Daniela Barcellona (Mezzo-Soprano)
Italian mezzo Daniela Barcellona was born in Trieste in 1969 and trained there with Alessandro Vitiello, whom she subsequently married. She specialises in bel canto travesty-roles (notably Rossini’s Arsace, Malcolm and Tancredi), though her repertoire also encompasses dramatic mezzo roles such as Santuzza, Amneris, Eboli and La Principessa in Adriana Lecouvreur.
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Albina Shagimuratova and Daniela Barcellona on Semiramide
Katherine talks to the Russian soprano and Italian mezzo who star as mother and estranged son on Sir Mark Elder's new, uncut recording of Rossini's great opera seria.