Joanna Parisi Explained

Joanna Parisi is an Italian-American operatic spinto soprano.^[1] She has sung many Verdi, Puccini, dramatic bel canto and verismo roles on stages in Europe, the Americas and Asia.^[2] She has also starred in operatic performances featured internationally in cinema and on television, such as Tosca^[3] and Carmen.^{[4] [5]} In 2016, she was named as one of "The Next Generation of Great Opera Singers" by WQXR-FM.^[6]

She has performed in many prestigious theaters worldwide, such as Carnegie Hall, Central Park in New York, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Teatro de Bellas Artes, Teatro Amazonas, National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), and Teatro Solís.

She has performed with opera stars including Cristina Gallardo-Domâs,^[7] Ramón Vargas, Plácido Domingo, Walter Fraccaro, George Petean and Elena Maximova.^{[8] [9] [10]}

Her operatic repertoire includes Elisabeth of Valois in Don Carlo,^[11] Leonora in Il trovatore, Lady Macbeth, Lucrezia Borgia,^[12] Abigaille in Nabucco, Floria Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Aida, Margherita/Elena in Mefistofele,^[13] Floria Tosca, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, and Micaela in Carmen,^[14] as well as Senta in Der Fliegende Hollander, Sieglinde in Die Walküre, and Elisabeth in Tannhäuser.

In 2012, she represented USA and Italy in Placido Domingo's Operalia, The World Opera Competition in Beijing, China.^[15] Her discography includes Verdi Lieder with Capriccio Records in Vienna, Austria.^[16]

In 2015 she was recognized by the WQXR Classical Radio Excellence in Opera Awards.^[17] In 2016, her performance in Bizet's Carmen, filmed in Sicily at the Teatro antico di Taormina, was featured at the Berlinale film festival.^[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Met Can Learn a Beverage Lesson From LoftOpera. 8 April 2015 . The New York Observer. 25 February 2016.
2. Web site: NEUCHÂTEL/ Théâtre du Passage: TOSCA. Premiere. Der-neue-merker.eu. 2016-02-06.
3. Web site: De Passage à Neuchâtel. Radio Télévision Suisse. 25 February 2016.
4. Web site: Carmen live at Festival Theatre. 16 July 2015 . Lothian Life magazine. 25 February 2016.
5. Web site: Taormina, stasera va in scena la Carmen. Parla l'attrice Joanna Parisi: Castiglione è un talento unico. 15 July 2015 . Stretto Web. 25 February 2016.
6. Web site: Forty (More) Under Forty: The Next Generation of Great Opera Singers. Wqxr.org. 21 March 2016.
7. Web site: Carmen' estreia neste domingo (18) no Festival Amazonas de Ópera. Grupo Globo. 18 May 2014 . 2016-02-06.
8. Web site: Festival de ópera começa no próximo domingo (20) trazendo clássicos para o Amazonas . Universo Online . 2016-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306072025/http://acritica.uol.com.br/vida/Festival-domingo-trazendo-classicos-Amazonas_0_1119488043.html . 2016-03-06 .
9. Web site: NEUCHÂTEL/Théâtre du Passage/Schweiz: DON CARLO mit Ramon Vargas. Der-neue-merker.eu. 2016-02-06.
10. Web site: Aucune fausse note dans la partition du Passage. Der-neue-merker.eu. 2016-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20170701001940/http://lyrica-ne.ch/presse_et_video. 2017-07-01. dead.
11. Web site: NEUCHÂTEL/Théâtre du Passage/Schweiz: DON CARLO mit Ramon Vargas. Vienna State Opera. 25 February 2016.
12. News: Review: LoftOpera's 'Lucrezia Borgia,' With Flying Bottles of Beer and Poison. The New York Times. 6 April 2015 . 25 February 2016 . Fonseca-Wollheim . Corinna da .
13. Web site: Mefistofele. Théâtre du Passage. 25 February 2016.
14. Web site: Ramón Vargas, la alergia y los abucheadores a sueldo. Eleconomista.com.mx. 2016-02-06.
15. Web site: Joanna Parisi. Planet Opera. 21 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180313032037/http://www.planet-opera.com/_ajax/viewBio.php?id=60. 13 March 2018. dead.
16. Web site: Janina Baechle. Capriccio.at. 25 February 2016.
17. Web site: The Third Annual Excellence in Opera (a. k. a. Freddie) Awards. Wqxr.org. 25 February 2016.
18. Web site: Berlinale: da tre anni eccezionale ribalta internazionale per il Taormina Opera Festival. Strill.it. 21 March 2016.