Cinzia Forte - Eleonora

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, the San Carlo in Naples, The Fenice in Venice, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Teatro Regio in Turin, the Opera in Rome, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, the ROH Covent Garden, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Liceu in Barcelona, the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, the Zurich Opera House, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Teatro Real in Madrid. Cinzia Forte has lately added important roles to her repertoire: La contessa d’Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Liège), Anna Bolena (title role, in Trieste), and Desdemona in Otello (Pisa and Cagliari). Mrs Forte opened the Teatro San Carlo 2013 Season singing La Traviata, Michele Mariotti conducting and Ferzan Ozpetek directing. Mrs. Forte recently performed Otello in Cagliari for the season’s opening night. She also sang a gala concert with the ORT-Orchestra Regionale for the opening of the Festival Incontri in Terra di Siena as well as Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Trieste and Ljubljana. In the next future Mrs Forte will return to the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, where she will perform Fidelio under the baton of Paolo Arrivabeni and Rossini’s La Gazzetta.

Lu Yuan – Fernando*

Born in China, young tenor Lu Yuan was admitted in 2001 at the Conservatory of Music in Tianjin, where he studied piano with Li Hongmei and voice with Li Xiuqi. Lu Yuan moved to Italy in 2010 as a senior visiting scholar and is currently furthering his studies with Mirella Freni at the “CUBEC - Centro Universale del Bel Canto”. Mr. Yuan won several international competitions, such as: “Golden Bell Awards” in China; “Neue Stimmen” in Germany; “Bellini” and “Magda Olivero” in Italy. Mr. Yuan made his Italian debut as Cavalier Belfiore and Gelsomino in Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival; more recently he starred in the gala Concert in honor of Luciano Pavarotti in Modena and he sang Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola in Beijing as well as Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle in Rome. He participated as cover of Juan Diego Florez in Le comte Ory at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and he recently was Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola in Irun (Spain). In July he took part in a gala concert at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, and he sang Carmina Burana at the Teatro Sociale in Como, for the 200th anniversary of the Theatre. Among his future plans, it is worth mentioning Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola in Treviso and Ferrara.