Luciana D’Intino - mezzo
One of today’s most appreciated mezzo, after her outstanding success in Aida
at the Covent Garden in London, the Sunday Times wrote: «a glorious mezzo
soprano...the most exciting Italian singer in her role in the last years».
Particularly appreciated in Italian and French repertoire she has established an
extraordinary international career, performing regularly on the world’s most
prestigious concert stages and opera houses including Teatro alla Scala,
Metropolitan in New York, Covent Garden in London, Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper
unter den Linden in Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Opernhaus in
Zürich, Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in
Florence, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro
dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio in Parma and
Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.
She worked with such conductors as Salvatore Accardo, Daniel Barenboim, Semyon
Bychkov, Myung-Whun Chung, Colin Davis, Daniele Gatti, James Levine, Lorin
Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti and George Prêtre.
Mrs D’Intino performed several times the role of Eboli (Don Carlo), which
was to become one of her signature parts, in such venues as Metropolitan in New
York, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra de Montecarlo, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome,
Wiener Staatsoper and Opernhaus in Zürich.
Her recent performances have included her awaited debut as Zia Principessa in
Suor Angelica at the Opéra National de Paris; she then performed Aida
at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino in Florence; Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro alla Scala and
at the Liceu de Barcelona; Don Carlo at the Opernhaus in Zürich, at the
Wiener Staatsoper and at the Opéra National de Paris; Aida at the
Metropolitan, at the Teatro alla Scala and at the Wiener Staatsoper; Boris
Godunov and Il trovatore at the Opernhaus in Zürich; Il Trovatore
at the Liceu in Barcelona; Carmen at Teatro Verdi in Trieste; Laura
Adorno in La Gioconda and Adriana Lecouvreur at Opéra National de
Paris; Verdi’s Requiem at the Teatro Regio in Parma, at the Teatro
Comunale in Bologna, at the Chorégies d’Orange, at the Teatro San Carlo in
Naples, at the Musikverein in Wien (under the baton of Riccardo Muti), at the
Liceu in Barcelona and at the Philarmonie in Berlin in tour with the Orchestra
of Teatro alla Scala (under the baton of Daniel Barenboim).
She opened the 2013/14 season with her return to Opéra National de Paris as
Amneris in Verdi’s Aida, followed by Adriana Lecouvreur in Bilbao
and Il Trovatore (Azucena) at Teatro alla Scala.
Luciana
D’Intino’s discography includes Lo frate ‘nnamorato with Riccardo Muti
and L’occasione fa il ladro with Salvatore Accardo (Ricordi), Don
Carlo with Riccardo Muti and La Gioconda with Marcello Viotti (Emi),
Guglielmo Tell (Philips), La Gazza Ladra with Gianluigi Gelmetti
(Sony) and Aureliano in Palmira (Nuova Era).
Luciana
D’Intino’s future engagements include Aida (Amneris) and Il trovatore
at Wiener Staatsoper and Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza) at Teatro del
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.
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Villa Tagliata
Mirandola
November 8th, 2014
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