Valeria Esposito - Soprano

Born in Naples, Valeria Esposito graduated in voice at the Conservatory of Salerno and in Languages at the University of Naples (English, Russian, French ). Later she obtained the Proficiency in English Studies, Grosses Deutsches Diplom and the Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française, Diploma de Espanol Como Lengua Extranjera.

She won many important competitions, including the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World (1987) and the As.Li.Co. (1987).

She has performed, among others, the following roles :
Queen of the Night ( Zauberflöte - Staatsoper in Berlin, Hamburg, Wien, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Oper der Stadt in Bonn, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Liceu in Barcelona, Baltimore Opera, Maestranza of Sevilla); Konstanze (Entführung aus dem Serail - Vienna Staatsoper, Opera of Tenerife); Rosina (Barbiere di Siviglia by Paisiello - Petruzzelli in Bari); Fiorilla (Turco in Italia - Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Bellini in Catania); Madama Cortese (Viaggio a Reims - Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro); Amina (La Sonnambula - Welsh National Opera, Macerata Opera, Opera in Rome, Massimo in Palermo); Alaide (Straniera- Capitole in Toulouse); Elvira (Puritani - Liceu in Barcellona, Bellini in Catania); Linda di Chamonix (Comunale in Bologna, Carnegie Hall in New York, Vienna Staatsoper); Lucia di Lammermoor (Macerata Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Capitole in Toulouse, Tokio, Baltimore Opera, Massimo in Palermo); Marie (Fille du Régiment - Teatro alla Scala, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria); Adina (Elisir d’Amore - S. Carlo in Naples, Vienna Staatsoper, Macerata Opera, Verdi in Trieste, Filarmonico in Verona); Gilda (Rigoletto - Capitole in Toulouse, Colon in Buenos Aires, Vienna Staatsoper); Nannetta (Falstaff - Capitole in Toulouse, Teatro Regio of Parma, Comunale in Ferrara); Manon by Massenet (Opéra in Toulon, Verdi in Triest); Violetta (Traviata, Festival of Carcassonne, Budapest Opera) Lakmé (Opéra in Toulon); Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann - Opéra Bastille in Paris, Fenice in Venice, Scala in Milan, S.Carlo in Naples, Bellini in Catania, Vienna Staatsoper); Adele (Fledermaus - Bellini di Catania); Musetta (Bohême - Copenaghen); Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos - Bellini in Catania, Vienna Staatsoper); Cunegonde (Candide - Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia).

Other roles in her repertoire are: Norina (Don Pasquale) Contessa (Comte Ory), Folleville (Viaggio a Reims), Rosina (Barbiere di Siviglia), Oscar (Ballo in Maschera), Giuletta (Capuleti e Montecchi), Juliette (Romeo et Juliette), Leyla (Pêcheurs des Perles), Dinorah, Titania (Mignon), Micaela (Carmen).

In concerts she has sung: The Creation by Haydn, Exultate, Jubilate , the Mass in ut minor and Konzertarien by Mozart, Stabat Mater by Pergolesi und Rossini, Carmina Burana by Orff, the Concert for Coloratura soprano and Orchestre by Glière, Magnificat by Petrassi, lieder by Spontini, Cjajkovskij, Rachmaninov and Debussy.
We remember also Radio and Television recordings for Radio France, RTSI, Vara Radio, RAI, BBC, ARD, Antenne 2 and the DVD of Elisir d’Amore for Rai Trade.

Among her prestigious interpretations are Queen of the Night in Berlin Staatsoper directed by M° Barenboim, and in La Scala directed by M° Muti, and the role of Nannetta (Falstaff) in Ferrara directed by M° Claudio Abbado.
In 2006 she sang in the New Year’s concert for the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, broadcast by RAI 1.

Among her performances during 2008/2009 we remember two concerts with Jose Carreras in Naples and Monza (broadcast by RAI 1), Elisir d’Amore in Piacenza, Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Carmina Burana at Carlo Felice Theatre in Genova, Konstanze (Entführung aus dem Serail) at San Carlo Theatre in Napoli.

Besides music Valeria is interested in literature and she has published a novel set in the difficult world of Opera, Spirto Gentil ( Prospettivaeditrice, 2005), a book of fairy tales, l’Inventafiabe (Statale 11 Editrice, 2007) and a collection of novels Violetta Vendicata e altri fantasmi all’opera (Graus Editore, 2009).