Carmen Giannattasio

Carmen Giannattasio
Origin	Italy
Genres	Opera
Instruments	Voice
Years active	1999–
Website	carmengiannattasio.com

Carmen Giannattasio (born 24 April 1975 Avellino) is an Italian operatic soprano.^[1] She studied at the Conservatoire Domenico Cimarosa of Avellino and simultaneously at the University of Salerno (degree in Russian and English Literatures). From 1999-2001 she attended the school for young opera singers (L’Accademia di Perfezionamento) at La Scala, Milan. In 2002 she won first and audience prize at Operalia competition in Paris.^[2]

Biography

Giannattasio has worked with many renowned international conductors including Maurizio Benini, Semyon Bychkov, Roland Boer, Sir Colin Davis, Plácido Domingo, Dan Ettingerá, Asher Fisch, Riccardo Frizza, Daniele Gatti, Michel Plasson, René Jacobs, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Oren and David Parry

In 2012, she made her Royal Opera House, Covent Garden debut as Mimi in John Copley's production of La boheme^[3] and her Metropolitan Opera, New York, debut as Leonora in David McVicar's production of Il trovatore.^[4]

Discography

She has recorded many CDs with Opera Rara. These include Rossini's La donna del lago and Ermione (which won a 2011 The Gramophone Award);^[5] Donizetti's Parisina d'Este; and Bellini's Il pirata.

She has also recorded Rossini's Maometto II; Verdi's Simon Boccanegra and the Messa da Requiem; Cimarosa's Il marito disperato; and Donizetti's Ugo, conte di Parigi as well as his Caterina Cornaro.

References

Authority control WorldCat VIAF: 54479391 LCCN: no2005114977 ISNI: 0000 0001 1444 5041 GND: 138025371 BNF: cb15775285g

Persondata
Name	Giannattasio, Carmen
Alternative names
Short description	Italian opera singer
Date of birth	24 April 1975
Place of birth	avellino
Date of death
Place of death