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Luciana D’Intino - La zia principessa
One of today’s most appreciated mezzo, particularly appreciated in Italian and French
repertoire Luciana D’Intino has established an extraordinary international career,
performing regularly on the world’s most prestigious concert stages and opera houses
including Teatro alla Scala, Metropolitan in New York, Covent Garden in London,
Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper unter den Linden in Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper
in Munich, Opernhaus in Zürich, Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile, Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino in Florence, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Comunale in Bologna,
Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio in Parma and
Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.
She worked with such conductors as Salvatore Accardo, Daniel Barenboim, Semyon Bychkov,
Myung-Whun Chung, Colin Davis, Daniele Gatti, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin
Mehta, Riccardo Muti and George Prêtre.
Amongst her recent engagements it is worth mentioning her return to Opéra National
de Paris as Amneris in Verdi’s Aida (for the 2013/14 season opening night)
followed by Adriana Lecouvreur in Bilbao, Il Trovatore (Azucena) at
Teatro alla Scala, Aida in Vienna and Cavalleria Rusticana in Florence
and Palermo, Adriana Lecouvreur and Il Trovatore at the Opéra National
de Paris, Verdi’s Requiem at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome Manfred
Honeck conducting.
Luciana D’Intino’s discography includes Lo frate ‘nnamorato with Riccardo
Muti and L’occasione fa il ladro with Salvatore Accardo (Ricordi), Don Carlo
with Riccardo Muti and La Gioconda with Marcello Viotti (Emi), Guglielmo Tell
(Philips), La Gazza Ladra with Gianluigi Gelmetti (Sony) and Aureliano in
Palmira (Nuova Era).
Luciana D’Intino’s future engagements include Carmen and Aida
at Arena in Verona; The Snow Maiden at the Opéra in Paris; Il trovatore
at the Wiener Staatsoper and in Oviedo; Adriana Lecouvreur in Monte Carlo;
Adriana Lecouvreur at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.
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Annunziata Vestri - La badessa
Eclectic artist with bold acting qualities, Annunziata Vestri can boast a huge repertoire
that spans from Bel Canto to Verdi and Puccini’s masterpieces. Ms. Vestri regularly
collaborates with theaters 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, Wexford Festival Opera, Puccini Festival in
Torre del Lago, Sferisterio Opera Festival in Macerata, Festival dei Due Mondi in
Spoleto.
Amongst her recent engagement sit is worth mentioning: Donizetti’s Belisario
and Torquato Tasso at the Bergamo Musica Festival; Il Trovatore in
Schenkenberg; La Traviata in Bari; Madama Butterfly in Kiel, Florence
and Bari; Aida (Amneris) in St. Margarethen and in Kazan; Falstaff
in Marseille; L’Arlesiana and Guglielmo Ratcliff at the Wexford Festival
Opera; Carmen (Zubin Mehta conducting) and Falstaff (Pinchas
Steinberg conducting) at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples; La Cenerentola
at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome and at Massimo in Palermo; El Amor Brujo
in Genoa. Ms. Vestri made her film debut performing as Tisbe in La Cenerentola
for the Opera movie directed by Carlo Verdone, conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti and
produced by Rada Film.
Plans: Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Opéra the Monte Carlo, at the
Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, at the Opéra in Marseille and at the Grand
Theatre de la Ville in Louxembourg. As returning guest at the Opéra in Marseille,
Ms. Vestri will sing Maddalena in Rigoletto.
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Daniela Cappiello - Suor Osmina
Winner of the International Lyric Contest Santa Chiara in Naples and of the Toti
dal Monte Prize in Treviso, young and up-and-coming soprano Daniela Cappiello recently
performed Lisa in La Sonnambula and Elvira in L’Italiana in Algeri
in Treviso and in Ferrara, under the baton of Francesco Ommassini, Rautendelein
in Respighi’s La Campana Sommersa at Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Donato Renzetti
conducting and Gilda in Rigoletto in Busseto with Teatro Regio of Parma.
Plans include: La Bohème (Musetta) at the Puccini Festival in Torre
del Lago; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Blonde) in Treviso and Ferrara.
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