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Annunziata Vestri - mezzo-soprano
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. Mrs. 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, Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Sferisterio Opera Festival
in Macerata, Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. Amongst her recent engagements:
Donizetti’s Belisario and Torquato Tasso at the Bergamo Musica Festival;
Cilea’s L’Arlesiana at the Wexford Festival and 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, Florence and Bari; Andrea Chénier (Madelon) in Naples; Aida
(Amneris) in St. Margarethen and in Kazan; Falstaff in Marseille; Guglielmo
Ratcliff at the Wexford Festival Opera; Carmen at the Teatro San
Carlo in Naples, Zubin Mehta conducting; La Cenerentola at the Teatro dell’Opera
in Rome. Mrs. 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 include : Suor Angelica and Falstaff at the Teatro San
Carlo in Naples; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Monte Carlo,
in Paris (Théâtre des Champs Elysées) and Luxembourg; La Cenerentola at the
Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Rigoletto in Marseille.
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