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Italian classical soprano
Maria Grazia Schiavo Maria Grazia Schiavo (born 1975) (Italian pronunciation: [maˈriːa ˈɡrattsja ˈskjaːvo] soprano , particularly known for her performances of music from the baroque period . She has performed with major opera houses in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, and has appeared in concerts throughout Europe.
Born in Naples , Schiavo was trained in her native city at the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella . After graduating, she won several music competitions, including the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia competition and the International Singing Competition of Clermont-Ferrand . She specialised as an artist in the baroque repertoire, and has appeared in concerts of baroque music with the Accademia Bizantina , Al Ayre Español , Auser Musici , Concerto Italiano , and Europa Galante .[citation needed
Schiavo made her professional opera debut in the title role of Roberto De Simone 's La Gatta Cenerentola [citation needed In 2007 she portrayed Poppea in Domenico Scarlatti 's Ottavia restituita al trono Opera de San Sebastián and Idaspe in Antonio Vivaldi 's Bajazet La Fenice . In March 2008 she repeated the role of Idaspe at the Salle Pleyel in Paris and at the Teatro Real in Madrid. She was also heard at the Teatro Real that year as Euridice/Proserpina/La Música in Claudio Monteverdi 's L'Orfeo Leonardo Leo 's Alidoro with the Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini in Reggio Emilia. In July 2008 she sang the roles of Sabina in Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 's Adriano in Siria Festival de Beaune .[ 1]
In the 2008-2009 season, Schiavo performed the roles of Almirena in George Frideric Handel 's Rinaldo Ariodante Vienna State Opera ), Dircea in Niccolò Jommelli 's Demofoonte Ravenna Festival and Salzburg Festival ), and Seleuce in Handel's Tolomeo Teatro Arriaga , Bilbao). In the 2009-2010 season, she sang the roles of Almirena (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées ), Amital in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's Betulia liberata Farnace Johann Joseph Fux 's Orfeo ed Euridice Le Concert des Nations , Graz), Rosmira in Leonardo Vinci 's Partenope Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria [Wikidata and Teatro de la Maestranza ), and Venere in Antonio Cesti 's Le disgrazie d'Amore Teatro Verdi (Pisa) [Wikidata ). In 2011 she is scheduled to perform the roles of Anaï in Gioachino Rossini 's Moïse et Pharaon Teatro dell'Opera di Roma , Berenice at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and the title heroine in Gaetano Donizetti 's Lucia di Lammermoor Teatro Regio di Torino .[ 1]
International National Artists
