Maria Laura Iacobellis, soprano, graduated in singing with honor from
the Conservatorio in Matera. She then specialized with Claudio Desderi,
Stefania Bonfadelli, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Cinzia Forte, Roberto De
Candia, Alfonso Antoniozzi, Juan Diego Florez, Ernesto Palacio, Stefano De
Luca, Michal Znaniecki.
She stars as Adina and Giannetta (Elisir d’amore), Fanny (La Cambiale di
matrimonio), Serpina (La Serva padrona), Erighetta (Vinci’s Erigetta and
Don Chilone), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Musetta (La Bohème), Corinna and
Delia (Il viaggio a Reims), Nannetta (Falstaff) and in Carmina Burana.
Thanks to her versatile vocals, she feels at ease in the sacred
repertoire: she sang in the Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Mozart’s Requiem and
Vivaldi’s Gloria.
She won numerous prizes and awards: the first prize at the Matera Città
dei Sassi Competition; the Valerio Gentile Competition; the Magda Olivero
Competition; the first prize and the Rossini award at the Umberto Giordano
Competition; the second prize and public prize at the "Jole De Maria"
Competition; the third prize at the "Salice d’Oro - Faravelli"
Competition; a special mention as a young talent at the "CantoFestival
2015".
In 2015 she debuted as Musetta in La Bohème and Adina in L' Elisir
d'Amore at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari and at the Teatro Lirico di
Cagliari. She won the 69th edition of the "AsLiCo Competition for Young
Opera Singers", singing Nannetta in Falstaff on tour in Italy in the
Circuito Lombardo. She also attended "Accademia Rossiniana Alberto Zedda”
in Pesaro, making her debut as Corinna and Delia in Il viaggio a Reims at
the Rossini Opera Festival. Corinna is also the role she recently starred
for the Circuito Lirico Lombardo’s theatres.
Most recently Maria Laura starred as Liù in Turandot on tour in Italy
and again as Corinna in Il Viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival;
as Valencienne in Die Lustige Witwe at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari;
Armida in Rinaldo at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Donna Anna in Don
Giovanni at the Teatro Comunale in Carpi; Petite Messe Solennelle in
Montpellier and Bellini’s Messa di Gloria in Taranto; Pamina in Die
Zauberfloete in Ancona.
Plans include: La Rondine (Lisette) in Pisa and Jesi; Die Zauberfloete
(Pamina) in Rome and Messa di Gloria in Pesaro.
November 2023