Desirée Rancatore [SEP] voice type
Desirée Rancatore
Desirée Rancatore (born 1977 in Palermo, Sicily) is an Italian dramatic coloratura soprano with an active career on the opera and concert stages of Europe.
Biography.
Rancatore studied violin and piano before studying singing with her mother at the age of 16 and later in Rome, with Margaret Baker Genovesi. At the age of 19 she debuted as Barbarina in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" at the Salzburg Festival. She returned to the Festival with "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (1997
DVD, Hardy 2011
Honours and awards.
- 1995: Ibla de Ragusa Award
- 1995: Vincenzo Bellini de Caltanissetta Prize
- 1996: Maria Caniglia de Sulmona Award
- 2004: Medaglia d'Oro Città di Milano Award
- 2008: Mimosa d'Oro Award
- 2008: Kaleidos Award
- 2008: Ester Mazzoleni Special Prize
- 2009: Zenatello Award
- 2010: Oscar della lirica, Verona
External links.
- Official website
- StreamOpera.com/ Desirée Rancatore