- Lucia Aliberti
Lucia Aliberti (born
August 12 ,1963 in Messina) is a prominent Siciliansoprano opera singer. She is much appreciated for her performances of thebel canto roles of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti.A dramatic soprano of vocal agility, Lucia Aliberti was awarded a diploma with full marks from the Conservatory while still very young. She then completed her studies in Rome with Maestro Luigi Ricci and continued the study with Alfredo Kraus.She is considered one of the most complete artists of the new generation.
Musician and composer, while studying singing, she was also studying the piano and other musical instruments (guitar, accordion, violin, mandolin). She's composed many pieces for piano, clarinet, flut and singing.
She began her artistic career in Spoleto at the "Festival dei Due Mondi", under the direction of Giancarlo Menotti and Raffaello de Banfield. She has sung in the world's major theatres: Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Washington Opera, Covent Garden in London, the Deutsche Oper of Berlin, the Staatsoper in Munich, the Staatsoper in Hamburg, the Staatstheater in Stuttgart, the Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Oper der Stadt Koln, Konzerthaus Die Glocke Bremen, Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Staatsoper Vien, Graz, Gebow in Amsterdam, the Scala in Milan, Rome the Opera Theatre, the S.Carlo Naples, Theatre M.Bellini in Catania, the Grand Opera in Geneva, Lausanne, the Opernhaus in Zurich, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Seoul, the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Stockholm Opera and Oslo, the Bolshoi in Moscow, Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires, Budapest Erkel Theatre, Warsaw National Opera, Theatre Champs Elisèe in Paris, Toulouse, Saint Etienne, Montpellier Festivals, Teatro Real Madrid, Valencia, Bilbao, the Philarmonia in Zagreb, Dubrovnik Festivals, Split, Tivoli Festival Copenhagen, Grosse Festspielhaus Salzburg.
Her natural vocal talents are enhanced by a technique which allows her to sustain even the most difficult parts in the "belcanto" repertory. International critics have also underlined her particular stage presence and dramatic capabilities. She is considered a specialist in the repertory od 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,Anna Bolena, Lucrezia Borgia Beatrice di Tenda, Norma,Sonnambula,I Puritani, Il Pirata, La Straniera, Semiramide,Il Trovatore, La Traviata.
Lucia Aliberti is a requested artists for international gala concerts. She sung for Its Holiness Pope Wojtila celebrating the Jubilee of the Family in Piazza San Peter with worldwide tv- broadcast and at Nervi Hall (Vatican) a concert for the Immaculate Mary; she has been the guest star at “Cinema for Peace” during the Berlin Film Festival; for Prince Charles of England in Paris at the Auditorium of the United Nations; for Aga Kahn; the German Chancellors Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schröder; for the Royal Family of Liege; for the Royal Family of Holland; for the Prince of Japan Hiro (in Tokyo a restaurant is named after her “Restaurant Lucia”). Also Galas for Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, FIAT, at the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Monte Carlo, for UNICEF and UNESCO.Lucia Aliberti sung at Sporting Club in Monte Carlo in a special gala in honour of S.A.S. Prince Albert of Monaco. She performed in honour of the German President Horst Kohler at the Presidential residence “Schloss Bellevue”.
Lucia Aliberti has received two prestigious European Prizes:The “Goldene Feder” in Hamburg in May 2006 and the “Premio Callas” from the Association of Opera Friends of Milan in December 2006
Her discography includes Beatrice di Tenda, Il Pirata, La Sonnambula, La Straniera and La Traviata. And the recitals "A Portait" and "Viva! Belcanto" on SonyBMG.
A new DVD was released in 2008:
Lucia Aliberti - Live at Semperoper Dresden
DVD 88697 19045 9 / RCA Red Seal - SonyBMGExternal links
* [http://www.lucia-aliberti.com Lucia Aliberti's website]
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