Carla Di Censo was born in Montesilvano and received her singing diploma from the Conservatory of Pescara. She studied under the guidance of M° Romano, M° Desderi and M° Sciutti specializing in the 18th century repertoire, in particular in Mozart.
Competitions and awards:
1989: winner of the As.Li.Co. Singing Competition in Milan;
1992: winner of the International Competition Cascina Lirica;
Operatic debuts and activity:
La cambiale di matrimonio (Clarina ), La Cecchina ossia la Buona Figliola (Sandrina); Die
Zauberflöte (Papagena and Königin der Nacht); Juditha Triumphans(Abra), Bohème (Musetta), Rita, Il Campanello (Serafina),
Olivo e Pasquale (Isabella), Don Procopio (Bettina), performed in Bergamo-
1994: Carmen (Frasquita) debut at the Macerata Festival; Il Dottor Miracolo (Lauretta) and L’educazione incompleta (Gontran) in Vicenza; Orfeo e Euridice (Amore) in Livorno; Don Giovanni (Zerlina) at the Mozart Festival of Prague, Il Signor Bruschino (Sofia) at the Rossini Festival in Japan; Olivo e Pasquale at the Tokyo Globe Theatre;La grande duchesse de Gerolstein at the Martina Franca Festiva; La Gazzetta by Rossini in Como.
1997: La figlia del reggimento in Rovigo; Don Carlo in Bologna; Carmen at the Macerata Festival; Bohème in Tuskany; Don Pasquale in Como; La serva padrona in Firenze; Orfée aux enfers in Palermo; Carmen in Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona
2000: Carmen in Cagliari; Sonnambula in Firenze; L’Italiana in Algeri in Palermo;
2001: Piccolo spazzacamino in the Lombard circuit; Cerentola in Palermo and at La Scala; Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome;
2002 Un ballo in maschera (Oscar) in Genova, Bologna and Treviso;
2003: L’Italiana in Algeri in Milano; Cenerentola in Paris; Carmen at the Teatro dell’ Opera in Rome; Cenerentola in Napoli;
2004: L’incoronazione di Poppea and Bajazet in Paris;
2005: Carmen at the Auditorium Santa Cecilia in Rome with M° Pretre conducting; Cenerentola at La Scala in Milano; Le nozze di Figaro in the Lombard circuit;
2006: Incoronazione di Poppea in Berlin, Bruxelles; Cenerentola in Genova; Carmen at the Teatro dell’ Opera in Rome.
2007: Cyrano De Bergerac (Lisa) -
2008: Suor Angelica (Suor Dolcina) -
2009: Italiana in Algeri – Turin; Italiana in Algeri – Trieste; Don Carlo (Tebaldo) Tokio, tour with Teatro alla Scala.
2010: Cenerentola – Paris; Elisir d’amore – Trieste; Carmen -
2011: Francesca da Rimini -
