Originally
from Italy, the mezzosoprano Simonetta
Cavalli studied music in her hometown of Bologna before training in singing
at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of music in
Venice where she graduated brilliantly.
Simonetta
Cavalli, a finalist and winner of several
National and International Opera and
Chamber Music Competitions, made her debut
at a very young age at the G. Verdi Theatre in Trieste with Mozart's Opera "Die Zauberflöte"
(The Magic Flute) in the role of Dritte
Knabe; then, after her debut, she performed several roles and sang in
numerous theatres, in Italy and abroad (Teatro
Regio of Parma, G. Donizetti of Bergamo,
G. Verdi of Trieste, Comunale of Bologna, Deutsche Oper of Berlin, Volkshaus
Basel, Auditorium in Toronto, New York etc...), conducted by renowned conductors of the calibre of Alberto Zedda, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Fabrizio
M. Carminati, Federico M. Sardelli, Jean Claude Malgoire, Güther
Neuhold, Wolfgang Bozic, Arnold Östmann, Alain Guingall etc…
Then she enriches her career with the experience of illustrious
professionals such as: tenor Alain
Charles Billard and mezzo Brigitte Fassbänder, for the repertoire of Chamber Music and Opera; she
participates in Master Classes with:
Luciana Serra, Margaret G. Baker, Sherman Low, Beniamino Prior and finally
Claudio Desderi.
She also
works with ensembles with whom she participates in several tours in Europe,
Canada and the United States. Defined by critics as a" Mozart mezzosoprano", she also explores the
Baroque repertoire, the Italian and French Belcanto and the Operetta
as well, up to the Modern Opera,
where she has leading-roles in the absolute premiere (for Italian composers:
Franco Mannino, Bruno M. Moretti, Giorgio Klauer etc.)
She has
recorded for: R.A.I. Italian Radio
Television, Tactus Record, West Deutscher
Runfunk - C.P.O. (Arsilda Regina di Ponto by Vivaldi, where she sings as a
protagonist), Classic Voice and Foné (thanks to which she was the
performer of one of the first "CD Superaudio" in the current global
market). Finally, she recorded a CD with other international musicians and
singers, entitled The Human Voice,
the result of the collaboration of the mezzo with an international medical team
that deals with studies and research on the value of the human voice in its
various aspects.
Simonetta
Cavalli has given numerous recitals and she performs in Concert for chamber,
sacred, opera and contemporary music at the international level.
The latest engagements: in concert in Paris, Lyon, Sarajevo, Verona, Trieste, Udine, Bari,
either as soloist or in Ensemble, with the repertoire of Bach, Monteverdi,
Mozart and Beethoven. For the Opera
she performed the roles of: Ida - Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss, the Page -
Rigoletto by G. Verdi and the 2nd Genie in Die Zauberflöte by Mozart at the
Théâtre G. Verdi de Trieste under the direction of : G. Gelmetti, F. Carminati
and P. Halfter Caro.