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.