Mariangela Sicilia - soprano

Ms. Sicilia won the third Prize at the prestigious international contest.

One of the most exciting young sopranos to have come out of Italy in the last few years, Mariangela Sicilia has been seen, in the past seasons, in Massenet's Cléopâtre (Charmionand) at the Salzburg Festival under the baton of Vladimir Fedoseyev; Il Viaggio a Reims, La Donna del Lago (Alberto Zedda conducting) and L'Italiana in Algeri (Davide Livermore directing) at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Cilea's L'Arlesiana directed by Rosetta Cucchi at the Wexford Festival Opera, David Angus conducting and at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi, Francesco Cilluffo conducting; Orfeo ed Euridice in New York; Rigoletto (Gilda) at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari (c.Rizzari; d. Kief).
Mariangela Sicilia has recently performed Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in Ravenna and Jerusalem, broadcast live by the Italian National Television (Rai tre); L’Elisir d'Amore in Madrid (c.Piollet; d. Michieletto) and in Monte Carlo; La Pietra del Paragone at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, J.C.Spinosi conducting; Petite Messe Solennelle in Saint-Etienne under Alberto Zedda and in the World Premiere of Battistelli’s Il Medico dei Pazzi in Nancy.
Ms. Sicilia is the recipient of several prizes in international vocal comptitions, winning the 2009 X International “Ruggero Leoncavallo” Competition in Montalto Uffugo, the first prize and title role of Adina in the Tito Schipa Competition in Lecce (2012) and a special prize in the “F. Viñas” Competition in Barcellona (2012).

Future plans include La Bohème under the baton of Mark Elder, directed by Jonathan Miller and Adriana Lecouvreur with Daniel Oren, directed by David Mc Vicar, both at the Opéra National de Paris; Guillaume Tell at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, with Mariotti conducting and Vick directing; L’Elisir d'Amore in Brussels; La Scala di Seta at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Mariotti conducting and Michieletto directing; and Verdi’s Quattro Pezzi Sacri in Amsterdam.