 July 1957 in Anagni) is an Italian operatic baritone, who has had an active career in major opera houses internationally since the early 1980s.

He is particularly associated with the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gioachino Rossini.

Born in Anagni, Carolis studied singing with Renato Guelfi and Maria Vittoria.

After winning the Toti dal Monte Singing Competition in Treviso, he made his professional opera debut in 1983 as Don Basilio in Rossini's The Barber of Seville at the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Spoleto for the Festival dei Due Mondi.

In 1987 he made his debut at La Scala as Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni under conductor Riccardo Muti.