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Ambrogio Maestri was born in Pavia, where he studied singing and piano.

Born in Milan, she graduated from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan under the guidance of Giovanna Canetti. She has won numerous international competitions and, thanks to her exceptional vocal qualities, has launched an extraordinary career which has seen her perform in the most important theaters in the world.

"That Pertusi, after years of a very glorious career, still sings a similar part in this way is a matter that begins to place him in the small group of vocal miracles, those of Gigli, Bergonzi, Freni" (Elvio Giudici in Classic Voice on Filippo II in Don Carlo at the Municipal Theater of Modena).

Born in Atlanta, she studied at Princeton's Westminster Choir College; you perfection with John Bullock and Regina Resnik.

Thirty-five years of career from the bel canto of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini, passing through Verdi and Puccini to arrive at the Verismo of Leoncavallo, Giordano, Ponchielli and Cilea.

Vesselina Kasarova was born in Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) and started playing the piano at the age of four. After training as a concert pianist and graduating, she studied singing with Ressa Koleva at the Sofia Academy of Music, singing important roles at the National Opera when she was still a student.

He completed his musical studies at the “L. Refice ”in Frosinone.

“One of the fiercest dramatic talents on the field” (The New York Times), Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian's “versatility is astounding” (The Times) with a “wild voice [that is] rich and dark” (Le Monde). Regularly engaged in the most important opera houses in the world, she has recently performed at the Wiener Staatsoper, the Real Madrid Theater, the Salzburger Festspiele, the Bolshoi Theater and the Teatro alla Scala. She was a founding member of the Vilnius City Opera, twice received the Golden Stage Cross (the highest accolade for singers in Lithuania), was named Best Female Lead in 2019 at the Austrian Music Theater Awards, and was named female opera singer of the year 2022 by the Opera XXI Association.

That Marie-Nicole Lemieux shines today in the firmament of world singing is not surprising: the singer, like the woman, radiates this aura that belongs only to the greatest!

Born in Taranto, he was trained at the school of Elio Battaglia, under whose guidance he graduated with honors from the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Turin.

Cristina Barbieri soprano, was born in Modena and graduated in singing at the G.Frescobaldi conservatory in Ferrara under the guidance of Maestro Cristine Attanasio Billard. Later he attended the specialization courses of M. Olivero, L. Magiera, R. Kabaivanska, A. Pola, R. Kettelson, P. Venturi, A.Fichera, A. Bosman, E. Palacio, W. Salio and M. Freni , L. Pavarotti.

She began studying singing at a very young age under the guidance of soprano Elvidia Ferracuti and after obtaining her diploma in singing at the “Rossini” Conservatory in Pesaro, she continued her studies in Milan under the guidance of soprano Rina Malatrasi and Maestro Dante Mazzola. He then specializes at the Rossiniana Academy of Pesaro, the Fiesole Music School in the "Mozart-Da Ponte Project" directed by Maestro Claudio Desderi and follows various specialization courses with Leyla Gencer, Renata Scotto, Graziella Sciutti.

Born in Cagliari, she graduated in flute with Salvatore Saddi and began studying singing under the guidance of her father, later perfecting herself with Renata Scotto, Leyla Gencer and Regina Resnik.

Francesco Piccoli made his debut at the Social Theater of Rovigo in 1986 singing in Donizetti's Rita.

Winner of various competitions, she has collaborated with conductors such as Bruno Bartoletti, Michel Plasson, Nello Santi, Daniel Oren, Gustav Kuhn, Alain Lombard, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Stefano Ranzani, Enrique Mazzola, Antonino Fogliani, Antonio Pirolli and directors such as Liliana Cavani , Giuliano Montaldo, Filippo Crivelli, Alberto Fassini, Werner Herzog, Beppe De Tomasi, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Lamberto Pugelli, Roberto De Simone, Ermanno Olmi.

Stefano Ranzani is currently one of the most successful conductors on the international scene, in particular for the opera repertoire, Italian and not only, and is a regular guest of the most important musical institutions in the world, including Teatro alla Scala, Metropolitan of New York, Opéra National de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, Washington Opera, Liceu de Barcelona, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Colòn de Buenos Aires, Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper of Berlin, Opernhaus of Zurich, Bayerische Staatsoper of Monaco, Teatro San Carlo of Naples, Teatro dell'Opera From Rome.

