Sonia Ganassi (born 1966) is an Italian mezzo-soprano. Born in Reggio Emilia, she made her debut as Rosina in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville in Rome in 1992. She has performed in many of the world’s famous opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, the Royal Opera House in London and the Teatro alla Scala, Milan. She is best known for her work in the bel canto repertoire.[1] Her roles in Rossini operas also include soprano parts, such as Elisabetta in Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (ROF, 2004), Elena in La donna del lago (Lady of the Lake) (Rossini in Wildbad, 2006), Ermione (ROF, 2008), and Elcia in Mosè in Egitto (ROF, 2011).[2] In 2009 she participated in a live recording of Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem conducted by Antonio Pappano (EMI Classics 6 98936 2). In October 2019 she debuted the leading role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi's Macbeth at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari.

Repertory

Her roles included:

Operatic role
Role Opera Composer
Romeo MontecchiI Capuleti e i MontecchiBellini
TeresaLa sonnambulaBellini
AdalgisaNormaBellini
MargueriteLa damnation de FaustBerlioz
CarmenCarmenBizet
Giovanna SeymourAnna BolenaDonizetti
Maffio OrsiniLucrezia BorgiaDonizetti
Elisabetta IMaria StuardaDonizetti
SaraRoberto DevereuxDonizetti
LeonoraLa FavoritaDonizetti
PierrottoLinda di ChamounixDonizetti
ZaydaDom SébastienDonizetti
RodelindaRodelindaHändel
HeleneHin und zurückHindemith
ZanettoZanettoMascagni
CharlotteWertherMassenet
IdamanteIdomeneo, Re di CretaMozart
CherubinoLe nozze di FigaroMozart
Donna ElviraDon GiovanniMozart
DorabellaCosì fan tutteMozart
NicklausseLes contes d'HoffmannOffenbach
ConcepciónL'Heure espagnoleRavel
SivenoDemetrio e PolibioRossini
IsabellaL'Italiana in AlgeriRossini
SigismondoSigismondoRossini
ElisabettaElisabetta, regina d'InghilterraRossini
RosinaIl barbiere di SivigliaRossini
Angelina La CenerentolaRossini
ElcìaMosè in EgittoRossini
ErmioneErmioneRossini
ElenaLa donna del lagoRossini
EmmaZelmiraRossini
SinaïdeMoïse et PharaonRossini
JocastaOedipus rexStravinsky
CunizaOberto, Conte di San BonifacioVerdi
Lady MacbethMacbethVerdi
FenenaNabuccoVerdi
Principessa d'EboliDon CarloVerdi
AmnerisAidaVerdi

References

  1. ↑ "Ganassi, Sonia", Naxos Records. Accessed 17 March 2009
  2. ↑ In 2010 she also debuted the soprano title role in Handel's Rodelinda at the 36th Festival della Valle d'Itria, Martina Franca.


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