Lucia Aliberti (born 12 June 1957) is a Italian operatic

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singer. She performed the

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roles of Bellini,

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Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...

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, Mercadante and so on.

Life and career

Aliberti was born in

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). She studied piano, composition, conducting, and singing at the Conservatory, where she graduated with a diploma with full marks very young. She then completed her studies in Rome with Maestro

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and continued the study with Alfredo Kraus. Musician and composer, while studying singing, she was also studying the piano and other musical instruments (guitar, accordion, violin, mandolin). She has composed many pieces for piano, clarinet, flute and singing. She began her artistic career in

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at the

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, under the direction of

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. A lyric-dramatic soprano with agility, Aliberti graduated very young at the conservatory with honors. She studied with

in Rome, Alfredo Kraus and Herbert von Karajan in Salzburg and Berlin. She has also studied the piano and other musical instruments like guitar, accordion, violin and mandolin. She has composed many pieces for piano, clarinet, flute, violin and voice. After winning the

and ENAL competitions, she began her artistic career with '' La sonnambula'' by Bellini in Spoleto at the Festival dei Due Mondi under the direction of Gian Carlo Menotti.

Operatic repertoire

She is considered a specialist in the repertory of Vincenzo Bellini (she has also dedicated intense study to some of his manuscripts). The other most important composer in her repertory are Donizetti, Rossini and Verdi. Several operas of these composers have become her most successful roles: * '' Lucia di Lammermoor'' (Lucia) * '' Anna Bolena'' (Anna) * ''

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'' (Lucrezia) * ''

Beatrice di Tenda ''Beatrice di Tenda'' is a tragic opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, from a libretto by Felice Romani, after the play of the same name by . Initially, a play by Alexandre Dumas was chosen as the subject for the opera, but Bellini had reserv ...

'' (Beatrice) * ''

Maria Stuarda ''Maria Stuarda'' (Mary Stuart) is a tragic opera (''tragedia lirica''), in two acts, by Gaetano Donizetti, to a libretto by Giuseppe Bardari, based on Andrea Maffei's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 1800 play '' Maria Stuart''. The opera i ...

'' (Maria) * '' Norma'' (Norma) * '' La sonnambula'' (Amina) * '' I puritani'' (Elvira) * '' Il pirata'' (Imogene) * '' La straniera'' (Alaide) * ''

I Capuleti e i Montecchi ''I Capuleti e i Montecchi'' (''The Capulets and the Montagues'') is an Italian opera (''Tragedia lirica'') in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini. The libretto by Felice Romani was a reworking of the story of ''Romeo and Juliet'' for an opera by Nicol ...

'' (Giulietta) * ''

Semiramide ''Semiramide'' () is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on Voltaire's tragedy ''Semiramis'', which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Assyria. The opera was first performed at La Fenice ...

'' (Semiramide) * ''

La traviata ''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...

'' (Violetta) * ''

Simon Boccanegra ''Simon Boccanegra'' () is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play ''Simón Bocanegra'' (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, whose play ''El trovador'' had been ...

'' (Maria) * '' Luisa Miller'' (Luisa) * '' Rigoletto'' (Gilda)

Honors and awards

Aliberti has received two prestigious European Prizes: The in Hamburg, the Premio Callas from the Association of Opera Friends of Milan, Iso D'Oro in Graz, Austria.

Recordings

Complete operas

* ''

'' (Beatrice), Martin Thompson (Orombello), Camille Capasso (Agnese), Paolo Gavenelli (Fillipo) – Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin –

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(conductor) – (Berlin Classics) * '' Il pirata'' (Imogene), Stuart Neill, Roberto Frontali, Kelly Anderson – Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin –

Marcello Viotti Marcello Viotti (29 June 195416 February 2005) was a Swiss classical music conductor, best known for opera. Viotti was born in Vallorbe, in the French-speaking region of Switzerland, to Italian parents. He studied cello, piano and singing at the ...

(conductor) – (Berlin Classics) * '' La sonnambula'' (Amina), John Aler (Elvino), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (Rodolfo),

Iris Vermillion Iris Vermillion (born 1960) is a German operatic mezzo-soprano. A member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1988, she has enjoyed an international career, appearing in Amsterdam with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and at the Salzburg Festival, among others. ...

(Teresa), Jane Giering (Lisa), Friedrich Molsberger (Alessio), Warren Mok (Il Notario) – Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin –

Jesús López Cobos Jesús López Cobos (25 February 1940 – 2 March 2018) was a Spanish conductor. Early life and career López Cobos was born in Toro, Zamora, Spain. He studied at Complutense University of Madrid and graduated with a degree in philosophy. La ...

(conductor), live recording, February 1990, Deutsche Oper Berlin (BMG Classics) * '' La straniera'' (Alaide), Vincenzo Bello, Roberto Frontali,

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, Carlo Striuli – Orchestra del

Teatro Verdi di Trieste The Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi is an opera house located in Trieste, Italy and named after the composer Giuseppe Verdi. Privately constructed, it was inaugurated as the Teatro Nuovo to replace the smaller 800-seat "Cesareo Regio Teatro di San Pie ...

– Gianfranco Masini (conductor) – (BMG Ricordi) * ''

'' (Violetta Valery),

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(Alfredo Germont),

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(Giorgio Germont) –

Fujiwara Opera The is an opera company located in Tokyo, Japan, and is notably that nation's first and oldest professional opera company. Historical overview It was founded in 1934 by operatic tenor Yoshie Fujiwara. Following World War II the company entered a ...

Chorus and

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– (conductor), live recording, Tokyo (Capriccio/Delta Music)

Recitals

* ''Famous Opera Arias'' – Münchner Rundfunkorchester –

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(conductor) – (Orfeo) * ''A Portrait'' –

Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (North West German Philharmonic) is a German orchestra, symphony orchestra based in Herford. It was founded in 1950 and, along with Philharmonie Südwestfalen and Landesjugendorchester NRW, is one of the 'official ...

–

Peter Feranec Peter Feranec (born 1964, Bratislava) is a Slovak conductor. In 1995, he became the first foreign-born, as well as the youngest, person to be appointed Chief Conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre. From 2007 to 2009, he was the Principal Conductor ...

(conductor) – (RCA/BMG Classics) * ''Viva! Belcanto'' – Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano G. Verdi –

Patrick Fournillier Patrick Fournillier (born 26 December 1954 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French people, French Conducting, conductor, particularly associated with opera and with the works of Jules Massenet. He studied in Paris with Louis Fourestier and Pierre Derva ...

(conductor) – (RCA/BMG Classics) * ''Early Verdi Arias'' – Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi –

Oleg Caetani Oleg Caetani (born 1956) is an Italian conductor. Life and career Born in Lausanne, Caetani studied with Nadia Boulanger. At the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, he studied conducting with Franco Ferrara and composition with Irma Ravinale ...

(conductor) – (Challenge Records)

DVD

* ''Lucia Aliberti – Live at

Semperoper The Semperoper () is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett. The building is located on the ...

Dresden'' – DVD 88697 19045 9 / RCA Red Seal – SonyBMG

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aliberti, Lucia 1957 births Living people Italian operatic sopranos Musicians from Messina 20th-century Italian women opera singers 21st-century Italian women opera singers