Laura Brioli

In March 2003 Laura Brioli appeared in the Sofia Opera's Carmen, singing in two performances of the production. Born in Rimini, she took her second-level academic diploma in singing with highest marks at the Pietro Mascagni Institute in Livorno under Graziano Polidori, a postgraduate diploma in artistic vocology at the University of Bologna under Franco Fussi, and a degree in modern foreign languages at the University of Urbino; she studied further with Paride Venturi, Elvina Ramella and Bruna Baglioni and took masterclasses with Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Raina Kabaivanska and Luciano Pavarotti. After the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro in August 1996 she debuted in Le nozze di Figaro at Sassari and sang Rosina, Angelina and Isabella; from her 2001 Eboli she moved to Azucena, Amneris, Fenena, Carmen and Santuzza. She recorded for Warner, Bongiovanni and Kikko Music and taught vocal technique at the Teatro Goldoni Opera Studio in Livorno from 2016 to 2019.