Cinzia Forte - Musetta
Lyric coloratura soprano, Cinzia Forte is praised by international critics for the
uncommon elegance of her phrasing and remarkable stage presence. Mrs. Forte is present
on the billboards of the main Italian and European theaters such as the Teatro alla
Scala, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Comunale in
Bologna, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Regio in Turin, Opera in Rome, Rossini
Opera Festival in Pesaro, Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam, Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Zurich Opera
House, Théâtre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Deutsche
Oper Berlin and Teatro Real in Madrid. Cinzia Forte lately added important roles
to her repertoire: Contessa d’Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Liège), Anna
Bolena (title role, in Trieste), Desdemona in Otello (Pisa and Cagliari),
Madama Butterfly (title role, Sassari and Cosenza). Mrs. Forte recently
starred as Bianca in Bianca and Falliero at the Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad,
in revivals of La Traviata at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, in Rossini’s
Stabat Mater in Monte Carlo, Bratislava and Budapest and at Mysterium Festival
(Taranto, Roma) under Gianluigi Gelmetti and in a new Liederabend with Maurizio
Baglini at the piano in Tuscany and Treviso. Again with Maurizio Baglini she recently
performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (Liszt’s version) at the Auditorium
in Milan.
Plans include: Madama Butterfly on tour in Italy; Musetta in La Bohème
at Teatro Regio in Parma; Otello in Liège and La Gazzetta on tour
in Tel Aviv again with the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, and as returning guest at the
Teatro San Carlo in Naples she will star as Contessa d’Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro.
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Lavinia Bini - Musetta*
Young and up and coming soprano Lavinia Bini graduated with honors from the Luigi
Cherubini conservatoire in Florence; she made her debut as Despina in Così fan tutte
at the Eurofestival in Rome and participated in the production of Il Barbiere di
Siviglia in Fermo, directed by Damiano Michieletto. Prestigious engagements
followed at Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina
Franca, Pergolesi Spontini Festival in Jesi, at Teatro dell’Opera/Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino in Florence, Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Teatro
Regio in Turin, LandesTheater in Salzburg, Teatro Colòn in Buenos Aires, working
with conductors as Sergio Alapont, Ottavio Dantone, Julian Kovatchev, Riccardo Muti
and directors as Andrea Cigni, Juliette Deschamps, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Emilio
Sagi.
Lavinia Bini , who recently won Renata Tebaldi International Contest, lately performed
as Lisette in La Rondine on tour in Pisa, Modena, Ravenna and Lucca, as Amina
in La Sonnambula and as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Landes theater
in Salzburg, as Musetta in La Bohème in Cagliari. Plans include: Don
Carlo at the Teatro Regio in Parma Daniel Oren conducting; Così fan tutte
(Despina) on tour in Italy.
*Company debut
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Paolo Arrivabeni - conductor
Music Director at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège.
Regularly invited by the major theaters and opera festivals, Paolo Arrivabeni is
especially in demand for Italian and French opera, but he is also particularly interested
in the major Russian and German repertoire, regularly conducting works by Mahler,
Strauss and Mussorgsky. M° Arrivabeni recent engagements include: La Favorite
and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria (Orchestre National de France) at the Théâtre
des Champs Elysées in Paris; Il Trovatore at the Sferisterio Opera Festival
in Macerata; Macbeth and Nabucco at the Staatsoper and Maria Stuarda
and I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Deustche Oper in Berlin; Macbeth
in Copenaghen; Roberto Devereux at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Lucrezia
Borgia and Il Turco in Italia at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich;
La Straniera at the Theater an der Wien; Don Giovanni in Monte Carlo;
La Bohème at the Terme di Caracalla in Rome; La Forza del Destino
in Geneva; I due Foscari with Leo Nucci in Marseille.
Concerning his past engagements at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège Mr. Arrivabeni
recently led: Fidelio, Tosca, Aida, Cenerentola, Les Pêcheurs
de perles, La Forza del Destino, Ernani, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart’s Requiem
and a Wagner Gala. Mr. Arrivabeni returned to Dresden where at the Semperopern
he conducted La Traviata, Macbeth, Simon Boccanegra, Tosca and Don
Carlo.
Plans include: Nabucco and L'Arlesiana at Deutsche Oper
in Berlin; La Bohème at the New National Theatre in Tokyo and at the Grand
Théâtre in Geneva; La Rondine in Toulouse; Boris Godunov, La Favorite, Lohengrin,
Simon Boccanegra, Rigoletto and a series of concerts in Marseille; Aida
at the Chorégies d'Orange; Maria Stuarda in Vienna (Theater an der Wien)
and at the Opera in Rome; revivals of Lucrezia Borgia at the Bayerische Staatsoper
in Munich; series of concerts with Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse. In Liège M°
Arrivabeni will conduct Turandot, Nabucco, Otello and a series of concerts.
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Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera - director
Artistic Director at Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Mr. Mazzonis di Pralafera studied law and music in Rome and made his successful
debut as director in 1983.
After that he was invited as director/set designer in several Italian theaters as
well as many festivals and opera houses in Belgium, France, Germany, Israel and
Switzerland.
Previously to his appointment as artistic director at Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège,
he was superintendent at Teatro Comunale in Bologna and he served as artistic director
in many festivals. At the Opéra Royal de Wallonie he directed: Tre Intermezzi,
Il Matrimonio Segreto(Cimarosa), Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Traviata,
Das Land des Lächelns, Rita, Il Campanello, Otello, L’Equivoco stravagante
(with which he won in 2012 the French Critics Prize), Manon, La Grande-Duchesse de
Gérolstein, La Gazzetta, Rigoletto, L'Elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor
and two world premières: L'Inimico delle Donne (Galuppi) and Guillaume
Tell (Grétry).
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Opera Royal de Wallonie
Liège
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