Caterina Meldolesi

Caterina Meldolesi

Inspiring the next generation

MASCARADE OPERA SEASON 2023/24

2024, Giovani Voci all’opera, Teatro della Pergola, Firenze

2024, Gala Giovani Voci alla Fenice, Teatro La Fenice, Venezia

2024, recital, Il poeta e il libertino: due facce di un’era, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Firenze

2023, Christmas recital, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Firenze

2023, Luisa Miller, Teatro Sociale di Como, Teatro Fraschini di Pavia

2023, opera recital, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Firenze

2023, recital in onore di Maria Manetti Shrem, Sala delle Muse, Palazzo Tornabuoni, Firenze

2023, Season opening recital Meet the artists, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Firenze

MASCARADE OPERA SEASON 2022/23

2023, recital, Scene d’opera: Strauss, Mozart e Verdi, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Firenze (Mascarade Talent Pathway)

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS

2022, Ines, Il Trovatore, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence

2022, Anna, Le Villi, Fondazione Arturo Toscanini, Parma

2022, Aida, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence

2022, Lidia, Il Cambise, Theater Kiel, Kiel

2022, Caterina, L’Amico Fritz, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence

2021, Mimì, La Bohème, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence

2021, Annina, La Traviata, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence

2021, Cabri, Betulia Liberata, Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza

2021, La Fanciulla, Siberia di Umberto Giordano, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence

2021, Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, Teatro Goldoni, Florence

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

2023 “Voci Verdiane” Competition, Special award “Boris Hristo”, “Future Engagements Awards” (Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Teatro Municipale di Piacenza, Teatro Coccia di Novara)

2023 Aslico Competition, Finalist and role winner for Luisa Miller

2022 Montserrat Caballe Competition, Semifinalist

2022 Vinas Competition, Opernwerkstatt Special Award

2019 Elsa Respighi Lied-Duo Competition, Second Prize

2019 Salice D’Oro Competition, Second Prize, Critics Prize, Engagements Prizes (Parma and Krasnoyarsk)

EDUCATION

2020-2022 Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Young Artist Program

2015-2020 Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, Vocal studies

The Florence Choral Course as an annual summer course, which thanks to our supporters is made entirely free for participants and dedicated to the study, performance and promotion of Italian choral music. Up to 25 singers from all over the world have the unique opportunity to come to Florence for in immersive period of daily rehearsals, choral technique workshops, individual singing lessons, archival tours, history lectures and masterclasses with world famous practitioners, including soprano Dame Emma Kirkby and director of Milan Cathedral Choir Maestro Massimo Palombella.
The week culminates in concert and ecclesiastical performances in some of Florence’s most iconic buildings, including Palazzo Tornabuoni, Santissima Annunciata and Santa Maria Novella, as well as a sung mass in the great cathedral of Milan.

In addition, the programme’s advanced choral course for aspiring professional singers provides students a unique opportunity to come to Florence for an intensive programme of study, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances, as well as historical lectures and tours in the heart of the most important city of Renaissance. 

In addition, the programme’s advanced choral course for aspiring professional singers provides students a unique opportunity to come to Florence for an intensive programme of study, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances, as well as historical lectures and tours in the heart of the most important city of Renaissance. 

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for the Florence Choral Course July 2024 will open on 1 January 2024.

To apply please send two recordings and your CV to thesacredmusicprogramme@mascaradeopera.com