Fiorenza Cedolins
Fiorenza Cedolins (born 18 March 1966) is an Italian soprano. Biography. Cedolins made her operatic debut in 1992 at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa in Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana". She then became an artist-in-residence at the Split Summer Festival, and appeared in various roles, with a repertoire that ranged from Monteverdi's "Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda" to Orff’s "Carmina burana", and from Rossini’s "Mosè in Egitto" to Strauss’s "Salome". In 1996 she won the Luciano Pavarotti Vocal Competition, and was invited to sing Puccini ’s "Tosca" with the Opera Company  of Philadelphia with Pavarotti. In the same year she sang the role of Santuzza in "Cavalleria rusticana" at the Ravenna Festival, conducted by Riccardo Muti. In 2005 she performed Verdi’s "Requiem" at the Auditorium of Santa Cecilia in Rome, conducted by Zubin Mehta; at the requiem mass for Pope John Paul II; and on tour in Frankfurt and Vienna with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, conducted by Riccardo Chailly. She also sang Bellini’s "Norma" at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, conducted by Bruno Campanella; and Mimi in Puccini's "La bohème" and the title-role in "Tosca  at the Arena di Verona, conducted by Daniel Oren. Cedolins has also sung the title roles in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur", Verdi's "Aida" and "Luisa Miller", Puccini's "Manon Lescaut", "Madama Butterfly" and "Suor Angelica" . Other roles include Leonora in Verdi's "Il trovatore", Amalia in Verdi's "I masnadieri", Desdemona in "Otello", Elisabetta di Valois in "Don Carlos".