ISABELLA LUCHI
BIO
First Place in the 2022 JTVA Vocal Competition - Tier II, Brazilian soprano Isabella Luchi received the Max Berman Prize in Voice upon graduation at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Luchi holds a Master of Music and has appeared on stages in Brazil, U.S., Austria, Mexico and Russia. In her hometown, Luchi starred two commissioned works for the Festival de Música Erudita do Espírito Santo: the lead role of Flora in André Mehmari’s "A Procura da Flor", and the Countess in “Contos de Julia” by Marcus Siqueira. Isabella has debuted in the main opera houses of São Paulo: Theatro São Pedro and Theatro Municipal, with the roles of Pepík (Janáček's “Cunning Little Vixen”) under the baton of Ira Levin, and Pastore (Verdi's “Tosca”) with maestro Roberto Minczuk. 2024 Season includes Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Serpina (La Serva Padrona), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Beethoven's 9th, Fauré's Requiem, Bruckner's Te Deum and Saint-Saëns' Oratorio.
Education:
- MM in Vocal Performance at Azusa Pacific University, class of Prof. Angela Blasi (Kammersängerin - Bayerische Staatsoper).
- Professional Studies Diploma at the Cleveland Institute of Music, class of Dr. Mary Schiller.
Awards and competitions:
- 1st place in the James Toland Vocal Arts Competition - Tier II (San Francisco, 2022)
- 3rd place in the Natércia Lopes Competition (Vitória-Brazil, 2022)
- Participant in the 1st Hibla Gerzmava Competition (Moscow-Russia, 2023)
- The Max Berman Prize in vocal performance (Cleveland, 2022)
Repertoire | Opera & Concert
Composers in cronological order of birth
Ouvre - City, year of Luchi's debut
HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)
Belinda (Dido and Aeneas)
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI (1710-1736)
Livietta (Livietta e Tracollo)
Serpina (La Serva Padrona) - São Paulo, 2014
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)
Angelica (Orlando Paladino) - Salzburg, 2017
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Bastienne (Bastien und Bastienne) - Vitória, 2016
Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) - São Paulo, 2024
Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) - Vitória, 2017
Zerlina (Don Giovanni)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Sinfonia n.° 9 em ré menor, Op. 125 - Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, 2024
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Clorinda (La Cenerentola)
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
Adina (L’elisir d’amore)
Norina (Don Pasquale)
VINCENZO BELLINI (1801-1835)
Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)
ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
Te Deum em dó maior, WAB 45 - Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, 2024
JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825-1899)
Adele (Die Fledermaus)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Oratorio - São Paulo, 2024
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Requiem - São Paulo, 2024
LEOS JANACEK (1854-1928)
Pepík (A Raposinha Astuta) - São Paulo, 2023
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Genovieffa (Suor Angelica) - São Paulo, 2024
Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi)
Musetta (La Bohème)
Pastore (Tosca) - São Paulo, 2023
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)
A Floresta do Amazonas
Bachianas brasileiras nº 5 - Los Angeles, 2018
LENNOX BERKELEY (1903-1989)
Susan (A dinner engagement) - Vitória, 2017
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI (1911-2007)
Foreign Woman (The Consul)
Mrs. Gobineau (The Medium) - Vitória, 2014
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Tytania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
OLIVER TONI (1926-2017)
O Navio Negreiro - Ribeirão Preto, 2016
EDWIN PENHORWOOD (1939-)
Miss Titmouse (Too many sopranos) - Azusa, 2019
JOHN RUTTER (1945-)
Magnificat - Vitória, 2017
Requiem - Vitória, 2013
MARCUS SIQUEIRA (1971-)
Condessa* (Contos de Julia) - Vitória, 2023
ANDRÉ MEHMARI (1977-)
Flora* (A procura da flor) - Vitória, 2022
MARCELO RAUTA (1981-)
Sinfonia Nº 18: Os Cinco Elementos - Vitória, 2024
*Roles written for soprano Isabella Luchi.