
Ramiro MATURANA - Baritone
Born in Chile, baritone Ramiro Maturana joined the Academy of La Scala in Milan in 2017 and sang such parts as the Young Singer from Ti vedo, ti sento, mi perdo, a world premiere by Sciarrino, Phaor from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as well as Der Perrückenmacher from Ariadne auf Naxos. On the same stage, he also sang the role of Belcore from L’Elisir d’Amore, Marullo from Rigoletto and Spinelloccio from Gianni Schicchi staged by Woody Allen.
The Santiago Opera in Chile offered him his role debuts as Albert from Werther, Lescaut from Manon by Massenet, Papageno from Die Zauberflöte, Roucher from Andrea Chénier, Mercutio from Roméo et Juliette.
A regular guest at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, he sang Don Alvaro from Il Viaggio a Reims, Taddeo from L'Italiana in Algeri and Norton from La Cambiale di Matrimonio.
Elsewhere in Europe, he recently debuted the title-role in Don Giovanni in Jerez, Spain. He sang the title-role in the baroque opera Croesus by Keiser (ARCAL touring production), Pictordu from Cendrillon by Viardot (Teatro Real in Madrid), Belcore from L'Elisir d'Amore (Geneva), Il Conte Robinson from Il Matrimonio Segreto (Parma, Tenerife), Il Barone Trombonok from Il Viaggio a Reims (Gorizia), Bello from La Fanciulla del West (Lyon, Coma, Brescia), Black Bob from The Little Sweep by Britten (Tenerife), Silvio from Pagliacci (Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Dijon, Taormina) and Lescaut from Manon (Teatro Regio in Torino). He also sings zarzuelas : Don Rodrigo en El Caballero de Olmedo (Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid) where he was invited back to sing the General Putifar in La Corte de Faraón (with a revival in Ovideo).
Concert-wise, he sang in Belshazaar's Feast by William Walton with the Chile Symphonic Orchestra and a Mozart program touring with the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France.
During season 2026-2027, he sings Schaunard from La Bohème by Leoncavallo at the Teatro Regio di Torino and Fiorello from Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Capitole in Toulouse.
