Alessandra Marianelli (born 1986) is an Italian soprano. She made her professional debut in 2002 as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro and went on to sing leading roles in the opera houses of her native country and internationally. Her recordings include Amour in Orphée et Eurydice for Decca Records and Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia for Naxos Records. She also appeared in Carlos Saura's 2009 film Io, Don Giovanni.
Life and career
[edit]Marianelli was born in Pontedera in the Province of Pisa. She began her vocal studies in Pisa with Marina Billieri and Pieralba Soroga, with further study at the Conservatorio Mascagni in Livorno.[1] In 2001, at the age of 15 and never having seen a live opera performance, she placed second in the Cascinalirica singing competition in Livorno.[2][3] The following year she made her professional debut as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro at Pisa's Teatro Verdi.[2] She won the Premio Spiros Argiris in 2004 and in December of that year appeared in the small off-stage role of "La voce dal cielo" (voice from heaven) in Don Carlo at the Teatro Comunale di Firenze. She would return there seven years later as Musetta in La bohème.[2][4]
From 2004 onwards, Marinelli made a series of other house and role debuts in Italy, Belgium, Peru, Spain, and Monaco and sang over 30 different roles.[2] These included Serpina in La serva padrona and Collette in Le devin du village at the Festival Pergolesi Spontini (2004);[5] Nanetta in Falstaff at La Monnaie, Brussels (2006);[6] Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia at the Rossini Opera Festival (2007);[7] Gilda in Rigoletto at the Teatro Municipal Alejandro Granda, Lima;[8] Amour in Orphée et Eurydice at the Teatro Real, Madrid (2008);[9] Kseniya in Boris Godunov at the Teatro Regio di Torino (2010);[10] Micaëla in Carmen at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (2010);[11] Oscar in Un ballo in maschera at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo (2011);[12] and Giulietta in Un giorno di regno at the Teatro Regio di Parma (2013).[13]
Recordings
[edit]Composer | Title | Role | Medium | Year | Source | Label |
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Gluck | Orphée et Eurydice | Amour | CD | 2008 | [9] | Decca Records |
Mussorgsky | Boris Godunov | Ksenija | DVD | 2011 | [14] | Opus Arte |
Mozart | Io, Don Giovanni | Zerlina | Film | 2009 | [15] | Eurozoom |
Pergolesi | La serva padrona | Serpina | DVD | 2012 | [16] | Arthaus Musik |
Rossini | Il turco in Italia | Fiorilla | DVD | 2009 | [17][18] | Naxos Records |
Verdi | Un ballo in maschera | Oscar | DVD | 2010 | [19] | Opus Arte |
Verdi | Un giorno di regno | Giulietta di Kelbar | DVD | 2013 | [13] | C Major |
References
[edit]- ^ Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Alessandra Marianelli Archived 2014-03-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d Moppi, Gregorio (25 November 2011). "La Bohème". La Repubblica. Retrieved 20 March 2014 (in Italian).
- ^ Il Tirreno (23 May 2001). "L'elenco dei premiati Cascinalirica, Malandra emoziona e vince" Archived 2014-03-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 March 2014 (in Italian).
- ^ Premio Spiros Argiris, Città di Sarzana (2014). Vincitori delle precedenti edizioni Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, p. 3. Retrieved 20 March 2014 (in Italian).
- ^ Pugliaro, Giorgio (ed.) (2005). Opera 2005. Annuario dell'opera lirica in Italia, pp. 88–89. EDT srl. ISBN 8870638642
- ^ Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie performance archives. Carmen, 20 June 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014 (in French).
- ^ Blewitt, David (13 August 2007). "Review: Il turco in Italia". The Stage. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Felices, Enrique (27 March 2008). "El Rigor de Rigoletto" Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. Caretas. Retrieved 20 March 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Christiansen, Rupert (7 May 2010). "Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 March 2014
- ^ Pestelli, Giorgio (6 October 2010). "Il Regio vince la campagna di Russia" Archived 2020-04-11 at the Wayback Machine. La Stampa. Retrieved 20 March 2014 (in Italian).
- ^ RAI 3 broadcast archives (27 November 2010). Carmen di Bizet. Retrieved 20 March 2014 (in Italian).
- ^ Opéra de Monte-Carlo performance archives. Un ballo in maschera Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 March 2014 (in French).
- ^ a b Baker, David J. (January 2013). "Verdi: Un Giorno di Regno. Opera News. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Altena, James A. (January 2012). "Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov". Fanfare. Retrieved 20 March 2014 via HighBeam Research.
- ^ Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna (2009). Io, Don Giovanni press book, p. 10. Retrieved 20 March 2014 (in Italian)
- ^ Mandel, Mark (April 2013). "Pergolesi: Il Prigionier Superbo; La Serva Padrona. Opera News. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ (July 2010). "Rossini: Il turco in Italia. Fanfare. Retrieved 20 March 2014 via HighBeam Research .
- ^ Bresnal, Barry (January/February 2010). "Rossini: Il turco in Italia". Fanfare, Issue 33:3
- ^ Reverter, Arturo (May 2010). "Jesús López Cobos, Riccardo Muti: Madurez Entrevista". Scherzo, No. 252 Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, p. 74. Retrieved 20 March 2014 (in Spanish).
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Artist's page on Stage Door Artists' Management
- Alessandra Marianelli on Operabase
- Video: Alessandra Marianelli as Juliette and José Bros as Roméo in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, streamed from the Teatro Carlo Felice (2012).