Maria Agresta | |
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 Maria Agresta with tenor Giorgio Berrugi and her manager Gianluca Macheda (2016) | |
| Born | Maria Giovanna Agresta 16 July 1978 Vallo della Lucania, Italy |
| Occupation | Operatic soprano |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Website | www |
Maria Giovanna Agresta (born 16 July 1978) is an Italian operatic soprano.
Born in Vallo della Lucania, Agresta obtained her diploma at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Martucci in Salerno with top marks and then completed her studies with Raina Kabaivanska in Modena. In 2006 she made her debut in Spoleto as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia and then appeared as Selene in Baldassare Galuppi's Didone abbandonata. She made her role debut as Micaëla in Carmen in 2007 in Messina and sang Desdemona in Otello in various venues.
Further roles from the Italian repertoire followed; including her role debut as Elena in I vespri siciliani at the Teatro Regio di Torino in 2011, which brought her wide recognition. [1] Since then she has also sung at La Scala in Milan and other important opera houses such as the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, La Fenice in Venice, the Bayerischen Staatsoper München, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, the Semperoper in Dresden, the Royal Opera House London and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Valencia. In 2015 she appeared for the first time at the Salzburg Easter Festivals with Jonas Kaufmann in the role of Nedda in Pagliacci . [2] She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera (New York) in January 2016 in the role of Mimi in La Bohème . [3] At the Salzburg Festival in August 2016 she made an acclaimed role debut in the French repertoire as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust . [4] In 2017 there followed further engagements at the Metropolitan Opera as Micaëla in Carmen in January [5] and as Liù in Turandot in October. [6] In 2014 Agresta was awarded the XXXIII Premio della Critica Musicale Italiana. [7]
Roles include:
| Role | Title | Composer |
|---|---|---|
| Norma | Norma | Bellini |
| Elvira | I puritani | Bellini |
| Micaela | Carmen | Bizet |
| Gemma | Gemma di Vergy | Donizetti |
| Selene | Didone abbandonata | Galuppi |
| Marguerite | Faust | Gounod |
| Nedda | Pagliacci | Leoncavallo |
| Donna Elvira | Don Giovanni | Mozart |
| Mimì | La bohème | Puccini |
| Angelica | Suor Angelica | Puccini |
| Liù | Turandot | Puccini |
| Rosina | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Rossini |
| Julia | La Vestale | Spontini |
| Leonora | Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio | Verdi |
| Lucrezia Contarini | I due Foscari | Verdi |
| Odabella | Attila | Verdi |
| Amalia | I masnadieri | Verdi |
| Leonora | Il trovatore | Verdi |
| Violetta Valery | La traviata | Verdi |
| Amelia Grimaldi | Simon Boccanegra | Verdi |
| Elena | I vespri siciliani | Verdi |
| Desdemona | Otello | Verdi |
Her concert repertoire includes also Rossini's Stabat Mater and Verdi's Requiem . [8]
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