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Carmen- Carmen- Orchestre Symphonique de la Francophonie:
“Corbisiero sizzled as Carmen. She looked,
acted, and sang Carmen-in a way that made this tragic but exciting
role very real. Her lower register was particularly rich and the
expression was beautiful.” La Boheme- Musetta- Opera de Montreal:
La Boheme- Mimi-Orchestre Symphonique de Longueil: Festival International du Domaine Forget: “Thank heaven for Gianna Corbisiero’s
charming treatment of the Act I aria from Puccini’s La Rondine.”
La Traviata, Violetta Valery -L’Opera
de Montreal:
Opera Gala-Opera de Montreal: La Traviata-Debut Series:
In Chabrier’s Etoile: Princesse Laoula,
Opera Francais de New York: “soprano Gianna Corbisiero commanded attention…” “Gianna Corbisiero sang the romantic role
easily”
In Frank Martin’s Le Vin Herbé,
Iseut, I Cantori di New York:
"I Pagliacci" "I have to tell you that it was an amazing show. Everyone that I spoke to has nothing but praises for the opera. It was an amazing show and it definitely brought our event to another level." Josie Verillo
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GIANNA CORBISIERO
Soprano
Born in Canada, Italian-American Gianna Corbisiero received her formal training at McGill University, Atelier de l'Opera de Montreal and the Juilliard School of New York. She is equally known for her warm vocal timbre and musicality as for her radiant stage presence. She is a recipient of various honors and awards, including a winner in the Luciano Pavarotti International Competition, a First Prize winner of the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation as well as the Canada Council Career Grants and the Canadian Music Competition.
Ms.Corbisiero has been heard in concert and opera throughout North America, Europe and Asia. She made her European debut as Princess Laoula in Chabrier's Etoile with Opera Zuid-Netherlands and also sang this role in the critically acclaimed production of L'Opera Francais de New York under the direction of Yves Abel. She has performed Micaela in La Tragedie de Carmen (an adaptation by Peter Brook) with the Banff Opera Center, Papagena in The Magic Flute with Vancouver Opera, Pamina in The Magic Flute with Opera Burlington and the High Priestess in Aida in Tokyo, Japan with the International Opera Festival. She has appeared in several productions with l'Opera de Montreal including Adriana Lecouvreur, Gianni Schicchi, Les Contes d'Hoffman, and The Merry Widow. In the 2002 season, Ms.Corbisiero was invited to perform the role of Violetta in La Traviata and did so to critical acclaim with the Montreal Symphony and in the 2004 season, radiantly performed the role of Musetta in La Boheme.
Also a favorite concert artist, Ms Corbisiero has been a guest soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Charles Dutoit in Richard Strauss' Elektra, and I Cantori di New York with whom she sang the role of Iseut in Frank Martin's Le Vin Herbé. She has been heard on several occasions with the distinguished ensemble I Musici of Montreal under the direction of Yuli Turovsky. She was a guest at the Sarasota Opera and the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra as well as performed the role of Mimi in La Boheme with the Orchestre Symphonique de Longueil and with the Montreal Chamber Orchestra sang Samuel Barber's Knoxville Summer if 1915.
In 2005 , she toured with l'Orchestre Metropolitain as the soprano soloist in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and recorded episodes of Opera Easy for Bravo Canada in opera excerpts of Tosca, La Boheme, La Traviata and Norma. She performed the role of Carmen to critical acclaim with l'Orchestre Symponique de la Francophonie. as well as appeared at the International Festival of the Domaine Forget in Charlevoix.
This May 2007 she will sing the Act II of Carmen with Neil Schicoff and Bryn Terfel for a Gala Three Act Opera concert with Orchestre Metropolitain and Yannick Nezet-Seguin hosted by the Richard Tucker Foundation.
This 2006-2007 season she sang Nedda in I Pagliacci with the Grand Salon Orchestra under the direction of Kerry Stratton, and appeared with the Orchestre Metropolitain with Zubin Mehta and Yannick Nezet Seguin in a special concert featuring Bryn Terfel. This fall she will sing Musetta in La Boheme at L'Opéra de Québèc. She will be a guest artist with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra hosted by Cleveland Opera and the Richard Tucker Foundation, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil and the Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestras. She will also appear at the L'Opera de Montreal Gala as well as the Gala of L'Opera de Quebec.
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