Irene Savignano

Irene Savignano was born in  ,Palermo (Siciy) and she started her musical studies when shewas 12yo with the  ,soprano Mary Elizabeth Anne Smith, then with Patrizia Gentile. She studied at  ,the “Alessandro Scarlatti” Conseervatory following masterclasses of  ,Grigoriev, Marquez Fernandez, Del Carmen, Pèrez Bianco, Nardis, Gucciardo,  ,Diaz, Gohritz, Cibelli, Norberg Schulz, Marriott, Orciani, Barricelli,  ,Patanè. In the 2020 she was admitted in "Fabbrica" the Young Artist  ,Program of the Opera di Roma. During these years she won many international  ,prizes: 70° Concorso AsLiCo “Voci Emergenti”, “Voci del Mediterraneo – Premio  ,Archimede” in Siracusa (Special Prize 2011, 2012), “I SING BEIJING” 2012, 33°  ,Edition of Francesco Paolo Neglia (2nd prize), 19° Edition of Ottavio Ziino  ,(2nd prize).

During  ,last years she wors in the following productions: Giovanna (Ernani, Teatro  ,Massimo di Palermo, 2021), Edwige (Guglielmo Tell, Teatro Sociale di Como,  ,Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona, Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Fraschini di  ,Pavia, Teatro Sociale di Bergamo, Teatro Verdi di Pisa 2020 e 2021), Tisbe  ,(La Cenerentola, Teatro Massimo – Palermo 2019), Cettina (Il duello comico,  ,Teatro Massimo - Palermo, 2018 e 2019), Amneris (Aida per Europa InCanto,  ,Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro Eliseo, Teatro Argentina e Teatro Quirino  ,di Roma, Teatro La Pergola di Firenze, Teatro Romano di Ostia Antica e Teatro  ,Flavio Vespasiano di Rieti, 2018), Lavinia (L’oca del Cairo, Teatro Massimo  ,di Palermo, 2017), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly, 2016), Suzy e Lolette (La  ,rondine, Teatro Politeama Garibaldi di Palermo, 2012) and Pippetto (Le  ,convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali, Teatro Politeama Garibaldi di Palermo  ,2011).

She works with many famous  ,conductor as Jader Bignamini, Roberto Abbado, Michele Mariotti, Omer Meir  ,Wellber, Fabio Biondi, stage Director as Davide Livermore, Damiano  ,Michieletto, Arnaud Bernard and she take part to some recordings as  ,"Spirito" with Marina Rebeka. For the Opera di Roma she sings also Gloria by  ,Vivaldi, Petite Messe solennelle by Rossini, Enrichetta in I Puritani, Lura  ,in Luisa Miller, Mass by Bernstein. In the first world premiere  ,of Acquaprofonda by Sollima is Balena/Madre un’opera, she is also in the  ,Opera-Film Farnese Suite streamed by RAI Italian TV, collaboration between  ,Opera di Roma, Opéra national de Paris and French Embassy, where she sings  ,the aria of Charlotte from Werther.

Recently she sang  ,“Dialogues des Carmélites” and Amneris in “Aida” at the Opera di Roma, both  ,conducted by M° Michele Mariotti.