Soprano
World
Born in Reggio Calabria, Maria Teresa Leva graduated with honours from the ‘Francesco Cilea’ Conservatory in her hometown.
In 2014, she won the ‘Ottavio Ziino’ International Singing Competition in Rome and the same year she caught the attention of critics and audience by debuting, in less than two months, the roles of Mimì in La bohème and Micaela in Carmen at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. The same year, she took part as Donna Elvira in the new production of Don Giovanni staged by Graham Vick for the theatres of Opera Lombardia.
Naturally endowed with a timbre precious and of rare beauty, combined with a solid technique and an extraordinary interpretative versatility, she has enjoyed since her debut an acclaimed career that has taken her to some of the most prestigious stages in Italy and abroad, with demanding roles such as Aida, which after her debut at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari she has also interpreted at Verdi Festival in Parma, Arena in Verona, Macerata Opera Festival, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, May Festival in Wiesbaden.
The roles of her repoertoire include Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly (Gran Teatro del Liceu de Barcelona, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia de Valencia, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma), Leonora in Il trovatore (Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari), Violetta in La traviata (Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liege, Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa), Amelia in Un ballo in maschera (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Festival Verdi under the baton of Roberto Abbado, Valladolid), Mimì in La bohème (Semperoper Dresden, Liceu de Barcelona, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Teatro Regio di Torino with Daniel Oren), Liù in Turandot (Arena di Verona, Opera Lombardia theatres, Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa), Micaela in Carmen (Arena di Verona, Opera Lombardia), Magda ne La rondine (Genoa), Anna ne Le Villi (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino), Suor Angelica (Sassari), Nedda in Pagliacci (Jesi), Adriana Lecouvreur (Modena, Piacenza), Margherita/Elena nel Mefistofele (Suntory Hall Tokyo), Manon Lescaut (Cagliari, Turin),
LATEST PERFORMANCES: Cavalleria rusticana (Santuzza) in concert with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Andrea Chenier (Maddalena role debut) in Pisa, in the theatres of Opera Lombardia, in Lucca and in Rovigo; Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano; Manon Lescaut at Teatro Regio Turin;Mefistofele (Elena) at Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Madama Butterfly in Bonn; Liszt’s Christus with RTVE Orquesta in Madrid; Puccini’s Le Villi and Messa di gloria all’Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liege; Don Carlo in Rimini; Madama Butterfly at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma with Roberto Abbado; Adriana Lecouvreur at Teatro Regio di Parma; Un ballo in maschera in Modena, Piacenza and at Deutsche Oper Berlin; Aida and Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at May Festival Wiesbaden; La bohème at Semperoper Dresden.
FORTHCOMING PROJECTS: Un ballo in maschera at Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Aida in Hong Kong; Tosca (title role debut) in Modena and in Ferrara; Otello and Turandot (Liù) at Opéra Royal de Wallonie.
