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Amanda Ferry
Mezzo-soprano
Brasil
Opera Singer
Born in San Paolo (Brasile), on 26-01-1995
Vocality: Contralto
ARTISTIC TRAINING
Graduated in opera singing at the P. Mascagni conservatory in Livorno under the
supervision of Graziano Polidori. She continues her vocal technique and repertoire
studies at the Brunier Academic Lyric Laboratory directed by Mo Graziano Polidori
and accompanist Mo Stefano Galli. She attend masterclasses and advanced courses
with the soprano Barbara Costa and the internationally renowned bass Carlo Cigni.
OPERA COMPETITONS AND PRIZES
01/04/2017 Won the 3nd prize “G. Masini” at the competition for opera singers
“Riviera Etrusca” in Piombino (LI)
10/07/2018 Won the competition for opera singers at the association “Orfeo in
Scena”, she debut in the role of Maddalena and Giovanna (Rigoletto G.Verdi) in the
most beautiful squares of Pisa.
10/06/2019 Won the first place in the competition for Choir artist at the Theatre
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
30/04/2021 Won a place to study with mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona in Milan.
12/04/2021 accepted to the Summer Academy for singers on the ISland of Ugljan.
23/05/2021 Won role of Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) and a concert at the Vespasian
theater in Rieti at the New opera talent International Competition.
30/07/2021 Won the 2nd prize of “2o World Voice E-Competition Napolinova”
CONCERTS AND DEBUTED OPERAS
She participated in numerous lyrical and holy music concerts in numerous Italian and
international cities.In 2016 she debut as a soloist alto at the Concert de Noel-Eglise
Saint Martin Pfaffenheim - France. From 2016 to 2019 she sings, as a choir artist, at
the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago and participates in the inauguration concert of
the 2018 Puccini Festival (with the presence of the Tuscan tenor Andrea Bocelli, the
baritone Alberto Gazale), Interpretation of the Messa di Gloria by Giacomo Puccini
also took part in the trip to Finland for the representation of
Turandot and Tosca. In 2017 the P. Mascagni Conservatory of Livorno sets up Monteverdi's work Il Combattimento di Tancredi and Clorinda and she debuts the role of the Narrator, directed by Mo Chiara Morandi. The Circolo Alfredo Catalani of Porcari-Lucca, in collaboration with the Cavanis Foundation and with the patronage of the Municipality of Porcari, organizes an opera concert in memory of Anna Maria Canali and sings arias by Gluck and W.A.Mozart accompanied on the piano by M ° Angela Baroncelli .
In 2018 the "Meridiano Festival" Association organizes a series of concerts / operas and she’s called upon to sing arias by W.A. Mozart, Gluck, Händel and Pergolesi.
In 2019 she sings as solo contralto in the WAMozart Requiem k626 at the Solvay Theater directed by Maestro Diego Terreni.
She is among the winners of the competition organized by the Orfeo in Scena association and is assigned the role of Maddalena and Giovanna (Rigoletto by G. Verdi) which will debut later in July 2019 in the squares of Cascina and Montecalvoli, directed by Maestro Alessandro Cavallini.
She collaborated with the Tuscan Lyric Choir and in 2019 she joined the Ars Lyrica Choir and was hired as an Artist of the Bocelli Choir (Ali della Libertà concert) at the Teatro del Silenzio, a concert that airs on Rai on 14 September 2019.
On 19 June 2019 he took part in the auditions organized by the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, she won the first place in the ranking as a choir artist in the altos section. obtains a contract that provides for the execution of works and concerts of great importance as an example the trip to Bucharest, for the performance of the Requiem
by G. Verdi and the Symphony n3 op 21 by G.Enescu, Transfer to the Cathedral of Orvieto for the execution of the Coronation Mass in C major Kv. 317 for solos, Chorus and orchestra, and Ave Verum in D major Kv. 618 for choir, strings and organ, broadcast on Rai1. She win auditions (organized by the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino) for the debut of small roles; In Puccini's Suor Angelica she plays one of the three nuns directed by Mo Valerio Galli and directed by Denis Krief (in the cast Suor Angelica-María José Siri and as Aunt Princess-Anna Maria Chiuri),
in Alfano's Resurrection she plays the Bear directed by Mo Francesco Lanzillotta directed by Rosetta Cucchi. On 12 September 2020 she sings at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as solo contralto in the Mass for choir and double wind quintet by Igor Stravinsky under the direction of Maestro Daniele Gatti.
On April 4, 2021, RAI cameras broadcast the evangelical Easter worship from the Evangelical Baptist church of Grosseto in Eurovision. She sings, as soloist Alto, arias by Handel, Bach and music revisited by Maestro Francesco Iannitti Piromallo (pianist, composer and conductor).
21/07/2021 she sing the role of mamma lucia in the opera "cavalleria rusticana" at the Roman Theater Festival in Volterra.
Amanda ,introducing herself to the audience:
Amanda Ferri,mezzo-soprano (Brasil) in the semi-final round of the 2.International Voice Competition Boris Martinovich ,2022. A.Ponchielli: La Gioconda: Voce di Donna
Amanda Ferri,contra-alto in the first round of the 2.International Voice Competition Boris Martinovich G. Donizetti - Anna Bolena - “Deh non voler costringere”