CURRICULUM

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NOME E COGNOME
Valeria Esposito
VOCALITÀ
Soprano
Curriculum
Born in Naples, Valeria Esposito graduated in voice at the Conservatory of Salerno and languages at the University of
Naples (English, Russian, French). Later she studied Spanish and obtained the Proficiency Degree in English Studies,
Grosses Deutsches Diplom and the Diplome approfondi de Langue Française.
Valeria has won many important competitions, including the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
(1987), and the As.Li.Co. (1987).
Valeria has performed, among others, the following roles:
Queen of the Night - Zauberflöte - Staatsoper in Berlin, Hamburg, Wien, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Oper der Stadt in
Bonn, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Liceu in Barcelona, Baltimore Opera, Maestranza of Sevilla
Konstanze - Entführung aus dem Serail - Vienna Staatsoper, Opéra de Toulon, Verdi in Trieste
Rosina - Barbiere di Siviglia by Paisiello-Petruzzelli in Bari
Fiorilla - Turco in Italia - Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Bellini in Catania
Giulia - Scala di Seta – La Fenice in Venezia
Madama Cortese - Viaggio a Reims -Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro
Amina - Sonnambula - Welsh National Opera, Macerata Opera, Rome Opera, Massimo in Palermo, Baltimore Opera
Alaide - Straniera – Le Capitole in Toulouse
Elvira - Puritani - Liceu in Barcelona, Bellini of Catania
Linda - Linda di Chamonix - Comunale in Bologna, Carnegie Hall in New York, Vienna Staatsoper
Lucia - Lucia di Lammermoor-Macerata Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Capitole in Toulouse, Tokyo, Baltimore Opera
Marie - La Fille du Régiment-Teatro alla Scala, Comunale of Bologna
Adina - Elisir d’Amore - S. Carlo in Naples, Vienna Staatsoper, Macerata Opera, Filarmonico de Verona
Norina - Don Pasquale – Radio France
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Rita - Rita -Radio France
Gilda - Rigoletto - Capitole in Toulouse, Colon in Buenos Aires, Vienna Staatsoper, Tel Aviv Opera
Nannetta - Falstaff - Capitole in Toulouse, Teatro Regio of Parma, Comunale in Ferrara
Manon Lescaut - Manon by Massenet Opéra in Toulon, Verdi in Trieste
Violetta - Traviata - Festival of Carcassonne, Budapest Opera, Bombay and New Dehli
Lakme - Lakmé - Opéra in Toulon
Olympia - Les Contes d’Hoffmann - Opéra Bastille in Paris, La Fenice in Venice, La Scala in Milan, S.Carlo in Naples,
Bellini in Catania, Vienna Staatsoper, Baltimore Opéra
Adele - Fledermaus - Bellini di Catania
Musetta - Bohème - Copenaghen
Zerbinetta - Ariadne auf Naxos- Bellini in Catania, Vienna Staatsoper
Cunegonde - Candide –Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia
Hanna Glawari - The Merry Widow - San Carlo Theatre in Naples and Trieste
Euridice - Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck, Bellini Theatre in Catania
Other roles in Valeria’s repertoire are: Maria Stuarda, Anna Bolena, Beatrice di Tenda, Comte Ory, Oscar - Ballo in
Maschera, Folleville nel Viaggio a Reims, Capuleti e Montecchi, Romeo et Juliette, Barbiere di Siviglia, Pecheurs des
Perles, Dinorah, Mignon, Fledermaus - Rosalinde, Contessa - Comte Ory, Donna’Anna - Don Giovanni, Contessa Nozze di Figaro.
In concerts she has sung: The Creation by Haydn, Exultate, Jubilate, the Mass in ut minor and Konzertarien by
Mozart, Stabat Mater by Pergolesi und Rossini, Carmina Burana by Orff, the Concert for Coloratura soprano and
Orchestre by Glière, Magnificat by Petrassi, lieder by Spontini, Cjajkovskij, Rachmaninov and Debussy.
Valeria has sung under the direction of conductors: Claudio Abbado, Spiros Argiris, Daniel Baremboim, Daniele
Callegari, Bruno Campanella, Giuliano Carrella, Riccardo Chailly, Ascher Fish, Daniele Gatti, Gianluigi Gelmetti,
Leopold Hager, Lù Ja, Gustav Kuhn, Alain Lombard, Kery Lynn-Wilson, Enrique Mazzola, Peter Maag, Jun Markl,
Riccardo Muti, Daniel Oren, Zoltan Pesko, Eve Queler, Stefano Ranzani, Donato Renzetti, Sviatoslav Sutej, Marcello
Viotti, and Simone Young.
Valeria has worked with the following stage directors: Pupi Avati, Henning Brockhaus, Filippo Crivelli, Hugo de Ana,
Roberto de Simone, Beppe de Tommasi, Costa Gavras, Renzo Giacchieri, Werner Herzog, Jonathan Miller, Roman
Polanskj, Luca Ronconi, Jerome Savarj, Maurizio Scaparro, Fabio Sparvoli, Mattia Testi, Flavio Trevisan, and Stefano
Vizioli.
Valeria has also made Radio and Television recordings for Radio France, RTSI, Vara Radio, RAI, BBC, ARD, Antenne
2 and the DVD of Elisir d’Amore for Rai Trade.
Among her prestigious interpretations are Queen of the Night at the Berlin Staatsoper directed by M° Baremboim,
and at La Scala directed by M° Muti, and the role of Nannetta (Falstaff) in Ferrara, directed by M° Claudio Abbado.
In 2006 Valeria sang in the New Year’s concert for the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi,
broadcast by RAI1.
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Among her performances in 2008-2009 were two concerts with José Carreras in Naples and Monza (broadcast
by Rai1), Elisir d’Amore in Piacenza, Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Carmina Burana at Carlo Felice Theatre in
Genova, and Konstanze in Entführung aus dem Serail in S. Carlo Theatre in Naples.
During the opera season 2009-2010 Valeria sang Violetta in Traviata in Jesi, Fermo, and Brindisi Lucia di Lammermoor
at the Carlo Felice in Genova, the role of Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow at San Carlo Theatre in Naples and the
role of Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck at the Bellini Theatre in Catania.
In May 2010 Valeria performed at the Sala Nervi in the Vatican in the Salve Regina by Pergolesi, in the presence of
Pope Benedict XVI.
In 2011 Valeria sang the role of Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck at the Bellini Theatre in Catania and in
December 2011 she sang in Jesi in a concert to honour Ms Clio Napolitano, wife of the Italian President.
In 2012 she reprised the role of Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow at the San Carlo Theatre in Trieste.
In 2013 Valeria performed in a concert in Florence (Maggio Musicale) and debuted as Micaela in the Opera Theatre
of Livorno.
Valeria has conducted masterclasses for Italian, Kazach and Australian singers - December 2010, October 2011 and
December 2012, 2013 and 2014 - taught at the Conservatory in Riva del Garda between 2009 and 2013. She is now
teaching voice studies at the Conservatorio Di Musica, Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa, in Potenza.
In 2014 Valeria sang the roles of Valencienne in the Merry Widow in Salerno. In 2015 she sang Lucia di Lammermoor
in Seoul, Korea.
Next engagements: Merry Widow (Hanna Glavary ) in Jesi and Merry Widow (Valencienne) in San Carlo Theater in
Naples.
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