Ana Victória Pitts - Mezzo-Soprano - W Print

Mezzo-soprano, born in Belém, Brazil, she began studying opera singing in 2008 with Márcia Aliverti at the Carlos Gomes Conservatory. She made her debut at just 19 years old in Belém as the title role in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

In 2011 she received a letter of invitation and a scholarship to study in Italy; that same year, she won the "Young Promise" award at the International Sacred Music Competition in Rome.

In 2014 she graduated in Voice from the Conservatory of Rovigo under Luisa Giannini. In the same year, she made her European debut in Paolo Furlani’s The Water‑Babies at the Teatro Sociale of Rovigo.

From 2015 to 2017 she was a member of the Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, where she sang in Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, Verdi’s La traviata, Rossini’s La Cenerentola, and Mozart’s Requiem, also participating in tours to Oman and Tunisia.

At the Rossini in Wildbad Festival she performed in L’italiana in Algeri, Manuel García’s Le cinesi, Peter von Lindpaintner’s Il vespro siciliano, and Rossini’s Aureliano in Palmira; at Belém’s Teatro da Paz she sang in Verdi’s Otello; at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza she appeared in Il signor Bruschino; and in Legnago, Chieti, Belluno, Jesi, Verona, and Florence she performed in Antonio Salieri’s La scuola de’ gelosi. In November 2017, she sang in Niccolò Jommelli’s Il cacciatore deluso in Tübingen and took part in the “Homage to Pavarotti” concert at the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman.

In 2018 she debuted at the Opéra de Lyon in Respighi’s La bella addormentata nel bosco and sang Flora in La traviata in Pordenone and at the Teatro del Maggio, where she also performed as Tisbe in La Cenerentola. She attended the “Rodolfo Celletti” Bel Canto Academy courses promoted by the Paolo Grassi Foundation in Martina Franca; she then made her debut at the Valle d’Itria Festival singing Rossini’s cantata Giovanna d’Arco in concert, and the role of the Christian Magician in Handel’s Rinaldo, conducted by Fabio Luisi.

In 2019 she made her debut at the Sofia Opera House as Azucena in Verdi’s Il trovatore; she debuted as Fidalma in Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto for the opening of the Valle d’Itria Festival in Martina Franca, staged by Pierluigi Pizzi; she also sang Amneris in Verdi’s Aida at the Ravenna Festival.

In January 2020, at the Teatro del Maggio, she appeared in Alfano’s Risurrezione in the roles of Korablyova and Vera; she returned to the Valle d’Itria Festival in Martina Franca for Strauss’s Der Bürger als Edelmann and Arianna a Nasso, conducted by Fabio Luisi; and she sang Flora in La traviata and Tisbe in La Cenerentola at the Teatro Comunale in Modena.

In March 2021 she performed the role of Berta in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at the Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia; she sang in La traviata at the Arena di Verona; she was the alto soloist in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle in Modena. She sang Azucena at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa; made her titular-role debut in Gluck’s Orfeo at the Teatro Lirico of Cagliari; and performed at the inaugural concerts of the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona and the Teatro Pavarotti‑Freni in Modena.

In 2022 she performed Berta in Modena and Reggio Emilia; in the summer she made her debut at Oper Frankfurt in Puccini’s Il trittico, singing the roles of Frugola, the Princess Aunt, and Zita. At the end of 2022 she took part in a Verdi concert in Istanbul, Turkey, promoted by the Pavarotti Foundation.

In February and March 2023 she sang Flora in the Florentine production of Verdi’s La traviata under the baton of Zubin Mehta; she sang the Princess Aunt in Livorno during the summer season; in October 2023 she sang Amneris in Budapest under the baton of Riccardo Frizza.

From 2017 to 2020 she took part each year in the vocal technique and repertoire interpretation masterclass taught by Raina Kabaivanska at the Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali Vecchi‑Tonelli in Modena.

In 2019, she completed a two-year postgraduate course in Operatic Singing at the “Luigi Cherubini” Conservatory under Donatella Debolini; in 2024 she graduated with top honors (110 cum laude) and received an honorable mention in her specialization in Vocal Chamber Music in Florence with Leonardo De Lisi.

Her discography includes recordings for Naxos: Peter von Lindpaintner’s Il vespro siciliano (2015), Rossini’s Aureliano in Palmira (2017); for Dynamic: Alfano’s Risurrezione (2020); and for Maggio Live: Manuel García’s Le cinesi (2016).

Her recent engagements include Rimsky‑Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden at the Tiroler Festival Erl, where she debuted as Primavera; Azucena in Il trovatore at theaters in Livorno, Lucca, and Savona; Amneris in Aida, directed by De Ana, in Sofia; and Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Donizetti Theater in Bergamo.

Among the 2025‑26 season engagements are: La tragédie de Carmen in Sibiu and Livorno; Rigoletto at the Seoul Arts Center; and Aida in Fidenza.

August 2025

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