Artist

Hailed by French critics as possessing "une voix ronde et agile, un visage mobile et expressif, une plastique enviable et un aplomb scénique irréprochable" (for her interpretation of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro), Carolina is graduated in Piano at "Giovanni Paisiello" Conservatory of her town under the guidance of Flavio Manganaro; she is graduated in Singing with honours at "Giovan Battista Martini" Conservatory in Bologna under the guidance of Marina Gentile and Monica Bacelli. She improved his voice techniques at the Belcanto Academy "Rodolfo Celletti" in Martina Franca with Lella Cuberli, Fabio Luisi, Vittorio Terranova, Stefania Bonfadelli, Sonia Prina and actually with Antonella D'Amico in Verona.
In 2016, she became member of the Joung Artist Program of Theater an der Wien and in 2018 she has won the Semperoper Dresden Engagement prize at Stella Maris International Vocal Competition of Michael Schade.

Her recent engagements include performances with Teatro Regio of Torino (Carolina in Il matrimonio segreto directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi under the baton of Nikolas Nägele; Adina in L'elisir d'amore), Semperoper Dresden (Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro directed by Johannes Erath and conducted by Omer Meir Wellber), Theater an der Wien (Thais by Massenet directed by Peter Konwitschny and conducted by Leo Hussain; Elias by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy directed by Calixto Bieito and conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Merab in Saul by Händel in a Claus Guth new production conducted by Laurence Cummings). She recently sang the role of Soprano I in the Great Mass in C minor by Mozart conducted by Federico Maria Sardelli in Palermo; Gnese in Il Campiello by E. Wolf-Ferrari in Venice; Ifigenia in Oreste by G. F. Händel at Händel-Festspiele in Halle; Nina in the critical edition of Il giovedì grasso by Donizetti in Ancona; Adelaide in Adelaide di Borgogna in Rovigo; Despina in Così fan tutte at Nevill Holt Opera and Sage Gateshead in UK, Clorinda in La Cenerentola directed by Stephen Barlow and conducted by David Parry at Grange Festival.

Carolina emerged into international scenes singing at Theater an der Wien The Fairy Queen by Purcell in Mariame Clément's new production under the baton of Christophe Rousset; Der Besuch der alten Dame by Gottfried von Einem in Keith Warner's production under the baton of Michael Boder; Arianna in Nasso by Porpora in Sergej Morozov production conducted by Markellos Chryssicos; Don Pasquale in Marcos Darbyshire production under the baton of Tscho Theissing; she sang Despina in Così fan tutte in Valentin Schwarz production conducted by Stefan Vladar; La scuola de' gelosi by Antonio Salieri in Jean Renshaw's new production under the baton of Stefan Gottfried; Oreste by G. F. Händel in Kay Link's new production conducted by Rubén Dubrovsky.

Carolina's past engagements have included: Lisetta in Le metamoforsi di Pasquale by G. Spontini in Jesi; La donna serpente by Alfredo Casella in Arturo Cirillo's production at Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca under the baton of Fabio Luisi; Nina, o sia la pazza per amore by G. Paisiello at Teatro dell'Opera Giocosa in Savona; Marchesa Violante Onesti in La finta giardiniera by W. A. Mozart for 30^th Niedersächsische Musiktage in Hannover; Don Checco by Nicola De Giosa in Martina Franca; Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro by W. A. Mozart for the XXV Settimane Musicali at Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza; Die lustige Witwe by F. Lehàr at Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi; The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti at Teatro Orfeo in Taranto; La scala di seta by G. Rossini at Teatro Comunale of Sassari in a production of Gran Teatro La Fenice; La Semiramide in villa by Giovanni Paisiello for the 12^th Giovanni Paisiello Festival; Il Campiello by E. Wolf-Ferrari in Rovigo; L’ambizione delusa by Leonardo Leo (first performance in modern times) in Martina Franca; Zerlina in Don Giovanni at Teatro della Fortuna in Fano.

Recent engagements: Ernestina in La scuola de' gelosi by Salieri at Teatro Regio in Turin; the JET special concert at Theater an der Wien in der Wienerkammeroper, Romilda in Il Xerse by Francesco Cavalli at Festival della Valle d'Itria under the baton of Federico Maria Sardelli and the direction of Leo Muscato; Corilla in Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali by Donizetti in Novara and Savona under the baton of Giovanni Di Stefano and the direction of Renato Bonajuto; Despina in Così fan tutte at The Grange Festival in a Martin Lloyd-Evans' production under the baton of Kirill Karabits.

Her discography includes: Il Xerse by Francesco Cavalli (world prèmiere recording CD, DVD and Blu-Ray Dynamic and Naxos); Thais by Jules Massenet (DVD and Blu-ray UNITEL Edition); Le metamorfosi di Pasquale by Gaspare Spontini (world prèmiere recording CD Dynamic); Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart (DVD Velut Luna Label); Don Checco by Nicola de Giosa (world prèmiere recording CD Dynamic); La Semiramide in villa by Giovanni Paisiello (world prèmiere recording CD Bongiovanni); La donna serpente by Alfredo Casella (DVD Bongiovanni).

LAST UPDATE : AUGUST 2023