Francesca Patanè - Soprano
Lady Macbeth's aria, La luce langue, from Macbeth by Verdi (YouTube)
..." Less than a year ago I was quite bowled over by Francesca Patané’s Tosca on a DVD, filmed at Bari in 2001 (review). I described her then as Callas-like – vocally – and a superb actress. This was confirmed with knobs on in Helsinki: good-looking with a well-shaped body cut out for appearing in underwear in the second act – the underwear of 1850s California was of course on the large side compared to today’s minimal outfits – and with an intensity in singing and acting that was quite overwhelming. For vocal security and beauty of tone she surpassed Callas by a mile, her ringing rock-steady top notes hurled out with impressive power"...
Fancuilla del West - Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 23.8.2008
Francesca Patanè was born in Milan into a family of distinguished musicians, her father being the famous conductor Giuseppe Patanè, her grandfather famous conductor Franco Patanè’ and her mother, the renowned vocal teacher Rita Patanè, have been very important in her musical education as well as her musical training at the Manhattan School of Music. She grew up between Berlin and New York, where she also worked as a fashion – model and studied languages: she is fluent in English, French and German.
With her stunning technique, magnificent stage presence and subtle expression, Francesca Patanè is Italy’s foremost singing-actress of stellar quality and supreme artistry.
She excels in the lyric-dramatic roles of Turandot (over 300 performances) Lady Macbeth (over 150 performances) Salome (famous her opening night at the Rome Opera in January 2007), Tosca and a range of demanding operatic characters.
Her unique portrayal of Lady Macbeth is explosive and justly praised for its psychological depth and gripping dramatic intensity.
She also specializes in the verismo roles of Puccini, Mascagni, Cilea, Alfano… and was voted best soprano in the production of Fanciulla Del West in Essen in 2002.
Her career started in 1993 in Torino with Adriana Lecouvreur and since then she has been singing in the major houses such as: Roma, Torino Trieste , Treviso, Genova, Verona, Torre del Lago, Bari, Macerata, Cagliari, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Piacenza, Ferrara, Vienna State Opera, Berlin Staatsoper, Berlin Deutsche Oper, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Essen, Rotterdam, Cardiff, Bolshoi Moscau (opening of the season in Turandot) Budapest, Athens, Tenerife, Las Palmas, Palma de Majorca, Santander, Bilbao, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei, Goteborg, Cape Town, Helsinki, Chicago, Tel Aviv, Toulon, Nizza
She has participated in many TV shows, has a CD of Turandot (COMPANION), DVD of Tosca live and an ARIA RECORDING live of a concert with Renato Bruson.
To be released a CD of Tosca - live with Andrea Bocelli and a DVD of Turandot - live from Hong Kong.
Updated:
March 30, 2009
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Francesca Patanè's Repertoire includes performance in the following opera houses:
ALFANO: SAKUNTALA Roma Opera – live radio broadcast
CILEA: ADRIANA LECOUVREUR Torino
GIORDANO: ANDREA CHENIER Trieste
FEDORA Chicago
MASCAGNI: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Catania
MONTEMEZZI: L’AMORE DEI TRE RE Torino
PUCCINI
TOSCA - Torino, Reggio Emillia, Berlin Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Tel Aviv, Bari, Toulon, Ferrara; Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Torre del Lago, Antwerpen, Rijeka.
TURANDOT: Taipaei, Rotterdam, Stuttgart, Genova, Tokyo, Torre del Lago, Bilbao, Cagliari, Athens, Zagreb, Lecce, Trieste, Macerata, Moscau, Aachen, Modena Ferrara Piacenza, Budapest, Cesena, Palma de Majorca, Cardiff, Helsinki, Tenerife, Hong Kong, Roama.
MANON LESCAUT: Aachen, Essen
FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Essen, Palma de Majorca, Helsinki
TABARRO Perelada
RICHARD STRAUSS: SALOME Essen , Roma
VERDI:
FORZA DEL DESTINO Torino
NABUCCO: Macerata, Athens, Verona, Hamburg, Valencia
MACBETH: Roma, Genova, Berlin Staatsoper, Ferrara, Piacenza, Modena, Treviso, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Santander, Nizza, Toulon, Lecce, Tokyo, Vienna, Hong Kong, Malta
Ms. Francesca Patanè is represented by UriZur.
