Mariangela Sicilia – soprano

One of the most up-and-coming Italian sopranos of her generation, she won the Tito Schipa lyric contest in Lecce, for L’Elisir d’amore. Mariangela Sicilia was lately appreciated as Vivetta in Cilea’s L’Arlesiana both at the Wexford Festival Opera and at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi for the opening night of the season. Ms Sicilia also performed Gilda in Rigoletto at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari; L’Italiana in Algeri, La Donna del Lago and Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Orfeo ed Euridice in New York; L’Elisir d’Amore in Madrid; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in Ravenna and Tel Aviv (broadcast by the Italian National Television); L’Elisir d’Amore in Monte Carlo; La Pietra del Paragone

Future plans: L’Elisir d’Amore in Brussels; La Bohème (Musetta) and Adriana Lecouvreur at the Opéra National de Paris; Guillaume Tell at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna; Battistelli’s Il Medico dei Pazzi (world première) in Nancy, La scala di seta in Liege.

Raffaella Lupinacci – mezzo

Young up-and-coming Italian mezzo, Raffaella Lupinacci is a prizewinner of the 2013 AsLiCo Competition. Ms. Lupinacci made her operatic debut in 2011 as Tisbe in Rossini’s Cenerentola, and then as Giovanna and Paggio in Verdi’s Rigoletto at Teatro “A. Rendano” in Cosenza. She attended the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro in 2012, making her debut as Marchesa Melibea in Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims. She was reinvited in Pesaro in 2013 for L’Italiana in Algeri (Zulma). More recently she sang the role of Mary in L’Olandese volante for the AsLiCo Opera Domani project, which toured many theaters in Northern Italy. She recently made her debut in the Circuito Lirico Lombardo singing in Rossini’s Tancredi (title role) and in Verdi’s Otello (Emilia)

Future plans include: Rossini’s Otello and a Verdi Gala in Antwerp; Maometto II on tour Switzerland; Così Fan Tutte (Dorabella)  in Vicenza; Aureliano in Palmira (Publia) at the Rossini Opera Festival; Nabucco (Fenena)  for the Circuito Lirico Lombardo in Cremona, Brescia, Como, Pavia.

Davide Giusti - Tenor

Young and promising tenor, Davide Giusti specialized at the Academia Santa Cecilia in Rome. Davide Giusti is a recipient of important awards including A. Belli in Spoleto, R. Tebaldi in San Marino, M.Caniglia in Sulmona and the Santa Chiara in Naples, after that he made his debut as Ferrando in Così fan tutte at the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome; Kent Nagano conducted him in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Reate Festival, then he gainined great success performing Rossini's Stabat Mater under Gianluigi Gelmetti. Mr. Giusti sang La Traviata for the As.Li.Co circuit in Italy, the Great Mass in C minor in Palermo, Gianni Schicchi in Cagliari and at the Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia in Rome, Il Viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival, and L'Elisir d'Amore in Chieti and Osnabruck. Davide Giusti recently starred L'Enfant Prodigue in Ancona and Cagliari, where he returned to perform Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi,  then he sang La Traviata in Lecce, Brindisi and in Piacenza, Cristina Mazzavillani Muti directing. On the symphonic side he was engaged in a recital in Monte Carlo and in the Great Mass in C Minor in Genoa. Davide Giusti recently starred in I Pagliacci and Gianni Schicchi at the Teatro Regio in Parma and in L’Elisir d’Amore in Ancona.

Future plans include: Il Medico dei Pazzi in Nancy; Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège.