Monica Bacelli

Monica Bacelli studied with Maria Vittoria Romano and Donato Martorella and graduated from the Conservatory of Pescara. After winning the Concorso Belli, she made her debut in Spoleto as Cherubino and Dorabella. Since then her career has taken her to major theatres in Italy and throughout the world including La Scala Milan, the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Covent Garden, and San Francisco and to leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Conductors with whom she has collaborated include Abbado, Bychkov, Chailly, Dudamel, Harding, Mehta, Muti, Ozawa, Pappano, Rattle and Bolton. Her wide repertoire includes all the principal Mozart roles for mezzo soprano (Idamante, Cherubino, Elvira, D