Alessandra Marianelli - Zoraide

Alessandra Marianelli is considered one of the most promising sopranos of her generation. Ms Marianelli started an international career that brought her to sing in major opera houses and festivals, including: Maggio Musicale in Florence; Opera and Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia in Rome; Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Carlo Felice in Genoa; Comunale in Bologna; Filarmonico in Verona; Regio in Turin; Real de Madrid; Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Opera de Bilbao; Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels; San Carlo in Naples; Sferisterio Opera Festival in Macerata. In September 2010 she made her United States debut performing in Don Giovanni with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Roberto Abbado conducting. She then appeared as Xenja in Boris Godunov in Turin. She then sang Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Florence under the baton of Zubin Mehta; Un Ballo in Maschera at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo; La Serva Padrona (Serpina) at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi; and Ein deutsches Requiem in Rome. She also added other important roles to her repertoire: Musetta (La Bohème) in Riga and Florence, Cherubino in (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the Teatro Real de Madrid, Juliette (Roméo et Juliette)at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. Ms. Marianelli lately returned to Jesi singing La Fuga in Maschera (Corallina- Corrado Rovaris conducting), then revived in Naples, La Sonnambula in Monte-Carlo, Carmen (Micaëla) at the Macerata Opera Festival and at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Gianandrea Noseda conducting.

Future plans: La Sonnambula in Bari; Così Fan Tutte in Cagliari; Orfeo ed Euridice in New York; Haydn’s Il Mondo della Luna in Monte-Carlo.