Gaia Petrone

Gaia Petrone is an esteemed specialist in repertoire of bel canto, baroque and contemporary. Her most current and future engagements include ROSINA Il barbiere di Siviglia Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari; ORILLO Sartorio’s Orfeo Opéra National de Montpellier; LICORI Porpora’s L’Angelica Staatstheater Mainz; POLINESSO Ariodante Il Pomo d’Oro at Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana; ARSAMENE Cavalli’s Xerse Festival della Valle d’Itria; MELANTO/L’HUMANA FRAGILITA Il ritorno di Ulisse Monteverdi Festival, Cremona; URSULE Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict and UN MUSICO Manon Lescaut Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova; SABINA Donizetti’s Le nozze in villa, Festival Donizetti and LA NONNA/L’OSTETRICA/LUCA Raffa in the Sky (world premiere by Lamberto Curtoni) Teatro Donizetti Bergamo.

Notable recent projects include ABRA Vivaldi’s Juditha Thriumphans Stuttgart Opernhaus, Theater an der Wien, Concertgebouw and Opéra Royale de Versailles; ANGELINA Rossini’s La Cenerentola Göteborg Opera, on tour in Teatro Argentina di Roma and Teatro San Carlo di Napoli and on tour in Sweden with Smalands Musik & Theater; IRIS Colasanti’s Proserpine Festival dei due mondi di Spoleto; URSULE Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse; MADDALENA Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims Teatro dell’Opera di Roma; AURORA/FOSFORO Landi’s La morte d’Orfeo De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam; RAMISE Handel’s Arminio Handel Festspiele, Karlsruhe; PROSERPINA/NINFA Monteverdi’s Orfeo Festival Monteverdi, Cremona; IPPOLITA Cavalli’s Elena Aix-en-Provence Festival; HERODIADE LA MADRE Stradella’s San Giovanni Angers Nantes Opéra and Opéra de Rennes, EDUIGE Rodelinda Ópera Nacional de Chile; ISAURA Meyerbeer’s Margherita d’Anjou Festival di Martina Franca; PLAUTILLA Vinci’s Albino e Plautilla Fondazione Pietà de’ Turchini, Napoli and EMILIA Rossini’s Otello, ZAIDA Il Turco in Italia and CLEONE Ermione, Teatro San Carlo,Napoli.

In concert, Gaia made her UK debut in Handel’s Messiah Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Other performed concert repertoire includes Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria and Magnificat, Handel Dixit Dominus, Bach Mass in B Minor and Schutz’s Musikalische Exequien.

In 2012, Gaia joined the young ensemble of Theater an der Wien and performed to great acclaim such roles as ANGELINA La Cenerentola, MEDORO Orlando, SIBARI Semiramide riconosciuta and SESTO La Clemenza di Tito. She has since returned to Vienna for guest engagements as DAMIGELLA Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea and EMILIA Rossini’s Otello.

Gaia is a graduate of the prestigious Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Her discography includes a live recording of Haydn’s Il mondo della luna, released on Bongiovanni Records, Handel’s Messiah and Czerny’s transcription of Mozart’s Requiem Naxos, Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra Decca, Stradella’s San Giovanni Battista Alpha Classics, Jommelli’s Miserere and Requiem Passacaille, Donizetti’s Le nozze in villa and Cavalli’s IL XERSE Dynamic.