Marianna Pizzolato

Marianna Pizzolato began her musical studies in Chiusa Sclafani (Pa) at an early age, completing her studies at the Conservatorio V. Bellini in Palermo with maximum grades in vocal art. She took a Lieder course in Nuremburg under the tutelage of Rosemarie Cabaud and Werner Dormann. She has also taken part in master-classes given by Magda Olivero and Anita Cerquetti. Her interpretative qualities allow her to go from music of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel on the one hand, to the music of De Falla, Debussy and Milhaud, as well as Lieder of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf. She made her operatic début in the 2002/03 season singing the title rôle in Rossini’s Tancredi, followed by Rosmira in Vivaldi’s Rosmira fedele in Nice and Dorina in Il marito disperato in Naples. Marianna Pizzolato made her début at the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro 2003 as Marchese Melibea in Il viaggio a Rheims, returning there in 2004 to sing the title rôle in Tancredi. Other engagements have taken her to major musical centres in Europe, including collaboration with Les Arts Florissants and appearances in Paris, Rome, Florence and Lisbon.