Annunziata Vestri - Suzuki

Winner of “Lauri Volpi”, “Maria Caniglia” and Rosertum Lyric Contests, Mrs Vestri made her debut in 2003 as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. An eclectic artist with bold acting qualities, she can boast a huge repertoire that spans from Bel Canto to Verdi and Puccini’s masterpieces. Annunziata Vestri regularly collaborates with theaters such as: Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro Regio in Turin, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, San Carlo in Naples, Opéra de Montecarlo, Teatro Regio in Parma, Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Sferisterio Opera Festival in Macerata, Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. Mrs. Vestri lately sang: Donizetti's Belisario and Torquato Tasso at the Bergamo Musica Festival; Cilea's L’Arlesiana at the Wexford Festival Opera and at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi; La Clemenza di Tito in Trieste; Rigoletto in Naples; Carmen in Livorno, Lucca and Genoa; Il Trovatore in Schenkenberg; La Traviata  in Bari; Madama Butterfly in Kiel; Andrea Chénier (Madelon) in Naples; Aida (Amneris) in St. Margarethen and in Kazan. Mrs. Vestri made her film debut performing as Tisbe in La Cenerentola for the Opera movie directed by Carlo Verdone, conducted by Gelmetti and produced by Rada Film.

Annunziata Vestri future engagements include: Madama Butterfly (Suzuki) in Florence; Falstaff (Meg) in Marseille; Guglielmo Ratcliff at the Wexford Festival Opera; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Monte Carlo.

Angelo Villari - Pinkerton

Angelo Villari won the first prize at the International Contest “Simone Alaimo, il Bel Canto” (2010)  and he was finalist at the Lyric Contest Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago and he won the role of Il Duca of Mantua in Rigoletto in the Contest “Il Bel canto nella Valle dei Templi” in Agrigento (Sicily). Amongst the roles he sang, it is worth mentioning: Canio in Pagliacci, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, Cavaradossi in Tosca and Alfredo in Traviata. Angelo Villari recently sang: Cavalleria Rusticana in Lecce, Pagliacci in Malta, Attila (Foresto) in Rovereto. Among his most important successes in the past season, it is worth mentioning: Il Trovatore at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, Madama Butterfly in Lübeck, La Traviata in Malta, the main role in Ennio Porrino’s I Shardana at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, conducted by Anthony Bramall in a new production by Davide Livermore (also filmed in DVD by Dynamic). Mr. Villari starred the main tenor role in Casella’s La donna serpente under Fabio Luisi for the opening of the Martina Franca Festival. Mr. Villari recently performed Adriana Lecouvreur in Como, Pavia and Cremona.

Plans include Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Regio in Parma.

Mario Cassi - Sharpless

Already well-established as one of the most appreciated baritones of his generation, Mr. Cassi regularly collaborates with conductors as Riccardo Muti, Bruno Campanella, Roberto Abbado, in the most prestigious theaters in Italy and abroad.

Mr. Cassi recently reported a great success as Dottor Malatesta in Don Pasquale for the season’s opening night at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Antonio Albanese directing, as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Naples, Florence and Tel Aviv, as Belcore in L’Elisir d’amore at the Staatsoper in Vienna and at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, as Silvio in Pagliacci in Toulouse, as Danilo in The Merry Widow at the Teatro Regio in Turin. Mario Cassi starred as Don Alvaro in Il Viaggio a Reims at the Dutch National Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam, Stefano Montanari conducting and Damiano Michieletto directing.

Plans: Carmina Burana in Parma, Piacenza and Modena; Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro) in Monte Carlo and at the Arena in Verona; Don Pasquale in Naples and Vienna; L’Elisir d’amore (Belcore) at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and at the Opéra in Paris; Die Zauberflöte (Papageno), La Traviata, Don Giovanni (title role) in Liège.