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Cinzia Forte - soprano
Lyric coloratura soprano, Cinzia Forte is praised by international critics for the
uncommon elegance of her phrasing and remarkable stage presence. Mrs. Forte is present
on the billboards of the main Italian and European theaters such as the Teatro alla
Scala, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Comunale in
Bologna, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Regio in Turin, Opera in Rome, Rossini
Opera Festival in Pesaro, Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam, Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Zurich Opera
House, Théâtre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Deutsche
Oper Berlin and Teatro Real in Madrid. Cinzia Forte has lately added important roles
to her repertoire: Contessa d’Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Liège), Anna
Bolena (title role, in Trieste), Desdemona in Otello (Pisa
and Cagliari), Madama Butterfly (title role, Sassari and Cosenza).
Mrs. Forte recently starred as Bianca in Bianca and Falliero at the
Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad, in revivals of La Traviata at
the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, in Rossini’s Stabat Mater in
Monte Carlo, Bratislava and Budapest under Gianluigi Gelmetti and in a new Liederabend with
Maurizio Baglini at the piano in Tuscany and Treviso.
Plans include: Otello in Liège and La Gazzetta on tour
in Tel Aviv again with the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, and as returning guest at the
Teatro San Carlo in Naples she will start as Contessa d’Almaviva in Le Nozze
di Figaro.
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Beatrice Mezzanotte - mezzosoprano
Young up-and-coming mezzo-soprano Beatrice Mezzanotte won the A. Belli international
contest in Spoleto in 2015. She recently performed Die Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte
at the Teatro Duse in Bologna then on tour in Modena; Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia
in Turin and Cesenatico; Gloria Bruni’s Pinocchio for Parma Regio Young,
at the Teatro Regio in Parma; a series of concerts at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome
and for Expo 2015. Plans include: La Cenerentola (title role) in Florence
with the Orchestra della Toscana; Suor Angelica at the Teatro dell’Opera
in Rome.
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Maurizio Baglini – piano
Pianist Maurizio Baglini is one of the most brilliant and respected musicians on
the international scene. Born in Pisa in 1975, at 24 he won the “World Music Piano
Master” award in Montecarlo. His prolific career has taken him all over Europe,
America and Asia, with over a thousand and two hundred concerts as a soloist and
as many for chamber music, in major music venues, such as the Teatro alla Scala
in Milan, Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Auditorium
of the Louvre and the Gasteig in Munich. His wide repertoire ranges from Byrd to
contemporary music, with special attention to Chopin, Liszt and Schumann. He also
plays in duo with the cellist Silvia Chiesa: they are the dedicatees of a Suite
by Azio Corghi and a Sonata by Gianluca Cascioli.
He record s exclusively for Decca/Universal.
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