Lucia Cesaroni, Soprano
Performances by Lucia Cesaroni
| Composer | Title | Date | Action |
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| Hugo Wolf | Neue Liebe | 09/26/2011 |
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| Hugo Wolf | Lebe wohl | 09/26/2011 |
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| Richard Strauss | Einerlei, Op. 69, No. 3 | 09/26/2011 |
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| Richard Strauss | Das Rosenband, Op. 36, No. 1 | 09/26/2011 |
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| Gioachino Rossini | La Passeggiata | 09/29/2011 |
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| Gioachino Rossini | La Danza (Tarantella), from Serate Musicali | 09/29/2011 |
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| Gioachino Rossini | L’Invito (Bolero), from Serate Musicali | 09/29/2011 |
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| Gioachino Rossini | La Promessa, from Serate Musicali | 09/29/2011 |
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| Gioachino Rossini | La Partenza, from Serate Musicali | 09/29/2011 |
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Lucia Cesaroni, Soprano
Biography
After several successful seasons at home and abroad, Canadian soprano Lucia Cesaroni joins l'Opera de Montréal's Atelier Lyrique training program for the 2011/12 season. At l'Opera de Montréal, Lucia performs Laurette in Bizet's Docteur Miracle, following which she makes her debut with Vancouver Opera as Maria in West Side Story. In concert, Lucia performs Handel's Messiah with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Kent Nagano and with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra under Timothy Vernon.
Her opera credits include: Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress and First Lady in Die Zauberflöte with Pacific Opera Victoria; Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare with Orchestra London; Susanna and Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera York and Opera Hamilton, respectively; Adele in Die Fledermaus with Toronto Operetta Theatre; Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Susannah in Le nozze di Figaro, and Lucy in The Telephone with the International Vocal Arts Institute; Adina in L'elisir d'amore with the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy; Rooster in Cunning Little Vixen with the Aspen Music Festival, and; Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, and Ginevra in Ariodante with the University of Toronto Opera Division.
In concert, Lucia has performed at the Ravinia Festival, the Aldeburgh Music Festival, and as soprano soloist for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's European tour of Orff's Carmina Burana. Her concert repertoire also includes: Mendelssohn's Lobgesang, Bruckner's Te Deum, Ginastera's Cantata Para Americana Magica, Vivaldi's Gloria, Schubert's Shepherd on the Rock and Villa Lobos' Bacchiana Brasilieras. A frequent recitalist, Lucia appears regularly with The Bayfield Festival of Song, The Aldeburgh Connection, and the Off-Centre Music Salon at the Glenn Gould Studio.
Lucia holds a Masters Degree in Opera from the University of Toronto and also spent a year in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnburg with renowned soprano Edith Wiens. She has trained at the Steans Music Institute at the Ravinia Festival, the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme at the Aldeburgh Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, the Chautauqua Music Festival, the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy, and the International Vocal Arts Institute's training programs in Tel Aviv and Montreal.