Biography
Anna Bonitatibus, a native of Basilicata in Italy, made her debut at La Scala Milan in 1999 in Don Giovanni under the baton of Riccardo Muti. Since then her interpretations have included over fifty operatic titles, covering early baroque to bel canto repertoire and collaborating with all the major conductors and directors such as Ivor Bolton, Sir Antonio Pappano, René Jacobs, William Christie, Myung Whung Chung, Franz Welser-Möst, Roberto Abbado, Alain Altinoglu, Marc Minkowski and Teodor Currentzis.From her first recording, Vivaldi’s La Griselda made in 1992, Anna Bonitatibus distinguished herself through the operas of the baroque period, Neapolitan opera buffa and French repertoire. Thanks to her performances of familiar works by Mozart, Handel and Rossini, she has performed on all Europe’s leading stages and in concert halls worldwide. Her en travesti roles, or “trousers roles”, deserve a special mention and as the embodiment of Cherubino, she has become one of the most acclaimed performers of Mozart.
Among her many award-winning recordings, Anna Bonitatibus received the International Opera Award in 2015 for her disc Semiramide, la Signora regale – a variety of musical gems discovered by herself. In 2016, Bonitatibus took a selection of songs from this album on tour with Prague baroque orchestra Collegium 1704, performing in concert halls in Baden-Baden, Essen and at Wigmore Hall in London, where she returned in 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023 for Italian song recitals.
Her last CD with the Munich Rundfunkorchester, en travesti, which features so-called “trousers roles”, also received great critical acclaim.
Highlights of the past seasons include her debut at the Opéra National de Bordeaux as Dulcinée in Massenet’s Don Quichotte under the baton of Marc Minkowski, Cherubino/Le nozze di Figaro at Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Cecilio/Lucio Silla at Théâtre de la Monnaie Brussels, Il Destino/La Calisto at Bayerische Staatsoper Munich and Teatro Real de Madrid, Sesto/La Clemenza di Tito in Warsaw and at Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liège, Agrippina, Ottavia/L’incoronazione di Poppea and her role debut as Penelope in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria at The Grange Festival, Handel’s Ottone in Moscow, Giunone/Ercole amante at Opéra Comique Paris, as well as the title role of Donizetti’s Enrico di Borgogna in Bergamo, Carmen in Madrid, and Riccardo Broschi’s Merope at the Innsbrucker Festwochen. Most recently, she sang the role of Licida in Pergolesi’s L’Olimpiade at Zürich Opera, Idamante/Idomeneo at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Ruggiero/Alcina in concert with Les Musiciens du Louvre and Marc Minkowski, and embodied the title roles in Agrippina (Bavarian State Opera and Hamburg State Opera) and Serse (Halle Händel Festival) with great success.
In the concert field, she was a guest at London’s Wigmore Hall, in Cleveland, Boston, Helsinki, Bologna, Pesaro, Parma, Barcelona, Potsdam, and Linz, as well as at the Aids Opera Gala in Bonn, the Al Bustan Festival in Beirut and the Händel Festivals in Karlsruhe and Halle.
Engagements in the 2024/25 season include her return to the Zürich Opera as Agrippina in a new production and to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence for a new production of Cavalli’s La Calisto/Giunone/L’Eternità.
In addition, she can be heard in Beethoven’s Symphony no 9 in Bordeaux and will return to London’s Wigmore Hall and the Halle Händel Festival for recitals.
Anna Bonitatibus is the recipient of the 2023 Händel Prize of the city of Halle, honouring her longstanding interpretations of Händel’s music, as well as her passionate dedication leading to performances also of lesser known works.
