- Fiorenza Cedolins
Fiorenza Cedolins, born in Anduins di
Vito d'Asio , a village inFriuli , nearTrieste , is an Italiansoprano .She made her operatic debut in 1992 at the Teatro Carlo Felice in
Genoa in Mascagni’s "Cavalleria rusticana ". She then became an artist-in-residence at theSplit Festival , and appeared in various roles, with a repertoire that ranged from Monteverdi’s "Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda " to Orff’s "Carmina burana", and from Rossini’s "Mosè in Egitto " to Strauss’s "Salome". In 1996 she won the Luciano Pavarotti Vocal Competition, and was invited to singPuccini ’s "Tosca " with theOpera Company of Philadelphia with Pavarotti. In the same year she sang the role of Santuzza in "Cavalleria rusticana" at theRavenna Festival , led byRiccardo Muti . In 2005 she performed Verdi’s "Requiem" at the Auditorium of Santa Cecilia inRome , led byZubin Mehta ; at the requiem mass forPope John Paul II ; and on tour inFrankfurt andVienna with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, led byRiccardo Chailly . She also sangBellini ’s "Norma" at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, conducted byBruno Campanella ; and Mimi in Puccini’s "La bohème " at theArena di Verona , conducted byDaniel Oren .Cedolins has also sung the title roles in
Cilea ’s "Adriana Lecouvreur ", Verdi’s "Aida " and "Luisa Miller ", Puccini's "Manon Lescaut", "Madama Butterfly " and "Suor Angelica " . Other roles include Leonora in Verdi’s "Il trovatore ", Amalia in Verdi’s "I masnadieri ", Desdemona in "Otello ", Elisabetta di Valois in "Don Carlos ".She has recorded "Tosca" with
Andrea Bocelli under the leadership of Zubin Mehta.External links
* [http://www.fiorenzacedolins.it/index.html Official website (in Italian)]
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