 He made his debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan, as Mephisto in "Faust", in 1958.The following year, he appeared at the Spoleto Festival in Donizetti's "Il duca d'Alba", and at the Piccola Scala in Paisiello's "Nina".He made his debut at La Scala in 1961, in the premiere of Pizzetti's "Il Calzare d'Argento".