Artist Website
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Repertoire
Repertoire Opera
Bellini | I Capuleti e i Montecchi | Romeo |
Norma | Adalgisa | |
Cavalli | Ercole amante | Giunone |
La Calisto | Diana | |
Destino | ||
La Didone | Didone | |
Cimarosa | Gli Orazi e i Curiazi | |
Il Marito disperato | ||
L'Olimpiade | ||
Donizetti | Lucrezia Borgia | Maffio Orsini |
Gluck | Orfeo ed Euridice | Orfeo |
Orphée et Euridice | Berlioz/Viardot version 1854) | |
Gounod | Faust | Siebel |
Roméo et Juliette | Stéphano | |
Sapho | ||
Händel | Agrippina | Agrippina |
Nerone | ||
Alcina | Ruggiero | |
Deidamia | Ulisse | |
Giulio Cesare | Sesto | |
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno | Piacere | |
Orlando | Medoro | |
Radamisto | Tigrane | |
Tamerlano | Irene | |
Tolomeo | Elisa | |
Haydn | Orlando paladino | Alcina |
Marazzolli | Dal Male il Bene | |
Mascagni | L’amico Fritz | Beppe |
Massenet | Don Quichotte | Dulcinée |
Werther | Charlotte | |
Mayr | Ginevra di Scozia | Ariodante |
Menotti | The Medium | |
Monteverdi | Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria | Penelope |
L’Orfeo | Messaggiera | |
Proserpina | ||
Mozart | Così fan tutte | Dorabella |
Don Giovanni | Zerlina | |
Idomeneo | Idamante | |
La clemenza di Tito | Sesto | |
Le nozze di Figaro | Cherubino | |
Mitridate, re di Ponto | Sifare | |
Offenbach | Les contes d’Hoffmann | Nicklausse |
Paisiello | La Molinara | |
Pavesio | Ser Marcantonio | |
Pergolesi | Il Flaminio | |
L’Olimpiade | ||
Puccini | Il Trittico | |
Purcell | Dido & Eneas | |
Ravel | L’enfant et les sortilèges | L’enfant |
Rossini | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Rosina |
Il viaggio a Reims | Melibea | |
La Cenerentola | Angelina | |
Le Comte Ory | Isolier | |
L’Italiana in Algeri | Isabella | |
Moïse et Pharaon | Synaide | |
Tancredi | Tancredi | |
Soler | Una cosa rara | |
Strauss, R. | Ariadne auf Naxos | Komponist |
Verdi | Falstaff | |
Nabucco | ||
Oberto conte di San Bonifacio | ||
Vivaldi | Il Tamerlano/Bajazet | |
La Griselda |
Repertoire Concert
Beethoven | IX Symphony in Rem, op.125 |
Messa in DO M, op.86 | |
Cavalli | Juliette,Symphonie dramatique op.17 |
Franck | Rédemption, Poème Symphonique |
Romanze, Voce e pianoforte | |
Händel | Cantate |
Haydn | Arianna a Nasso |
Haydn J.M. | Requiem in DO m. |
Mozart | Arie da concerto |
Davide penitente K 469 | |
Messa in DO m K 427 | |
Requiem K 626 | |
Spatzen-Messe K220 | |
Vesperae solemnes de confessore K339 | |
Pergolesi | Stabat Mater |
Prokofiev | Alexander Nevsky |
Rossini | Giovanna d’Arco |
Giunone | |
Pechées de vieillesse | |
Petite Messe Solennelle | |
Stabat Mater | |
Scarlatti | La Vergine de’ dolori |
Schubert | Messa in SIb M. D.324 |
Schumann | Lieder |
Stravinsky | Les Noces |
Verdi | Requiem |
Romanze, Voce e Pianoforte | |
Vivaldi | Andromeda liberata |
Beatus Vir | |
Gloria RV 588 & RV 589 | |
La Senna festeggiante | |
Mottetto RV 626 & RV629 | |
Malibran, Garcia, Colbran, Crescentini, Spontini, Schubert, Bachelet, de Falla, Poulenc, Gershwin, Villa Lobos, Respighi | Mélodies, Arias, Cantate, Romanze, Canzoni, Lieder, Songs, Ariette, Canciones, Cantates, Liriche |
Discography
"en travesti"Erschienen Februar 2018 bei BRKlassik
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Corrado Rovaris
Anna Bonitatibus
"Semiramide, La Signora Regale"
Erschienen Juni 2014 bei DHM
Accademia degli Astrusi
La Stagione Armonica
Federico Ferri
Anna Bonitatibus
Marianna Martines "La Tempesta"
Erschienen Februar 2015 bei DHM
La Floridiana
Nicoleta Paraschivescu
Annna Bonitatibus
Simon Mayr "Ginevra di Scozia"
Erschienen Juni 2014 bei Oehms Classics
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Coro maschile del Heinrich-Schütz-Ensemble Vornbach
George Petrou
Papatanasiu / Bonitatibus / Zeffiri / Hinterdobler / Iranyi / Cilic / Mischok
Erschienen Juni 2014 bei DHM
Accademia degli Astrusi
La Stagione Armonica
Federico Ferri
Anna Bonitatibus
Marianna Martines "La Tempesta"
Erschienen Februar 2015 bei DHM
La Floridiana
Nicoleta Paraschivescu
Annna Bonitatibus
Simon Mayr "Ginevra di Scozia"
Erschienen Juni 2014 bei Oehms Classics
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Coro maschile del Heinrich-Schütz-Ensemble Vornbach
George Petrou
Papatanasiu / Bonitatibus / Zeffiri / Hinterdobler / Iranyi / Cilic / Mischok
"Un Rendez-Vous"
Erschienen September 2010 bei RCA/Sony
Marco Marzocchi (Pianoforte)
Anna Bonitatibus
Joseph Haydn "L'infedeltà costante"
Erschienen Februar 2008 bei DHM/Sony BMG
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis
Anna Bonitatibus
Georg Friedrich Händel "Un'Opera Immaginaria"
Erschienen 2009 bei Virgin Classics
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
DiDonato / Dessay / Cencic / Bostridge / von Otter / Jaroussky / Genaux / Blythe / Daniels / Auger / McGreey / Custer / Bonitatibus
The complete Discography:
www.annabonitatibus.com/recordings/cd/
Erschienen September 2010 bei RCA/Sony
Marco Marzocchi (Pianoforte)
Anna Bonitatibus
Joseph Haydn "L'infedeltà costante"
Erschienen Februar 2008 bei DHM/Sony BMG
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis
Anna Bonitatibus
Georg Friedrich Händel "Un'Opera Immaginaria"
Erschienen 2009 bei Virgin Classics
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
DiDonato / Dessay / Cencic / Bostridge / von Otter / Jaroussky / Genaux / Blythe / Daniels / Auger / McGreey / Custer / Bonitatibus
The complete Discography:
www.annabonitatibus.com/recordings/cd/
News
Winner of the Abbiati Award 2024!
