Novella Bassano

          Novella Bassano was born in Rieti and studied Singing first at the school “G. O. Pitoni” of Rieti and then at the Conservatorio “A. Casella” of L’Aquila, where she obtained a diploma with honours.
          She studied with the mezzo-soprano Marina Gentile and specialized with Claudio Desderi, Renato Bruson, Luigi Alva and William Matteuzzi.
She was among the finalist in the competitions As.Li.Co. in Milan, “Mario Basiola” in Cremona, “Franesco Paolo Tosti” in Ortona, “Cascina lirica” in Pisa (where she won an award as the youngest promising singer), and “Tito Gobbi” in Bassano del Grappa.
           She attended the “Opera Workshop”, held by Claudio Desderi on Così fan Tutte and Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart.
           In 2000 she won the 54th competition “Comunità Europea” for young opera singers in Teatro Lirico Sperimentale of Spoleto, where she made her debut in Le Cinesi by Gluck (in the part of Sivene) and in Carmen by Bizet ( in the part of Frasquita), directed by Denis Krief, and in 2001, in Il Mondo della luna by Haydn (playing the part of Flaminia), directed by Lucio Gabriele Dolcini, La serva padrona by Pergolesi (playing the part of Serpina), Il segreto di Susanna by E. Wolf Ferrari (playing the part of Susanna), directed by Giorgio Pressburger.
          In May 2001, she won first prize in the competition “Le voci nuove della lirica”, organized by Asssociazione Museo “Enrico Caruso” of Milan.
          In June 2006 she won the first prize in the competition “Mattia Battistini” of Rieti.
          She gives many concerts and has collaborated with the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, conducted by Francesco Vizioli, singing some of the most famous Concert Arias by Mozart.
          As soloist soprano, she took part in the European Project of Transcription and Rielaboration of The Art of Fugue by Bach, with partecipation of Luciano Berio, also joining in the related tour across Europe, in Lion , The Hague and London.
           She often collaborates with the F. P. Tosti National Institute in Ortona, wich in October 2001 sent her on a concert tour in Osaka, Japan.
          In 2002 she sang in L’elisir d’amore by Donizetti (in the part of Adina), directed by Ugo Gregoretti and conducted by Massimiliano Stefanelli, during the opera season of Teramo.
          She has been in Japan with Teatro Lirico Sperimentale of Spoleto, for a tour in the cities of Tokio, Osaka, Kioto and Kobe. Then she played the part of Tonina in Prima la musica poi le parole by Salieri during the Salieri Festival in Legnago and she took part in Motezuma by Paisiello (playing Erismena), performed in Mexico City.
          She played Norina in Don Pasquale by Donizetti, directed by Gianni Marras and conducted by Laurent Campellone, during the season 2002 at the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale of Spoleto.
          In May 2003, she sang in the part of Musetta in Bohème by Puccini at Teatro Bonci in Cesena. In October 2003 she went in a japanese concert tour in Tokio, Kioto, Hiroshima, and made her debut as Violetta in the La traviata by Verdi. In March 2004 she made her debut as Gilda in Rigoletto by Verdi, in collabration with Accademia del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, conductor Giuseppe Montanari. She played Maria in La Figlia del reggimento by Donizetti in Bergamo, directed by Ugo Gregoretti and conducted by Fabrizio Maria Carminati.
          In 2005 at Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, she played the leading part in the opera based on Donizetti’s life Il piccolo Cantore, music by Lucio Gregoretti, lyrics and direction by Ugo Gregoretti. In 2006 she played again as Gilda in Rigoletto with Renato Bruson in the title role, in collaboration with Accademia del Teatro alla Scala. Then she has been invited from french theatre of Vienne, where, together with the tenor Aldo Di Toro and Synaxis Orchestra conducted from Guillaume Bourgogne, she performed in an concert based on romantic duet and belcanto.
          In 2007 she played the role of Adina, with Bruno Praticò in the part of Dulcamara, in L’elisir d’amore at Teatro della Fortuna in Fano. Recently she has been in Brasil for a concert tour and opera performances, and she sang also in the famous Amazonas Theatre in Manaus.