Chorus

The chorus of Opera Carlo Felice was born in 1828, the same year of the inauguration of the theatre. In the following 170 years, the vocal ensemble has acquired considerable relevance at a national level.

In addition to the interpretation of the lyric repertoire from the Baroque to the contemporaneity, deeply rooted in the operatic activity of the Theatre, the chorus of Opera Carlo Felice has been exploring and performing medieval and Renaissance polyphonic forms, the Baroque and classical choral repertoire, the great classical, romantic and late romantic symphonic-choral compositions up to the multitude of musical expressions from the twentieth century..

The artistic experience of the ensemble has developed thanks to the fundamental contribution of prestigious musical masters who have been gradually and constantly achieving qualitative refinement since its establishment.

In particular: Lido Nistri, Leone Magiera, Bruno Pizzi, Tullio Boni, Adolfo Fanfani, Ferruccio Lozer, Dante Ghersi, Marco Faelli, Gianfranco Cosmi, Fulvio Angius, Fulvio Fogliazza; and more recently: Ciro Visco, Giovanni Andreoli, Lorenzo Fratini, Marco Balderi, Pablo Assante and Franco Sebastiani. 

Particularly meaningful is the collaboration with great conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovič, Giannandrea Gavazzeni, Spiros Argiris, Peter Maag, Gary Bertini, Antonio Pappano, Yuri Ahronovitch, Christian Thielemann, Daniel Oren, Bruno Bartoletti, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Nello Santi, Lorin Maazel, Bruno Campanella, Nicola Luisotti, Donato Renzetti, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Michel Plasson and Fabio Luisi.

SOPRANOS
Daniela Aimale
Serena Allevi
Barbara Bargnesi
Valeria Cocino
Paola Coluccia
Irene Fantozzi
Elisa Folino
Mariasole Mainini
Adelaide Minnone
Daniela Piccini
Elisa Porzio
Eleonora Ronconi
Lucia Scilipoti
Rita Scilipoti
Eva Troise

MEZZO SOPRANOS
Marina Frandi
Alla Gorobchenko
Simona Marcello
Simona Pasino
Maria Letizia Poltini
Paola Porcile
Anna Venturi

CONTRALTOS
Daniela Aloisi
Clelia Atzei
Patrizia Battaglia
Rossella Pellegrino
Rossella Puggioni

TENORS
Alberto Angeleri
Giampiero De Paoli
Daniele Facci
Salvatore Gaias
Giuseppe Gheri
Claudio Isoardi
Emilio Cesar Leonelli
Antonio Mannarino
Matteo Michi
Renato Parachinetto
Giuliano Petouchoff
Marco Pollone
Damiano Profumo
Maurizio Raffa
Marco Raffo
Massimo Saccoman
Alfredo Viaggi

BARITONES
Matteo Armanino
Alessio Bianchini
Roberto Conti
Loris Purpura
Pierluigi Rosso
Tiziano Tassi

BASSES
Filippo Balestra
Francesco Lambertini
Gianmaria Patrone
Marco Piretta
Paolo Tunesi

Chorus Master, Claudio Marino Moretti

Updated April 19, 2023