The Voice
The voice of La Ciofi -- here in a selection of mp3 audio files and videos. Updated 8 Feb 2009.
- LUCIE DE LAMMERMOOR (Lyon, Jan 2002)
- LUCIA (in Lucia di Lammermoor, Ancona 2002)
- GILDA (in Rigoletto, Covent Garden 2002)
- AMENAIDE (in Tancredi, ROF Pesaro 2004)
- DESDEMONA (in Rossini's Otello, Martina Franca 2000)
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- "Assisa a' piè d'un salice" Willow Song, Act III.
- CERERE (in Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo, ROF Pesaro 2001)
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- "Chi mi reca le rose ed i gigli" with Ewa Podles
- SUSANNA (in Le nozze di Figaro, Amsterdam 2001)
- ARICIA (in Traetta's Ippolito ed Aricia, Martina Franca 1999)
- SOPHIE (in Der Rosenkavalier, Genova 2008)
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- Presentation of the Rose with Kristine Jepson
- ALAIDE (in La straniera, London 2007)
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- "Or sei pago, o ciel tremendo" - link to Facebook
- VIOLETTA (in La traviata, Torino 1999)
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- "Follie!...Sempre libera" video on YouTube.
- VIOLETTA (in La traviata, Orange 2009)
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- "Prendi, quest'è l'immagine" video on YouTube.
- LAURETTA (in Gianni Schicchi, Paris 2004)
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- "O mio babbino caro" video on YouTube.
- ASPASIA (in Mitridate, Paris 2000)
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- "Nel grave tormento" video on YouTube.
- GIULIETTA (in I Capuleti ei Montecchi, Martina Franca 2005)
- LUCIA (in Lucia di Lammermoor, Orange 2006)
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- "Il dolce suono...Spargi d'amaro pianto" videos from YouTube.
For more mp3s, see also the Ciofi yahoo-group files section, PatriziaCiofi.com, and Facebook. For videos, try YouTube, and Google Video.
Performances
Performance history and future engagements, with links to reviews and photos. This is what I have found so far. There may be some gaps.
1989-96 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
2010 | 2011 | Future
Notes: C=Credits/Schedule; R=Review(language); P=Pictures; V=Videos.
See also: REPERTOIRE for all stage/studio roles, organised by composer.
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
2010 | 2011 | Future
Date | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Nov 89 | Giovanni Sebastiano (Role?) | Firenze | C |
Nov 90 | Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) | Modena, &c | C |
Oct 91 | Don Pasquale (Norina) | Pisa &c | P |
Jul 92 | Re Teodoro in Venezia (Lisetta) | Montepulciano | R.en |
Dec 92 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Modena, Pisa &c | P |
May 93 | Falstaff (Nanetta) | Pisa &c | |
Aug 93 | La pietra del paragone (Fulvia) | Felixstowe | R.en |
Oct 93 | La traviata (Violetta) | Livorno, &c | C |
Dec 93 | Boris Godunov (Ksenija) | Parma | C |
Mar 94 | La sonnambula (Lisa) | Trieste | C |
May 94 | Barbablù (Elisa) | Bologna | C |
Jul 94 | La sonnambula (Amina) | Martina Franca | CD P |
Nov 94 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Savona | P |
Jan 95 | Carmina Burana | Pisa | |
Aug 95 | Médée (Dircé) | Martina Franca | CD |
Oct 95 | La traviata (Violetta) | Savona | |
Nov 95 | L'Elisir d'amore (Adina) | Pisa &c | |
Jan 96 | La gazza ladra (Ninetta) | Palermo | C |
Mar 96 | Cendrillon (Cendrillon) | Torino | C |
Apr 96 | Giovanna d'Arco al rogo | Trieste | C |
Jul 96 | L’Americano (Silvia) | Martina Franca | CD P |
Sept 96 | La Boheme (Musetta) | Novara &c | C |
Oct 96 | Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) | Savona | R.it R.en |
Nov 96 | Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna) | Nice | C |
Dec 96 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Trieste | |
1997 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 97 | Divara (Divara) | Catania | C |
Apr 97 | I Puritani (Elvira) | Modena | C V |
May 97 | Parsifal (Flower maiden) | Firenze | C R.it |
