Giacomo Prestia is an Italian operatic bass, A native of Florence, Giacomo Prestia studied vocal technique with Maestro Sergio Catoni. He won international competitions including the "Concorso internazionale Voci Verdiane" in Busseto and the "Concorso Luciano Pavarotti" in Philadelphia. He made his opera debut with Giuseppe Verdi's Alzira in Fidenza in 1991. He performs in Teatro alla Scala, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Op�ra National de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zurich, Teatro Real de Madrid, Liceu de Barcelona, Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Col�n de Buenos Aires, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, San Carlo in Naples, Berlin Philharmonic, Teatro Regio di Parma. He has worked with Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Georges Pr�tre, Daniele Gatti, Nicola Luisotti. 

August 16th, 1960 in Florence (Age 64)