It is a great honor and pride for me to sing under the direction of the immense maestro Riccardo Muti for the first time, in a Mozartian role that I have recently started to sing but deeply love from every perspective. The rehearsals under Chiara Muti’s direction have been intense, challenging in certain aspects. And...
The first time is impossible to forget… I trod the stage of the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome for important events over the years, exciting titles, and characters that I love and as many wonderful productions; I keep each one with a memory of a unique magic. This is the time of a title that I...
On August 2nd, 2019 Mariangela Sicilia will make her awaited debut at the Orange Festival, now in its 150th edition, in the role of Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, conducted by Frédéric Chaslin and directed by Davide Livermore. There will be another performance on August 6th. Mariangela will sing alongside Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni),...
On May 28, 2019 Mariangela Sicilia will make her debut as Liù in Turandot at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, conducted by Valerio Galli in the premiere of Fabio Cherstich’s production. There will be three further performances, on May 30, and June 1 and 4, 2019. Mariangela will sing alongside Hui He (Turandot) and In Sung Sim (Timur), Bruno...
On April 28, 2019 Mariangela Sicilia will return to the Teatro Comunale Bologna to sing Violetta in La traviata, conducted by Renato Palumbo and directed by Andrea Bernard. There will be three further performances, on May 3, 5, and 8, 2019. She will be joined onstage by Francesco Castoro (Alfredo) and Simone Del Savio (Germont)...
The commission of the 38th edition of the “Premio Abbiati”, the most prestigious award of the Italian classical music world, has designated as best operatic production for the year 2018 the new mise-en-scène of La bohème of the Teatro Comunale Bologna by Graham Vick and conducted by Michele Mariotti, starring Mariangela Sicilia as Mimì, with...
On March 15, 2019 Mariangela Sicilia returns to the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome as Euridice in a new Robert Carsen production of Orfeo ed Euridice conducted by Gianluca Capuano. Carlo Vistoli will sing Orfeo, Emőke Baráth Amore. There will be a total of five performances with the other shows taking place on March 17, 19,...
On December 1, 2018 Mariangela Sicilia will make a double debut as she will be adding the role of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) to her repertoire, while making her first appearance at the famed Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Spain, in a Graham Vick production and under the musical...
On July 26, 2018 at 9:15pm the Italian TV channel RAI5 will telecast Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore”, recorded on July 21 at the Macerata Opera Festival with Mariangela Sicilia starring as Adina. The staging is by Damiano Michieletto, Francesco Lanzillotta conducts. [Photo by Alfredo Tabocchini]
On May 11, 2018 Naxos will release the DVD/Blu-ray of Terry Gilliam’s production of Berlioz’ Benvenuto Cellini from the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam, where Mariangela Sicilia sings the role of Teresa, sharing the stage with John Osborn as the eponymous hero, Maurizio Muraro as Balducci, Laurent Naouri as Fieramosca, Orlin Anastassov as Pope Clement VII...
