Antonella Orefice
Biography
She participated in various masterclasses with tenor William Matteuzzi, Giancarlo Ceccarini, and Michael Chance. With the latter, she explored Baroque music, performing concerts and recitals on various composers such as Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Handel, etc.
Her repertoire includes heroines from Baroque to Verismo, such as W.A. Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Countess Almaviva), Don Giovanni (Donna Anna and Donna Elvira), Concert Arias; V. Bellini: Norma (Norma), Capuleti e Montecchi (Giulietta), La Sonnambula (Amina), Il Pirata (Imogene); G. Verdi: La Traviata (Violetta, Flora); G. Puccini: Tosca (Floria Tosca), Turandot (Liu); P. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Lola), L'Amico Fritz (Suzel), etc. In 2010, she won first prize at the European Musical Competition "Città di Sirolo." Her passion led her to form a duo with violinist Maestro Fabio Brunelli. She has worked with the Bologna choir "Euridice" conducted by Maestro Pierpaolo Scattolin and collaborated with pianists such as Leone Magiera, Sergio Catalano, and Andrea Panieri.
In Greece, in Athens, she collaborates with local and international musicians such as pianist Neville Jason Fahy, Manolis Papasifakis, Regina Beletskaia, cellist Susan Norton, and composers like George Voukanos and George Kouvaras. She has performed at venues in Athens including the Megaron Concert Hall, Theoharakis Foundation, Atheneum Theater, Maria Callas Auditorium, and the ancient Theater of Ilida with the German Symphony Orchestra Böblingen and the Greek Radio-Television Choir (ERT).
Under the direction of Maestro Leone Magiera, she held a Gala at the Umberto Giordano Theater in Foggia. Directed by Maestro Michele Bui, she performed Stabat Mater by Pergolesi with the Orchestra "I Musici dell'Accademia" of the Bologna Philharmonic. Concerts include Antonio Vivaldi's Magnificat RV611 and Gloria RV589 for soloists, choir, orchestra, and b.c., conducted by Maestro Michele Bui, and a concert at the Church of San Marco (Rovereto), where Mozart held his first concert in Italy, performing Vesperae Solennes de Confessore K339 and Messa dell'Incoronazione K317 by W.A. Mozart, conducted by Maestro Michele Bui.
She has participated in various concerts to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas in Greece, Italy, and Switzerland.
In September 2021, for the 200th anniversary of the Revolutionary Independence Movements from Turkish domination in Athens, she performed music from Mikra Asia by Maestro Mikis Theodorakis, conducted by Maestro Theodoros Lazarou.
At the Basilica of Sant'Alessandro in Colonna in Bergamo, she performed Requiem KV626 by W.A. Mozart, conducted by Maestro Gian Luigi Dettori, and also with Maestro Michele Bui (two performances).