in the cast are Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Grace Bumbry, Louis Quilico and Nicolai Ghiaurov. He can also be seen as King Philip II in the same work, under the baton of Herbert von Karajan, with José Carreras, Piero Cappuccilli, and Matti Salminen. Furlanetto is featured in a DVD of Mozart's Don Giovanni, playing the part of Leporello, under the baton of Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in the 1987 Salzburg Festival. Furthermore, Furlanetto plays the part of Sparafucile in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's 1982 production of Rigoletto (alongside Luciano Pavarotti). He also appears in I Vespri Siciliani, a 1989 Scala production conducted by Riccardo Muti. Videography The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991, Deutsche Grammophon DVD, 00440-073-4582 James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala (1996), Deutsche Grammophon DVD, B0004602-09 Sources Official site of Ferruccio Furlanetto Fan site about Ferruccio Furlanetto - unofficial source of the information. Cummings, D. (ed.), "Furlanetto, Ferruccio" International Who's Who in Classical Music, Routledge, 2003, p. 260. 1949 births Living people People from Sacile Italian opera singers Operatic basses Österreichischer Kammersänger