Mario Cassi - Guglielmo

Already well-established as one of the most appreciated baritones of his generation, Mr. Cassi lately sang Figaro in Barbiere di Siviglia under the baton of Alberto Zedda (just issued as a DVD) and Taddeo in L’Italiana in Algeri at the Rossini Opera Festival. He made his debut as Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro in Liège, then he performed Dandini in La Cenerentola at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Figaro in Mercadante’s I Due Figaro in Madrid and Buenos Aires, Riccardo Muti conducting. Mr. Cassi had just sung L’Italiana in Algeri in Liège and Don Pasquale at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome both under Bruno Campanella and Così Fan Tutte at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Roberto Abbado conducting. As a returning guest at the Teatro Real in Madrid, he had just starred as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Future plans: Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples; L’Elisir d’Amore (Belcore) in Florence and Vienna (Wiener Staatsoper); Don Pasquale (Malatesta) at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona; Pagliacci (Silvio) at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse; La Cenerentola, Die Zauberflöte (Papageno) and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège; Il Viaggio a Reims (Don Alvaro) in Amsterdam.

Alessandra Marianelli - Despina

Alessandra Marianelli is considered one of the most promising sopranos of her generation. Ms Marianelli started an international career that brought her to sing in major opera houses and festivals. In September 2010 she made her United States debut performing in Don Giovanni with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Roberto Abbado conducting. She then appeared as Xenja in Boris Godunov in Turin. She then sang Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Florence under the baton of Zubin Mehta; Un Ballo in Maschera at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo; La Serva Padrona at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi (filmed by Unitel and issued as a DVD); Ein deutsches Requiem in Rome. She also added other important roles to her repertoire: Musetta (La Bohème) in Riga and Florence, Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the Teatro Real de Madrid, Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, under Fabio Luisi. Ms. Marianelli lately returned to Jesi singing in Spontini’s La Fuga in Maschera (Corrado Rovaris conducting), then revived in Naples, La Sonnambula in Monte-Carlo, Carmen (Micaëla) at the Macerata Opera Festival and at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Gianandrea Noseda conducting, Ricciardo e Zoraide (Zoraide) in Bad Wildbad and La Sonnambula at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. Among her future plans, it is worth mentioning La Bohème (Musetta) in Genoa and Haydn’s Il Mondo della Luna in Monte-Carlo.