MariangelaSicilia
- Soprano


About Mariangela
Acclaimed by Le Monde as a "miracle of vocal firmness" and a "soprano voice that shines like the morning sun of Provence" (Der Tagesspiegel), Mariangela Sicilia has achieved immense success with both audiences and critics at numerous prestigious opera houses and international festivals, including Opéra national de Paris, Teatro Real de Madrid, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Salzburg Festival, Sydney Opera House, Dutch National Opera, and Opéra de Monte-Carlo, as well as Les Choregies d’Orange, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Royal Opera House in Muscat, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, d Arena di Verona.
She has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, Sir Mark Elder, Asher Fisch, Riccardo Frizza, Francesco Lanzillotta, Michele Mariotti, Stefano Montanari, Riccardo Muti, Chung Myung-whun, Daniel Oren, Antonio Pappano, Donato Renzetti, Daniele Rustioni, Alberto Zedda, and directors including Robert Carsen, Rosetta Cucchi, Hugo De Ana, Denis Krief, Gabriele Lavia, Davide Livermore, Terry Gilliam, David McVicar, Damiano Michieletto, Jonathan Miller, Chiara Muti, Stefano Poda and Sir Graham Vick.
In the 25/26 season, Mariangela returns to Teatro Regio di Parma as Desdemona Otello, to Teatro alla Scala as Liù Turandot, and to Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as Cleopatra Guilio Cesare. She also makes her debut at Staatsoper Hamburg in the title role of Maria Stuarda.
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Season Highlights
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- Playing
Mariangela Sicilia - Oh! quante volte (I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Vincenzo Bellini)
Credit: Mariangela Sicilia
Mariangela Sicilia - Signore ascolta (Turandot - Aria di Liù)
Credit: Mariangela Sicilia
Sombre forêt Guillaume Tell di G. Rossini
Credit: Rossini Opera Festival
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La Rondine, Puccini)
Credit: La Scala
La Rondine - Teatro alla Scala, 2024
Credit: D. Quervain
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Selected Repertoire
Berlioz
Benvenuto Cellini (Teresa)
Bizet
Carmen (Micaëla)
Cilea
L'arlesiana (Vivetta)
Donizetti
Maria Stuarda (title role) • Anna Bolena (title role) • Lucrezia Borgia (title role)
Gounod
Faust (Marguerite) • Roméo et Juliette (Juliette)
Halévy
La Juive (Rachel)
Handel
Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra) • Alcina (title role)
Leoncavallo
Pagliacci (Nedda)
Mascagni
Guglielmo Ratcliff (Maria)
Massenet
Manon (title role) • Thaïs (title role)
Mozart
Clemenza di Tito (Vitellia) • Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi) • Don Giovanni (Donna Anna & Donna Elvira) • Idomeneo (Elettra) • Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa)
Puccini
La bohème (Mimì) • La rondine (Magda) • Turandot (Liù)
Rossini
Guillaume Tell (Mathilde) • Mosè in Egitto (Elcia)
Verdi
Il corsaro (Medora) • Don Carlo (Elisabetta) • Ernani (Elvira) • Falstaff (Alice Ford) • Giovanna d'Arco (title role) • Luisa Miller (title role) • I masnadieri (Amalia) • Otello (Desdemona) • Simon Boccanegra (Amelia) • La traviata (Violetta) • Il trovatore (Leonora)
News
Press
La bohème
Maggio Musicale FiorentinoNov 2023the excellent Mimì by Mariangela Sicilia who proves to be the spearhead of a well-assorted cast. The soprano appears to be completely master of the role, in which she debuted in the famous 2018 Bolognese production conducted by Michele Mariotti and directed by Graham Vick.
- Opera Click
- 23 November 2023
Mimì by Mariangela Sicilia stands out above all. In fact, the dynamics to which the voice bends are surprising, especially in piano and pianissimi, as can already be seen from “Yes, they call me Mimì” which is practically whispered, almost shy. The result is a delicate Mimì with undeniable grip and charm
- connessiallopera
- 22 November 2023
Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira)
Teatro Massimo di PalermoOct 2023Mariangela Sicilia also creates a wonderfully annoying Donna Elvira, whose desire for Don Giovanni is so great that she degrades herself and lacks any self-respect. Not an easy role, which Ms. Sicilia masters fabulously, because she also manages to master this stereotypical character flawlessly and embodies an excellent Donna Elvira with her precise soprano.
- Online Merker
- 27 October 2023
L'elisir d'amore (Adina)
Teatro Regio di Torino, ItalyApr 2021Mariangela Sicilia is a top-notch Adina: self-confident, strong-willed, brilliant and delicate, she stands out for her clarity in her lyrical flights and grace in her turns of graceful virtuosity. She then colors every single sentence in detail, multifaceted with ever-changing dynamics and accents, she interprets in the fullest sense of the term, finally revealing the edges and watermarks of a character that goes well beyond the classic mask.
- apemusicale
- 21 April 2021
Mariangela Sicilia 's Adina is delightful , a lyric soprano with a beautiful timbre and impeccable musicality. We have appreciated her qualities several times: the soft and fluted emission, the precision in coloratura singing, the richness of accents, combined with an undeniable stage personality. An Adina who conquers vocally and scenically!
- GBOpera
- 25 April 2021
As Adina, Mariangela Sicilia not only wrapped Nemoriono around her finger; Her soprano has a velvety, dark timbre, but easily rises to bold coloratura and impresses with its clear height and the necessary substance in the deeper regions of the part. Her acting was just as charming as her vocal delivery, making the character the likeable focal point of the story.
- Bachtrack
- 25 April 2021
This rich and capricious landowner is sung by Mariangela Sicilia with a clear, bell-like soprano and flexible and effervescent coloratura.
- Opera Online
- 27 April 2021
Alcina (Title Role)
Teatro dell'Opera di RomaMar 2025It is hard to believe that Sicilia is making her debut in this repertoire, given the assurance and personality with which she approaches the role, both in its most virtuoso aspects and in its most dramatic moments...
- Premiere Loge
- 20 March 2025
The novelty of the Roman edition lies in the Italian voices, in particular that of the soprano Mariangela Sicilia , who lends her virtuosity to the enchantress Alcina, skilfully sliding from seduction to dismay, from incredulity to anger...
- Le Salon Musical
- 20 March 2025
Sicilia delivered an impeccable performance, with convincing acting and excellent singing throughout.
- Bachtrack
- 21 March 2025
The rare immaculate beauty of the timbre of her voice is the enchantment with which Mariangela Sicilia at first glance captivates her listeners, and then gradually one is also totally captivated by the purest line of the melody, the dynamics calibrated down to the millimetre, the perfect control of the woodwinds, the charm with which she delivers the words, thus ensnaring the listener, who feels enclosed as if in a cocoon of golden sound. In particular, this happens in her two arias of the second act, ‘Ah, mio cor!’ and ‘Ombre pallide’, which are a true marvel, from which one is transported to a hyper-uranium world, where time does not flow as it does on this earth, so that when one finally comes to one's senses, one does not know how much time has passed, five minutes or half an hour? Let us also thank Sicilia because her coloraturas are perfect but not hyperbolic and nonsensical.
- Giornale della musica
- 26 March 2025
Mariangela Sicilia confirmed her reputation as one of the finest Italian singers of her generation, offering excellent legato, clear coloratura, and expressive phrasing throughout the role of Alcina. Her "Ah! mio cor" in Act II showcased her pearly tone and great control of dynamics, while "Ombre pallide" portrayed the heroine's collapse with impressive vocal assurance.
- Scherzo
- 25 March 2025