Anna Caterina Antonacci

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anna Caterina Antonacci, July 2012

Anna Caterina Antonacci (born 5 April 1961) is an Italian soprano known for roles in the bel canto and Baroque repertories. She performed as a mezzo-soprano for several years, particularly performing the Rossini canon.

Career[edit]

Antonacci studied in Bologna and made her debut as Rosina in 1986 at Arezzo. In 1994, she made her Royal Opera debut as Elcia in Mosè in Egitto.[1] She appeared there again in 2006 with Jonas Kaufman.[2] She was profiled at length by The New York Times in March 2012.[3] In 2013, she appeared in La voix humaine at the Opéra-Comique.[4] She has been married until his 2023 cancer death with water polo player Luca Giustolisi, with whom she had a son, Gillo.[5]

Repertory[edit]

Discography[edit]

Operas

Solo

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Anna Caterina Antonacci – People". The Royal Opera. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Anna Caterina Antonacci, Beyond Compare". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ^ Woolfe, Zachary (30 March 2012). "A Career That Moves in Mysterious Ways". The New York Times
  4. ^ "Road Show: Anna Caterina Antonacci in Paris". Opera News. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ^ Carrella, Franco (14 September 2023). "Pallanuoto in lutto: addio all'ex azzurro Giustolisi". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2023.

External links[edit]