Daniela Dessì
Daniela Dessì is confirmed as one of the most important sopranos on the current opera scene. In 1980 she won her first award at the International Competition of RAI and made her début with La serva padrona (Pergolesi). Thus she began her spectacular career performing in the most important theatres and festivals worldwide, showing a deep aesthetic capability ranging from Monteverdi to Prokofiev, with a particular specialisation in Mozart. Currently she is considered the best interpreter of the Verist repertoire.
Her presence is constantly requested on the most prestigious stages and festivals worldwide including in Milan, Turin, Napoli, Venice, Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Lyric Opera in Chicago, operas in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Zurich, Madrid, Barcelona, festivals in Salzburg, Pesaro, Torre del Lago and many others as well as major theatres in Tokyo, Nagasaki, Yokohama and Sapporo. She has collaborated with the most influential conductors of her generation, such as Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, James Levin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Zubin Mehta, Nicolaus Harnoncourt, Riccardo Chailly, Lorin Maazel, Carlos Kleiber in productions with directors of the standing of Franco Zeffirelli, Luca Ronconi, PierLuigi Pizzi, Roberto de Simone, Giorgio Strelher etc.
This season following Tosca in Florence, she will sing in Trieste, Palermo, Seville, Warszawa, Hannover, Verona, Cagliari and Barcelona and give a recital in the Theater Alla Scala in Milan.