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MARIA RITA COMBATTELLI

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Graduated with honors and special mention from the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Music in Florence, she was part of the Academy of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino) as a full student, debuting in the role of Rosina for the production “Tutti mi chiamano” (Rossini – The Barber of Seville) under the direction of Maestro Giuseppe La Malfa with direction by Manu Lalli; and in the role of Adina in Donizetti‘s “L’elisir d’amore”, under the direction of Maestro Fabrizio Maria Carminati and directed by Pier Francesco Maestrini.

She is currently perfecting her skills with Jessica Pratt.

Winner of the role of Adina (L’elisir d’amore) for Opera (e)Studio de Tenerife, she reprises the role in the opening of the Opera de Tenerife 2019/2020 lyric season under the direction of Maestro Antonio Méndez, with direction by Pablo Maritano, a production later reproposed at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre (Georgia) and at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.

She returns to cover the aforementioned role in subsequent years, debuting at the Royal Opera House of Muscat (Oman) in the project “L’elisir d’amore – una fabbrica di idee” directed by Manuel Renga (March 2022), and in “L’elisir d’amore” at the Arena del Teatro Sociale di Como conducted by Maestro Azzurra Steri with direction by Manuel Renga (June 2022).

She boasts a long collaboration with Maestro Nicola Piovani (Oscar winner).

Chosen for the first time in 2018, she covers the role of soprano soloist in “La Pietà”, Stabat Mater for two female voices with narrator and orchestra, conducted by Maestro Piovani himself at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, alongside Amii Stewart and Gigi Proietti. In March 2019, she repeats the same role of soprano soloist in the second performance of “La Pietà” at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

Maestro Piovani himself chooses her to interpret his new composition “Sinfonia delle Stagioni”, at the Abbey of Collemaggio in L’Aquila, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the earthquake. Both of Maestro Piovani‘s events were recorded and broadcast in prime time on Rai5.

She continues her collaboration with the Maestro, debuting as soprano soloist in “L’isola della Luce” – Cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra at the Greek Theatre of Syracuse (July 2020); as soprano soloist in the unpublished cantata “Il sangue e la parola” in Piazza del Quirinale in Rome, a concert promoted by the Constitutional Court in collaboration with Rai and the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma alongside Maria Agresta (soprano) and Andrea Pennacchi (narrator) – (July 2022).

In January 2022, she debuts the leading role of Serena in “Amorosa Presenza”: Nicola Piovani‘s first unpublished opera directed by Chiara Muti at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste.

Winner of the “71st AsLiCo International Competition for Young Opera Singers“, at the Teatro Sociale di Como: she debuts in autumn/winter 2020 the role of Sophie in Jules Massenet‘s Werther in the theaters: Sociale di Como, Grande di Brescia, Fraschini di Pavia, Ponchielli di Cremona, Pavarotti di Modena, Verdi di Pisa, Valli di Reggio Emilia, Comunale di Ferrara.

Also in the theaters of the Lombard Circuit, she debuts the role of Maria Rosaria in the opera “Napoli Milionaria” by Nino Rota (autumn/winter 2022) conducted by Maestro James Feddeck and directed by Arturo Cirillo.

She returns to Opera de Tenerife (April 2022) debuting the role of Antonia in Offenbach‘s “Les contes d’Hoffmann” conducted by Maestro Rubén Díez with direction by Raúl Vazquez.

In June 2023, she debuts as Norina in Donizetti‘s “Don Pasquale” at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa under the direction of Maestro Francesco Ivan Ciampa, with direction by Andrea Bernard, as a full student of the Academy of advanced training and professional placement of the Opera Carlo Felice di Genova directed by Francesco Meli.

In August 2023, she debuts in Pesaro, as part of the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), the role of Madama Cortese in “Il viaggio a Reims” as a full student of the Accademia RossinianaAlberto Zedda“.

In May 2024, she will debut the role of Arianna in Nicola Piovani‘s unpublished opera “Il labirinto di creta” at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, conducted by Maestro Piovani himself.

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