Marco Ciaponi - Don Ottavio* (September 14^th, 16^th, 18^th)

After studying with Rebecca Berg, Giuseppe Sabbatini and at the Accademia Internazionale del Bel Canto in Modena, Marco Ciaponi gained huge success in important lyric International contests such as: Voci Verdiane Competition in Busseto (first prize, 2015); Flaviano Labò (first prize, 2015) in Piacenza; "Spiros Argiris" in Sarzana; “Ottavio Ziino” in Rome; “Beniamino Gigli jr” (third prize) in Rome. In May 2008 Mr. Ciaponi made his debut as Rodolfo in La bohème (Puccini) at the Vigilanti Theatre in Portoferraio, after that he was chosen for Opera Studio- Cantiere Lirico at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno.

He recently starred as Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore in Lucca, Piacenza and Ravenna; Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at the Teatro Comunale in Modena; Alfredo in La Traviata in Cremona.

Plans include   Haydn’s Die Schöpfung and Don Giovanni in Trieste under the baton of Gianluigi Gelmetti; Macbeth at the Teatro Municipale in Piacenza; a Gala concert in Parma.

*role debut

Daniele Terenzi - Leporello*

Daniele Terenzi was born in 1989 and he started studying singing at the Accademia Interamnense, then at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome and after that at the Centre de Perfeccionament Placido Domingo in Valencia. Daniele Terenzi won in 2013 Enrico Caruso International Prize.

Amongst his past engagements it is worth mentioning a series of concerts in Rome, he performed Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro Argenitina and Valli in Rome and at the Teatro Comunale in Treviso. Daniele Terenzi sang Papageno in Die Zauberflöte  and Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia  at the Teatro Duse in Bologna and again Die Zauberflöte  at the Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena. He also starred at Appennino InCanto Festival in the little town of Sestola, Mrs. Teresina Burchi’s hometown in Italy. Amongst recent engagements it is worth mentioning: Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro in Tirana; Germont in La Traviata with Europa InCanto at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. Plans include a Gala concert in Parma.

*role debut

Paolo Carbone - conductor*

Graduated in clarinet at the Arcangelo Corelli conservatoire in Messina, young Italian conductor Paolo Carbone received with honor his conducting and composition degree at the Conservatorio “Santa Cecilia” in Rome, then he specialized with M° Gianluigi Gelmetti at the prestigious Accademia Chigiana in Siena, where he was also honored by the Diploma d’Onore. After his debut at the Orchestra Santa Cecilia in Rome he conducted several orchestras such as Symphonic Orchestra of Ihjevsk, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lugansk, the Kiev Symphony Orchestra, the Valencia Orchestra, the ORT Orchestra Regionale Toscana, the Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte Carlo, the Orchestra Regionale del Veneto, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, and the Teatro Verdi in Trieste Orchestra. Under the guidance of M° Gianluigi Gelmetti he enhanced his opera repertoire at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, at the Carlo Felice in Genoa, at the Teatro dei Rozzi in Siena, at the Opéra de Montecarlo, at the Konzerthaus in Berlin, at the Regio in Parma, at the Verdi in Trieste (where he conducted La Traviata degli Specchi by Josef Svoboda ), at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, at the San Carlo in Naples, at the Nikikai Opera Foundation in Tokyo, at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liége and with Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai. M° Carbone won the Monte dei Paschi di Siena prize and he was proclaimed “Best young conductor” in 2012.

*role debut