Franc D’Ambrosio: This Is Your Life,

The clothes that Franc D’Ambrosio is wearing were handpicked for him by designer Alexander Julian. He speaks of upcoming dinners with “Alex” (Julian) and “Harry” (Connick Jr.); wonders aloud about Madonna (“Aren’t we going to a party at her house? No, wait, it’s a screening of her new movie”). Last August, he flew to Italy and got to hang out for a month with Pavarotti. And when asked whether he prefers Los Angeles or New York, he says, “I kind of like my life on both coasts.”

It may sound like a charmed life, but the soft-spoken D’Ambrosio--who remains remarkably down-to-earth despite hovering in such celestial spheres--doesn’t see it that way. “I believe everything happens for a reason. If you’re ready for it, it will happen.”

He might have something there. This is, after all, the man who in his first film audition beat out 2,000 others for the role of Anthony Corleone, Al Pacino’s opera-singing son in “The Godfather Part III.”

Of course, being able to sing opera in real life didn’t hurt. “I think I got the role because I could act and sing,” he says.

D’Ambrosio’s current role, as Henrik in “A Little Night Music” at the Doolittle Theatre,marks the first time he’s been on stage in two years. Formerly an actor on Broadway and off-Broadway, he describes returning to the theater as “the same principle of never forgetting how to ride a bike, but now you can do handstands on the seat.”

D’Ambrosio, who has studied at the Accademia Vocale di Lucca and gotten pointers on technique from Pavarotti himself, may be best known for his work in opera. “On one college campus, they actually started a fan club,” he says. “I guess they were, like, ‘That’s kinda cool--he’s young, he’s got an OK butt and he can sing opera.’ ”