Diletta Rizzo Marin

Diletta Rizzo Marin (born 14 February 1984, Vicenza) is an Italian operatic soprano admired for the quality of her voice and her skills in acting.^[1][2] She has appeared frequently at the Festival Internacional de Santander.

Biography

Diletta Rizzo Marin was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Roberto Scandiuzzi, is a prominent Italian bass. Her mother, Anna Maria Bicciato, is a soprano and voice teacher.^[3] She received her diploma in piano at the age of 16 and began her vocal studies under Bicciato. She has also completed a laurea in theatrical performance from L'Università Ca' Foscari in Venice.

Her official debut was in July 2004 in a solo recital at the 53rd Festival Internacional de Santander. She returned to the Festival again in 2005 appearing in a concert with Roberto Scandiuzzi, the Coral Salvé de Laredo, and the Orchestra 900 del Teatro Regio di Torino. The live recording of the concert was issued by the RTVE-Música label in February 2006.^[4] (A further performance of the concert took place at the Festival de Úbeda in June 2007.)^[5] Her most recent appearance at the Festival Santander was in August 2007 when she sang the leading role of Amina in a production of Bellini's La sonnambula directed by Hugo de Ana.

Rizzo Marin is a university representative for UNICEF Italia and appears in benefit concerts for the organization, the most notable of which was a Gala at the Teatro Comunale di Treviso on January 6, 2007 with Roberto Scandiuzzi, Luciana D'Intino and Roberto Frontali. The gala, in aid of UNICEF's project to reduce infant mortality in Tajikistan, also celebrated the 25th anniversary of Scandiuzzi's stage debut.^[6]

In 2008 she made her France debut in the role of Lucietta from I quattro rusteghi at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse and sang the role of Lisette in Puccini's La rondine with Opéra de Nice.

Recording

Le Plaisir Du Chant Songs by Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Faurè, Granados, Serrano (Diletta Rizzo Marin, Soprano; Alberto Boischio, Piano). Velut Luna CVLD157.^[7]

References

1. ^ Guacimara Castrillo, La niña bonita del 'bel canto' (Review of La sonnambula, Festival Internacional de Santander, 2007), El Mundo, August 3, 2007
2. ^ Enrique Franco, Una nueva estrella lírica (Review of Rizzo Marin's debut recital at the Festival Santander, 2004), El País, August 23, 2004
3. ^ Gilberto Mion, Il Corriere del Teatro, (interview and cover story), October 2007)
4. ^ El sello RTVE-Música edita el CD "Festival Internacional de Santander. Volumen 8", RTVE, February 1, 2006
5. ^ Programme notes, Festival de Úbeda, June 2, 2007
6. ^ UNICEF Italia
7. ^ Velut Luna Catalogue

• Cosme Marina, Postales románticas (Review of La sonnambula, Festival Internacional de Santander, 2007), ABC, August 9, 2007.
• Per la giovane soprano Diletta Rizzo Marin la ribalta di Tolosa nell'opera "I quattro rusteghi", Il Gazzettino, 3 January 2008.

External links

• Official web site
• Luis G.Iberni Diletta Rizzo Marin y Ainhoa Garmendia, duelo en el Cantábrico (Interview), El Cultural, July 26, 2007.
• Video of Rizzo Marin singing "Care Compagne" from La sonnambula, Festival Internacional de Santander, August 2007.

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Name	Rizzo Marin, Diletta
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Date of birth	February 14, 1984
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