She graduated with top marks at the Conservatorio “Scontrino” in Trapani
at the age of 17 and specialized with Vittoria Mazzoni, Simone Alaimo and
Elizabeth Smith.
She took part in the Accademia Rossiniana under the guidance of Alberto
Zedda, in the Opera Studio of the Accademia di S. Cecilia in Rome with
Renata Scotto, Anna Vandi, and Cesare Scarton, in the Placido Domingo
Academy in Valencia and in the Young Singers Project of the Salzburg
Festival.
Winner of international competitions such as "Musica sacra", "Renato
Bruson", "Ottavio Ziino", she boasts collaborations with prestigious
conductors, including Gatti, Gardiner, Conlon, Pappano, Davis, Oren,
Alessandrini, Jourovsky, Biondi, Ferro and Lanzillotta.
Festivals and theatres with which she has collaborated include: Teatro
alla Scala, Salzburg Festival, Rossini Opera Festival, Macerata Opera
Festival, Glyndebourne Festival, Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Festival dei
due Mondi in Spoleto, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Orchestra Sinfonica
Siciliana, San Carlo in Naples, Accademia di S. Cecilia in Rome, Festival
Verdi in Parma, Palau de les arts in Valencia, Petruzzelli in Bari, Reate
Festival, Bremen Festival, Teatro Real de Madrid, Opera in Monte Carlo,
Festival Spinacorona in Naples, Società Barattelli in L'Aquila and Maggio
Musicale Fiorentino.
She made her debut at the Teatro alla Scala in L' incoronazione di
Poppea (Arnalta, with Alessandrini/Wilson and Ottone in Kiel) and
took part in important theatre seasons where she played, among others, the
roles of: Cornelia in Giulio Cesare (Salzsburg Festspiele,
Klagenfurt ), Ottone in L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Kiel), Dryade
in Ariadne auf Naxos (Glyndebourne Festival, Palau de les arts in
Valencia and Teatro Comunale in Bologna), Galatea in Aci, Galatea and
Polyphemus (Trigonale Festival), Claudio in Handel's Silla
(Palau de les Arts of Valencia), Maddalena in Rigoletto
(Valencia), Carmen (Salzburg Festival, Macerata Opera Festival),
Zita in Gianni Schicchi (Accademia Nazionale S. Cecilia), Marchesa
Melibea in Il Viaggio a Reims (Rossini Opera Festival) and
Quickly in Falstaff (Teatro Massimo Palermo).
On the concert and symphonic side, we highlight: Beethoven's Ninth
Symphony for the opening of the season of the Accademia di Santa
Cecilia (Pappano), Rossini's Petite messe (with Pappano,
Campanella, Gabbiani), Pergolesi's Stabat Mater (Biondi,
Michelangeli, Piovano, Olmi), Vivaldi's Stabat Mater
(Michelangeli, Schifani), Rossini's Stabat Mater (Perez Sierra),
Brahms's Alt-Rhapsodie (Sacher), Mozart's Requiem
(Lanzillotta, Wellber), Monteverdi's Madrigali (Gardiner),
Brahms's Liderabend accompanied by Maestro Pappano, Mahler's Kindertotenlieder
(Meloni), De Falla's Canciones popolares in duo with Monica Leone,
Schubert's Lieder orchestra version accompanied by FIL.
Her most recent engagements include: Vivaldi's Gloria at the
Arena di Verona; Suzuki in Butterfly in Rome (Circo Massimo);
Sorceress in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in Palermo; the title role
in Scarlatti's Cambise in Kiel; Emilia in Rossini's Otello
at the ROF in Pesaro; Maddalena in Rigoletto on tour in La
Côte-Saint-André and Bremen; Handel's Messiah in Milan and Brescia
with Cremona Antiqua; the role of Baba in the production of The Rake's
progress in Florence under the baton of Maestro Gatti and Mrs
Quickly in Falstaff at the Opera di Firenze and for the Festival
Verdi in Busseto; De Falla’s El Amor Brujo with the LaFil-
Filarmonica in Milan; Die Zauberfloete at the Teatro dell’Opera in
Rome; some concerts at the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman.
August 2024