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                                         Burcu Uyar - Miss Lucia* 
                                        
                                          Immediately noticed by professionals, Mrs Uyar first stepped on stage in the 
                                          role of Olympia in Jacques Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffman at the Izmir 
                                          State Opera. After that she then became a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche 
                                          Oper in Berlin, where in the past seasons she starred as Lucia in Lucia di 
                                          Lammermoor, Violetta in La Traviata, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, 
                                          Gilda in Rigoletto, and Die Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte, 
                                          just to name a few. Particularly appreciated in the French repertoire (Bizet, 
                                          Delibes, Gounod, Massenet, Offenbach), her role list also includes Mozart's 
                                          masterpieces and operas by Donizetti and Verdi. Mrs. Uyar sang Lucia in Lucia 
                                          di Lammermoor in Padua; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni in Bari, Roberto 
                                          Abbado conducting and Mario Martone directing and in Kiel; Juliette in Roméo 
                                          and Juliette in Sassari; Violetta in La Traviata in Lecce; Die 
                                          Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte with René Jacobs and the Akademie 
                                          für Alte Musik on tour throughout Europe (Concertgebouw - Amsterdam; Bozart - 
                                          Brussels; Accademia di Santa Cecilia - Rome; Palau de la Musica Catalana - 
                                          Barcelona; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon) and later in Leipzig; La 
                                          Bohème in Ankara. 
                                       
                                        Burcu Uyar recorded Gluck’s Il Trionfo di Clelia (Larissa) in Athens for 
                                        MDG and performed the role at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna. 
                                        
                                        Future plans include Don 
                                        Giovanni (Donna Anna) in Antwerp and in Berlin; and Die Zauberflöte in 
                                        Vichy and Liège. 
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                                         Giuseppe Gipali - Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood
 
                                       Refined 
                                        interpreter of Verdi’s operas, his repertoire ranges from Bel Canto to Verismo, 
                                        to the French Lyric repertoire, which he sang all over the world in prestigious 
                                        theatres such as: Teatro alla Scala, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro La Fenice 
                                        in Venice, Arena di Verona, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Covent Garden in London, 
                                        Wiener Staatsoper, Théâtre du Chatelet and Opera Bastille in Paris, Théâtre du 
                                        Capitole in Toulouse, Liceu in Barcelona, San Francisco Opera. Mr. Gipali 
                                        regularly collaborated with conductors as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Daniele 
                                        Gatti, Nicola Luisotti, Daniele Callegari and directors as Franco Zeffirelli, 
                                        Mario Martone and Pierluigi Pizzi. Mr. Gipali lately performed La Traviata in 
                                        Bologna; Don Carlo in Zurich, Vienna and Berlin; Il Trovatore in 
                                        Marseille; Attila at the Opera in Rome, at the Teatro Filarmonico in 
                                        Verona, and at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège; Norma in Toulon; 
                                        Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera in Buenos Aires. Mr. Gipali will return 
                                        to Marseille singing Jacopo Foscari in I Due Foscari in Marseille 
                                        and in Lousanne to perform Rodolfo in Luisa Miller. 
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                                         Gezim Myshketa - Lord Enrico Ashton* 
                                       
                                        Young Albanian baritone, Gezim Myshketa is one of the most promising artists of 
                                        his generation. After his debut as Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, he won 
                                        the As.Li.Co. competition in 2006, making his role debut as Leporello in Don 
                                        Giovanni, and the "Francesco Paolo Tosti" Competition in Ortona in 2008. 
                                        Interesting collaborations have followed with prestigious theaters and 
                                        festivals, such as: Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Palm Beach Opera, Abao Olbe in 
                                        Bilbao, Opéra de Montpellier, Filarmonico in Verona, Verdi in Trieste, Regio in 
                                        Parma, Withsun Festival in Salzburg and Macerata Opera Festival. 
                                        
                                        Mr. Myshketa added important roles to his repertoire: Rolando in La Battaglia 
                                        di Legnano at the Festival Verdi in Parma and Figaro in Il Barbiere di 
                                        Siviglia in Treviso and Ferrara, he also lately starred in Cléopatre at 
                                        the Salzburg Festival; Le Convenienze e inconvenienze teatrali (Biscroma) 
                                        and I Pazzi per Progetto (Venanzio) in Zurich, Paolo Carignani 
                                        conducting; Alì Pascha von Janina in Tirana, L’Elisir d’Amore at 
                                        the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona. 
                                        Mr Myshketa had just gained great success as Ford in Falstaff in 
                                        Stuttgart starting a prolific collaboration with Staatstheater Stuttgart where 
                                        he will sing, as returning guest, in La Traviata, Falstaff, La Bohème, 
                                        Carmen and I Puritani . Among 
                                        other future plans:  Turandot in Toulouse;   La 
                                        Traviata in Hamburg; Maria Stuarda at the Teatro Filarmonico in 
                                        Verona; Gianni Schicchi in Piacenza. |  | 
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