Chiara Amarù

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Mezzo-Soprano


Last Victorian Opera performance

Rosina in The Barber of Seville, December 2019

Last 3 major performances

  • Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Teatro Regio, Parma, March 2019 
  • Rossini's Stabat Mater, Carnegie Hall, New York, May 2019
  • Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Teatro Massimo, Palermo, September 2019

Education/Training

  • Palermo Music Conservatory
  • Vignola Opera Academy (Teachers : Mirella Freni and Sergio Bertocchi) 
  • Bologna Opera School

Age when you started singing

I started singing at the age of 7 at Palermo’s opera house (Teatro Massimo) in the children’s choir. Afterwards, I started studying opera singing at the conservatory.

Favourite opera

La bohème

Favourite opera role to perform

My favourite role is Angelina in La Cenerentola.

A fun fact not many people know about you 

I like to vacuum clean before I perform, it makes me relax.

Tell us about your hobbies outside opera.

I love to cook, travel and go to the cinema and I have a passion for everything related to makeup.

Awards

I have received prizes in many competitions in Italy, among others, in 2013 I won the New Generation prize in the Lyric Oscar contest.