During HGO’s 2026-27 season, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo makes his company debut performing as Mephistopheles in Faust. Elsewhere during the season, he returns to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as Alidoro in Cinderella and Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville, appears with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as Leporello in concert performances of Don Giovanni, and takes on the title role of Don Giovanni in concert performances with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-26 season, D’Arcangelo’s engagements included both Jean Procida in Les vêpres siciliennes and Sir Giorgio Valton in I puritani at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Escamillo in Carmen at the Zurich Opera House; and the title role of The Marriage of Figaro in concert with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Recent appearances include Oroveso in Norma for the Vienna State Opera, Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro at Teatro alla Scala Milan, the title role of Attila with the Opera de Marseilles and Ernani in concert with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester. D’Arcangelo’s career has taken him to many of the world’s foremost opera houses, including the state operas of Vienna and Berlin, Royal Ballet and Opera, Paris Opera, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Teatro Real Madrid, and the Metropolitan Opera. He made his Salzburg Festival debut in 1996 as Mozart’s Figaro, subsequently returning as Leporello and Don Giovanni. He has worked with conductors including Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Myung-Whun Chung, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tugan Sokhiev, Sir Antonio Pappano, and Sir Georg Solti. D’Arcangelo was a prizewinner at the International Toti Dal Monte Singing Competition in Treviso in 1989 and again in 1991. His extensive repertoire also encompasses works by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Handel, Bizet, Boito, and Stravinsky. His performances have been released on DVD by labels including Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and Virgin Records.