Born in Palermo in 1980, the bass Giuseppe Di Paola, first studied the violin and viola, before embarking on vocal studies. He continued his training in Bologna, where, in 2004, he won success in the rôle of the Podestà in Respighi’s Re Enzo, followed by that of Nibbio in Giovan Battista Martini’s L’impresario delle Canarie. In 2005 he sang Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro and Steinegger in Bossi’s Malombra. At Sassari and Bergamo he has appeared as Gubetta in Lucrezia Borgia.