Francesca Pia Vitale
soprano
© Marco Borrelli
This young Italian singer, making her debut at Oper Frankfurt singing Amenaide in tonight's performance of Tancredi, graduated from the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 2020 and has won many international competitions. She made her debut at La Scala singing Giannetta (L’elisir d’amore), which was followed by roles in a Prima la musica poi le parole / Gianni Schicchi double bill, a Page in Rigoletto, Clorinda in a version of La Cenerentola for children, Elisetta in Rossini's Il matrimonio segreto, Ciomma in Leonarda Vinci's Le zite ‘ngalera and Sophie in Massenet's Werther. She sang in Hänsel und Gretel in Cagliari, Annina (La traviata) at the Arena di Verona, Lisa (La sonnambula) on a tour of France, Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) in Padua and Palermo, Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Musetta (La bohème) in Bari and Bordeaux and Norina (Don Pasquale) at the Teatro Regio in Turin. Plans include Silandra (Orontea) at La Scala, Gilda in Rigoletto at the Staatsoper in Hannover and Il re pastore at the Opera di Roma. Francesca Pia Vitale has worked with conductors including Ádám Fischer, Daniel Oren, Johannes Debus and Zubin Mehta.