Mara Zampieri

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Mara Zampieri

Mara Zampieri (born January 30, 1951 in Padua ) is an Italian opera and concert singer ( soprano ).

Life

Mara Zampieri studied at the Conservatory in her hometown of Padua. After winning the singing competition in Pavia, the "Corale Verdi Competition" in Parma in 1974 and the " Beniamino Gigli " competition in Macerata , she made her operatic debut in Leoncavallos Pagliacci in Pavia . Further engagements took her to several Italian opera houses. At La Scala , she debuted in the season 1977/1978 in I masnadieri . Other roles followed there in Verdi operas. The production of Verdi's A Masked Ball under Claudio Abbado , in which she sang the role of Amelia, was televised.

At first, her repertoire mainly included the great soprano roles in Italian operas, which she sang at all the major theaters and festivals in Europe and Latin America. She gave u. a. the Aida and Norma in the Arena of Verona , the Tosca at Covent Garden . She made her debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1979 alongside Plácido Domingo . After expanding her repertoire, she became the first Italian singer to sing the title role in Richard Strauss ' Salome there in 1991 .

In 1994 she gave her first recital in Munich . Since then, in addition to the opera stage, she has increasingly dedicated herself to lieder and concert singing. In 2013 she sang the small role of Annina in La traviata at La Scala .

In Fellini's film E la nave va (Ship of Dreams) she lent the prima donna her singing voice.

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SURNAME Zampieri, Mara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera and concert singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Padua