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Silvia Regazzo was born in Rovigo. After a Master Degree in Philosophy, she graduated in Singing with honors at Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello of Venice. She won various International Singing Competitions: Toti Dal Monte, Città Lirica Opera-Studio, Città di Bologna (Young Talents section) and Giulio Neri (Chamber Music section). She made her debut as Quickly in Verdi’s Falstaff. Later she sang Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Cornelia in Händel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Orphée in Gluck-Berlioz’s Orphée, Volpino in Haydn’s Lo Speziale, Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Third Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberfloete, Pippo in Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra (Teatro Filarmonico, Verona), Rosina and Berta in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Stephano in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (Teatro Grande, Brescia), Meg and Quickly in Verdi’s Falstaff, Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto (Teatro Comunale, Ferrara), Lady-in-waiting in Verdi’s Macbeth, Lola in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, Beppe in Mascagni’s Amico Fritz (Teatro Lirico, Cagliari), Marta and Pantalis in A. Boito’s Mefistofele, Leda in F. Perocco’s Aquagranda, Alto 2 in L. Nono’s Prometeo, Mother Goose in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress (Teatro La Fenice, Venice), Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, il Signor Mozart in Galante’s Zaide o la chiave dell’illusione and Rosa Schock-Capoinfermiera in F. Donatoni’s Alfred, Alfred.
She enjoyed successful collaborations with conductors such as F. Luisi, M. Angius, J. Axelrod, D. Matheuz, A. Manacorda, R. Palumbo, J. Webb, M. Balke, G. Ferro, D. Renzetti, F.M. Carminati, C. Desderi, G.B. Rigon, F.M. Bressan, N. Conti and stage directors such as D. Michieletto, L. Kemp, S. Vizioli, M. van Hoecke, A. Cigni, A. De Rosa, A. Tarabella, M. Cappelletti, J.L. Grinda, G. Lavaudant, B. De Tomasi, P.A. Petris, M. Bothe, F. Klepper and L. Engels.
Silvia Regazzo’s extensive concert credits include Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (RAI recording), Stravinskij’s Pulcinella (Teatro La Fenice, Venice), Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (Vicenza’s Teatro Comunale), Haydn’s Stabat Mater (Stresa Festival), Rossini’s Stabat Mater (Ankara, Turkei), Mozart’s Requiem (in memory of M. Luzi, Florence; at the presence of Pope Benedetto XVI, Castelgandolfo; with Teatro La Fenice Philarmonic Orchestra, Portogruaro; with OPV, Padova), Schumann’s Der Rose Pilgerfahrt (Teatro Pergola, Florence) and Spanische Liebeslieder, Brahms’s Frauenliebe und Leben (D. Ciani Academy, Cortina D’Ampezzo), Zwei Gesänge, Zigeuner Lieder and Volkslieder (Portogruaro Festival), Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (Scuola di Fiesole, Florence) Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder (Ridotto Teatro Valli, R. Emilia; Sale Apollinee, Teatro La Fenice-Galuppi Festival, Venezia; Teatro Verdi, Pisa), Ravel’s Shéhérazade (Teatro Verdi, Pisa), W. Florey’s Canti Veneziani poems by R. Held’s with Ex Novo Ensemble Strings Quartet (Sale Apollinee Teatro La Fenice, Venice), F. Vacchi’s Dieci melodie facili, poems by R. Held’s (Settimane Musicali Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza), F. Vacchi’s Veronica Franco (Teatro La Fenice Symphonic Season 2016-2017) together with several recitals in Italy, Europe (Greece, Ireland, Turkei, Tunisia, Germany) and South America (Tournée CIDIM). In the chamber music repertoire she works with Orazio Sciortino, Alberto Miodini and Chiara Opalio.
