Costanza Cutaia, Alessandra Visentin, & Laura Polverelli Among Performers at Sabbioneta Chamber Opera Festival 2025

The Sabbioneta Chamber Opera Festival announces its third edition. This article only features vocal concerts. Soprano Costanza Cutaia and contralto Alessandra Visentin solo in Scarlatti’s ” Stabat Mater.” Marco Bisi conducts the Venice Chamber Orchestra. Performance Date: October 24, 2025 Mezzo-soprano Laura Polverelli is joined by pianist Mattia Fusi and cellist Leonardo Voltan in a performance of “Aimez-vous Brahms.” Performance {…}

May 1, 2025

Q & A: Contralto Alessandra Visentin on Her New CD, ‘Tre Liriche’

(Photo: S Ghini.) Naxos released a CD entitled “Tre Liriche,” featuring songs by Ottorino Respighi performed by the Italian contralto Alessandra Visentin with the New York Chamber Orchestra under the direction of maestro Salvatore Di Vittorio. The title of the CD refers to three songs, “Notte,” “Nebbia” and “Pioggia,” which have never been performed or recorded with a large orchestra, {…}

Mar 30, 2022

Q & A: Contralto Alessandra Visentin On Her Blossoming Career and Her Forthcoming Recording Of Respighi Rarities

(Photo: Brescia/Amisano) Italian contralto Alessandra Visentin is a singer who tends to operate below the radar. Athough rarely in the headlines, she is a singer who is forging a very successful career. She performs in major opera houses, and has just recently released her first solo recording “Per la Signora Geltruda,” a CD of works by Vivaldi. Anyone who has {…}

Sep 6, 2021

Vicenza in Lirica 2021 Review: Betulia Liberata

(Photo: Francesco Dalla Pozza) Vicenza in Lirica opened last season’s program with a successful performance of Vivaldi’s oratorio “Juditha Triumphans,” a story from the book of Judith contained in the Apocrypha. The city of Bethulia is surrounded by its Assyrian enemies, and its leaders are too frightened to react. Judith, therefore, takes matters into her own hands. She sneaks into {…}