GiuliaSemenzato
Contact
For availability and general enquiries:
Fabiana Dalpiaz
Kate Robson
Representation
About Giulia
A winner of the International Competition Toti dal Monte in Treviso and the Premio Farinelli at the Concorso Lirico Cittá di Bologna, Italian soprano Giulia Semenzato studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice and specialised in Baroque music at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, after completing a Bachelor's degree in International Law at the University of Udine.
As a recording artist, she has recorded for the labels Accent, Arcana, Glossa, Harmonia Mundi, CPO, Pentatone. She recently released her first solo album, Angelica Diabolica, with Alpha Classics. Giulia has also held masterclasses for Baroque singing at the University of Arts of Havana in Cuba, as well the SMAV early music courses in Venice.
Recent successful debuts include Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House London conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano, as well as performances at Mozartwochen and Salzburger Festspiele in Suor Angelica and Falstaff followed by Orlando at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Dido and Aeneas at the Bayerische Staatsoper
In the upcoming 2024/25 season, Giulia will continue to perform internationally, including appearances as Iole in the Frankfurt Opera’s run of Hercules, Susanna in La Nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Regio Torino, Dorinda in Orlando at the Theatre du Chatelet, and Fortuna in La Monnaie’s new production of I Grotteschi, a collection of Monteverdi operas.
Representation
Season Highlights
Video
Giulia Semenzato sings 'Padre, germani, addio' Idomeneo (Mozart)
Credit: Grand Théâtre de Genève
PlayingGiulia Semenzato sings 'Zeffiretti lusinghieri' Idomeneo (Mozart)
Credit: Grand Théâtre de Genève
PlayingGiulia Semenzato sings 'Se il padre perdei' Idomeneo (Mozart)
Credit: Grand Théâtre de Genève
PlayingGiulia Semenzato - "Cinque, dieci, venti" (The Marriage of Figaro)
Riccardo Fassi and Giulia Semenzato perform "Cinque, dieci, venti" in David McVicar's 2022 production of The Marriage of Figaro. Royal Opera House, London. Credit: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
PlayingMozart: The Marriage of Figaro (The Royal Opera)
Cast: Riccardo Fassi (Figaro); Giulia Semenzato (Susanna); Germán E. Alcántara (Count Almaviva); Federica Lombardi (Countess Almaviva); Hanna Hipp (Cherubino); Gregory Bonfatti (Don Basilio); Monica Bacelli (Marcellina); Gianluca Buratto (Bartolo); Jeremy White (Antonio); Alexandra Lowe (Barbarina); Alasdair Elliott (Don Curzio); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus; Antonio Pappano Credit: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
PlayingANGELICA DIABOLICA // Giulia Semenzato & Kammerorchester Basel
Giulia Semenzato, already renowned for her interpretations of the Baroque repertory and her Mozartian roles, presents here her first solo album. The programme, entitled Angelica diabolica, is devoted to the female protagonists of Ludovico Ariosto, author of the epic poem Orlando furioso, whose emblematic figure is Angelica, a revolutionary heroine, ready to resort to any trick in order to regain her freedom Credit: Alpha Classics
PlayingGiulia Semenzato - Orlando 'Più obbligate gli sono'... 'Pur ti trovo, o mio bene'
Giulia Semenzato sings the role of Dorinda at the Theater an der Wien in their production of 'Orlando'. April 2019. Credit: Theater an der Wien
PlayingGiulia Semenzato - HANDEL Orlando 'Se mi rivolgo al proto' (Dorinda)
Giulia Semenzato sings Orlando at Theater an der Wien, recorded in 2019 Credit: Theater an der Wien
Playing
Audio
- Giulia Semenzato performs 'Aure portate al caro bene' from Handel's TolomeoCredit: NPO Klassiek Recorded: 25 May 2024
Selected Repertoire
| Beethoven | Fidelio (Marceline) |
|---|---|
| Bellini | I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Giulietta) |
| Cavalli | La Calisto • L’Eritrea • Elena |
| Cesti | Orontea (Silandra) |
| Charpentier | Orfeo agli inferi (Euridice) |
| Cimarosa | Il matrimonio segreto (Elisetta, Carolina) |
| Conti | Don Quichotte en la Sierra Morena (Ordogno) |
| De Nebra | Vendado es amor, no es ciego (Anquises) |
| Donizetti | Don Pasquale (Norina) • L’elisir d’amore (Adina) |
| Handel | Agrippina (Poppea) • Orlando (Dorinda) • Rinaldo (Almirena) • Saul (Michael) • Tolomeo, re d’Egitto (Seleuce) |
| Humperdinck | Hänsel und Gretel (Gretel) |
| Massenet | Werther (Sophie) |
| Monteverdi | Orfeo (Euridice) • Incoronazione di Poppea (Poppea) |
| Mozart | Die Zauberflote (Pamina) • Don Giovanni (Zerlina) • Clemenza di Tito (Servilia) • Idomeneo (Ilia) • Il re pastore (Elisa) • La Finta Giardiniera (Serpetta) • Le Nozze di Figaro (Susanna) • Lucio Silla (Celia) |
| Piccini | La Cecchina (Sandrina) |
| Poulenc | Dialogues des Carmélites (Soeur Constance) • Les Mamelles de Tiresias (Thérèse) |
| Purcell | Dido and Aeneas (Belinda) |
| Ravel | L’enfant et les Sortilièges (Feu, Le Rossignol) |
| Rossi | Orfeo (Venere, Proserpina) |
| Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie) • Die Fledermaus (Adele) |
| Stravinsky | The Rake’s Progress (Ann Trulove) |
| Verdi | Falstaff (Nanetta) |
| Vivaldi | Juditha Triumphans (Abra) |
| Von Weber | Der Freischütz (Ännchen) |
News
Press
Le nozze di Figaro
Teatro Regio TorinoNov 2024Dà vita a una Susanna aggraziata e romantica, con una voce bella e cristallina. Facendo appello a un’articolazione del testo forbita, a una linea di canto sinuosa e ben sfumata – bellissimo il pianissimo nel recitativo a seguito del sestetto del terzo atto, che mette in primo piano il lato lirico e sognante della giovane sposa –, la Semenzato sa illuminare il ruolo in tutte le sue possibili sfaccettature. [Translated] She gives life to a graceful and romantic Susanna, with a beautiful and crystalline voice. By appealing to a refined articulation of the text, to a sinuous and well-shaded singing line – the pianissimo in the recitative following the sextet of the third act is beautiful, which highlights the lyrical and dreamy side of the young bride –, Semenzato knows how to illuminate the role in all its possible facets
- L'Ape Musicale
- 24 November 2024
