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Cristina Melis - Adriano
Winner of the International Lyric Contest “Giacomo Lauri Volpi” and of the International
Contest “Giuseppe Verdi” in Parma, Cristina Melis debuted as Azucena in Il Trovatore in
Parma. In the past seasons she performed in Ravel’s L’Enfant et Sortileges under
Yves Abel in Palermo, where she also starred in Schumann’s Manfred and
in La Gioconda (La Cieca). It is worth mentioning her collaboration
with the Arena in Verona, where she sang in Carmen, Traviata, Gounod’s Roméo
et Juliette and in a series of concerts on tour in Europe (Madrid,
London, Brussels, Berlin, Düsseldorf). She made her debut as Cenerentola (title
role) and as Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri at the Teatro Regio
in Turin, as Carmen in Bergamo, as Azucena in Il Trovatore and
Amneris in Aida in Parma, Fenena in Nabucco on
tour in Italy. Cristina Melis also starred in Il Trovatore and Madama
Butterfly at the Opernhaus in Kiel, El Amor Brujo in
Cagliari, Eugene Onegin and Bruckner’s Te Deum in
Bologna, Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Reggio Emilia, Beethoven’s Mass
in C major in Pisa, Cavalleria Rusticana at the Opera
di Firenze, Luisa Miller in Liège. Ms. Melis collaborated with
such conductors as Armiliato, Arrivabeni, R. Abbado, Jurowski, Bartoletti, Gatti,
Wilson, Dinic, Campanella, Rizzi, Carella, De Bernart, Oren, Conlon, Mariotti, Kovatchev
and directors such as De Ana, Zeffirelli, Micheli, Sammaritani, Pier’Alli, Trelinski.
Amongst her recent engagements it is worth mentioning: Verdi’s Requiem under
the baton of Gianluigi Gelmetti in Rome and Taranto; Petite messe solennelle
in Bologna and Eugene Onegin in Kiel.
Plans include Carmen (title role) and Nabucco (Fenena)
at the Opernhaus in Kiel; Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater at the Festival
Anima Mundi in Pisa.
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