Lucia Aliberti (born 12 June 1957) is an Italian operatic

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singer. She performed the

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roles of Bellini,

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Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian Romantic composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the ''bel canto'' opera ...

, Verdi,

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, Mercadante and so on.

Life and career

Aliberti was born in

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). She studied piano, composition, conducting, and singing at the Conservatory, where she graduated with a diploma with full marks very young. She then completed her studies in Rome with Maestro Luigi Ricci and continued the study with

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. 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. She began her artistic career in

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at the Festival dei Due Mondi, under the direction of

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. A lyric-dramatic soprano with agility, Aliberti graduated very young at the conservatory with honors. She studied with Luigi Ricci in Rome,

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

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) * ''

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'' (Lucrezia) * ''

Beatrice di Tenda ''Beatrice di Tenda'' is a tragic opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, from a libretto by Felice Romani, after the play of the same name by . Initially, a play by Alexandre Dumas was chosen as the subject for the opera, but Bellini had reserva ...

'' (Beatrice) * '' Maria Stuarda'' (Maria) * ''

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'' (Norma) * '' La sonnambula'' (Amina) * '' I puritani'' (Elvira) * '' Il pirata'' (Imogene) * '' La straniera'' (Alaide) * ''

I Capuleti e i Montecchi ''I Capuleti e i Montecchi'' (''The Capulets and the Montagues'') is an Italian opera (''tragedia lirica'') in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini. The libretto by Felice Romani was a reworking of the story of ''Romeo and Juliet'' for an opera by Nicol ...

'' (Giulietta) * ''

Semiramide ''Semiramide'' () is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on Voltaire's tragedy ''Sémiramis (tragedy), Semiramis'', which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Assyria. The opera was first ...

'' (Semiramide) * '' La traviata'' (Violetta) * '' Simon Boccanegra'' (Maria) * '' Luisa Miller'' (Luisa) * ''

Rigoletto ''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had c ...

'' (Gilda)

Honors and awards

Aliberti has received two prestigious European Prizes: The in Hamburg, the Premio Callas from the Association of Opera Friends of Milan, Iso D'Oro in Graz, Austria.

Recordings

Complete operas

* ''

'' (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 –

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(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 Sara Mingardo (born 2 March 1961) is an Italian classical contralto who has had an active international career in concerts and operas since the 1980s. Her complete recording of Anna in Hector Berlioz's '' Les Troyens'' won a Gramophone Award and ...

, Carlo Striuli – Orchestra del Teatro Verdi di Trieste – Gianfranco Masini (conductor) – (BMG Ricordi) * '' La traviata'' (Violetta Valery), Peter Dvorský (Alfredo Germont),

Renato Bruson Renato Bruson (born 13 January 1936) is an Italian operatic baritone. Bruson is widely considered one of the most important Verdi baritones of the late 20th and early 21st century. Life and career Bruson was born in Granze near Padua on 13 Jan ...

(Giorgio Germont) – Fujiwara Opera Chorus and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra – (conductor), live recording, Tokyo (Capriccio/Delta Music)

Recitals

* ''Famous Opera Arias'' – Münchner Rundfunkorchester – Lamberto Gardelli (conductor) – (Orfeo) * ''A Portrait'' –

Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (North West German Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Herford. Founded in 1950, the orchestra is one of the ''Landesorchester'' of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, along with the ''Philhar ...

– Peter Feranec (conductor) – (RCA/BMG Classics) * ''Viva! Belcanto'' – Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano G. Verdi – Patrick Fournillier (conductor) – (RCA/BMG Classics) * ''Early Verdi Arias'' – Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi – Oleg Caetani (conductor) – (Challenge Records)

DVD

* ''Lucia Aliberti – Live at

Semperoper The Semperoper () is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett. The building is located on the Th ...

Dresden'' – DVD 88697 19045 9 / RCA Red Seal – SonyBMG

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aliberti, Lucia 1957 births Living people Italian operatic sopranos Musicians from Messina 20th-century Italian women opera singers 21st-century Italian women opera singers