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Born in Rome Irene Bottaro received her singing diploma from the Conservatorio L.Perosi in Campobasso and from the International Academy Spazio Musica of Orvieto. She later specialized with Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, Bruna Baglioni, Elio Battaglia, Anita Cerquetti,Gabrietta Ravazzi and with Luciana Serra. At the Internationale Sommerakademie Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg, she attended a masterclass followed by a diploma and a concert. At the same time she got the diploma in Restauration of Cultural Goods at the Institute for Restauration in Rome. 2002: winner of the Singing Competition M.Battistini in Rieti and the Lauri Volpi in Latina. Operatic repertoire: Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini (Altichiara) Opera - Roma Britten: A Midsummernight’s Dream (Hyppolita) Giglio - Lucca, Verdi - Pisa e Livorno; Via Crucis Carlo Felice - Genova Carissimi: Jephte Accademia S.Cecilia,Roma Stravinskij: Messa Accademia S.Cecilia Roma Cericola: Le Avventure di Pinocchio (La Volpe) Ascoli Piceno Rossini: La Petite Messe Solennelle Sulmona and Nice Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Ulrica) Mancinelli, Orvieto Verdi: Falstaff (Quickly) Verdi: Rigoletto (Maddalena) Rieti Verdi: Traviata (Flora) Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Lola, Mamma Lucia) Symphonic and sacred repertoire: Via Crucis, Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova, Jephte and Stravinskij’s Missa, Accademia Nazionale S.Cecilia, Roma Petite Messe Solennelle, Sulmona with the Solisti Aquilani Juxta Crucem Lacrimosa, Sala Nervi in the Vatican, (live radio and television broadcasting) Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and Salve Regina, Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli. Chamber music repertoire: music by Brahms, Tshaikovskij, Stravinskij, Mahler, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Schoenberg, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Tosti, De Falla, Ravel, Fauré Debussy, Granados. Future engagements 2007: Mosè in Egitto - Rome |
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