Grazia Doronzio - Mimì (April 30^th, May, 8^th)

Italian soprano Grazia Doronzio graduated from the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Past engagements include: Mimì in La Bohème, Suzel in L’amico Frtiz , Nannetta in Falstaff at the Oper Frankfurt; Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Hamburgische Staatsoper and at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia; Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Michigan Opera Theater; Mimì in La Bohème with Angers Nantes Op era; Anna in a concert performance of Puccini’s Le Villi at the Dortmund Konzerthaus; Liù in Turandot at Seattle Opera. Ms. Doronzio recently gained great success as Mimì in La Bohème at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, at Teatro delle Muse in Ancona and at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari; as Adina in L'Elisir d’Amore at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and in Düsseldorf; as Zerlina in Don Giovanni in Milwaukee; as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at Teatro Regio in Turin; as Glauce in Cherubini’s Medea in Geneva. Ms. Doronzio starred in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem in Catania.

Plans include: La Bohème with the German Radio Symphony Orchestra in Saarbrücken; she will participate in Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Jenish Ysmanov - Rodolfo (April 30^th, May, 8^th)

Born in Kirghizstan, Jenish Ysmanov specialized in Milan and in Valencia at the Centre de Perfeccionament Placido Domingo, and he made his debut in 2006 singing Lenskij in Evgenij Onegin. Among his past engagements: Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto in Savona, Como, Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi, Fermo and Tirana; Rodolfo in La Bohème at Teatro delle Muse in Ancona, on tour in Italy and at National Theatre in Tirana; Raimondo in Rota’s I Due Timidi in Venice and Sassari where he also performed La notte di un nevrastenico. More recently he sang I Vespri Siciliani in Reggio Emilia, Piacenza and Modena and La Traviata at the Festival Verdi in Busseto and at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.

Recently he has participated at the Gala Concert in honor of Luciano Pavarotti in Modena under the baton of Riccardo Muti . In the next months Mr. Ysmanov will star Rodolfo in La Bohème in Seoul.

Lavinia Bini - Musetta (April 29^th, May 1^st, 3^rd, 4^th, 6^th)

Young and up and coming soprano Lavinia Bini graduated with honors from the Luigi Cherubini conservatoire in Florence; she made her debut as Despina in Così fan tutte at the Eurofestival in Rome and participated in the production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Fermo, directed by Damiano Michieletto.

Prestigious engagements followed at Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, Pergolesi Spontini Festival in Jesi, at Teatro dell’Opera/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, the Teatro Regio in Turin, LandesTheater in Salzburg, Teatro Colòn in Buenos Aires, working with conductors as Sergio Alapont, Ottavio Dantone, Julian Kovatchev, Riccardo Muti and directors as Andrea Cigni, Juliette Deschamps, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Emilio Sagi.

Lavinia Bini , who recently won Renata Tebaldi International Contest, lately performed as Lisette in La Rondine on tour in Pisa, Modena, Ravenna and Lucca, as Amina in La Sonnambula and as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Landes theater in Salzburg. Plans include: revivals of Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) at Landestheater in Salzburg; Don Carlo at the Teatro Regio in Parma; Lisett e in La Rondine at the Carlo Felice in Genoa; Così fan tutte (Despina) on tour in Italy.

Gocha Abuladze - Marcello (April 30^th, May, 8^th)

Mr. Abuladze return Mr. Abuladze returns to Cagliari after his success in Respighi’s La Campana Sommersa. With a repertoire that includes works by Bach, Handel, Strauss, Rachmaninov, Glinka, Mahler, Wagner and Tchaikovsky, Georgian baritone Gocha Abuladze recently performed: Pagliacci (Tonio) and La Gazza Ladra (Giorgio) at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona; Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro at the Tiröler Festspiele in Erl under the baton of Gustav Kuhn; Don Giovanni (Masetto) in Montpellier; Rigoletto (title role) in Tirana; Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame at the Grange Park Opera in London. As a member of the ensemble of the Theater Magdeburg, he starred in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, La Bohème, La Traviata, Così fan tutte and Un ballo in maschera. Mr Abuladze won the first international contest Città di Ferrara, making his debut as Germont in La Traviata.

Plans include: La Bohème (Marcello) in Magdeburg. Mr Abuladze will also participate in Don Carlo at the Teatro Regio in Parma.

Stefano Rinaldi Miliani - Benoît (April 29^th, 30^th, May 1^st, 3^rd, 4^th, 6^th, 8^th)

During his 20-year long career , Stefano Rinaldi Miliani collaborated with prestigious conductors and directors, in important opera houses such as: Comunale di Bologna, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Rossini Opera Festival, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro alla Scala, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Staatsoper Hamburg, Semper Oper Dresden, Covent Garden in London, Colon in Buenos Aires, Opernhaus in Zürich, Sao Carlos in Lisbon. His repertoire ranges from Monteverdi to contemporary music.

Recent engagements include: Lucrezia Borgia beside Mariella Devia at Teatro Delle Muse in Ancona; Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte at Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona; Zuniga in Carmen under the baton of Alain Guingal at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples; La Battaglia di Legnano, Pinchas Steinberg conducting at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome; Un Ballo in Maschera on tour in Italy; Macbeth in Cheti and Teramo; Gianni Schicchi and Otello at Teatro Regio in Parma; Don Giovanni in Trapani.