Nunzia Santodirocco  soprano 

Schedule

5 Jan. 2019 - Gala Lirico (soprano) - Státna opera, Banská Bystrica

10 Sep 2017 - Recital Pucciniano - Casa Puccini, Torre del Lago

Apr 2017 - Tosca (Floria Tosca) - Cairo Opera House, C: David Crescenzi

Jul 16 - AIDA (Aida) - Arena di Verona - C: Kovatchev / A Battistoni / D. Oren; D: De Bosio

Jul - Aug 16 - Il Trovatore (cover Leonora) - Arena di Verona

Nov 15 - Aida (Aida) - Teatro Verdi di Salerno - C: D.Oren, D: R. Canessa.

Nov 15 - Madama Butterfly (Cio Cio San) - Teatro Marrucino,  Chieti 

Nov 14 - Aida (Aida) - Seoul Art Center - South Corea - Teatro alla Scala of Milano, 1963 production. 

Sett. 14 - Madama Butterfly (Cio Cio San) - Kyoto Opera Festival - Teatro Comunale of Bologna's Philharmonic Orchestra - C: Hirofumi Yoshida

2014 - Tosca (Tosca) - Teatro Politeama Greco, Lecce.

2014 - Madama Butterfly (Cio Cio San) - Seoul Art Center, South Korea - Teatro Petruzzelli of Bari production. D: Daniele Abbado. 

2013 - Un Ballo in maschera (Amelia) - Teatro Politeama Greco, Lecce.

2012 - Recital on Mancinelli's music - Teatro Mancinelli of Orvieto, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Foundation's production. 

BIOGRAPHY

Having obtained her diplomas (degrees) in voice and in piano, Nunzia Santodirocco  began her career with a debut at the Piccinni Theatre in Bari as Lisetta in "Il Mondo della Luna" by N. Piccinni; she thus began a brilliant career that sees she as acclaimed interpreter of the leading roles such as Gilda (Rigoletto), Rosina (Barbiere di Siviglia), Despina (Cosi fan tutte), Adina (L'Elisir d'amore), Serpina (La serva padrona) Adele (Die Fledermaus), Pepi (Wiener Blut), etc..

Over the years, owing to a natural evolution of her voice, she changed to a purely liric repertoire, interpreting the roles of Violetta Valery in La Traviata (Verdi), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Mozart), Micaela in Carmen (Bizet), Mimi in La Bohème (Puccini), Leonora in Il Trovatore (Verdi), Nedda in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo); Suor Angelica (Puccini), Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly (Puccini), Tosca (Puccini), Aida (Verdi), Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi).

Competitions

She has won several international competitions, including “Cascinalirica” and "Giovani nella Lirica" of Adria.

Artistic career

During her career she has also performed at Arena di Verona, Teatro Comunale of Bologna; Teatro dell’Opera of Roma; Teatro Petruzzelli of Bari; Teatro Politeama Greco of Lecce; Teatro Verdi of Salerno, Teatro Sociale of Como; Teatro Comunale of Piacenza;  Teatro Sociale of Trento; Teatro Marrucino of Chieti; Luglio Musicale Trapanese; Teatro Nazionale of Roma; Teatro Vittorio Emanuele of Messina; Nuovo Auditorium of Roma; Great Hall of University “La Sapienza” of Roma;  Theatre du Casino Municipal of Biarritz (Francia); Seoul Art Center (South Korea); Daegu Opera House (South Korea); Tokyo Opera City (Japan); Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art of Dublino (Ireland); UCC’s Aula Maxima of Cork (Ireland); Watergate Centre of Washington (USA); Princeton University (USA), Cairo Opera House (Egypt),  ecc...

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent her as representative and acclaimed interpreter of Italian opera where she performed in the presence of Heads of State, Government and Ambassadors of various nationalities in the following countries:

- The Navoy Theatre in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) where she interpreted "Gilda" in Rigoletto and "Violetta" in La Traviata;

- the Tbilisi Opera House (Georgia) as "Donna Anna" in Don Giovanni (Mozart);

- the Jakarta Gedung Kesenian Theatre (Indonesia), where she also held a master class at the Jakarta University;

- Sheraton Imperial – Kuala Lumpur (Malesia)

- The Daniel Sorano Thetre in Dakar (Senegal). 

- The Hall of Honour of the Palace of the Chancellery of La Paz (Bolivia)

She has also participated in prestigious international festivals for sacred and ancient music such as the "Pergolesi Festival" and the “Rassegna di Musica Antica della città di Urbino”.

In 2007 she was chosen for the role of "Maria Callas" in the theatrical Callas' Album, represented at the Teatro Sociale in Como on the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Maria Callas, during which she performed some of the most famous arias from the repertoire of the renowned soprano.

Her television appearances include shows such as "Buona Domenica" for RTL (Luxembourg Radio Television), "Unomattina" (RAI 1 Italy), "Opera Club" (RAI International) program conducted by Simona Marchini, Ukraine State Television, ORF (Austrian State Television), South Korea State Television, ecc. 

Recordings

She has recorded the following cd's:

- The integral of the Oratory of G. Carissimi in 9 CD (ed. Musicaimmagine Records) in collaboration with RadioRai; 

- Madama Butterfly by G. Puccini (published by Ricordi) for the series Cantolopera;

- Lo sposo burlato by G. Paisiello (ed. Bongiovanni); 

- Giuseppe Riconosciuto (ed. Fonè). 

Classic Neapolitan Song (ed. Culturellevents Vienna)

Collaborations

During her extensive career, she has worked with famous conducters such as: Daniel Oren, Julian Kovatchev, Hirofumi Yoshida, Marcello Panni, Marcello Rota, V. Shutej, Flavio Colusso, Marzio Conti, Vincenzo Antonellini, , e da registi quali: Gianfranco De Bosio, Riccardo Canessa, Daniele Abbado, Claudio Del Monaco, Luca Verdone, Vincenzo Grisostomi Travaglini, Marisa Fabbri, Simona Marchini, Enrico Stinchelli, Franco Vacchi, Alessio Pizzec,  Enrico Castiglione, ecc...