He currently resides in Milan and studies with Maestro Antonio Lemmo.īaritone Michael Chioldi (Scarpia) has received acclaim from critics and audiences worldwide for his portrayals of the dramatic baritone roles of Verdi, Puccini, and Strauss. Abete studied at the Conservatorio di Musica Domenico Cimarosa in Avellino under the guidance of Maestro Pasquale Tizzani. Abete’s upcoming engagements include Carmen at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Rigoletto at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona and La Traviataat the Arena di Verona. His other recent engagements include Romeo in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette on opening night of Arena di Verona’s 93rd Lyric season, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at Teatro Gaetano Donizetti in Bergamo, and Rodolfo in La Bohème and the Duke in Rigoletto at the prestigious Lirica in Piazza festival in Massa Marittima. Valenti has received a number of accolades in his career, including the New York City Opera’s Outstanding Debut Artist Award in 2008, the Maria Callas Debut Artist Award in 2009 and the Richard Tucker Award in 2010.Īs the winner of the competition “Una voce per l’Arena,” tenor Raffaele Abete (Cavaradossi) made his debut at the Arena di Verona as Ismaele in Nabucco in the summer of 2015. Engagements for the 2015/16 season include the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with the Jalisco Philharmonic, and he will be seen in the same role later this year at the Wrocław Opera in Poland.
#Tosca opera professional#
After training at the prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, he made his professional debut at age 25 at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, as Rodolfo in the Franco Zeffirelli production of “La Boheme.” Since his debut, he has had one successful role after another and has performed in many of the world’s most celebrated theaters including Teatro alla Scala Milan, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House London, Opera National de Paris, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Sydney Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Salzburg Festival, Deutsche Opera Berlin, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, and Opernhaus Zürich. Internationally acclaimed tenor James Valenti (Cavaradossi) has built a global reputation for his elegant musicianship, commanding stage presence, ardent vocal style and voice of warm Italianate luster. Her awards include Dallas Opera’s Maria Callas Award The Richard Tucker Foundation Grant first prize at both the Marseilles Competition and the International Competition dell’Opera, Dresden and winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s National Auditions. 2 with the Vienna Philharmonic for Deutsche Grammophon. She has recorded Verdi’s Macbeth for Chandos and Mahler’s Symphony no. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York, Cincinnati Symphony, and WDR Funkhausorchester Köln and has appeared as soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony and at the Festival de Paques de Deauville. In 2012 American soprano Latonia Moore (Tosca) made an unexpected, triumphant Metropolitan Opera debut as Aïda that elicited raves from critics and audiences alike. Since that auspicious debut she has sung Aïda at Covent Garden the Opernhaus Zurich Opera Australia the New National Theatre in Tokyo the Dallas, San Diego, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Detroit Operas and the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony. Other recent successes include Covent Garden (Liù) Hamburg State Opera (Amelia in Un ballo in maschera and Simon Boccanegra, Cio-Cio-San) Dresden’s Semperoper (Liù, Mimi, Cio-Cio-San) and leading roles at Opera Australia, Opéra de Québec, New York City Opera and Ópera de Bilbao. with the Santa Fe Opera, Opera Orchestra of New York, Dicapo Opera Theatre, Augusta Opera, El Paso Opera and the National Lyric Opera among others, and internationally with the Opera Society of Hong Kong, Armel Opera Festival, National Theater of Szeged, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, and Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. Sampson was a featured artist in American Opera Projects’ Composers and the Voice program, appeared on OPERA America’s Creators in Concert featuring the music of Tobias Picker, performed Santuzza with Opera at Florham, appeared as a featured soloist on the NYCO Renaissance Gala concert celebrating the life of the late Julius Rudel and performed in concert throughout the East Coast. A recent recipient of a grant from the Olga Forrai foundation, her upcoming engagements include Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana at Fondazione Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, the title role in Madama Butterfly at Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, and concert appearances in Italy and the U.S. Praised by The New York Times as a “plush-voiced soprano” Kristin Sampson (Tosca) began the 2015-16 season with a debut at Potenza’s Teatro Francesco Stabile as Mimi in La bohème.