Michel Altieri (born June , in Bari, Italy) is an Italian actor,
singer, and musician. After a career in musical theatre, straight
plays, TV, and film in Italy and Europe, he is now primarily based in
New York City where he continues to work and teach. Altieri became a
naturalized U.S. citizen in .He studied voice with Maestro Luciano
Pavarotti, Emiliana Perina, Luca Jurman, Bob Marks, and acting with
Anna Strasberg, Dennis Hopper, Kuniaki Ida and Narcisa Bonati from
Piccolo Teatro, Milan. He is also well known for his long-time
collaboration with Naples' historic Bellini Theatre as the company's
resident young leading man, under the direction of Tato Russo.Born to
a French mother and Italian father, Altieri grew up in Italy. In
Italy, Michel was discovered and mentored by Luciano Pavarotti and
Pavarotti's wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, to star as "Collins" for two
seasons in the musical Rent, which the Pavarottis were producing.
After his debut in Rent, he went on to star in other musicals such as
I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed, role of "Renzo") for three seasons,
then in the role of "Dorian" in the original musical based on Oscar
Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray for four seasons, next in
Profondo Rosso (Deep Red), and originated the role of the "Beast" in
the first ever Italian production of the Disney Broadway musical
Beauty and the Beast, which during its year-long run in Milan broke
box-office history for ticket sales. Starring roles in straight plays
include "Christian" in Cyrano de Bergerac, "Alberto" in Due Dozzine di
Rose Scarlatte, and "Rocco" in Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli (based on the
Visconti film Rocco and His Brothers). These roles earned him a series
of awards and recognition such as the Italian Tony (Italian Musical
Theatre Award) for Best Male Lead in a Musical, the Rome-Europe Award,
the Massimini Award, honorary recognition from Milan's La Scala
Theatre's "Amici della Lirica", as well as a scholarship to study at
the NYC Lee Strasberg Institute, awarded him by Anna Strasberg and
Dennis Hopper.He made his New York debut in the winter of / in the
play Dracula as the title role, opposite George Hearn, Thora Birch,
Timothy Jerome, John Buffalo Mailer, Jake Silbermann, and Emily
Bridges, at the Little Shubert Theatre on Theatre Row.
singer, and musician. After a career in musical theatre, straight
plays, TV, and film in Italy and Europe, he is now primarily based in
New York City where he continues to work and teach. Altieri became a
naturalized U.S. citizen in .He studied voice with Maestro Luciano
Pavarotti, Emiliana Perina, Luca Jurman, Bob Marks, and acting with
Anna Strasberg, Dennis Hopper, Kuniaki Ida and Narcisa Bonati from
Piccolo Teatro, Milan. He is also well known for his long-time
collaboration with Naples' historic Bellini Theatre as the company's
resident young leading man, under the direction of Tato Russo.Born to
a French mother and Italian father, Altieri grew up in Italy. In
Italy, Michel was discovered and mentored by Luciano Pavarotti and
Pavarotti's wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, to star as "Collins" for two
seasons in the musical Rent, which the Pavarottis were producing.
After his debut in Rent, he went on to star in other musicals such as
I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed, role of "Renzo") for three seasons,
then in the role of "Dorian" in the original musical based on Oscar
Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray for four seasons, next in
Profondo Rosso (Deep Red), and originated the role of the "Beast" in
the first ever Italian production of the Disney Broadway musical
Beauty and the Beast, which during its year-long run in Milan broke
box-office history for ticket sales. Starring roles in straight plays
include "Christian" in Cyrano de Bergerac, "Alberto" in Due Dozzine di
Rose Scarlatte, and "Rocco" in Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli (based on the
Visconti film Rocco and His Brothers). These roles earned him a series
of awards and recognition such as the Italian Tony (Italian Musical
Theatre Award) for Best Male Lead in a Musical, the Rome-Europe Award,
the Massimini Award, honorary recognition from Milan's La Scala
Theatre's "Amici della Lirica", as well as a scholarship to study at
the NYC Lee Strasberg Institute, awarded him by Anna Strasberg and
Dennis Hopper.He made his New York debut in the winter of / in the
play Dracula as the title role, opposite George Hearn, Thora Birch,
Timothy Jerome, John Buffalo Mailer, Jake Silbermann, and Emily
Bridges, at the Little Shubert Theatre on Theatre Row.
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