Lucia Naviglio

Soprano
 

Born in Bari, Italy, Lucia studied under Maestro G.Lo Russon Toma and Rina Filippini del Monaco.
At the early age of 18, during her debut, Lucia had the opportunity to meet and be directed by the famous Italian composer ‘Maestro Nino Rota’ with whom she formed a great working realtionship.
Early in her career Lucia performed a vast repertoire of ‘Lieder and Oratori’ where she displayed great competence and was highly acclaimed by the public and critics. Among these are “Stabat Mater” - G.B.Pergolesi: “Requiem” and “Messa dell’ Incoronazione” - W.A.Mozart; “Wesendonck Lieder” - R. Wagner; “Vier Letzte Lieder” - R.Strauss: Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah” - L.Bernstein; “Rabelesiana” - N. Rota; “Lieder” - F. Scubert ; “Ah Perfido” - L. Van Beethoven; “Messa di Requiem” - G.Verdi.
After having successfully won two important competitions, ‘Mattia Battistini’ in Rieti and ‘Mario del Monaco’ in Castelfranco Veneto, Lucia started her successful operatic career in more than 30 cities in the world including Paris, Zurich, Cairo, Mantova, Pisa, Lucca, Bologna, Livorno, Napoli, Bari, Iesi, Bonn, Aachen, Nice, Tourcoing, Gissen, Perugia, Milan and Como.
Lucia’s repertoire covers over 20 roles which include Leonra, Santuzza, Margherita, Charlotte, Dalila, Abigaille, Carmen, Amneris, Elisabetta, Amelia, Maddalena and Tosca and has been involed in television and radio shows and has also recorded the opera ‘Ifigenia in Tauride’ – Nicolo’ Piccinni and ‘Gugliemo Ratcliff’ – P. Mascagni. Other recordings on CD include ‘I dialoghi” – G. F. Malipiero and ‘ Il Salotto Napoletano tra Rivoluzione e Restauzione’ for OPUS 111 (this Cd won the prestigious ‘Diapason D’Oro’ prize and was highly acclaimed by the critics). Lucia also performed with the ‘Opera der Stadt Company’ in Bonn for a period of four years where she was directed by Giancarlo del Monaco.