Marianna Pizzolato

Marianna Pizzolato

Birth : , Italy

History

Marianna Pizzolato, mezzosoprano, made her debut at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro with Gioachino Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims”, becoming a reference performer for the main Rossini roles, as well as for Baroque and eighteenth century’s repertoire; she is now considered one of the foremost voices of our time. Marianna Pizzolato regularly sings in the most prestigious theatres and festivals in the world as Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Opéra National de Paris, Nikikai Opera Theatre in Tokyo, Santa Fe Opera Festival, Belcanto Opera Festival in Wildbad, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Massimo in Palermo working with conductors such as Bruno Campanella, Daniele Gatti, Riccardo Muti, Antonio Pappano, Alberto Zedda just to name a few. She recorded for Emi, Virgin Classics, Dynamic, Naïve/Opus 111, Naxos, Opera Rara. Future plans include: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Menuhin Festival Gstaad and in Wroclaw (concert and recording) with Kammerorchester Basel under with Giovanni Antonini; Rossini’s “Tancredi” in Bremen (concert version) with Accademia Bizantina and Ottavio Dantone; Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” in Edinburgh with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia under Antonio Pappano and at the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit; Ernest Chausson’s “Poème de l’amour et de la mer” with the Bremen Philharmoniker in Bremen; “Il Viaggio a Reims” at Bolshoi Theatre; “La Donna del Lago” in Liège, Michele Mariotti conducting; Giuseppe Verdi’s “Falstaff” in Madrid; recitals in Rouen. In future season Marianna Pizzolato will do her awaited debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York singing Hedwige in Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell”.

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Movies

Verdi Nabucco
Fenena
NABUCCO may be Verdi's first masterpiece, and not just because of that amazing Chorus of Hebrews which is justly beloved by everyone who hears it. Dramatically, this opera is tightly constructed, with believable characters in an intense conflict over values and beliefs. And Verdi's music, however early in his career, however distant from triumphs like LA FORSA DEL DESTINO or AIDA, is highly animated, revealing inner turmoil and outer passions with beauty and economy. The ensembles are especially impressive, building to satisfying heights of emotional release for the singers and the audience. And Placido Domingo is a wonder to behold and hear. Even though his original voice was baritone, which he managed to transform into a tenor voice, he doesn't SOUND like a baritone to me. B-U-T his performance is so committed, so deeply interfused with Verdi's music, so generously integrated to the younger singers around him, that the waters part.
La Cenerentola - Royal de Wallonie-Liège
The Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège revisits the beloved fairy tale of Cinderella with their new production of La Cenerentola, Gioachino Rossini’s opera buffa.
Rossini - Stabat Mater
Mezzo-soprano
Rossini Zelmira
Emma
Juan Diego Florez stars in the only available DVD version of Zelmira, filmed at the celebrated Rossini Festival in the composer s home town of Pesaro. The final opera Rossini wrote for Naples is a dramatic and musical tour de force and a magnificent showcase for the bel canto superstar of our time. Recorded in high definition at the 2009 Festival, Giorgio Barberio Corsettis production places the classical tale, set during the Trojan Wars, in modern times and modern dress Joining Juan Diego Florez are a major international cast, described as near miraculous by Opera Today and led by American mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich in the virtuosic title role But the evening remained another distinguished triumph for Juan Diego Florez as Prince Ilo, whose arrival in his homeland, to rescue Zelmira, was marked by a dazzling tenorial display which evoked a nearly twenty-minute ovation
L'Italiana In Algeri - Rossini Festival
L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. The music is characteristic of Rossini's style, remarkable for its fusion of sustained, manic energy with elegant, pristine melodies.