Cristiano, lyric tenor, completed his university education (Literature and theology near Urbino’s University ) and obtained Vocal Performance diploma at Conservatorium “G.Rossini” of Pesaro.
He has undertaken masterclasses with A.Billard, E.Facini, A.Kraus, G.Mastino, R.Savastano, M.Trombetta, G.Zancanaro
Wins many competitions including ‘ Iris Adami Coradetti’ in Padova in 1996 and Ascoli Piceno in 1997.
His debut was the role of Alfredo in Traviata for the theatre Masini of Faenza (Bologna,1995).
He has worked in the most important Italian theatres with world class conductors including J.Conlon, G.Noseda, A.Fish, P.Augin, G.Kuhn, D.Oren , Lu Ja, G.Gelmetti, R.Palumbo, J.Kovatchev and others, Begins his career first as second lead in the most important Italian theatre working with the best director as F.Zeffirelli, P.Pizzi, R.Carsen, G.Vick, B.Montresor, L.Dodin, G.Deflo, H.De Ana, R.De Simone, D.Michieletto.
Was present in the cast of: Die Zauberflote, Opera di Roma;. Anna Bolena, Bergamo; Idomeneo, Ancona; Trovatore, Busseto, Arena di Verona; Manon, Trieste; Manon Lescaut, Pisa, Livorno; Nabucco, Ravenna; Lucia di Lammermoor, Genova, Pisa, Macerata, Ravenna; Rigoletto, Macerata; Le contes d’Hoffmann, Cremona, Como, Pavia; Peter Grimes, Modena, Ferrara; Salome, Verona, Palermo, Torino; Norma, Ferrara, Piacenza ; Pagliacci (Arlecchino), Arena Verona. Festival and Puccini festival of Torre del Lago in season.
In a second phase of career Olivieri debuts first roles. In particular he performed:
Rodolfo (Boheme): teatro Bonci Cesena, Teatro comunale Grosseto.
Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly): teatro Carani, Monaco, Sassuolo, Coopenaghen, Carpi.
Alfredo (Traviata), Faenza, Alessandria Tarvisio, Wiblingen, Ullm.
Riccardo (Ballo in maschera) teatro Rosetum Milano, Monterosa Torino.
Ismaele (Nabucco) festival Residenz Monaco, Wiblingen
Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana) Teatro Comunale di Narni , Tuscia Festival
Manrico (Trovatore), expo teatro Dolo (Venezia).
In particolar he enjoyed great successes in roles Calaf (Turandot) in Teatro Sejong di Seoul; Cavaradossi (Tosca) in Arena Sferisterio di Macerata.
Radames (Aida) in Arena Narni Openair , National theatre of Tirana ; Faust (C.Gounod), Don Josè (Tragedie de Carmen) and Ruggero (La Rondine) at Dvorak Theatre Ostrava , Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) at National theatre of Tirana.
Cristiano Olivieri collaborates regularly with Fondazione Torre del Lago- Puccini (Manon Lescaut, Edmondo; Gianni Schicchi, Rinuccio; Fanciulla del West, Nick) and Fondazione Arena di Verona and he did many tournee in Sudamerica ed Europa for example with Rundfunk Bayerischer Orchestra ( conductor G. Kuhn) with Orchestra of Sofia ( conductor B.Ivanov) and with Philharmonic orchestra of S.Petersburg in Russia at Music’s Building of Mosca and in Philarmonic Academy of S.Petersburg, conductor M° Sviatoslav Luther.
He played 'Der Koenig Kandaules' in Teatro Massimo of Palermo . In this theatre Cristiano was engaged in 'Die Gezeichneten' of F.Schreker, 'The Greek Passion' of B.Martinu. Then in Violanta (E.Korngold) in Teatro regio di Torino
He worked also in Assassinio nella Cattedrale (I.Pizzetti, 1°Tempter/Knight) in Milano Dome, Turandot (Pong) in Sejong Theatre Seoul, Masnadieri (Teatro alla Fenice, Venezia), Das Liebesverbot , Falstaff (Teatro Verdi, Trieste)., Il Campiello (Opera di Firenze)
He performed also Falstaff, Fedora (Teatro San Carlo, Napoli), Die Zauberflote (Teatro Filarmonico Verona, Teatro massimo Palermo).
Recently was Monostatos (Die Zauberflote) S.Carlo Napoli) and Goro (Madama Butterfly) at Teatro Comunale Bologna
Cristiano Olivieri is present in following recording:
Cristiano Olivieri is present in following recording:
Feuersnot, DVD ARTHAUS
Assassinio nella cattedrale, SONY CLASSIC
Anna Bolena, ed.Dynamic
Lucia di Lammermoor , DVD ARTHAUS
Il Trovatore, Opera Classic
I Vespri Siciliani, DVD, ed.Dynamic
Samson et Dalila, DVD, TDK
Il filosofo di campagna, ed. Bongiovanni
Il mondo alla Roversa, ed. Bongiovann
Assassinio nella cattedrale, SONY CLASSIC
Anna Bolena, ed.Dynamic
Lucia di Lammermoor , DVD ARTHAUS
Il Trovatore, Opera Classic
I Vespri Siciliani, DVD, ed.Dynamic
Samson et Dalila, DVD, TDK
Il filosofo di campagna, ed. Bongiovanni
Il mondo alla Roversa, ed. Bongiovann
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, DVD ARTHAUS
Violanta, DVD Dynamic