Born in Bologna, she completed her studies in piano, composition and conducting at the “G. Verdi ”in Milan,“ GB Martini ”in Bologna and“ S. Cecilia ”of Rome; he also obtained a Master's Degree in Musicology from the University of Bologna. Later she specialized in orchestral conducting with F. Ferrara in Siena, L. Hager in Salzburg, L. Bernstein, S. Ozawa and K. Masur in Tanglewood in the USA.

Vito Cristofaro currently holds the role of 1st Kapellmeister and Deputy General Music Director at the State Theater of Oldenburg in Germany where he has already conducted ballets, symphonic concerts and operas such as Falstaff, The Marriage of Figaro, La fille du Régiment, Manon Lescaut, Macbeth, Walkure, Rigoletto, La Cenerentola, La damnation de Faust, Lucia di Lammermoor, La sonnambula, The twilight of the gods.

He trained under the guidance of the Masters D. Panaro and E. Arciuli in piano and in orchestral conducting with M. Mariano Patti. He also studied opera singing, an experience that today leads him to be the pianist and assistant of the greatest opera singers such as R. Gimenez, V. Terranova, I. Salazar, Aprile Millo, S. Bonfadelli, A. Morelli, G. Giacomini, P Domingo, N. Martinucci, M. Dragoni, M. Devia, J. Aragall, V. Grigolo, B. Praticò.

Luca Pelosi began his piano studies at the age of eight and obtained diplomas in piano, chamber music and composition with full marks and honors at the “Licinio Refice” Conservatory in Frosinone.

Kim Mihee, born in Seoul (South Korea), graduated in Piano from Seoul National University in 2000. She moved to Rome in the same year, then obtained her Diploma in Piano with full marks at the Conservatory “S . Cecilia ”in Rome where, in the following years, he obtained diplomas in composition, conducting and harpsichord. He also obtained a Master in Piano and the Magisterium in Organ summa cum laude at the "Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (PIMS)".

Alessia began studying the piano at the age of 6 and was awarded in 2004 at the Muzio Clementi Gradus International Piano Competition ad Musicum Certamen (FI). He studied at the "Licinio Refice" Conservatory in Frosinone, graduating with honors in the Triennium of Piano in 2018 under the guidance of the masters M. Lengyel, M. Battista, M. Paris and concluding his studies with honors in 2020 in the two-year period of Master Collaborator with A. Saved and L. Pecchia.

Giuseppe Barile (1992, Italy), pianist and conductor. He graduated in piano with full marks and honors at the “N. Piccinni ”in Bari and at the same Conservatory of Music he obtained the II level Academic Diploma in Piano with a solo approach with full marks, honors and mention under the guidance of M ° Luigi Ceci.

Originally from Rijeka (Croatia), he began his piano studies at the Liceo Musicale in Rijeka, continuing them in Bologna (where he has lived since 1992) and graduating from the local “GBMartini” Conservatory under the guidance of Maestro Landi. He attended Piano Masterclasses with the pianists M. Rattalino, Berman, Yablonskaya, Bogino as well as Courses for Maestro Collaborator held by M. Magiera and Negri at the Aida Academy in Rome. He was a guest at the Zagreb Summer Festival, where he accompanied the famous Croatian cellist Despalj. He carries out intense concert activity both in Chamber Music and in Opera (sometimes concerting complete operas), where as a master collaborator he supports International Opera Artists, among which we remember the sopranos Antonacci, Orciani, the tenors Meli, Canonici and Cecchele, the mezzo -soprani D'Intino, Chiuri, Marchi, the baritones Bordoni, Bruson, Gazale, Nucci, Previati, Salsi, the basses D'Artegna, Pertusi, Praticò and Prestia. He was collaborator in Master-class of Singing in Seoul (Korea), at the Fiesole Festival with the baritone De Simone and in Sarzana with the soprano Kabaivanska, tenors Alva, Sabbatini, and finally at the Teatro Comunale in Florence with the soprano Cedolins.

The affinity for music of the Italian opera director Caterina Panti Liberovici began as a teenager, when she studied clarinet, singing and choral singing at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Turin.

Born in 1960, he began his professional career as an actor and continued in the direction of movement and dance theater and, finally, directing. From 1986 to 1991 he joined the Bella Hutter / Sutki Contemporary Dance Group directed by Anna Sagna. Since 1990 he has conducted a personal research on the actor's movement that will lead him to collaborate with: the Teatro di Dioniso / Valter Malosti, the Rocca Group and the Piccolo Teatro of Milan.