Was born in Italy. His repertoire includes Oroveso in Norma (Bellini), Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini), Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) and many others. He appeared at the Salzburg and Pesaro festivals, La Scala and the opera houses of Florence, Berlin, Naples, Tokyo, Brussels, the Metropolitan in New York and others. At the Israeli Opera he sang Alidoro and Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola (Rossini), Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore (Donizetti) and the title role in Don Pasquale (Donizetti).