Jun 97 | La traviata (Violetta) | Genova | C C |
Jul 97 | Lucie de Lammermoor (Lucie) | Martina Franca | CD P |
Sep 97 | Tamerlano (Asteria) | Torino | C R.it R.en |
Oct 97 | La traviata (Violetta) | Milano | O |
Nov 97 | Concert: Bastianini Memorial | Siena | C |
Dec 97 | Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna) | Torino | C R.it R.en P |
1998 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Feb 98 | La Bohème (Musetta) | Cagliari | C P |
Mar 98 | Il matrimonio segreto (Elisetta) | Lausanne | C |
Apr 98 | Concert with flute | Bologna | C |
Aug 98 | Il Re (Rosalina) | Martina Franca | CD P |
Aug 98 | Mese Mariano (Carmela) | Martina Franca | CD P |
Oct 98 | L’Elisir d’amore (Adina) | Milano | R.en |
1999 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 99 | Eleonora (Role?) | Napoli | C |
Feb 99 | La Bohème (Musetta) | Bologna | C R.it |
Mar 99 | Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien | Palermo | C |
Jun 99 | Fedora (Role?) | Roma | C |
Jun 99 | La traviata (Violetta) | Torino | CC R V VV |
Jul 99 | Ippolito ed Aricia (Aricia) | Martina Franca | CD P |
Aug 99 | Concert: Leçons de ténèbres | Pesaro | C |
Sep 99 | Arminio (Tusnelda) | Venezia | C |
Sep 99 | La sonnambula (Amina) | Livorno | C |
Sep 99 | La sonnambula (Amina) | Lucca | C R.en P P |
Oct 99 | La sonnambula (Amina) | Pisa | C |
Dec 99 | Falstaff (Nanetta) | Paris | R.en P |
2000 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 00 | La Bohème (Musetta) | Madrid | R.es |
Feb 00 | Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) | Torino | C P |
Apr 00 | Mitridate, re di Ponto (Aspasia) | Paris | C R R P P V V |
Apr 00 | Pergolesi's Stabat Mater | Torino | C |
May 00 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Torino | C |
Jun 00 | Carmina Burana | Palermo | C |
Jul 00 | Otello, by Rossini (Desdemona) | Martina Franca | CD P P |
Aug 00 | Robert le Diable (Isabelle) | Martina Franca | CD R +P P |
Oct 00 | La Bohème (Musetta) | Napoli | C R.it P |
Oct 00 | Arminio (Tusnelda) | Padova | C |
Oct 00 | Concert: Slow Food | Torino | C |
Dec 00 | Siroe, re di Persia (Emira) | Venezia | C RR R R R P mp3 |
2001 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 01 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | München | C C |
Feb 01 | Ippolito ed Aricia (Aricia) | Montpellier | R.en R.fr +P |
Mar 01 | La sonnambula (Amina) | Napoli | C R.it |
Apr 01 | L’Elisir d’amore (Adina) | Milano | C R.en P |
Jun 01 | La traviata (Violetta) | Avignon | |
Jul 01 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Parma | R.en |
Jul 01 | Il Re (Rosalina) | Baveno | C P |
Aug 01 | Le nozze di Teti e Peleo (Cerere) | Pesaro | R.fr |
Aug 01 | Concert: Soirées Musicales | Pesaro | CC |
Sep 01 | Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna) | Montreux | R.en |
Oct 01 | Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna) | Paris | C R.en R.en |
Oct 01 | "Intermezzo musicale" | Torino | C |
Nov 01 | Brahms Requiem, op.45 | Torino | C |
Nov 01 | Carmen II (Micaela) | Torino | C R.en P |
Dec 01 | L'Olimpiade (Aristea) | Venezia | C R.fr RR P mp3 |
2002 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 02 | Lucie de Lammermoor (Lucie) | Lyon | DVD P |
Jan 02 | Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna) | Bilbao | C |
Jan 02 | Masterclass | Siena | C |
Feb 02 | Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) | Piacenza | C |
Feb 02 | Don Pasquale (Norina) | Cagliari | C |
Mar 02 | Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie) | Paris | R.en R.en |
May 02 | Die Entführung (Blonde) | Firenze | DVD P |
Jun 02 | Concert: Mahler, Messiaen | Paris | C1 C2 |
Jun 02 | Lucie de Lammermoor (Lucie) | Paris | R R.fr R.fr |
Jul 02 | Mese Mariano (Carmela) | Baveno | C R.en |
Aug 02 | Il turco in Italia (Fiorilla) | Pesaro | C R.it R.en P |
Sep 02 | Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna) | Paris | R.fr +P |
Sep 02 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | London | See details |