We are delighted and proud to announce that Anna Bonitatibus is the winner of the Abbiati Award (Il premio della critica musicale “Franco Abbiati”) 2024 in the category Solo Repertoire! The prize is being awarded for her CD ‘Monologues’ (Prospero, 2023) with pianist Adele D'Aronzo, featuring pieces by Donizetti, Rossini, Respighi and Wagner.
The award ceremony will take place in Cremona on Sunday, September 29th 2024 as part of Cremona Musica. Congratulations Anna!
The award ceremony will take place in Cremona on Sunday, September 29th 2024 as part of Cremona Musica. Congratulations Anna!
Händel-Preis Halle 2023!
Anna Bonitatibus receives the 2023 Händel Prize of the city of Halle. The Stiftung Händel-Haus says the decision honours "her infinite enthusiasm, with which she for years has been interpreting Händel's music, as well as her passionate dedication leading to performances also of lesser known works".
The prize will be awarded to Anna during the Händel Festival in 2023, where she is involved in two productions. On one hand she will sing the title role in the festival production Xerxes, on the other the role of Matilda in a concert performance of the opera Lotario. Bravissima Anna!
The prize will be awarded to Anna during the Händel Festival in 2023, where she is involved in two productions. On one hand she will sing the title role in the festival production Xerxes, on the other the role of Matilda in a concert performance of the opera Lotario. Bravissima Anna!
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Download availableSemiramide/La Signora regale recital- Wigmore Hall, London, 2016
Photo: Minjaš ŽugićTancredi/Tancredi- Lausanne, 2015
Photo: M. VanappelghemLe nozze di Figaro/Cherubino
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Video
La clemenza di Tito -"Parto, ma tu ben mio"
YouTube (Upload 07.12.2015)La clemenza di Tito - "Parto, ma tu ben mio"
Youtube (Upload 14.05.2015)Mozart Gala:
Konzertarie "ch'io mi scordi di te"
Youtube (Upload 01.12.2012)AIDS Gala, Berlin:
L'italiana in Algeri-
Arie der Isabella Akt 1
YouTube (Upload 25.11.2012)Così fan tutte -
"E amore un ladroncello" Akt 2
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Il Babiere di Siviglia-"Contro un cor che accende amore"
YouTube (Upload 14.07.2011)Mitridate- "Se viver non degg'io"
Youtube (Upload 24.07.2011)L'incoronazione di Poppea- "Disprezzata regina"
Youtube (Upload 23.05.2010)Anna Bonitatibus sings Rossini
Pesaro, June 10th 2017
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Press
L'incoronazione di Poppea / The Grange Festival / 11.06.24 / Financial Times
"Anna Bonitatibus, whose voice has such presence, makes a special impact as Ottavia"
L'incoronazione di Poppea / The Grange Festival / 10.06.24 / The Guardian
"Anna Bonitatibus's magnificently sung Octavia is pure tigress"
L'incoronazione di Poppea / The Grange Festival / 09.06.24 / The Times
"And as the scorned empress Ottavia, Anna Bonitatibus is superb, her account of the sorry lot of women in Rome full of searing bitterness"
L'incoronazione di Poppea / The Grange Festival / 08.06.24 / The Telegraph
"the real masterclass in Monteverdian declamation is given by Anna Bonitatibus's magnificently wronged Ottavia, laser-sharp, every word sculpted"
Alcina / Teatro alla Scala / 11.02.24 /
connessiallopera.it
"Il Ruggiero en travesti di Anna Bonitatibus ottiene ovazioni interminabili."
