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2010
San Francisco Opera announces their 2010-11 season. Michele Capalbo's company debut will be as Aida, November/December 2010. Visit www.sfopera.com for details.
Canadian Opera Company has announced their 2010-11 season including Michele Capalbo's COC debut as Aida in a new production directed by Tim Albery. Visit www.coc.ca for more information.
Michele Capalbo is interviewed in the South Florida Classical Review.
Michele Capalbo is awarded a Career Developement Grant by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Michele Capalbo performing Desemona (Otello) with The Palm Beach Opera this January.
Michele Capalbo makes THE IRISH TIMES quotes of the year:
""A little light reading. Helps take my mind off things when the crazies come calling". - Canadian soprano Michele Capalbo on reading Henry James between rehearsals"
FALL 2009
Michele Capalbo to appear on RTE Dublin's THE VIEW on November 17th, 2009.
Michele Capalbo is featured in THE IRISH TIMES (11/13/09)
"THE MEANER THE BETTER - The talented Canadian female lead in Opera Ireland's production of Verdi's 'Macbeth' finds she is revelling in the 'fiendishly difficult' role, writes ARMINTA WALLACEK" - Click here to read the entire story >>
Michele Capalbo's debut album CHRISTMASTIDE is available worldide via iTunes, CDBaby.com or directly from this website USA/Canada.
Michele Capalbo's to perform Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) with Opera Ireland (company debut).
SUMMER 2009
Michele Capalbo performs Messa per Rossini at the Festival de Lanaudičre in Joliette, Canada. Paula Citron of Classical963.fm writes:
"A completely moving experience...The new surprise was soprano Michele Capalbo who has a thrilling, soaring Verdian voice."
SPRING 2009
Michele Capalbo to perform Aida (Aida) with Opéra de Nice.
Michele Capalbo performs Verdi's Requiem with the Eugene Symphony
The Register-Guard wrote:
"Michele Capalbo was the standout in the quartet. Her dark-hued soprano voice not only reverberated with power and authority but also rose to the upper reaches of her range with delicate pianissimos. She also displayed an impressive technical virtuosity, including a elegant messa di voce in the solo quartet, "Rex tremendae."
Opera Canada reviews Manitoba Opera's Il Trovatore:
"Canadian lyric soprano Michele Capalbo is a rising superstar whose
particularly luminous Leonora nearly stopped the show with her soaring
bel canto aria "D'amor sull'ali rosee." Her crystal clear voice
floated easily up to its high Cs (and higher), enthralling the
audience with her impeccable control and feather-light pianissimo."
Holly Harris, Opera Canada, Spring 2009
WINTER 2009
Michele Capalbo to perform Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) with to Opéra De Montréal. New Production.
HOLIDAY 2008
Michele Capalbo's debut album CHRISTMASTIDE is now available for order as a CD or Download. Click here to learn more.
FALL 2008
Michele Capalbo returns to Manitoba Opera to perform Il Trovatore (Leonora) with Richard Margison.
SPRING/SUMMER 2008
Michele Capalbo's role debut as Elisabeth de Valois in Verdi's Don Carlos, to be performed in her company debut with the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Winter 2008
Michele Capalbo's company debut with the Seattle Opera is this Feburary. A new interview regarding Tosca has been posted to the Seattle Opera website, click here to read.
Michele Capalbo's role debut as Lady Macbeth will occur on January 19, 25, and 27 with the Dayton Opera.
Upcoming appearances includes Michele Capalbo's role debut in Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) with the The Dayton Opera, and company debuts as Tosca with The Seattle Opera and The Calgary Opera.
Fall 2007
Michele Capalbo performing Desemona (Otello) with L'Opéra de Québec this October.
The Montreal Gazette writes: "Michele Capalbo, the Desdemona, can be safely added to the short list of Canadian sopranos with true Verdian lustre.
Spring 2007
Michele Capalbo can be heard the in Teatro Real's national broadcast of Il Trovatore on Radio Nacional de Espaņam on June 22
Michele Capalbo to perform Il Trovatore (Leonora) with Teatro Real, Madrid.
Visit Michele Capalbo on Myspace.com
Michele Capalbo to performs AIDA (new production) with the Houston Grand Opera on May 5.
Michele Capalbo completes recording sessions in New York City for her first CD. Details to follow.
Summer 2006
New appearances added to 2006-2007 Season including debuts with Stadttheater Giessen and Teatro Real, Madrid. See Schedule Page for details
Spring 2006
Michele Capalbo to perform Verdi Requiem with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra on May 6, 2006.
Michele Capalbo to perform Aida (concert) in Cesena Italy on April 7, 2006.
March 2006
Michele Capalbo's company debut with Opéra de Toulon as Aïda.
Bar Matin writes: "The Aïda of Michele Capalbo is exemplary in all points. She flies across the octaves with happiness and her spun notes are of an expressivity charged with emotion.(L’Aida de Michele Capalbo est exemplaire en tout point. Elle survole les octaves avec bonheur et ses notes filées sont d’une expressivité chargee d’émotion.)
January 2006
Michele Capalbo triumphs as Leonora in Verdi's La forza del destino at Piacenza's Teatro Municipale.
Opera Click writes:
"A splendid surprise was revealed in Michele Capalbo, Canadian soprano, in the clothes of Leonora. We had not succeeded in hearing her in her rare previous Italian appearances and frankly we have been quite astonished to find ourselves in front of such a wonderful artist. The voice, of considerable volume from the heavy fullness and voluptuousness, remains uniform throughout the range to the high notes, which were reached with extreme security. Besides that, she has the ability to manage the breath, allowing herself to fade and use mezzevoci with truly great effect. The "Pace, pace mio Dio" was sung with such security as to make it appear almost simple, with "Invan la pace", begun quietly and then strengthened, a vocal feat that we could define as an authentic miracle. In the end she earned the well-deserved ovation of the public. We deeply hope that Italian theaters will make room for this considerable soprano."
To read the full Italian language review visit Operaclick.com.
December 2005
Michele Capalbo company and role debut as Manon Lescaut with Teatro Regio di Parma. Marcello Giordani performs Il cav. Renato des Grieux.
Michele Capalbo is awarded a career development grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.
September 2005
Michele Capalbo performs Aida in Teatro Municipal's new production in Santiago, Chile.
- New interview in Las Últimas Noticias (Spanish) or as translated by Google.
July 2005
Michele Capalbo is featured in Opera Canada's Summer 2005 issue:
"I think I have Verdi DNA," says Michele Capalbo with a laugh. Those who have heard her sing might well agree, since the New York-based Canadian is making a splash as that rarest of birds, a Verdi soprano...
May 2005
Houston Grand Opera debut as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly
The Houston Chronicle writes:
"Capalbo plumbs the depths
of Butterfly's deep character...In Canadian soprano Michele Capalbo, it had a special singer who knew how to handle the complex sides of the title role, Cio-Cio-San."
Read full review as PDF.
The Houston Press writes:
"Capalbo made a radiant Butterfly, the child bride gentle as porcelain who grows into maturity through disaster and heartache. And she has a voice to match, easily floating those stratospheric pianissimos once patented by Montserrat Caballe."
Read full review as PDF.
And Opera Canada writes:
"Canadian soprano Michele Capalbo was an eminently satisfying heroine. Her full rich voice boasted a strong lower register and a soaring top, and her portrayal, though heavily encrusted with Japanese gestures and movements, was tender and affecting."
