Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chorus

Founded in 1933, the first year of the Maggio Musicale Festival, under the guidance of Andrea Morosini, the Chorus has always been one of the most prestigious Italian vocal ensembles for both opera and symphonic repertoire. The Chorus has had many important Masters including Adolfo Fanfani, Roberto Gabbiani, Vittorio Sicuri, Marco Balderi, José Luis Basso, Piero Monti and, since 2013, Lorenzo Fratini.

The Chorus has also performed vocal chamber and contemporary music, with premieres by important 20th century composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki, Luigi Dallapiccola, Goffredo Petrassi, Lugi Nono and Sylvano Bussotti. Particularly significant is the collaboration with great conductors such as – among the many – Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, Carlo Maria Giulini, Bruno Bartoletti, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Georges Prêtre, Myung-Whun Chung, Seiji Ozawa, Semyon Bychkov, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Lorin Maazel, Fabio Luisi and Daniele Gatti.

In recent years the Chorus has expanded its repertoire to include major modern and classic symphonic-choral works and took part in many tours also with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

The ability to interpret works of different periods and styles in the original language are features that have made the Chorus of one of the most admired by international critics and conductors and leading also of particular and important artistic and civil celebrations.

On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, the Choir performs in three celebratory concerts conducted by Riccardo Muti in Ravenna, Florence and Verona.

In 2003 it won the Grammy Award with Renée Fleming for the CD Belcanto and in 2013 celebrated his 80 years from the foundation with performances conducted by Lorenzo Fratini.

Recent concerts at the Salzburg Festival for Tosca in concert form, conducted by Zubin Mehta and the two inaugural concerts of the new Auditorium del Maggio.

In July 2022 he participated in the Concerto for Florence in the Cavea of ​​the Teatro del Maggio and in the tour in Macerata and Marbella, conducted by Zubin Mehta. Recently, the Chorus went on tour in Bucarest (for the Otello by Giuseppe Verdi and a concert) always with Zubin Mehta.

On 22 December 2023, the Chorus celebrate its 90 years from its foundation with a concert conducted by Lorenzo Fratini.

Sopranos
Constanza Antunica
Sabrina Baldini
Antonella Bandelli
Elena Bazzo
Tiziana Bellavista
Maria Cristina Bisogni
Silvia Capra
Chiara Chisu
Giovanna Costa
Eloisa Deriu
Thalida Marina Fogarasi
Rosa Galassetti
Anastassiya Kozhukharova
Paola Leggeri
Barbara Marcacci
Valeriia Matrosova
Monica Marzini
Marina Mior
Cristina Pagliai
Delia Palmieri

Mezzo-sopranos
Sabina Beani
Consuelo Cellai
Elizabeth Anne Chard
Katja De Sarlo
Michela Mazzanti
Nadia Pirazzini
Livia Sponton
Nadia Sturlese
Giulia Tamarri
Barbara Zingerle

Contraltos
Silvia Barberi
Elena Cavini
Teodolinda De Giovanni
Amanda Ferri
Cristiana Fogli
Sofia Olivieri
Filomena Pericoli
Ramona Gabriela Peter
Maria Rosaria Rossini

Tenors
Tiziano Barbafiera
Fabio Bertella
Davide Ciarrocchi
Massimiliano Esposito
Fabrizio Falli
Saulo Severino Garcia Diepa
Leonardo Melani
Carlo Messeri
Simone Porceddu
Leonardo Sgroi
Davide Siega
Andrea Antonio Siragusa
Valerio Sirotti
Riccardo Sorelli
Luca Tamani
Mauro Virgini
Hiroki Watanabe
Dean David Janssens

Baritones
Nicolò Ayroldi
Claudio Fantoni
Lisandro Guinis
Giovanni Mazzei
Egidio Naccarato
Gabriele Spina

Basses
Diego Barretta
Luciano Graziosi
Nicola Lisanti
Bernardo Romano Martinuzzi
Alessandro Peruzzi
Marcello Vargetto

Second director of the choir
Leonardo Andreotti
 

Choir organization secretary
Alessandra Vestita