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Anna Caterina Antonacci

Anna Caterina Antonacci

Italian soprano

Anna Caterina Antonacci (born 5 April 1961) is an Italian soprano known for roles in the bel canto and Baroque repertories. She performed as a mezzo-soprano for several years, particularly performing the Rossini canon.

Anna Caterina Antonacci, July 2012

Career

Antonacci studied in Bologna and made her debut as Rosina in 1986 at Arezzo. In 1994, she made her Royal Opera debut as Elcia in Mosè in Egitto.[1] She appeared there again in 2006 with Jonas Kaufman.[2] She was profiled at length by The New York Times in March 2012.[3] In 2013, she appeared in La voix humaine at the Opéra-Comique.[4] She has been married until his 2023 cancer death with water polo player Luca Giustolisi, with whom she had a son, Gillo.[5]

Repertory

Discography

Operas

Solo

  • Era La Notte/Anna Caterina Antonacci (Monteverdi, Strozzi, Giramo)
  • Monteverdi, Giramo, Strozzi, Carissimi, Cesti: "Lamenti Barocchi" Sergio Vartolo, Naxos 1995

References

  1. [1]
    "Anna Caterina Antonacci – People". The Royal Opera. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Anna Caterina Antonacci, Beyond Compare". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. [3]
    Woolfe, Zachary (30 March 2012). "A Career That Moves in Mysterious Ways". The New York Times
  4. [4]
    "Road Show: Anna Caterina Antonacci in Paris". Opera News. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. [5]
    Carrella, Franco (14 September 2023). "Pallanuoto in lutto: addio all'ex azzurro Giustolisi". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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