Nunzia Santodirocco

Nunzia Santodirocco
Critics have described her as "a soprano with a powerful voice, rich in harmonics, able to delight the public with her highly dramatic connotations”.

After graduating in both singing and piano, she immediately began a career that led her to sing the main lyric soprano roles in some of the most prestigious theaters around the world. Suffice it to recall here the following most recent engagements: "Aida" at the Arena of Verona, Julian Kovatchev conducting, and at the Teatro Verdi in Salerno, with Daniel Oren, as well as at the Daegu Opera Festival in Korea and at the Seoul Arts Center in a production by Teatro alla Scala; "Tosca" at the Cairo Opera House and at the Politeama Theater of Lecce; "Madama Butterfly" at the Seoul Arts Center (in a production of Teatro Petruzzelli, directed by Daniele Abbado), and in Kyoto (a production of Teatro Comunale di Bologna); "Un ballo in maschera" at the Cervantes Theater in Malaga in co-production with Opéra de Massy, and at the Politeama of Lecce; opera gala at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall.
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has invited her as representative of bel canto throughout the world (Uzbekistan, Georgia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Senegal, Bolivia, Ireland, the UK, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Hungary). In 2007, upon the thirtieth anniversary of Maria Callas's death, she was chosen for the stage show "Callas Album", a test that proved her ability to "give voice" to The Divine in some of the most challenging numbers of her famously wide-ranging repertoire. On that occasion she started collaborating with Alberto Nones.
Her recordings include "Madama Butterfly" (Ricordi), "Lo sposo burlato" (Bongiovanni), "Giuseppe riconosciuto" by Anfossi (Fonè) and the Complete Oratorios by Carissimi (Brilliant Classics).