Agostina
Smimmero graduated in opera singing at the Conservatorio 'S. Pietro a
Majella' in Naples with top marks, winning first prizes in prestigious
competitions: 'Montserrat Caballé', 'Rosa Ponselle' and 'Simone
Alaimo'.
She
made her debut at a very young age in the role of Tancredi at
the Teatro La Maestranza in Seville alongside the soprano Mariella
Devia and the tenor Gregory Kunde, from this point onwards she debuted
the main roles in her repertoire: Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana
directed by Andrea Cigni and conducted by Sergio Alapont; Azucena in Il
Trovatore at the Teatro Mozart in Zaragoza and later at the
Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos in Lisbon, where she also debuted
Maddalena in Rigoletto; La Baronessa di Champigny in Il
Cappello di Paglia at the Teatro Comunale di Firenze under the
baton of Andrea Battistoni and directed by Andrea Cigni; Mercedes in Carmen
at the Auditorium di Milano conducted by Jader Bignamini; Fenena in Nabucco
in the Circuito Marchigiano; Lola and Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria
Rusticana on tour in Italy. She then performed Respighi's La
Campana Sommersa in Cagliari, Nabucco in Las Palmas and
took part in the Teatro San Carlo production of Suor Angelica
in Naples.
She
makes frequent forays into the contemporary repertoire, performing in
numerous galas alongside great performers such as Andrea Bocelli,
Paata Burchulatze, Montserrat Caballè, Fiorella Cedolins, Sergi
Giménez, Nicola Martinucci, Montserrat Martì, Joan Pons, Roberto
Servile, and has also sung for Pope Francis in live on RAI and Sky.
Among
her recent engagements: Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera in
Piacenza, Ravenna, Ferrara, Cagliari, Parma, Naples, Rennes, Nantes,
Cologne; Falstaff in Cagliari, Nice and Antibes Il
Trovatore in Oviedo; Beethoven's Ninth symphony in Milan
for the Pomeriggi Musicali; La Gioconda in Barcelona,
Piacenza, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Toulouse, at the Filarmonico in
Verona and for the Circuito Lombardo; Cavalleria Rusticana in
Palermo, Matera, Bologna, Salerno, Arena di Verona and Turin; Rigoletto
in Taormina, Parma and Verona; Il Trovatore and Nabucco
at the Regio di Torino; Gianni Schicchi in Brescia, Pavia,
Cremona and Como; Madama Butterfly in Cagliari; Petite
Messe Solennelle in Verona; Rigoletto in Muscat.; and La Gioconda in
Catania.
Upcoming
engagements include: e La Gioconda in Cagliari.
January 2025