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The Italian baritone Davide Luciano comes from Benevento and studied with Gioacchino Zarrelli, with whom he continues to work.
Davide Luciano is a New York based conceptual food and beverage photographer and motion artist.

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Davide Luciano

The Italian baritone Davide Luciano comes from Benevento and studied with Gioacchino Zarrelli, with whom he continues to work. He has performed at renowned opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala, Milan, the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, and has made guest appearances at leading festivals, including the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and the Salzburg Festival, where he made his debut in 2021 as Don Giovanni.

In the 2023/24 season he has returned to the Vienna State Opera for Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) and his role debut as Lescaut (Manon Lescaut), and has sung Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) at the Met, Marcello (La bohème) in Mahón in Menorca and Don Giovanni at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Other recent engagements have included Belcore (L’elisir d’amore) at La Scala, Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and Count Almaviva at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, Marcello at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Malatesta (Don Pasquale) at

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When New York-based photographer Davide Luciano crashed into a pothole with his car, the artist decided to get a little creative with his roadside revenge. Using just a camera, a few props and a lot of hilarity, Luciano transformed the treacherous urban obstacles into site-specific art installations.

The surreal images show the potholes of New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Montreal, crafted into scenes straight out of "Baywatch" or "Alice in Wonderland." While they may appear like photoshopped imaginations, the tableaus are in fact constructed on site with real props and models.

"The idea came to life after I had [a] sudden collision with a canyon sized crater of a pothole," Luciano stated to the Daily Mail. "I decided to channel my frustration into a positive project where the useless pothole would be a source of humour and creativity." Luciano shared this inspired experience with urban artist Claudia Ficca, who helped him to create a 2010 exhibition of his pothole masterpieces in New York.

Scroll down for a peek at Luciano's hilarious art in the slideshow be

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Davide Luciano

Posted by Fabio 19 September 2012

Davide Luciano is a conceptual and fine-art photographer and filmmaker based in NYC; He creates large-scale photographic prints that are cinematic in scope and compelling in content. Every photograph is cast and staged meticulously, adding to the intriguing narrative and sense of satire that surrounds these stunning photographs. The work is detailed and vibrant with amazing surrealist qualities which are never photoshopped.

Luciano’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in Canada and the United States in cities such as New York, Toronto, Montréal, Washington and Kentucky. He has won numerous awards, including an award of excellence from Megan Fontanella, curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. His work has been featured in countless international publications including Vanity Fair, Zoom, Kurv Australia, Le Monde and The Telegraph and has made the cover of national newspapers.

www.davideluciano.com