Auxiliadora Toledano - Adina*

Spanish soprano Auxiliadora Toledano was born in Cordoba. She made her debut in 2008 at the Palau Música Catalana, singing the title role in Doña Francisquita, alongside Josep Bros in 2008. She has collaborated with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Alberto Zedda, Jesús López Cobos, Emmanuelle Villaume, J. Ramón Encinar, Ingo Metzmacher, Daniele Rustioni, Plácido Domingo, Miguel Roa, Andreas Schuller, Jaime Martín, Sir Neville Marriner, Sylvain Cambreling in prestigious theaters such as Opéra Garnier in Paris, Wiener Kammeroper in Vienna, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Real de Madrid, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, Auditorio Kuursaal in S. Sebastián, Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid and Auditori de Barcelona, Budapest Opera, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Peralada Festival, among others. As a prizewinner in the Operalia Competition, she sang with Plácido Domingo in a concert in Pecs (Hungary).

Among her most notable performanced role are: Susanna (Nozze di Figaro), Adina (Elisir d’amore), Sophie (Werther), Corinna (Viaggio a Reims), Norina (Don Pasquale), Doña Francisquita (Doña Francisquita), Amore (Orfeo et Euridice), Creusa (Demofoonte), Frasquita (Carmen), Nerina (Le pescatrici by Haydn), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica). On the concert side, she sang Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, the Requiem by Brahms, Fauré and Mozart, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Psalm no. 42 by Mendelssohn, Magnificat by Bach, Stabat Mater by Pergolesi.

Future plans include: Carmina Burana at the Auditonio Nacional de la Musica in Madrid; Don Giovanni (Zerlina) at the Opera in Oviedo; Suor Angelica (Suor Genovieffa) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and a lyric concert in Panama.

Mario Cassi - Belcore

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, and more recently at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari. 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 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.

Giulio Mastrototaro - Dottor Dulcamara*

Giulio Mastrototaro is a winner of the AsLiCo competition for the role of Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore and of the prize as best performer for Pietro il Grande by Donizetti (recorded by Dynamic) at the Martina Franca Festival. Among his past engagements, it is worth mentioning: L’Italiana in Algeri at the Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon, Iphigénie en Aulide with Riccardo Muti at the Rome Opera, Il Finto Turco by Piccinni in Vicenza, La Cenerentola in Avignon and Reims, La Gazza Ladra in Wildbad, Le Nozze di Figaro in Potsdam, La Bohème and Così Fan Tutte at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Gianni Schicchi at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Mr. Mastrototaro recorded Siberia by Giordano (Dynamic), La Cambiale di Matrimonio and L’Italiana in Algeri, Alberto Zedda conducting (Naxos), as well as Donizetti’s Adelia (RCA). Mr. Mastrototaro lately sang La Cenerentola in Massy, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro in Frankfurt am Oder and Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Trento.

Among his future plans, it is worth mentioning L’Italiana in Algeri at the Opéra-Théâtre du Grand Avignon (as Haly) and at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia (as Taddeo).