Loriana Castellano - Rosina

Winner of the A. Belli Competition 2010 in Spoleto and Toti dal Monte Competition in Treviso in 2012, she studied the Baroque repertoire with Edward Smith and Sara Mingardo at the Cappella della Pietà dai Turchini in Naples. Among her recent performances: Handel’s Alcina (Bradamante) with Le Parlement de Musique de Strasbourg and Martin Gester; Myslivecek’s Medonte with L’Arte del Mondo led and Werner Ehrhardt (recorded for Sony/DHM); Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans in Braunschweig and Beaune with Modo Antiquo and Federico Maria Sardelli; Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Thierry Fischer in Utrecht; Catone in Utica at the Teatro an der Wien again with Sardelli, and more recently La Cenerentola (title role) in São Paulo, Il Matrimonio Segreto (Fidalma) in Treviso and Ferrara, La Traviata at the Opéra de Monte Carlo under Marco Armiliato, La Cambiale di Matrimonio (Clarina) in Ingolstadt, Vivaldi’s Farnace (1738) at the Teatro Comunale in Florence and la Betulia Liberata at the Wratislavia Cantans International Festival under Corrado Rovaris. Future plans include: revivals of Il Matrimonio Segreto in Rovigo; Battistelli’s Il Medico dei Pazzi in Nancy (world première); Don Giovanni (Zerlina) in Monte Carlo; Schubert’s Mass in A flat and Kraus’ Funeral Cantata with Werner Ehrhardt and L’Arte del Mondo in Berlin (Berliner Philharmonie).

Sergio Vitale - Figaro

Recipient of various awards, Sergio Vitale has recently done his debut at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro singing Don Profondo in Il Viaggio a Reims. During 2010/2011 season Mr Vitale sang as soloist at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he made his debut as Giorgio Germont in La Traviata and Schaunard in La Bohème; after that he starred in Don Giovanni (title role), Daniel Oren conducting, at the Teatro Verdi in Salerno, as Conte di Luna in Il Trovatore in Zaragoza, in Gianni Schicchi (title role) at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, as Marcello in La Bohème in Lucca, then on tour in Ravenna, Pisa and Livorno. In the past seasons he also sang as Malatesta in Don Pasquale in Savona, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Cesena, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly in Spoleto. More recently Mr Vitale performed in Rigoletto at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia; Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro Regio in Parma; Falstaff (title role) at the Teatro della Fortuna in Fano. He recently took part in a Japanese tour with the Teatro alla Scala, singing Marullo in Rigoletto. Among his future plans, it is worth mentioning Rigoletto at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Giulio Mastrototaro - Don Bartolo

Giulio Mastrototaro is a winner of the AsLiCo competition for the role of Belcore in L’Elisir d'Amore and of the prize as best performer for Pietro il Grande by Donizetti (Dynamic) at the Martina Franca Festival. Among his past engagements, it is worth mentioning: L’Italiana in Algeri at the Teatro Sao Carlos Lisbon, Iphigénie en Aulide with Riccardo Muti at the Rome Opera, Il Finto Turco by Piccinni in Vicenza, La Cenerentola in Avignon and Reims, La Gazza Ladra in Wildbad, Le Nozze di Figaro in Potsdam, La Bohème and Così Fan Tutte at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Gianni Schicchi at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Mr. Mastrototaro recorded Siberia by Giordano (Dynamic), La Cambiale di Matrimonio and L’Italiana in Algeri, Alberto Zedda conducting (Naxos) as well as Donizetti’s Adelia (RCA). Mr. Mastrototaro lately sang La Cenerentola in Massy and Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro in Frankfurt am Oder. Future plans include: Dulcamara in L’Elisir D’Amore in Florence and Haly in L’Italiana in Algeri at the Opéra de Avignon.