MARIELLA DEVIA – SOPRANO

Mariella Devia, born in Chiusavecchia d’Imperia, has graduated in opera singing at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. She won the Toti Dal Monte competition in 1973 and she did her debut as Lucia in “Lucia di Lammermoor”. Her interpretation of Lucia’s role – that she performed for the last time in La Scala Theatre in the season 2005/06 – is considered one of the most valuable in the history of belcanto. She has performed the main roles in the most important and renowed theatre all over the world as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Covent Garden in London, The Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Lyric Opera in Chicago, The Staatsoper in Munich, the Opéra National and the Théâtre de Champs- Élysées in Paris, the Real Theatre in Madrid, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Opera Theatre in Tokyo. Besides she has performed in the most important italian theatre and musical events as: Teatro alla Scala in Milan, San Carlo in Naple, La Fenice in Venice, Regio Theatre in Turin, Massimo Theatre in Palermo, Regio Theatre in Parma, Opera Theatre in Rome, Comunale Theatre in Bologna, Le Muse in Ancona, The Rossini Opera Festival, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Martina Franca Festival, the Ravenna Festival. She has distinguished herself in the most important roles of the lyric repertoire: Rossini, Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi’s operas. During her high and prestigious career she has collaborated with the most renowed opera conductors. Her repertoire has been enriched, over the years, by rare and emblematic roles. In November 2011 she has made her debut as Elisabetta I in “Roberto Devereux” at the Opéra in Marseilles. Elisabetta I was the last role she needed to compleate the Donizetti’s Queen – Serie. Mariella Devia has been the first and the only soprano in the world who have portayed all the Donizetti’s Queen in her career. Music historians agree to consider her one of the most beautiful voices of the belcanto repertoire, one of the greatest soprano vocality with an impressive interpretative force.

Mariella Devia's discography includes numerous recordings and DVDs. CD Recordings: Arie da opere, La sonnambula, Lucia di Lammermoor, Linda di Chamounix, Lodoïska, Cantata per Pio IX e Morte di Didone , Adelaide di Borgogna , I Puritani, La Traviata, Adelia , Petite Messe Solennelle , Lucrezia Borgia, Complete Chamber Songs by G. Verdi with Sergej Larin and Michele Pertusi – Stradivarius edition – 2000. DVD: Marin Faliero , Lucia di Lammermoor , Le Fille du Régiment, Maria Stuarda, two editions of Roberto Devereux in the Real Theatre in Madrid and in the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa.