GiuliaSemenzato

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Kate Robson

Kate Robson

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

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

Upcoming engagements involve her performances as Ilias in Idomeneo at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Tolomeo with the Kammerorchester Basel conducted by Giovanni Antonini and Orlando at the Chatelet

Giulia is based in Italy

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

Season Highlights

Oct 2023 - Nov 2023
Teatro Real Madrid
Handel's 'Orlando', role of Dorinda, Teatro Real Madrid Musical conductors: Ivor Bolton, Francesc Prat Direction: Claus Guth
Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Mozart's 'Idomeneo', role of Ilia, Grand Théâtre de Genève Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón Stage Director / Choreographer: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Mar 2024
Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
Faure's 'Requiem' Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Paavo Järvi Conductor

Video

Audio

  • Giulia Semenzato performs 'Aure portate al caro bene' from Handel's Tolomeo
    Credit: NPO Klassiek Recorded: 25 May 2024

Selected Repertoire

BeethovenFidelio (Marceline)
Bellini I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Giulietta)
CavalliLa Calisto   •   L’Eritrea   •   Elena
CestiOrontea (Silandra)
CharpentierOrfeo agli inferi (Euridice)
CimarosaIl matrimonio segreto (Elisetta, Carolina)
ContiDon Quichotte en la Sierra Morena (Ordogno)
De NebraVendado es amor, no es ciego (Anquises)
DonizettiDon Pasquale (Norina)   •   L’elisir d’amore (Adina)
HandelAgrippina (Poppea)   •   Orlando (Dorinda)   •   Rinaldo (Almirena)   •   Saul (Michael)   •   Tolomeo, re d’Egitto (Seleuce)
HumperdinckHänsel und Gretel (Gretel)
MassenetWerther (Sophie)
MonteverdiOrfeo (Euridice)   •   Incoronazione di Poppea (Poppea)
MozartDie 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)
PicciniLa Cecchina (Sandrina)
PoulencDialogues des Carmélites (Soeur Constance)   •   Les Mamelles de Tiresias (Thérèse)
PurcellDido and Aeneas (Belinda)
RavelL’enfant et les Sortilièges (Feu, Le Rossignol)
RossiOrfeo (Venere, Proserpina)
StraussDer Rosenkavalier (Sophie)   •   Die Fledermaus (Adele)
StravinskyThe Rake’s Progress (Ann Trulove)
VerdiFalstaff (Nanetta)
VivaldiJuditha Triumphans (Abra)
Von WeberDer Freischütz (Ännchen)

News

Press

  • Peralada Festival

    Spain
    Mar 2024
    • Spectacular Salome by Soprano Giulia Semenzato at Peralada Festival [...]

      • La Vanguardia, Maricel Chavarria
      • 29 March 2024