Oct 02 | Concert: Vivaldi, Handel | New York | C.pdf |
Nov 02 | La traviata (Violetta) | Zurich | R.de |
Nov 02 | Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) | Ancona | C R.it +P |
Dec 02 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Genova | C |
2003 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 03 | Falstaff (Nanetta) | Paris | C |
Mar 03 | La traviata (Violetta) | Chicago | C R.en |
Apr 03 | Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi) | Torino | C R.it R.it P |
Jun 03 | Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna) | Paris | C R.en P |
Jul 03 | Recital | Martina Franca | C P |
Aug 03 | ?La traviata (Violetta) | Busseto | C R.en |
Oct 03 | La Santissima Trinita | Lyon | C |
Oct 03 | Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna) | Firenze | C R.it +P DVD |
Nov 03 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Firenze | R.it |
Dec 03 | Benvenuto Cellini (Teresa) | Paris | R.en R.fr |
Dec 03 | Gala Reopening of La Fenice | Venezia | C DVD |
Dec 03 | Concerto di Natale | Venezia | C C |
2004 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 04 | Siroe, re di Persia (Emira) | Paris | R.fr R.fr |
Jan 04 | Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna) | Genova | R.it |
Feb 04 | La sonnambula (Amina) | Avignon | C R.fr P |
Mar 04 | Madrigals of Love and War | Paris | C |
Mar 04 | Madrigals of Love and War | London | R.en |
Mar 04 | Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta) | Paris | R.fr P V V V |
May 04 | Alcina (Morgana) | Paris | R.fr P |
Jun 04 | Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) | Cagliari | VARSAGODyle="float: left; margin: 0 0px 0px 0;" /> |
Jul 04 | L’Elisir d’Amore (Adina) | La Coruña | C |
Jul 04 | Carmina Burana | Spoleto | C C C |
Aug 04 | Tancredi (Amenaide) | Pesaro | See details |
Sep 04 | Concert sur France Musiques | Paris | C C |
Oct 04 | L’Incoronazione di Poppea | Paris | R +P V V mp3 |
Nov 04 | La traviata (Violetta) | Venezia | R.fr P DVD |
Nov 04 | Concert: Prêtre turns 80 | Paris TCE | R.fr |
Dec 04 | Les contes d’Hoffman (All 4) | Marseille | R.fr R.fr +P R V |
2005 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 05 | La sonnambula (Amina) | Bologna | C R.it R.it +P |
Feb 05 | La fille du régiment (Marie) | Genova | R R R +P DVD |
Mar 05 | Airs d'opéras napolitains | Metz | C |
Apr 05 | Concert: Boccherini | Bologna | C |
Apr 05 | Pia de' Tolomei (Pia) | Venezia | C R R CD/DVD |
May 05 | La traviata (Violetta) | Tokyo Nagoya | C C C |
Jun 05 | Concert: Boccherini | Bologna | C |
Aug 05 | I Capuleti ei Montecchi | Martina Franca | C R P CD/DVD |
Sep 05 | Concert with Rolando Villazón | Tokyo | C R |
Oct 05 | Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna) | Paris TCE | C R R R P |
Nov 05 | Il viaggio a Reims (Folleville) | Monte Carlo | C R R.fr +P P P |
2006 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 06 | Chérubin (L'Ensoleillad) | Cagliari | C R R V CD/DVD |
Feb 06 | L'Elisir d'amore (Adina) | Madrid | C C P V V |
Mar 06 | K.427 "Great Mass" | Genova | C |
Mar 06 | Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) | Milano | See details |
Apr 06 | Concert +Cappella de'Turchini | Athens | C C mp3 |
May 06 | Concert | Avignon | C R.fr |
Jun 06 | Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) +concert version | Paris TCE London | C RR P C P |
Jul 06 | Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) | Orange | See details |
Aug 06 | Adelaide di Borgogna (concert) | Pesaro | C mp3 |
Oct 06 | L'Enfant et les sortilèges | New York NYPO | C R R R R P |
Nov 06 | Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) | Barcelona | C R.es RR V |
2007 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 07 | Il crociato in Egitto (Palmide) | Venezia | C RR P DVD |
Jan 07 | Recital, with Joseph Calleja | Paris TCE | C R R R R R |
Feb 07 | Les pecheurs de perles (Leila) | Avignon | C R.fr R.fr +P |
Apr 07 | Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) | Marseille | C R +P R R R V |
May 07 | Recital | München | C |
