Singer
Biography
Two trainings run in parallel here: a distinguished degree from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and a postgraduate specialisation in scenography and theatre costume at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala on one side, a singing diploma with top marks from the Fausto Torrefranca Conservatory in Vibo Valentia, with further study at the Accademia della Voce in Turin and the Accademia Verdi Toscanini in Parma, on the other; Sonia Maria Fortunato also trained as an actor at the Giovanni Grasso academy in Catania. She sings Carmen, Santuzza, Donna Elvira, Giovanna in Ernani, Fatima in Zaira, Pallade in Paride ed Elena and Rossini's Stabat Mater, and has taken prizes at the Campi Flegrei, Rome Music Festival, Rinaldo Pelizzoni and Voci del Mediterraneo competitions and the Premio Danzuso in 2018. She teaches scenography, stage technique, music history and costume design, and works as an artistic director.