Claudia Pavone
Soprano

She began singing at the age of seven, joining the renowned children's choir Pueri Cantores of Vicenza, conducted by M° Roberto Fioretto. Graduating with honors from the Agostino Steffani Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto, she soon began winning numerous prestigious national and international opera competitions. Her first debut took place in February 2014 in the role of Gasparina in Il Campiello by Wolf-Ferrari at the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo and the Teatro Malibran in Venice.

Her encounter with M° Riccardo Muti, who noticed and chose her for the role of Violetta Valery in La Traviata, marked not only her official debut in the opera world but also her special connection with the Verdian character. Claudia has performed La Traviata to great acclaim from audiences and critics in some of the most prestigious Italian theaters: La Fenice in Venice, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the San Carlo in Naples, the Massimo Bellini in Catania, conducted among others by Maestros Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Giacomo Sagripanti, Michele Spotti, Sebastiano Rolli, Stefano Ranzani, Jordi Bernacer, Sesto Quatrini, and Francesco Lanzillotta. Noteworthy productions include: La Traviata co-produced by the Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti and the Teatri dell’Opera Lombardia, directed by filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher with costumes by Miuccia Prada; La Traviata staged by Sofia Coppola with costumes by Valentino Garavani for the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma; the centennial “Of The Mirrors” Traviata at the Macerata Opera Festival directed by Henning Brockhaus and conducted by M° Paolo Bortolameolli, also released on DVD; the intense Traviata staged by David McVicar and conducted by M° Andres Salado; and the production at San Carlo in Naples directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek and conducted by M° Francesco Ivan Ciampa.

Claudia has also quickly debuted in other roles: Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto (notably the season opening at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma with M° Daniele Gatti and director Daniele Abbado; the performance at the Sferisterio for the Macerata Opera Festival with M° Gianpaolo Bisanti; and the production at La Fenice, winner of the 2022 Franco Abbiati Award, directed by Damiano Michieletto with Luca Salsi in the title role); Adalgisa in Bellini’s Norma; Adina in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore (notably Victor Garcia Sierra’s production inspired by Fernando Botero’s “Il Circo” series); Norina in Don Pasquale at Teatro Perez Galdos in Las Palmas, where she also debuted as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte; Donna Elvira (notably in the production by Damiano Michieletto and conductor Jonathan Webb) and Donna Anna (in Roland Schwab’s staging at Deutsche Oper Berlin) in Mozart’s Don Giovanni; Liù in Puccini’s Turandot (at the Shanghai Grand Theatre); Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen (notably the Calixto Bieito production conducted by M° Myung-Whun Chung and the production at Sydney Opera House); Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, directed by Éric Ruf, with costumes by Christian Lacroix and M° Jordi Bernacer conducting); Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow; Mimì in La Bohème (notably her debut at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago in a new production that opened the 2023 season, and performances at Teatro La Fenice, Semperoper Dresden and Teatro Perez Galdos in Las Palmas); Magda in Puccini’s La Rondine (debuted at Teatro Verdi in Pisa under the baton of M° Valerio Galli); Nedda in Pagliacci; Madama Butterfly (debuted in Malaga and at Teatro Municipale di Piacenza in the legendary staging by M° Leo Nucci); Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto and Norma, both at Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse.

“Gifted with a voice of extraordinary beauty” (GB Opera Magazine), Claudia, in addition to performing at Italy’s most prestigious theaters and festivals, has also made her debut in Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, Kyoto), Spain, China, Russia at the St. Petersburg Palace Music Festival, Australia, India, and Canada.

She took part in the celebratory concert for the 1600th anniversary of the founding of Venice, held in the stunning setting of Piazza San Marco with the orchestra and chorus of Teatro La Fenice, conducted by M° Riccardo Frizza and M° Daniele Callegari. For the Puccini centenary, she was featured in numerous concerts in collaboration with the Puccini Foundation in Torre del Lago, including events at the International Centre in New Delhi, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute, and at the Italian Embassy in Ottawa, Canada.

Highlights of the 2025–26 season include: Ein Deutsches Requiem in Vicenza; Turandot in China; a gala concert in Palermo with the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra; Don Giovanni in Piacenza and Modena; Norma in Metz; and Pagliacci in Valladolid.

August 2025