The Italian baritone Marco Saccardin studied classical guitar with Monica Paolini at the Francesco Venezze Conservatory in his home city of Rovigo and went on to study lute with Massimo Lonardi at the Franco Vittadini Conservatory in Pavia. During his instrumental studies, he became a member of the Coro Polofonico Città di Rovigo, under the direction of Vittorio Zanon and Marco Scavazza. With the latter, he studied Renaissance and Baroque singing. He regularly gives recitals in which he accompanies himself – as was customary in Italy in the early 17th century – on the lute or the chitarrone. As the winner of the ‘Tullio Serafin International Singing Competition’ in 2022, Marco Saccardin received acclaim in his debut as Leporello in ‘Don Giovanni’ at the Teatro Olimpico.