Lucia Aliberti
Lucia Aliberti (born 12 June 1957[1] in Messina) is a Sicilian soprano opera singer. She performed the bel canto roles of Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Vivaldi, Mercadante, etc.
A dramatic soprano, Aliberti was awarded a diploma with full marks from the Conservatory while still very young. She then completed her studies in Rome with Maestro Luigi Ricci 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.
Contents
1 Career
2 Operatic repertoire
3 Honors and awards
4 Recordings
4.1 Complete operas
4.2 Recitals
4.3 DVD
5 References
6 External links
Career
She began her artistic career in Spoleto at the Festival dei Due Mondi, under the direction of Gian Carlo Menotti.
A lyric-dramatic soprano with agility, Aliberti graduated very young at the conservatory with honors. She studied with Luigi Ricci 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 Spoleto 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)
Lucrezia Borgia (Lucrezia)
Beatrice di Tenda (Beatrice)
Maria Stuarda (Maria)
Norma (Norma)
La sonnambula (Amina)
I puritani (Elvira)
Il pirata (Imogene)
La straniera (Alaide)
I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Giulietta)
Semiramide (Semiramide)
La traviata (Violetta)
Simon Boccanegra (Maria)
Luisa Miller (Luisa)
Rigoletto (Gilda)
Honors and awards
Aliberti has received two prestigious European Prizes: The Goldene Feder
Recordings
Complete operas
Beatrice di Tenda (Beatrice), Martin Thompson (Orombello), Camille Capasso (Agnese), Paolo Gavenelli (Fillipo) – Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin – Fabio Luisi (conductor) – (Berlin Classics)
Il pirata (Imogene), Stuart Neill, Roberto Frontali, Kelly Anderson – Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin – Marcello Viotti (conductor) – (Berlin Classics)
La sonnambula (Amina), John Aler (Elvino), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (Rodolfo), Iris Vermillion (Teresa), Jane Giering (Lisa), Friedrich Molsberger (Alessio), Warren Mok (Il Notario) – Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin – Jesús López Cobos (conductor), live recording, February 1990, Deutsche Oper Berlin (BMG Classics)
La straniera (Alaide), Vincenzo Bello, Roberto Frontali, Sara Mingardo, Carlo Striuli – Orchestra del Teatro Verdi di Trieste – Gianfranco Masini (conductor) – (BMG Ricordi)
La traviata (Violetta Valery), Peter Dvorský (Alfredo Germont), Renato Bruson (Giorgio Germont) – Fujiwara Opera Chorus and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra – Roberto Paternostro (conductor), live recording, Tokyo (Capriccio/Delta Music)
Recitals
Famous Opera Arias – Münchner Rundfunkorchester – Lamberto Gardelli (conductor) – (Orfeo)
A Portrait – Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie – Peter Feranec (conductor) – (RCA/BMG Classics)
Viva! Belcanto – Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano G. Verdi – Patrick Fournillier (conductor) – (RCA/BMG Classics)
Early Verdi Areas – Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi – Oleg Caetani (conductor) – (Challenge Records)
DVD
Lucia Aliberti – Live at Semperoper Dresden – DVD 88697 19045 9 / RCA Red Seal – SonyBMG
References
^ Lucia Aliberti, Munzinger-Archiv
External links
- Official website
Lucia Aliberti on Facebook
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