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BIOGRAPHY

Giuliana Gianfaldoni is one of the most outstanding Italian young singers of her generation. Born in Taranto, she studied at Conservatory “G.B. Martini” in Bologna and developed her technique with M. Antonella D’amico in Verona.

Giuliana won the 65th ASLICO competition for young singers in 2014 and was awarded with the first prize at Ottavio Ziino International Voice Competition in Rome (2015). Giuliana had her debut at Ópera de Tenerife in Mozart 's Così fan tutte as Despina and the following year she returned as Zerlina in Don Giovanni. It was her outstanding interpretation at Salzburg Festival YAP as Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail that captured the international attention.

Her remarkable engagements include Adina in Elisir d’Amore at Teatro Municipale in Piacenza and at Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna directed by Leo Nucci and conducted by Stefano Ranzani, Carmina Burana with La

Filarmonica Toscanini of Parma, Orchestra della Toscana (ORT) and MITO Festival under the baton of Daniele Rustioni, Zerlina in Don Giovanni at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, Micaela in Carmen at Ópera de Tenerife, at Teatro Aurora di Gozo and Teatro Regio in Torino, Oscar in Un ballo in maschera at Teatro Verdi in Sassari, Susanna in Nozze di Figaro at Opéra de Toulon, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at Opéra de Montpellier, Giustina in Margherita by J. Foroni and Gilda in Rigoletto at Wexford Festival Opera. Recently she has also appeared in new roles as

Lisette in La Rondine at Teatro Carlo Felice of Genova and Marie in La Fille du Régiment at Teatro Verdi in Trieste. She sang Beatrice di Tenda directed by Michele Spotti at Festival della Valle d’Itria in 2022. She appeared at Teatro Petruzzelli as Gilda and Nannetta. She sang directed by Pierluigi Pizzi at Teatro Massimo in Palermo in Idomeneo as Ilia and was invited there to sing Nannetta conducted by Daniel Oren and the Rossini's Stabat Mater under the baton of Michele Spotti. She sang as Zaide in Zaide byMozart directed by Graham Vick and After that she took part of Un ballo in maschera which was one of another show made by him.

Corinna is one of her most successful role, she sang it in Tenerife and in Pesaro during Rossini Opera Festival 2019. She has a very beautiful relationship with the ROF where she performs every year: La cambiale di matrimonio 2020, Stabat Mater 2021, many concerts as in 2024 with

orchestra and the Cantata in morte di Didone at ROF 2025. She performed many times in role as Gilda in Rigoletto in Palermo conducted by Daniel Oren and in March 2025 at Teatro Regio in Turin under the baton of Nicola Luisotti and directed by Leo Muscato which was

one of the Most succesfull production for her.

One of the role she sang the most is Marie in La Fille du Regiment, last time at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.She performed a lot in concerts with Orchestra as Pergolesi Stabat Mater with Orchestra della Rai in Turin, Carmina Burana at Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome and at Macerata Opera Festival, last year.

She was one of the singers who sang at the Christmas Concert at Senato, conducted by Michele Spotti live on Rai1, italian Most important TV Channel.

Among her next engagements: she is singing two Productions of Carmen as Micaela in Genova at Teatro Carlo Felice and in Seville at Teatro de la Maestranza with Emilio Sagi as Director and Renato Renzetti as conductor. Then she will perform in many concerts as in Classiche Forme with Beatrice Rana this Summer, and at ROF and at Caracalla in Rome with Carmina Burana.

After that she will appear at Festival Verdi in Parma in Falstaff, at Teatro Comunale in Bologna with La Boheme and in other concerts at Santa Cecilia in Rome and in Turin with Orchestra della Rai.

New debut will be next year in Lucia di Lammermoor at Theatre Capitole de Toulouse and in Mitridate Re di Ponto at Teatro San Carlo in Naples.

"...Segnatevi questo nome, Giuliana Gianfaldoni, soprano, perché ne sentirete parlare; quanto a me, vorrei urgentemente risentirla cantare."

"Confesso poi di aver fatto la trasferta per Giuliana Gianfaldoni che cantava Lauretta. Ogni volta che lo ascolto, questo giovane soprano mi sembra in crescita, e sempre di una finezza vocale e musicale sorprendenti."
 
Alberto Mattioli - La Stampa

"Ecco una voce ricca di armonici ben gestiti e affinati, capace di piegarsi in pianissimi suggestivi a tutte le altezze e sempre perfettamente legati. Insomma, si rende davvero omaggio all'arte del dire in musica, del dipanare la purezza della melodia e renderne nel contempo la forza teatrale "

Roberta Pedrotti - L'Ape musicale
 

 "Giuliana Gianfaldoni è una Lauretta notevolissima: la voce è morbida e luminosa, l’interprete sensibilissima (emozionante il suo “O mio babbino caro”), la presenza scenica sprigiona uno charme di rara fragranza"

Fabio Larovere - Connessi all'opera

​"Giuliana Gianfaldoni: la continua ascesa della giovane soprano"​

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"È una delle voci più promettenti del panorama della lirica contemporanea"

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“Immagino sempre di essere nata per fare la cantante o almeno di avere questa missione di vita, spero di riuscire a fare del bene attraverso la mia voce, ma l’obiettivo finale cambia continuamente in base alla strada che percorro. Quando vidi dal vivo un ‘Capuleti e Montecchi’, avevo poco più di 9 anni, lì ne ebbi la certezza”. 

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GP Magazine interview

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