Maria Grazia Schiavo

The soprano Maria Grazia Schiavo, born in Naples, completed her studies with distinction at the S. Pietro Conservatory in Majella. She soon became particularly interested in lyrical song, chamber music, twelve-tone compositions and baroque music. She made her debut in principal roles in Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen, and in Humperdinck’s opera Hänsel und Gretel at major theatres in Italy (including Teatro San Carlo, Naples) and abroad (Buenos Aires). In 2002 she won first prize at the international singing competition “Clermont Farrand.” This recipient of a Naples Conservatory stipend appears regularly at important national and international festivals, including those at Ravello, Beaune and Saint-Denis, the Monteverdi Festival in Cremona and the Cité de la Musique in Paris. Concert tours in various opera productions have taken her to theatres in France, Japan and Belgium.