May 07 | Don Pasquale (Norina) | Genève | C R +P R R R PP DVD |
Jun 07 | Recital | La Coruña | C R.es P |
Jun 07 | Recital: Mozart, Rossini | Rouen | C P |
Jun 07 | Concert: Homage to Callas | Venezia | C.pdf V |
Jul 07 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | London | C R R R R R R R |
Jul 07 | Concert | Athens | C R |
Sep 07 | Don Pasquale (Norina) | La Coruña | C R R.es P |
Oct 07 | La traviata (concert) | Moscow | C R.ru +P |
Nov 07 | La straniera (Alaide) | London | C R R R +P RR |
Dec 07 | Tancredi (Amenaide) | Madrid | C R R R R R R R.pdf |
2008 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Feb 08 | Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie) | Genova | C R.it R.en P |
Mar 08 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Berlin | C R R P V |
Mar 08 | La sonnambula (Amina) | Wien | C R +P R |
Apr 08 | Concert | Liège | C R.fr P |
May 08 | Maria Stuarda (Maria) | Liège | C R R R R R P V |
Jun 08 | Concert, with D. Barcellona | Bilbao | C C R R R |
Jun 08 | I Capuleti ei Montecchi | Paris | C R R R R P mp3 |
Jun 08 | Il combattimento ++ | Paris | C P V V |
Jul 08 | La traviata (Violetta) | Avenches | C R R R R R P |
Aug 08 | Recital | Pesaro | C R.fr +P P |
Sep 08 | I Capuleti ei Montecchi (concert) | Moscow | C R +P R R P V V V |
Sep 08 | Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) | London | C R R R R +P P |
2009 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan 09 | Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra) | Bilbao | C R R R R R RR P |
Feb 09 | Manon (Manon) | Avignon | C R R R R R P V |
Mar 09 | Manon (Manon) | Reims | C R R V |
Apr 09 | Il viaggio a Reims (Corinna) | Milano | C R R R P V V V |
Jun 09 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Madrid | C RR P V V V V mp3 |
Jul 09 | La traviata (Violetta) | Orange | C RR RR VV mp3 mp3 |
Sep 09 | La traviata (Violetta) | Venezia | C R R P P P |
Oct 09 | Idomeneo (Ilia) | Milano | C R P P |
Nov 09 | Concerto per la pace | Torino | C P |
Nov 09 | Tancredi (Amenaide) | Torino | C R R R R P P VV |
Dec 09 | La traviata (Violetta) | München | C |
2010 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan '10 | I Capuleti ei Montecchi | Liège | C R R R R R P P V |
Mar '10 | La fille du régiment (Marie) | Barcelona | C R R R R R R R R P P P V V mp3 mp3 mp3 |
Apr '10 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Wien | C R R R +P |
May'10 | Hamlet (Ophelie) | Marseille | C R R R R R R P P V |
Jun '10 | Concert Festival de St-Denis | Paris | C C R R R V |
Jun '10 | Concert with Leo Nucci | Madrid | C R +P R mp3 |
Jul '10 | Concert with Leo Nucci | Lyon | C |
Sep '10 | La traviata (Violetta) | Venezia | C R +P P |
Sep '10 | La fille du régiment (Marie) | La Coruña | C R.es R.es PP |
Sep '10 | La fille du régiment (Marie) | Vigo | C |
Nov '10 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | London | C RR +P |
Nov '10 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Wien | C R |
Dec '10 | L'Elisir d'amore (Adina) | Oviedo | C R R |
2010 | Work (Role) | Venue | Notes |
Jan '11 | La traviata (Violetta) | Berlin | C R PP |
Feb '11 | La traviata (Violetta) | Tokyo | C |
Mar '11 | Maria Stuarda (Maria) | Athens | C |
Apr '11 | Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie) | San Diego | C |
May '11 | Concert | Marseille | C |
May '11 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Budapest | C |
May '11 | La Bohème (Musetta) | Roma | C |
Jun '11 | Stabat Mater - Rossini | Paris | C |
Jul '11 | La fille du regiment | Moscow | |
Jul '11 | Rigoletto (Gilda) | Orange | C |
Sep '11 | Concert | Marseille | C |
Oct '11 | Concert | Avignon | C |
Oct '11 | Romeo et Juliette | Marseille | C |
Nov '11 | Romeo et Juliette | Bilbao | C |
Dec '11 | Les pecheurs de perles | Berlin | C |
For upcoming performances, please visit Patrizia Ciofi on Facebook and The Opera Critic. |
Notes: C=Credits/Schedule; R=Review(language); P=Pictures; V=Videos.
See also: REPERTOIRE for all stage/studio roles, organised by composer.