Anna Bonitatibus [SEP] voice type
Anna Bonitatibus
Anna Bonitatibus (born in Potenza) is an Italian mezzo-soprano. She comes from the Basilicata region and debuted at La Scala in 1999.
Bonitatibus has appeared in many bel canto operas and recordings. She has recorded several times under the direction of Alan Curtis; duets by Alessandro Scarlatti with Patrizia Ciofi, an album of Haydn arias "L'infedeltà costante", and Handel operas; Elisa in "Tolomeo," and the castrato role of Ulysses in "Deidamia".
Bonitatibus won the International Opera
the International Opera Awards 2016, alongside Anna Bonitatibus, Mariella Devia, Christine Goerke, Evelyn Herlitzius, and Anna Netrebko. In 2016, she also sang the role of Nannetta ("Falstaff") in concert performances of Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Muti as part of the citywide Shakespeare 400 Celebration, made her US recital debut in San Francisco, made Proms debut singing concert arias by Mendelssohn and Mozart, made her Wiener Staatsoper debut in the role of Susanna ("Le nozze di Figaro"), and toured with Wiener Staatsoper