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 and 2022 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 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, and embodied the title role in Agrippina at the Bavarian State Opera as well as Hamburg State Opera with great success.
In the concert field, she was a guest at London’s Wigmore Hall, in Cleveland, 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 Festival in Karlsruhe.
Engagements in the season 2022/23 include concerts in Boston with Rinaldo Alessandrini, European concert tours with Verdi’s Messa da Requiem and as Ruggiero/Alcina with Les Musiciens du Louvre and Marc Minkowski, as well as her return to London’s Wigmore Hall for a recital.
Furthermore, she will perform the title role in Händel’s Xerxes in a new production as well as the role of Matilda in a concert performance of Lotario, both as part of the Halle Händel Festival and under the baton of Attilio Cremonesi.
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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General Management world wide, except SpainArtist Manager

Ingunn Sighvatsdóttir
Artist Manager
ingunn@orlob.net
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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

Kick-off of the Händelfestspiele Halle
The audience of Halle's Händelfestspiele can look forward to an exciting festival programme! This year's festival will open with the premiere of the opera Serse (Xerxes) on May 26, 2023. The new staging of Händel's furious late work (directing: Louisa Proske) is conducted by Attilio Cremonesi, artistic director of the festival orchestra, and, for the first time, Händel and Baroque expert Anna Bonitatibus can be seen and heard in the title role as King Serse.
Following the premiere performance, Anna will be awarded the
2023 Händel Prize of the city of Halle.
Further performances of Serse: 28.05. sowie 03./11.06.2023
If you would like to experience the two artists together once more, you will have the chance to do so on June 9.
On this evening there will be a single concert performance of the opera Lotario, Attilio Cremonesi again conducting the Festival Orchestra and Anna Bonitatibus singing the role of Matilda.
Following the premiere performance, Anna will be awarded the
2023 Händel Prize of the city of Halle.
Further performances of Serse: 28.05. sowie 03./11.06.2023
If you would like to experience the two artists together once more, you will have the chance to do so on June 9.
On this evening there will be a single concert performance of the opera Lotario, Attilio Cremonesi again conducting the Festival Orchestra and Anna Bonitatibus singing the role of Matilda.

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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Press
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 "