Wilma Vernocchi

Voice
International renowned soprano, Belcanto expert

BIOGRAFIA ITALIANA

Soprano italiano, protagonista del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, dell’Arena di Verona, dell’Opéra di Parigi, e nei teatri di Zurigo, Salisburgo, Monaco e di altri enti lirici importanti.

È stata diretta da C. Abbado, F. Molinari Prandelli, G. Patanè, G. Prêtre, A. Gavazzeni ed ha collaborato con registi come M. Wallmann, G. Strehler, M. Bolognini, G. Villar. Nei ruoli principali è stata affiancata dai colleghi quali C. Bergonzi, L. Pavarotti, G. Di Stefano, P. Domingo, J. Carreras, F. Corelli, P. Cappuccilli e diversi altri

Da trentacinque anni si dedica ininterrottamente alla didattica del “Bel Canto”, tipico stile vocale del melodramma italiano, Patrimonio Immateriale UNESCO.

Docente di canto presso i Conservatori italiani, ha svolto intensa attività presso università e accademie giapponesi: Arts Japan – School of Music di Nagoja, Teatro Gotanga di Tokyo, Università Showa; in Cina: Università Shandong We Hai, Xiao Xing, Opera di Pechino, Shanghai e Zhe Jiang; in Finlandia: Sibelius Akatemia di Helsinki; in Russia: Arkahangelsk; in Estonia: TeatriaKadeemia Tallin; in Repubblica Ceca a Karlovy Vary.

Ha ideato e conduce da trentacinque anni ininterrotti il seminario italiano “Vacanze in Lirica”.

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ENGLISH BIO

Italian soprano Wilma Vernocchi has performed on some of the most prestigious international stages, including Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Arena di Verona, Opéra de Paris, and major opera houses in Zurich, Salzburg and Munich.

Throughout her career she has worked with renowned conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Francesco Molinari Pradelli, Giuseppe Patanè, Georges Prêtre and Antonio Gavazzeni, and collaborated with distinguished stage directors including Margherita Wallmann, Giorgio Strehler, Mauro Bolognini and Gianfranco De Bosio. She has shared the stage with legendary opera singers such as Carlo Bergonzi, Luciano Pavarotti, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Franco Corelli and Piero Cappuccilli.

For more than thirty-five years she has devoted herself to teaching the art of Italian Bel Canto, the vocal tradition at the heart of Italian opera, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Voice teacher at Italian Conservatories, she has carried out intensive activity at universities and academies in Japan: Arts Japan – School of Music in Nagoya, Gotanga Theatre in Tokyo, Showa University; in China: Shandong University We Hai, Xiao Xing, Beijing Opera, Shanghai and Zhe Jiang; in Finland: Sibelius Akatemia in Helsinki; in Russia: Arkhangelsk; in Estonia: TeatriaKadeemia Tallinn; in the Czech Republic in Karlovy Vary.

She is the founder and artistic director of the long-running Italian vocal seminar “Vacanze in Lirica”, which she has led continuously for over thirty-five years.

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