The baritone Giulio Mastrototaro comes from South Tyrol. Appearances include Il barbiere di Siviglia in Saint-Etienne under Alberto Zedda, multiple engagements at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival under Riccardo Muti, Un giorno di regno at the Verdi Festival in Busseto and Tosca at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.

Recordings include Donizetti’s Pietro il Grande and Adelia, and Cherubini’s Lo sposo di tre, marito di nessuna. His collaboration with Rossini in Wildbad include the Naxos releases of La cambiale di matrimonio (8.660302), La gazzetta (8660277-78), Don Chisciotte (8.660312-13), L’Italiana in Algeri (8.660284-85) and La gazza ladra (8660369-71).