Cinzia Forte - Madama Butterfly
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 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, Musetta
in La Bohème in Liège, in Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Monte Carlo, Bratislava
and Budapest and at Mysterium Festival (Taranto, Roma) under Gianluigi Gelmetti
and in a new Liederabend with Maurizio Baglini at the piano in Tuscany and
Treviso. Again with Maurizio Baglini she recently performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
(Liszt’s version) at the Auditorium in Milan.
Plans include: La Bohème (Musetta) at Teatro Regio in Parma;
Falstaff (Alice) in Cagliari; Otello in Liège and La Gazzetta
on tour in Tel Aviv again with the Opéra Royal de Wallonie. As a returning guest
at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, she will star as Contessa d’Almaviva in Le Nozze
di Figaro. She will present a new chamber program around Shostakovich’s
7 Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok with Maurizio Baglini, Silvia Chiesa
and Gabriele Pieranunzi in Castiglioncello del Trinoro.
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