Mezzo-soprano Caterina Piva began her artistic training at a young age in the world of drama theater: she graduated in Acting in 2009 at Teatro Carcano in Milan, and in Opera Singing in 2017 at Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in the same city.
After ranking in some international competitions, she was the winner in the category “New Voices” at the 69th Edition of the As.Li.Co. Competition.
She attended the two-year specialization course at Teatro alla Scala, where she made her debut as Annina in Liliana Cavani’s historical staging of La traviata, conducted by Myung-Whun Chung and Marco Armiliato. After that, she sang La Ciesca in Woody Allen’s Gianni Schicchi conducted by Adam Fischer, and Maddalena in Gilbert Deflo’s also historical staging of Rigoletto, conducted by Daniel Oren.
She successfully sang at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino the roles of Fenena (Nabucco), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Meg (Falstaff), Nikona (Siberia), Emilia (Otello) and Flora (La traviata), under the baton of conductors such as Zubin Mehta, John Eliot Gardiner, Gianandrea Noseda, Riccardo Frizza, Paolo Carignani and directors such as Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Davide Livermore, Leo Muscato, Valerio Binasco and Roberto Andò. Moreover, she debuted as Lucilla in Rossini’s La Scala di seta at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona and she was Maddalena again at Teatro Carlo Felice conducted by Jordi Bernacer.
In summer 2022 she made her house debut with the Salzburg Festival as La Ciesca and La Maestra delle novizie in Puccini’s Il trittico directed by Christof Loy and conducted by Franz Welser Möst.
Further highlights included Dimitri in Mario Martone’s new production of Fedora at La Scala, under the baton of Marco Armiliato, and the role debut as Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) at Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova conducted by Fabio Luisi.
In 2023 she sang Cherubino at the Royal Opera House in Muscat in Giorgio Strehler’s historical staging of Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Sesto Quatrini, and Smeton in Jetske Mijnnsen’s staging of Anna Bolena at Teatro di San Carlo, under the baton of Riccardo Frizza. Moreover, she returned to Salzburg Festival as Lady Macbeth Lady-in-waiting in Krzysztof Warlikowski’s new production conducted by Philippe Jordan.
Further highlights included Fenena at Festival Verdi di Parma under Giampaolo Bisanti, and the role debuts as Charlotte (Werther) with Donato Renzetti and Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) with Fabio Luisi at Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova.
Most recently, she sang Stravinsky’s Pulcinella at Teatro di San Carlo with Ingo Metzmacher, and Rossini’s Stabat Mater at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona conducted by Roberto Abbado. Moreover, she made her role debut as Aristea (L’Olimpiade) at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées under the baton of Jean-Christophe Spinosi and the direction of Emmanuel Daumas.
Upcoming plans include La forza del destino at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Roméo et Juliette at Teatro di San Carlo, Alcina at Opera di Roma, Carmen at Teatro Carlo Felice, Madama Butterfly at Opera Las Palmas, Beethoven’s Symphony Nr. 9 with Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, and she sang Preziosilla in La forza del destino at Gran Teatre del Liceu.
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