The major Italian newspaper La Repubblica has defined him as a “sumptuous” bass with a “noble tone” and a “homogenous singing line.”

The Italian bass Dario Russo is specialized in Belcanto repertoire and in Teatro alla Scala (Milan), Bayerische Staatsoper (München) , Teatro San Carlo (Naples), Teatro Carlo Felice (Genoa), Gran Teatru al Liceu (Barcelona), Israeli Opera ( Tel- Aviv), Oper Köln, Aalto Theater (Essen), Teatro dell’Opera (Roma), ROH (Muscat), Teatro Regio di Parma, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Bela Bartok National Concert Hall (Budapest) under the baton of renowned conductors such as Fabio Luisi, Donato Renzetti, Nello Santi, Sebastian Weigle, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Charles Dutoit and the guidance of stage-directors like Laurent Pelly, Robert Carsen, Klaus Guth, Christof Loy, Leo Muscato, Gabriele Lavia, Davide Livermore and Damiano Michieletto he sang roles like Attila in the title role, Zaccaria (Nabucco), Conte di Walter (Luisa Miller), Henry VIII (Anna Bolena), Colline (La Boheme), Sir Giorgio (I Puritani), Timur (Turandot), Banco (Macbeth), Ramfis (Aida), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Conte Rodolfo (La Sonnambula), Oroveso (Norma), Ferrando (Il Trovatore), Capulet (Romeo et Juliette), Padre guardiano (La forza del destino), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Polibio (Demetrio e Polibio), Un vieillard hebreu (Samson et Dalila).

Besides the operatic activity, Dario Russo leads a prolific concert career, performing works like Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Verdi’s Requiem, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Rossini’s Messe solennelle and Stabat Mater, Mozart’s Requiem, Schubert’s Winterreise and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125, Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht Op. 60.