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