Lucia Aliberti
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Lucia Aliberti (born June 12, 1957 in Messina) is a prominent Sicilian soprano opera singer. She is much appreciated for her performances of the bel canto roles of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti.
Musician and composer, while studying singing, she was also studying the piano and other musical instruments (guitar,accordion,violin,mandolin).She's composed many pieces for piano, clarinet, flut and singing.
After winning the Spoleto and ENAL competitions, she began her artistic career in Spoleto at the "Festival dei Due Mondi", under the direction of Giancarlo Menotti and Raffaello de Banfield. She has sung in the world's major theatres: Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Washington Opera, Covent Garden in London, the Deutsche Oper of Berlin, the Staatsoper in Munich, the Staatsoper in Hamburg, the Staatstheater in Stuttgart, the Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Oper der Stadt Koln, Konzerthaus Die Glocke Bremen, Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Staatsoper Vien, Graz, Gebow in Amsterdam, the Scala in Milan, Rome the Opera Theatre, the S.Carlo Naples, Theatre M.Bellini in Catania, the Grand Opera in Geneva, Lausanne, the Opernhaus in Zurich, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Seoul, the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Stockholm Opera and Oslo, the Bolshoi in Moscow, Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires, Budapest Erkel Theatre, Warsaw National Opera, Theatre Champs Elisèe in Paris, Toulouse, Saint Etienne, Montpellier Festivals, Teatro Real Madrid, Valencia, Bilbao, the Philarmonia in Zagreb, Dubrovnik Festivals, Split, Tivoli Festival Copenhagen, Grosse Festspielhaus Salzburg.
Her natural vocal talents are enhanced by a technique which allows her to sustain even the most difficult parts in the "belcanto" repertory. International critics have also underlined her particular stage presence and dramatic capabilities. She is considered a specialist in the repertory od Vincenzo Bellini ( she has also dedicated intense study to some of his manuscripts). The other most important composer in her repertory are Donizetti, Rossini and Verdi. Several operas of these composers have become her most successful roles: Lucia di Lammermoor,Anna Bolena, Lucrezia Borgia Beatrice di Tenda, Norma,Sonnambula,I Puritani, Il Pirata, La Straniera, Semiramide,Il Trovatore, La Traviata. . She went on to performed at many of the world's leading opera houses, including La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House, and the Metropolitan Opera. She has often been accused of mimicking the vocal imperfections Maria Callas struggled with late in her brilliant career.
