Marianna Pizzolato - Isabella

Marianna Pizzolato made her debut at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro with Il Viaggio a Reims, becoming a reference performer for the main Rossini roles, as well as for Baroque and eighteenth century’s repertoire; she is now considered one of the foremost voices of our time. Mrs. Pizzolato regularly sings in the most prestigious theaters and festivals in the world as Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Opéra National de Paris, Nikikai Opera Theatre in Tokyo, Sante Fè Opera Festival, Belcanto Opera Festival in Wildbad, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Massimo in Palermo working with conductors such as Bruno Campanella, Daniele Gatti, Riccardo Muti, Antonio Pappano, Alberto Zedda just to name a few. Plans include: L’Italiana in Algeri at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse; Tancredi (title role) in Santiago de Chile and in Bremen (concert version) with Accademia Bizantina and Ottavio Dantone conducting; Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Rome) in Edinburgh under the baton of Antonio Pappano and at the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit; Verdi’s Requiem in Bolzano with the Haydn Orchestra; Beethoven’s 9^th Symphony at the Festival de St. Denis with the Orchestre National de France, Michele Mariotti conducting and at the Menuhin Festival Gstaad (concert and recording) and in Wroclaw under the baton of Giovanni Antonini. Mrs. Pizzolato will make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York singing Hedwige in Guillaume Tell and in 2017 she will star in worldwide tour of Monteverdi' s Trilogy (L’Orfeo-Il Ritorno di Ulisse in patria-L’Incoronazione di Poppea) under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Victoria Yarovaya - Isabella* (role debut)

Young Russian singer, winner of Francisco Viñas international competition, Victoria Yarovaya, specialized at the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro under the guidance of Alberto Zedda, making her debut as Marchesa Melibea in Il Viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. Recent engagements include: Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Moscow Novaya Opera Theatre; La Cenerentola (title role) at Scottish Opera (Glasgow); Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at Opéra in Lille and at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg; Falliero in Rossini’s Bianca e Falliero at the Rossini Festival in Wildbad; Rossini’s Messa di Gloria at the Rossini Opera Festival, Donato Renzetti conducting. Plans include: L’Italiana in Algeri as Isabella at the Opéra in Rennes (then on tour in France) and as Zulma at Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse; Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Finnish National Opera in Helsinki.

Biagio Pizzuti - Taddeo* (role debut)

Young Italian baritone, Biagio Pizzuti specialized at the Opera Studio of Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and currently at the Fabbrica dell’Opera, the Young Artist Program of the the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. Recent engagements include: Cléopatre at the Withsun Festival in Salzburg as a member of the Salzburg Young Singers Project under Vladimir Fedoseyev; Gianni Schicchi (Betto di Signa) at the Theater and der Wien, as Maestro Spinelloccio/Ser Amantio at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and in the title role at the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Spoleto; Leporello in Don Giovanni in Maribor; Dulcamara in L’Elisir d’Amore with the Circuito Lirico Lombardo; Guglielmo in Così fan tutte in Liverpool; Il Viaggio a Reims (Don Prudenzio) at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam with Stefano Montanari and Damiano Michieletto. Amongst his future plans it is worth mentioning Fauré’s Requiem at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona; Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Theater Basel.

Sergio Vitale - Haly (role debut)

Recipient of various awards, Sergio Vitale made his debut at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro singing Don Profondo in Il Viaggio a Reims. During the 2010/2011 season Mr. Vitale was member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Recent engagements include: a Japanese tour with the Teatro alla Scala, singing Marullo in Rigoletto; Figaro Il barbiere di Siviglia in Trento, at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, at the Tiroler Festspiele in Erl and in San Sebastian; Licinio in Aureliano in Palmira and La Gazzetta at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Gianni Schicchi in Spoleto; Rigoletto (Marullo) at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; Marcello in La Bohème for OperaLombardia on tour in Italy; Falstaff (concert version) in Ravenna. Plans include : Fedora (De Siriex) at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Asher Fisch conducting; La Traviata (Giorgio Germont) and Falstaff (title role) at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari; Fauré’s Requiem at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.

Bruno Campanella - conductor

With his deep knowledge of the Bel Canto repertoire, M° Campanella is considered one of its greatest interpreters. Bruno Campanella collaborates with the world’s main theaters , such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Opéra de Paris, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Teatro Regio in Turin, the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, the New National Theatre in Tokyo, the Liceu in Barcelona, the San Francisco Opera, always with huge success. Mr. Campanella received the Critics Award and a Gold Record Award for the live recording of Don Pasquale with Luciana Serra and Enzo Dara (Nuova Era). Among his recent successes, it is worth mentioning: Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Naples; I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Paris; Don Pasquale at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome; La Fille du Régiment in Vienna and Madrid; L’Elisir d’amore in Liegi; Roberto Devereux at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Plans include: Anna Bolena at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and his return to the Opera di Firenze for Rossini’s Semiramide.