Nicola Alaimo - Falstaff

One of the leading artists of his generation Nicola Alaimo recently gained great successes at the Teatro Regio in Turin (Sir Riccardo Forth, I Puritani; Gérmont, Traviata) at the Salzburg Festival (Dandini, La Cenerentola), at the Rossini Opera Festival, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels, at the Concertgebow in Amsterdam Opéra de Monte Carlo and Paris-TCE (Guillaume Tell - title role), at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (Don Pasquale - title role; Rimbaud, Comte Ory), at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome (Attila, Ezio, cond. Riccardo Muti and Don Pasquale, cond. Bruno Campanella), in London (Belisario - title role, recorded by Opera Rara) at the Opéra de Paris (Dandini, La Cenerentola; Fra Melitone, La Forza del Destino), at the Teatro Real de Madrid (Don Pasquale, cond. Riccardo Muti), at the Opéra de Monte Carlo (Stankar, Stiffelio cond. Maurizio Benini), at the Metropolitan Opera (Falstaff, cond. James Levine, L'Elisir d'Amore, cond. Maurizio Benini), in Berlin (L'Elisir d'Amore).

Future plans include: Falstaff (title role) and La Cena delle Beffe at La Scala in Milan; La Gazzetta (Don Pomponio) and a lyric concert at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; I Puritani in Madrid; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Paris (Opéra National); Leoncavallo’s Zazà and Bellini’s Adelson e Salvini in London (concerts and recordings for Opera Rara) while at the Opera House Covent Garden he will perform La Traviata; Simon Boccanegra (title role) in Antwerp and Luxemburg; Don Quichotte (title role) at the Lyric Opera in Chicago; Il Trovatore and I Masnadieri in Monte Carlo; Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Santander; a Gala concert in Orange; L’Italiana in Algeri and other important future productions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

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Annunziata Vestri - Miss Page

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 and Bari; 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; Guglielmo Ratcliff at the Wexford Festival Opera; Carmen, Suor Angelica and Falstaff at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Monte Carlo; La Cenerentola at the Massimo in Palermo.