GABRIELLA
MORIGI, soprano
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She was born
in Turin, where she completed her education.
She made her
debut in Rossini’s “La Gazzetta” and despite her young age, she showed a
natural vocal and stylistic bent for the “bel canto” repertoire.
In the first
ten years of her career, being very young, she devoted herself to Baroque
repertoire, taking part also to several recordings of pieces dated back to the
early 19th century; in this
period she performed in some of the most prestigious theatres and in Italian
and foreign Festivals.
After her debut in Rossini’s “La Gazzetta”, she also
performed Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di
Siviglia”, “Elisabetta Regina di Inghilterra” and the profane cantata “Argena e
Melania”; Donizetti’s “Lucia di
Lammermoor”, “Don Pasquale”, “Elisir d’amore” and “Gianni di Parigi. Vivaldi’s
il "Farnace", “ La Griselda” and several motets are other important performances.
She also performed Piccinni’s “La Cecchina”, Gluck’s
“Iphigenie in Aulide”, Martin y Soler’s “Una Cosa Rara”, Cimarosa’s “Il
Fanatico Burlato”, Haydn’s “L’Isola Disabitata”, Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas”.
Also
“Traviata”, “Rigoletto”, “Fille du Regiment”, “Puritani”, “Capuleti e
Montecchi” and almost all the most important pieces of the sacred repertoire
have succesfully performed by Gabriella.
Her performances have often taken place in important theatres like “La Scala” theatre in Milan,
“San Carlo” theatre in Naples, “Petruzzelli” theatre in Bari, “Verdi” theatre
in Trieste, “Regio” theatre in Turin, “Verdi” theatre in Sassari, “Grande”
theatre in Brescia, “Ponchielli” theatre in Cremona, RAI studios in Naples,
“Opera Bastille” in Paris, “Champs Elysées” in Paris, “Opera” in Lyon,; she has
also performed in “Settembre Musica” Musical Festival in Turin, “Maggio
Musicale Fiorentino” Musical Festival in Florence, “Festival Donizetti” in
Bergamo, “Pomeriggi Musicali” Musical Festival in Milan, “Rossini Opera
Festival”, “Festival della Valle D’Itria”, “Festival Tourcoing”, “Liceu” in
Barcelona, “Opera in Lille” etc..
As regards
the contemporary repertoire she has taken part as leading actress to the first
night of “Hanjo”, music by Marcello Panni, directed by Bob Wilson, to “Maggio
Musicale Fiorentino” Festival and to “Opera of Lille”.
During these
years Gabriella Morigi has developed a big store of technical and stylistic
knowledge.
After two
years of pause during which she delivered and took care of her son, she
realized it was the right time to devote herself to the dramatic agile soprano
repertoire that she has been performing successfully and with enthusiasm from 6
years.
She begun
with Verdi’s “I Lombardi alla Prima
Crociata”in Sant Gallen and at the “Tonhalle” in Zürich, and she went on with
Roberto Devereux playing the superb role of Elisabeth the First. She was also
very successful playing the role of Odabella in Verdi’s “Attila” that allowed
her to perform in Karlsruhe and in “Maggio Musicale Fiorentino”
She has also
performed other operas of Verdi’s first period like “L’Ernani” in Karlsruhe and
“Nabucco” in Rotterdam, Gelsenkirchen
and in Split-Croatia, Cyprus (Nicosia Lemesos)
She has
performed Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” in Helsinki, “Aida” in Rostock and “Otello” in
the Classic Openair in Solothurn, “Masnadieri” in Gelsenkirchen and “Giovanna d’Arco”
in Biel-Solothurn.
However she
gained prominence as Norma, (N° 74 performance), the most important role that allowed her to tour
successfully all around Europe: at the
Staatsoper in Berlin, at the Royal
Opera House in Stockholm at the Theatres of Basel, Karlsruhe, Koblenz, Oporto, Savona, Klagenfurt, Helsinki, Bellini’s
Theater of Catania with a tour
in St. Petersburg, 50° and 51°Split
Summer Festival…
She usually
pays much attention to scenic interpretations of her roles performing
passionately and with great fervour.
Recently her
first Donizetti’s "Anna Bolena" in
Kiel and Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" in South Korea at Seoul Arts Center.
June 2005 "Maria de Rudenz" (Donizetti) in Copenhagen. July 2005 "Otello" (Desdemona) in Solothurn;
Norma in Split-Croatia. September 2005 "Otello" in Theater Colon Bogotà,
December 2005 "Nabucco" (Abigaille) in Cyprus (Nikosia, Limassol)
2006:
January "Traviata" (Violetta) in Wroclaw-Breslau Polish,
March "Attila" Slovakia Banska Bystrica and "Nabucco"
Germany Bielefeld, May "Il Trovatore" Germany Gelsenkirchen, June
"Norma" Copenhagen, July "Nabucco" Croatia Split Summer
Festival, September "Il Trovatore" Moldova Chisinau, October
"Aida" South Korea Daejeon, November "Il Trovatore" Portugal
Porto, December "Ernani" Switzerland St Gallen
2007 April Liric Concert "Liric Opera Festival 2007" Teater Rossini Lugo
July-August: NABUCCO Abigaille 10 Years Opernfestspiele "Roman Stone-Quarry" St. Margarethen Österreich :
Past Year 2008
May: Nabucco (Abigaille) Theatre "Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste" Zagreb Croatia
June: Recital Eroine Verdiane Partnerregion Land Assia-Essen and Region Emilia Romagna: House Land Essen Berlin
July 2008
Performance Nabucco "Classic Open Air" Solothurn Switzerland
Lady Macbeth(role debut) "Classic Open Air" Solothurn
"Gran Concerto Gala" Solothurn
Nabucco (Abigaille) Theatre "Dannunzio" Pescara Italy
Nabucco(Abigaille) Theatre "Alle Fonti Ripatransone" Ascoli Piceno Italy
August
Nabucco (Abigaille) Fastival "Lirica in Piazza" Massa Marittima ,Italy
September
Norma Festival "Maria Biesu Invita" Moldovan National Opera Chisinau Moldova
Nabucco(Abigaille) Companions Opera Stade de Frace Parigi
November:
Cavalleria Rusticana (role debut Santuzza) Theatre Magnani Fidenza Italy Theatre "Comulale" Modena-Carpi Italy
Dicember
W.A. Mozart Exultate Jubilate Christmas Concerts Basilica S. Pietro and S. Maria Maggiore Rome
Here follows
a list of some recordings witnessing Gabriella Morigi’s artistic path:
Rossini’s
“La Gazzetta”, Cimarosa’s “Il Fanatico Burlato”, Vivaldi’s "La Griselda" e il
"Farnace", Fux’s “Il Trionfo della Fede”, Piccinni’s “La Cecchina”, a collection
of chamber music for the RCA “Red Seal”, Pergolesi’s “Il Prigionier Superbo”
and Verdi’s “Nabucco”.
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