Adriana Di Paola - Mezzo-Soprano - W Print

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.

She will take part in the Wesendonck Lieder in Palermo with the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana.

February 2024

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