Domenico Colaianni studied at the Piccini conservatory of his hometown Bari. In 1989 he won the AsLiCo competition and made his operatic début with Picciniʼs Mengotto and Mozartʼs Papageno. His successful career has continued with appearances at La Scala, Milan in Tosca and La bohème, at the Teatro Regio, Turin in Don Pasquale, and at the Teatro dellʼOpera, Rome in Gianni Schicchi. His rôles include Dandini (La Cenerentola), Bartolo (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and Dulcamara (Lʼelisir dʼamore).