sentences:  He made his official operatic debut the following year in Mantua, as Riccardo in "I puritani".Quickly invited to sing at all the major opera houses of Italy, establishing himself as the eminent "Verdi baritone" of his generation, notably in "I masnadieri", "Luisa Miller", "La traviata".He made his debut at La Scala in 1982, as Ford in "Falstaff", and took part in important revivals of "Attila" and "I vespri siciliani", under Riccardo Muti.