The tenor Cesare Ruta completed his vocal training at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw in 1992. Based in Rome, he has participated in master-classes with, among others, Peter Schreier, Renata Scotto and Rockwell Blake, and works regularly with William Matteuzzi. He has appeared in a number of Italian theatres, singing rôles including those of Pollicino's father in Henze's Pollicino, Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Alfredo in La traviata and Ferrando in Così fan tutte.