Silvia Beltrami
Silvia Beltrami began her vocal studies with mezzosoprano Luana Pellegrineschi and perfected her technique with tenor William Matteuzzi. She made her diploma in music at the Arrigo Boito Conservatoire in Parma. She specialized in Verdi’s répertoire with Raina Kabaivanska.
She has performed at the Daegu Opera House in South Korea, Seoul Arts Center, Muscat Royal Opera House in Oman, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Madrid Royal Theatre, Victoria Eugenia Theatre in San Sebastián, Lucerne Opera Theatre, Ternitz State Hall, Dvořák Theatre in Ostrava, Graz Opera, Hannover Opera, Cagliari Opera, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, ABAO Theatre in Bilbao, Glinka Opera House in Magnitogorsk, La Fenice in Venice, Arena di Verona, Opera Giocosa in Savona, Roma Opera, Municipal Theatre in Reggio Emilia, Communal Theatre in Modena, Verdi Theatre in Pisa, Verona Philharmonic Theatre, Communal Theatre in Sassari, Turin Royal Theatre, Parma Royal Theatre, Communal Theatre in Bologna, Municipal Theatre in Piacenza, Rossini Theatre in Lugo, Verdi Theatre in Busseto, Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari, Alfieri Theatre in Asti, Philharmonic Theatre in Verona, Pisa Cathedral, Ferrara Cathedral, Philharmonic Academy in Bologna as well as in Ascoli Piceno, Fano, Fermo, Jesi, Chieti, Cremona, Brescia, Pavia, Como, Luca, Livorno, and Oviedo. She has appeared at the St Margarethen Festival in Austria, at the “Rossini in Wildbad” Festival in Germany, at the Handel Festival in Halle, Theater Olympic Musical Weeks Festival in Vicenza, Bregaglia Bach Festival in Switzerland, and at the “Lirica in Piazza” Festival in Massa Marittima. The singer has performed with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, “I Musici” Ensemble of the Bologna Philharmonic Academy, Italian Baroque Academy Ensemble, Lautten Compagney, and other celebrated ensembles. She has cooperated with Vasily Petrenko, John Mauceri, Jean Luc Tingaud, Keri Lynn Wilson, Stefano Molardi, Donato Renzetti, and other renowned conductors as well as with Giancarlo Del Monaco, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Emilio Sagi, Damiano Michieletto, Lindsay Kemp, and other famous directors.
The singer’s répertoire includes Nutrice in L’incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi, Cleofe in La resurrezione by Handel, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni by Mozart, Isabella in L’italiana in Algeri, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Zomira in Ricciardo e Zoraide, Ismene in Le siège de Corinthe, Pippo in La gazza ladra and Marchese Melibea in Il viaggio a Reims by Rossini, Dorina in Ser Marcantonio by Pavesi, Geltrude in Noce di Benevento by Balducci, Elisabetta in Maria Stuarda by Donizetti, Charlotte in Werther by Massenet, Eboli in Don Carlo, Ulrica Un ballo in maschera, Azucena in Il trovatore, Amneris in Aida, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Mrs. Quickly in Falstaff and the mezzo-soprano solo in Requiem by Verdi, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Suora Zelatrice in Suor Angelica and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly by Puccini, the title role in Bizet’s Carmen, Margarita in I quatro rusteghi by Wolf-Ferrari, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana and Beppe in L’amico Fritz by Mascagni, as well as Mrs Noye in Noye’s Fludde and Hermia in Midsummer Night’s Dream by Britten. Her concert répertoire includes Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, cantatas by Bach, and Pergolesi’s Stabat mater.
- Prize for the Association of Lyric Singers International Vocal Competition (Milan, 2004)