Alcina / Teatro alla Scala / 08.02.24 /
operaclick.com
"Indimenticabile "Mi lusinga il dolce affetto", cantata piano mentre l'orchestra suona pianissimo note impalpabili, un momento di grazia totale, tant'è vero che alla fine dell'aria Minkowsky le ha baciato la mano."
Bononcini/Bach / Handel & Haydn Society / 03.04.23 / classical-scene.com
"shaped her lines with impeccable vowel modification, creatively mutating syllables to bring out a spectrum of emotions from repeated words. The audience held onto every word as her whispery timbre charmed us with sweet nothings. She melded her warm mezzo with Frigato in Bononcini's aria Quis est homo gui non fleret. In several moments, they blended so completely as to become indistinguishable from one other."
Recital / Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro / 25.08.21 /
apemusicale.it
"Il recital di Anna Bonitatibus [...] è un'esplorazione intelligente e sofisticata della poetica rossiniana"
Agrippina / Staatsoper Hamburg / 06.06.21 / wotansopernkritikblog.wordpress.com
"Mit ihrem lehrbuchhaft geführten sowie dunkel-timbrierten Mezzosopran meistert sie die enormen und eigenwilligen Koloraturen in Perfektion"
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Opéra de Tours / 05.02.20 / forumopera.com
"Une Rosine royale et humble à la fois."
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Opéra de Tours / 04.02.20 / olyrix.com
"propose une Rosine corsée, ample, longue, aisée"
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Opéra de Tours / 01.02.20 / lanouvellerepublique.fr
"se jouant des cascades du Bel Canto avec une grâce extrême"
Merope / Innsbrucker Festwochen / 17.08.19 / apemusicale.it
"che è vocalista impagabile per vellutata omogeneità timbrica, vocalizzazione agiata"
Merope / Innsbrucker Festwochen / 15.08.19 / opern-kritik.de
"Großartig ist Anna Bonitatibus als sehr subtile, fein singende, geradezu introvertierte Merope"
Merope / Innsbrucker Festwochen / 10.08.19 / faz.net
"Subtile Gefühlsnuancen in Pianissimo-Kadenzen packen da ebenso wie machtvoll dem Tyrannen entgegengeschleuderte Wutausbrüche"
La Clemenza di Tito / Opéra Royal de Wallonie- Liège / 31.05.19 / resmusica.com
"splendide tant par le timbre que par l'agilité vocale, tant par l'implication dramatique que par le large éventail de nuances"
La Clemenza di Tito / Opéra Royal de Wallonie- Liège / 22.05.19 / bachtrack.com
"quelle maîtrise vocale, quelle richesse de couleurs et de nuances, quel engagement dramatique!"
La Clemenza di Tito / Opéra Royal de Wallonie- Liège / 18.05.19 / operatraveller.com
"surely the finest interpreter of the role today"
Agrippina / The Grange Festival / 11.06.18 /
theguardian.com
"Anna Bonitatibus is glorious in the title role"
Agrippina / The Grange Festival / 11.06.18 /
independent.com
"the title role is incarnated to perfection"
CD: en travesti / April 2018 / Oper! Das Magazin
"eine bezaubernde, wunderschöne Stimme"
"Virtuous ziselierte Koloraturen? Bitteschön!"
CD: en travesti / 29.03.18 / Süddeutsche Zeitung
"mit perfekten Koloraturen, fein modulierten Verzierungen und differenziertem Ausdruck"
CD: en travesti / 21.02.18 / olyrix.com
"Anna Bonitatibus allie deux grandes qualités, rarement conciliées"
La clemenza di Tito / Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe / 17.07.17 / pressreader.com
"einfach zum Niederknien"
Concert, Fondazione Rossini / Auditorium Pedrotti Pesaro / 10.06.17 / apemusicale.it
"un' interpretazione d'altissimo profilo"
Heroinen der Antike / Christuskirche am Mühlburger Tor Karlsruhe / 27.02.17 / anaclase.com
"nuances infiniment sensible"
Heroinen der Antike / Christuskirche am Mühlburger Tor Karlsruhe / 27.02.17 / bachtrack.com
"a delight to hear her"
Le nozze di Figaro / Gran Teatre del Liceu / 13.11.16 / operatraveller.com
"she really knows how to bring this music to life"
Semiramide, La Signora Regale / Philharmonie Essen / 03.10.16 / bachtrack.com
"Stärke und Interpretationskennung"
Semiramide, La Signora Regale / Philharmonie Essen / 03.10.16 / omm.de
"präsentiert sich an diesem Abend nicht nur stimmlich als Königin "