Sonia Ganassi

{{short description|Italian mezzo-soprano (born 1966)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2015}} '''Sonia Ganassi''' (born 1966) is an Italian mezzo-soprano. Born in Reggio Emilia, she made her debut as Rosina in Rossini’s ''The Barber of Seville'' in Rome in 1992. She has performed in many of the world’s famous opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, the Royal Opera House in London and the Teatro alla Scala, Milan. She is best known for her work in the bel canto repertoire.<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/Sonia_Ganassi/235.htm "Ganassi, Sonia"], Naxos Records. Accessed 17 March 2009</ref> Her roles in Rossini operas also include soprano parts, such as Elisabetta in ''Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra'' (ROF, 2004), Elena in ''La donna del lago (Lady of the Lake)'' (Rossini in Wildbad, 2006), ''Ermione'' (ROF, 2008), and Elcia in ''Mosè in Egitto'' (ROF, 2011).<ref>In 2010 she also debuted the soprano title role in Handel's ''Rodelinda'' at the 36th Festival della Valle d'Itria, Martina Franca.</ref> In 2009 she participated in a live recording of Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem conducted by Antonio Pappano (EMI Classics 6 98936 2). In October 2019 she debuted the leading role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi's ''Macbeth'' at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari.

==Repertory== Her roles included: {| class="wikitable" border="0" style="background:#ffffff" align="top" class="sortable wikitable" |+ align="center" style="background:DarkSlateBlue; color:white" |<big>'''Operatic role'''</big> |- ! width="200 px" style="background:Lavender; color:Black"| Role ! style="background:Lavender; color:Black"| Opera ! width="70 px" style="background:Lavender; color:Black" | Composer |- |Romeo Montecchi || ''I Capuleti e i Montecchi'' || Bellini |- |Teresa || ''La sonnambula'' || Bellini |- |Adalgisa || ''Norma'' || Bellini |- |Marguerite || ''La damnation de Faust'' || Berlioz |- |Carmen || ''Carmen'' || Bizet |- |Giovanna Seymour || ''Anna Bolena'' || Donizetti |- |Maffio Orsini || ''Lucrezia Borgia'' || Donizetti |- |Elisabetta I || ''Maria Stuarda'' || Donizetti |- |Sara || ''Roberto Devereux'' || Donizetti |- |Leonora || ''La Favorita'' || Donizetti |- |Pierrotto || ''Linda di Chamounix'' || Donizetti |- |Zayda || ''Dom Sébastien'' || Donizetti |- |Rodelinda || ''Rodelinda'' || Händel |- |Helene || ''Hin und zurück'' || Hindemith |- |Zanetto || ''Zanetto'' || Mascagni |- |Charlotte || ''Werther'' || Massenet |- |Idamante || ''Idomeneo, Re di Creta'' || Mozart |- |Cherubino || ''Le nozze di Figaro'' || Mozart |- |Donna Elvira || ''Don Giovanni'' || Mozart |- |Dorabella || ''Così fan tutte'' || Mozart |- |Nicklausse || ''Les contes d'Hoffmann'' || Offenbach |- |Concepción || ''L'Heure espagnole'' || Ravel |- |Siveno || ''Demetrio e Polibio'' || Rossini |- |Isabella || ''L'Italiana in Algeri'' || Rossini |- |Sigismondo || ''Sigismondo'' || Rossini |- |Elisabetta || ''Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra'' || Rossini |- |Rosina || ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'' || Rossini |- |Angelina || '' La Cenerentola'' || Rossini |- |Elcìa || ''Mosè in Egitto'' || Rossini |- |Ermione || ''Ermione'' || Rossini |- |Elena || ''La donna del lago'' || Rossini |- |Emma || ''Zelmira'' || Rossini |- |Sinaïde || ''Moïse et Pharaon'' || Rossini |- |Jocasta || ''Oedipus rex'' || Stravinsky |- |Cuniza || ''Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio'' || Verdi |- |Lady Macbeth || ''Macbeth'' || Verdi |- |Fenena || ''Nabucco'' || Verdi |- |Principessa d'Eboli || ''Don Carlo'' || Verdi |- |Amneris || ''Aida'' || Verdi |}

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==External links== *[http://www.teatrodellemuse.org/muse/it/salastampa/comunicati2011/2011-01-28-premio-corelli-ganassi.html Teatro delle Muse Ancona]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|it}} *[https://www.streamopera.com/Catalogo/interpreti/Sonia_Ganassi-208 Streamopera.com/Sonia Ganassi] {{in lang|it|en}}

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