Silvia Beltrami is a mezzo-soprano with a Verdian vocation and has achieved great success in prestigious theaters, both in Italy (Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio in Turin, Arena di Verona, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Comunale di Bologna) and abroad (Teatro Real in Madrid, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, NCPA in Beijing, ABAO Bilbao, Seoul Arts Center, Bolshoi in Moscow, Staatsoper in Hanover, Royal Opera in Muscat). Her stage presence and communicative power make her a natural interpreter of strong characters such as Azucena in Il trovatore, Amneris in Aida, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera, Tigrana in Edgar, Eboli in Don Carlo, but she also masterfully approaches more intimate roles like Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. Thanks to her innate sense of theater, she is an acclaimed interpreter in character parts such as Mrs. Quickly in Falstaff, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, or Beppe in L'amico Fritz.
Her bel canto training must not be forgotten, which saw her as a protagonist in works such as L’italiana in Algeri (Isabella), Maria Stuarda (Elisabeth), Il viaggio a Reims (Marchesa Melibea), Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira), and La gazza ladra (Pippo).
Among the many highlights of his career, Un ballo in maschera at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, at the Royal Theatre in Madrid, at La Fenice in Venice, at the Bolshoi in Moscow and at the Regio in Parma, Aida and Il trovatore at the Opera in Rome and at La Fenice in Venice, Verdi's Requiem Mass with the Seattle Symphony conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti, at the Petruzzelli in Bari with Renato Palumbo, at the Cathedral of Monreale for the Sacred Music Week under the direction of Nicola Luisotti and at the Cathedral of Modena for the tenth anniversary of the death of Luciano Pavarotti conducted by Stefano Ranzani, Puccini's Edgar at the Konzerthaus in Berlin, Don Carlo at the Daegu Opera Festival, L’italiana in Algeri at the NCPA in Beijing and at the Ópera de Oviedo, Prokofiev's The Gambler at the Valle d’Itria Festival in Martina Franca, Claudio in Händel's Lucio Silla at the Enescu Festival with the Europa Galante Orchestra conducted by Fabio Biondi.
Among the most prestigious collaborations, she has worked with directors of the caliber of Myung-Whun Chung, Gianandrea Noseda, Donato Renzetti, Giacomo Sagripanti, Andrea Battistoni, Stefano Ranzani, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Jader Bignamini, Stefano Montanari, Francesco Lanzillotta, and Felix Krieger, just to name a few, as well as with directors like Pier Luigi Pizzi, Davide Livermore, Hugo De Hana, Alex Ollé, Emilio Sagi, Franco Zeffirelli, Gianmaria Aliverta, and Valentina Carrasco.
Silvia Beltrami was born in Bologna and trained at the “Arrigo Boito” Conservatory in Parma, and later perfected her skills with William Matteuzzi and Raina Kabaivanska.
The recent highlights are: Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna; La Gioconda (Laura) at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari; Aida at the Opera of Frankfurt; Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Real in Madrid and at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Suor Angelica (Aunt Princess) with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano; Verdi's Requiem Mass at the Teatro Regio in Turin with Andrea Battistoni; Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza) at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Aida in Turin and Vilnius; Nabucco (Fenena) in Palermo; Falstaff (Quickly) in Lille, Luxembourg, Caen.
Auditorium of Milan
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