Daria Masiero
Soprano
Daria Masiero studied singing and cello at the Conservatorio Antonio Vivaldi in Alessandria with Rita Orlandi Malaspina, and in Vignola with Mirella Freni. She won a Diploma di Accademia at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Her numerous prizes include being a Cardiff finalist in 2005, second prize in the 2004 Voci Verdiani competition at Busseto; first prize in the 2003 Aleolona di Fermo competition; second prize in the Spirto Argiris Competition in Sarzana; second prize in the Festival Pucciniano competition, and in 2000, Daria was the winner of the Caruso competition in Milan.
Daria has sung the following roles: Mimì in La Bohème at the Miskloc National Theatre in Hungary, at the Teatro Comunale di Alessandria, and at the Torre del Lago Puccini Festival; covered Desdemona in Otello for La Scala in Milan; Anna in Nabucco for the Teatro Pallavicino Bussetto and at the Piazza del Campo in Siena; Manon in Boulevard Solitude, Musetta in La Bohème, and Liù in Turandot for Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa; Imelda in Oberto for Adelia Ugo conte di Parigi; Nella in Gianni Schicchi for the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan; Serpina in La Serva Padrona for Teatro Massima in Palermo; Nedda from I Pagliacci for the Teatro Bellini in Catania; Vivette in L'arlesiana for the Teatro di Cosenza; Zerlina in Don Giovanni for Teatro Regio in Torino; Despina in Così fan tutte for the Grand Theatre in Geneva; Micaëla in Carmen for the Teatro Regio in Torino andCantanzaro and Reggio Calabria, Italy; and Glace from Cherubini's Medea. She has also given many concert performances.
In 2007, she sang a reprisal of Mimì in Busan, Korea and she also sang Rossini's Stabat Mater in Nice and Monte Carlo. Future engagements include a Gala Concert in Nice, France; Glauce in Medea for both Torino and Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Padova and Bassano del Grappa, Italy; Margaretha in Boito's Mefistofole for Savonlinna, Finland; and Magda in La Rondine with Nice Opera, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni for Opera Ireland at the beginning of 2009, followed by a reprisal of Margaretha in Boito's Mefistofole for Savonlinna and La Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro for the Macau International Music Festival. Upcoming engagements include Elisabetta in Don Carlos for Bogotà.