Antonia Cifrone, Soprano. Born in Taranto. APA Artists' Management Alexandra Mercer - www.apaartistsmanagement.com/antoniacifrone/ Nicoleta Ardelean Antonia Cifrone** Cellia Costea Abbie Furmansky** Vassiliki Karayanni Elena Kelessidi** Irini Kyriakidou Maria Laura Martorana Irina Samoylova* Lolitta Semenina Anna Shafajinskaia** Svetlana Sozdateleva* Nina Warren** Anne Williams-King Elena Zelenskaya* Fredrika Brillembourg** Louise Callinan** Irina Dolzhenko* Daniela Innamorati** Irini Karaianni** Marita Paparizou Alexandra Durseneva* Viktor Afanasenko Fernando del Valle** Howard Haskin Michael Heim Antonis Koroneos** Vadim Zaplechny* Marcin Bronikowski** Rodney Clarke Massimiliano Gagliardo** Yasuo Horiuchi Marcello Lippi** George Mosley** Dimitri Platanias Sergei Stilmachenko** Johannes von Duisburg** Matteo De Monti** Askar Abdrazakov** Andrey Antonov* Gary Jankowski** Arutjun Kotchinian** Ayk Martirossian Christophoros Stamboglis Mikhail Svetlov** Manlio Benzi** Alistair Dawes Niels Muus** Sergio La Stella (IT) Benjamin Davis Dieter Kaegi Bronowski Productions Video (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Antonia+Cifrone Born in Taranto, she studied at the Conservatorio di Matera and with Renata Tebaldi and Raina Kavaivanska. Winner of the Festival Verdiano Competition held by the Teatro Regio di Parma, she made her debut in the title role of Verdi's ALZIRA. Her first of many performances with the Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago, was as Mimi LA BOHEME leading to the start of her international career. Career highlights include the following: AIDA: title role ALZIRA: title role ANDREA CHENIER: Maddalena LA BOHEME: Mimi LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN: Antonia EDGAR: Fidelia HÄNSEL UND GRETEL: Mother and the Witch IRIS: title role MACBETH: Lady Macbeth MADAMA BUTTERFLY: title role MANON LESCAUT: title role MARIA STUARDA: Elisabetta LE MASCHERE: Rosaura PINOTTA: Title role SUOR ANGELICA: title role TOSCA: title role LA TRAVIATA: Violetta IL TROVATORE: Leonora THE TURN OF THE SCREW: The Governess TURANDOT: Liù Theater Erfurt Teatro Magnani di Fidenza; Teatro Regio di Parma; Stadthalle Ternitz Teatro Verdi di Carrara Torre del Lago Puccini Festival Baltimore Opera Teatro Politeama di Lecce Teatro Regio di Torino Teatro Goldoni di Livorno; Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi di Pisa; Teatro Sociale di Rovigo Opera North; Vest Norges Opera Torre del Lago Puccini Festival; Vest Norges Opera; Baltimore Opera; International Opera Theatre of Seul; Teatro Massimo di Palermo; Greek National Opera; Teatro Alesaandro Bonci di Cesena; Teatro Politeama Lecce; Festival Ercolano Torre del Lago Puccini Festival Opera North Teatri di Livorno, Pisa, Lucca, Mantova; Ravenna Teatro Politeama di Lecce Vest Norges Opera; Teatro Pliteama di Lecce Torre del Lago Puccini Festival; Teatro Nacional de L'Avana, Cuba; Greek National Opera; Teatro Verdi di Carrara; Fondazione Spontini di Jesi, Treviso Pordenone Teatro Magnani di Fidenza Sofia Festival Musica Contemporanea "Bolzano" Teatro Verdi di Carrara Concerts in which she has appeared include: MOZART REQUIEM - Duomo di Parma; Fidenza. PERGOLESI STABAT MATER - Pergolesi, Torino. CONCERTO LE DONNE DI PUCCINI with Placido Domingo: Torre del Lago and Tokyo. VERDI MESSA DA REQUIEM: Torino; Sondalo. CONCERTO PUCCIANO: Mitchell Library, Glasgow; Athens (Celebrations for the Greek Olympics); Berlin; Vienna; London' paris; Columbus Day New York; NIAF Washington; Amsterdam; Los Angeles; Santa Barbara; Tokio. Most recently: VERDI MESSA DA REQUIEM: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London's Royal Albert Hall. Conductors with whom she has worked include: Bruno Aprea; Cristian Badea; Nixa Baresa; Maurizio Benini; Giampaolo Bisanti; Fabrizio Maria Brignoli; Richard Farnes; Gabriele Ferro; Reynald Giovaninetti; Lukas Karitinos; Gustav Kuhn; Andrea Licata; Carlo Palleschi; Ovvero Tolomelli; Alberto Veronese; Keri Lynn Wilson. Recordings include: G7 Music - CANTOLOPERA; Kicco Music - LE MASCHERE; DVD Dynamic - TOSCA (Torre del Lago). Future plans include: Her debut with The NBR New Zealand Opera as Verdi's Lady Macbeth MACBETH and a return to Torre del Lago for her role debut as TURANDOT. --> Download (Pdf) APA Artists' Management / Alexandra Mercer Studio 1 - 79 Bedford Gardens - London W8 7EG, UK - Tel: +44 (0)207 794 7633 - Fax: +44 (0)207 431 4344