A.I.O.L. G. Verdi - Accademia Internazionale dell'Opera Lirica G. Verdi

Direzione Artistica: Carlo Palleschi

Sede Legale
Strada Colli di Valenza 39, 05100 Terni (TR)
Tel. +39 0744 288116 / +39 349 8706515
E-mail info@accademialiricaverdi.org

Master Class

Katia Ricciarelli(soprano) - Francesco Zingariello (tenor)

Katia Ricciarelli(soprano) - Francesco Zingariello (tenor)2009 Summer Music Festival
Masterclass for Opera Singing


Katia Ricciarelli(soprano)
Katia Ricciarelli (born January 16, 1946, Rovigo, Veneto region, Italy) is an Italian soprano. She was born to a very poor family and struggled during her younger years when she studied music.

She trained at the Benedict Marcello conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as “Mimi” in La boheme in Mantua in 1969, followed by a 1970 appearance in Il trovatore in Parma. In the following year, she won RAI’s “Voci Verdiane” award. Between 1972 and 1975, engagements followed in the major European and American opera houses including Lyric Opera of Chicago (1972); La Scala (1973); Royal Opera House Covent Garden (1974); and the Metropolitan Opera in 1975. In 1981, when she began a decade-long association with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, thus broadening her repertoire of Rossini’s operas.

Beside her many opera performances, she also appeared as Desdemona in Franco Zeffirelli’s film version of Verdi's Otello in 1986 alongside Plácido Domingo.

In 1991 she founded Accademia Lirica di Katia Ricciarelli, and, since 2003, she has been Artistic director of the annual summer Macerata Opera Festival. In 2006 she participated in the reality show La fattoria on Rete 4.


Teachers : Katia Ricciarelli(soprano) - Francesco Zingariello (tenor)
Pianists accompanist : Inseon Lee, Yeami Ra
Period : 31 August - 1 September 2009
Ending date for applications : 15 August
Place : Convento di S. Antonio dei Cappuccini - Lugnano in Teverina (Terni)
Final Concert : Saturday 5 September h. 21.30
Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta - Lugnano in Teverina (Terni)
Attention: The Academy reserves the right to reverse or postpone masterclass which doesn't reach the minimum number of students necessary, providing for refound the entire amount of the tuition fee and possible deposit to anybody who has the right to.

For more information download the regulation [zip file, ITA / ENG]

Download the Application Form [zip file, ITA]

Apply filling the online form