Irene Favro

Irene Favro
Soprano
Representation: World
Website: www.favro.it
Last update: February 2014
Irene Favro studied at Conservatorio G. Verdi in Turin. She
also attended the "Corso di Alta Formazione per Cantanti
Lirici" (CAFCL) at Maggio Fiorentino Formazione and in 2010
the "Scuola dell’Opera Italiana" (SOI) at Teatro Comunale di
Bologna.
As a winner of As.li.co in 2007 she made her debut as
Despina in Così fan tutte in theaters such as Arcimboldi in
Milan, Ponchielli in Cremona, Bibiena in Mantua, Grande in
Brescia, Sociale in Como, Alighieri in Ravenna, Verdi in
Triest, Ariosto in Reggio Emilia, Teatro dell’Aquila in Fermo,
Verdi in Pordenone.
With Maggio Musicale Fiorentino she performed as Serafina
in Donizetti's Il Campanello (Carminati/Grinda 2009), Berta in
Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia (D’Agostini/Michieletto,
2010), Serpina in Pergolesi's La serva Padrona
(Caldi/Carreres 2011), Modista in Rota's Il cappello di paglia (Alapont/Cigni and in 2013 conducted by
Battistoni), Nella in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi (D’Espinosa/De Carlo 2012) and Cupido in Offenbach's Orfeo
all’Inferno (Xu Zhong/Carniti 2013).
Other roles she has already debuted: Frasquita in Carmen (Mariotti/Žagars) with Teatro Comunale di
Bologna, Giannetta in L’elisir d’amore (Franklin/Crivelli) with Carlo Felice in Genoa, second woman in
Purcell's Dido and Enea (2013) with Teatro Filarmonico in Verona (Montanari/Bianchi); paggio in Rigoletto
(Frizza/Guerra) for the Festival del Centenario Areniano. At Opera Quingdao (China) she performed as
Musetta in La Bohème (2011) and Gilda in Rigoletto (2012).
In concert she sang in recitals at Verdi Theatre in Florence, Piccolo Regio and Carignano Theatre in Turin,
with Academia Montis Regalis she performed in Il Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi in 2005 and
with Accademia Stefano Tempia in Turin in 2009 in Carissimi's Jephte and Charpentier's Dixit Dominus and
2011 in Vivaldi's Domine ad adiuvandum me festina RV 593 and Dixit Dominus RV 59, conducted by
Sardelli.
She appeared also in concerts for Rai Television.