Cinzia Forte - Euridice*

Lyric coloratura soprano, Cinzia Forte is praised by international critics for the uncommon elegance of her phrasing and remarkable stage presence. Mrs. Forte is present on the billboards of the main Italian and European theaters such as the Teatro alla Scala, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Regio in Turin, Opera in Rome, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Zurich Opera House, Théâtre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Teatro Real in Madrid. Cinzia Forte has lately added important roles to her repertoire: Contessa d’Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Liège), Anna Bolena (title role, in Trieste), Desdemona in Otello (Pisa and Cagliari), Madama Butterfly (title role, Sassari and Cosenza).

Plans include: La Traviata at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples; Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Monte-Carlo with the Orchestre Philarmonique on tour in Bratislava and Budapest; Otello in Liège; Bianca e Falliero in Bad Wildbad; Liederabend in Castiglioncello de Trinoro and in Treviso.

Francesco Ommassini - conductor

Francesco Ommassini was appointed musical director of the Orchestra Regionale del Veneto Filarmonia Veneta. He did his debut in 2009 with two new productions of Traviata and Barbiere di Siviglia with the Orchestra Filarmonia Veneta. Afterwards the successful performance of the Coronation Mass by Mozart at Teatro Fraschini in Pavia and a concert with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra led to the invitation to conduct during the further season. M° Ommassini opened the 2011 edition of the Verona Contemporanea Festival at the Teatro Filarmonico with the Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona. In September he conducted the Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano; more recently he conducted Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Novara, Rigoletto and La Sonnambula at the Teatro Comunale in Treviso, at the Comunale in Ferrara and at the Alighieri in Ravenna, and a series of concerts at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona.

Plans include: Don Giovanni and L’Italiana in Algeri in Treviso and Ferrara; La Scala di seta for the As.Li.Co circuit (Cremona, Brescia, Pavia, Bergamo, Como).