Diletta Rizzo Marin
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Diletta Rizzo Marin is an Italian opera
tic soprano
admired for the quality of her voice and her skills in acting. She has appeared frequently at the Festival Internacional de Santander
.
in theatrical performance from L'Università Ca' Foscari
in Venice
.
Her official debut was in July 2004 in a solo recital at the 53rd Festival Internacional de Santander. She returned to the Festival again in 2005 appearing in a concert with Roberto Scandiuzzi, the Coral Salvé de Laredo, and the Orchestra 900 del Teatro Regio di Torino. The live recording of the concert was issued by the RTVE
-Música label in February 2006. (A further performance of the concert took place at the Festival de Úbeda
in June 2007.) Her most recent appearance at the Festival Santander was in August 2007 when she sang the leading role of Amina in a production of Bellini
's La sonnambula
directed by Hugo de Ana.
Rizzo Marin is a university representative for UNICEF Italia and appears in benefit concerts for the organization, the most notable of which was a Gala at the Teatro Comunale di Treviso
on January 6, 2007 with Roberto Scandiuzzi, Luciana D'Intino and Roberto Frontali. The gala, in aid of UNICEF's project to reduce infant mortality in Tajikistan
, also celebrated the 25th anniversary of Scandiuzzi's stage debut.
In 2008 she made her France
debut in the role of Lucietta from I quattro rusteghi
at the Théâtre du Capitole
in Toulouse
and sang the role of Lisette in Puccini's La rondine
with Opéra de Nice
.
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
tic soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
admired for the quality of her voice and her skills in acting. She has appeared frequently at the Festival Internacional de Santander
Festival Internacional de Santander
The Festival Internacional de Santander is one of Spain's oldest music festivals. Each year, during the month of August it presents two to three operas as well as performances from visiting ballet and theatre companies, solo recitals, and choral, symphonic, and chamber music concerts...
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Biography
Diletta Rizzo Marin was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Roberto Scandiuzzi, is a prominent Italian bass. Her mother, Anna Maria Bicciato, is a soprano and voice teacher. She received her diploma in piano at the age of 16 and began her vocal studies under Bicciato. She has also completed a laureaLaurea
In Italy, the laurea is the main post-secondary academic degree.-Reforms due to the Bologna process:Spurred by the Bologna process, a major reform was instituted in 1999 to introduce easier university degrees comparable to the bachelors...
in theatrical performance from L'Università Ca' Foscari
University of Venice
Ca' Foscari University is a university in Venice, northern Italy. It was founded in 1868 as the first Italian business college. The main building of the University, Ca’ Foscari Palace, is placed in a strategic position on the bend of the Grand Canal, in the heart of the city...
in Venice
Venice
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Her official debut was in July 2004 in a solo recital at the 53rd Festival Internacional de Santander. She returned to the Festival again in 2005 appearing in a concert with Roberto Scandiuzzi, the Coral Salvé de Laredo, and the Orchestra 900 del Teatro Regio di Torino. The live recording of the concert was issued by the RTVE
RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. or Corporación Radiotelevisión Española is the state-owned public corporation that assumed the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service from Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española in 2007...
-Música label in February 2006. (A further performance of the concert took place at the Festival de Úbeda
Úbeda
Úbeda is a town in the province of Jaén in Spain's autonomous community of Andalusia, with some 35,600 inhabitants. Both this city and the neighboring city of Baeza benefited from extensive patronage in the early 16th century resulting in the construction of a series of Renaissance style palaces...
in June 2007.) Her most recent appearance at the Festival Santander was in August 2007 when she sang the leading role of Amina in a production of Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...
's La sonnambula
La sonnambula
La sonnambula is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the bel canto tradition by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ballet-pantomime by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur.The first...
directed by Hugo de Ana.
Rizzo Marin is a university representative for UNICEF Italia and appears in benefit concerts for the organization, the most notable of which was a Gala at the Teatro Comunale di Treviso
Treviso
Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...
on January 6, 2007 with Roberto Scandiuzzi, Luciana D'Intino and Roberto Frontali. The gala, in aid of UNICEF's project to reduce infant mortality in Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
, also celebrated the 25th anniversary of Scandiuzzi's stage debut.
In 2008 she made her France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
debut in the role of Lucietta from I quattro rusteghi
I quattro rusteghi
I quatro rusteghi is a comic opera in three acts, music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a text by Luigi Sugana and Giuseppe Pizzolato based on Carlo Goldoni's 18th-century play I rusteghi. The opera is in Venetian dialect.-Performance history:The opera was first performed at the Hoftheater in Munich on...
at the Théâtre du Capitole
Théâtre du Capitole
The Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse is an opera house and ballet company located within the main administration buildings, the Capitole, of the city of Toulouse in south-west France....
in Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
and sang the role of Lisette in Puccini's La rondine
La rondine
La rondine is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on a libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Heinz Reichert...
with Opéra de Nice
Opéra de Nice
The Opéra de Nice is the principal opera venue in Nice, France.The théâtre municipal of Nice was inaugurated 7 February 1885 with a performance of Verdi's Aida. In 1902 the théâtre municipal became the Opéra de Nice.-References:...
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Recording
Le Plaisir Du Chant Songs by Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Faurè, Granados, Serrano (Diletta Rizzo Marin, Soprano; Alberto Boischio, Piano). Velut Luna CVLD157.External links
- Official web site
- Luis G.Iberni Diletta Rizzo Marin y Ainhoa Garmendia, duelo en el Cantábrico (Interview), El Cultural, July 26, 2007.
- Video of Rizzo Marin singing "Care Compagne" from La sonnambula, Festival Internacional de Santander, August 2007.