AdrianaBignagni Lesca
Contact
For availability and general enquiries:
Rowan Bidmead
Mark Hildrew
For contracts, logistics and press:
Grace Hewett
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
About Adriana
Born in Libreville, Gabon, Adriana Bignagni Lesca studied at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux with Maryse Castets.
Plans for the current season include her debut at Gran Teatre del Liceu for the European premiere of John Adams' Antony and Cleopatra, a return to Staatsoper Berlin for the revival of Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto (Arbate), Ježibaba (Rusalka) at Auditorio de Tenerife and Souffrance in Albéric Magnard’s Guercœur at Opéra national du Rhin. On the concert platform, Adriana will sing Juno (Orphée aux enfers) with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and Marc Minkowski and a New Year’s concert with Philharmonie Zuidnederland including Montsalvatge’s Cinco canciones negras.
Last season saw Adriana make her house debuts at Staatsoper Berlin for Arbate (Mitridate, re di Ponto) and Opernhaus Zurich for Dorotea Frescopane (Viva la mamma). On the concert platform she sang concert performances of Porgy and Bess with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and gave multiple recitals at Aix-en-Provence Festival.
Future seasons will include her debut at Hamburgische Staatsoper and a return to Théâtre du Capitole.
Previous opera highlights include Zefka (The Diary of One Who Disappeared) at Opéra du Rhin, Junon (Platée) at the Opéra national de Paris, Brambilla in Offenbach’s La Périchole with Les Musiciens du Louvre and Marc Minkowski at Salzburg Easter Festival and on tour to Montpellier, Bordeaux, Grenoble and Versailles; Fatouma in Mârouf, Savetier du Caire by Henri Rabaud at the Opéra National de Bordeaux and the Opéra-Comique de Paris, Rossweisse (Die Walküre) in Bordeaux and numerous performances at Aix-en-Provence and Montpellier Festivals.
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
Video
Adriana Bignagni Lesca: Cinco Canciones Negras (Xavier Montsalvatge)
The New Year's Concert PhilZuid conducted by Duncan Ward with the PhilZuid Orchestra Credit: OMROEP BRABANT
PlayingAdriana Bignagni Lesca: L’odio nel cor frenate (Mitridate, rè di Ponto (Arbate), Mozart)
Credit: Warner Classics
PlayingAdriana Bignagni Lesca: Ô mon cher Amant, je te jure (La Périchole, Offenbach)
Credit: Auditorium de Bordeaux
PlayingAdriana Bignangi Lesca: Ah’ que j’aime les militaires (La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, Offenbach)
Credit: Auditiorio de Bordeaux
Playing
Selected Repertoire
| Bizet | Carmen (title role) |
|---|---|
| Donizetti | Viva la mamma (Dorotea) • La fille du régiment (Marquise de Berkenfield) |
| Dvořák | Rusalka (Ježibaba) |
| Gershwin | Porgy and Bess (Maria, Annie, Lily) |
| Janáček | The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Zefka) |
| Magnard | Guercœur (Souffrance) |
| Mozart | Mitridate, re di Ponto (Arbate, Fernace) |
| Offenbach | La Perichole (title role) • Orphée aux enfers (Juno) |
| Rameau | Platée (Junon) |
| Rossini | I’Italiana in Alghiere (title role) |
| Saint-Saëns | Samson and Delilah (Delilah) |
| Stravinksy | Rake's Progess (Baba the Turk, Mother Goose) |
| Verdi | Falstaff (Mistress Quickley) • Il trovatore (Azucena) |
| Wagner | Das Rheingold (Erda) |
News
Press
Magnard - Guercœur (Souffrance)
Opéra national du RhinApr 2024et il y a aujourd’hui Adriana Bignani Lesca (photo), irréprochable à chacune de ses interventions, où elle impose son timbre rare et une diction impeccable, l’actrice étant elle aussi à la hauteur (ah, ce sourire quand elle apprend que Guercœur renvoyé sur Terre va enfin souffrir !). and today there is Adriana Bignani Lesca (photo), flawless in every performance, imposing her rare timbre and impeccable diction, and the actress is also up to the task (ah, that smile when she learns that Guercœur, sent back to Earth, is finally going to suffer!).
- Laurent Bury, Concert Classic
- 29 April 2024
Adriana Bignagni Lesca confère à sa Souffrance une ligne solide mais subtile, et des graves profonds et nourris. Adriana Bignagni Lesca gives her Souffrance a solid but subtle line, and deep, nourished bass.
- Damien Dutilleul, Olyrix
- 30 April 2024
Adriana Bignagni Lesca trouve dans Souffrance un rôle à la mesure de ses moyens : son timbre profond de contralto, servi par une projection assurée, captive immédiatement. In Souffrance, Adriana Bignagni Lesca finds a role worthy of her abilities: her deep contralto timbre, supported by confident projection, is immediately captivating.
- Clément Mariage, Forum Opera
- 29 April 2024
tandis que les seconds rôles se montrent idéalement distribués. Ces derniers sont dominés par la superlative Souffrance d’Adriana Bignagni Lesca while the supporting roles are ideally cast. The latter are dominated by the superlative Souffrance by Adriana Bignagni Lesca
- Florent Coudeyrat, Premiere Loge
- 29 April 2024
