Donne all'opera - Silvia di Falco (Soprano), Floraleda Sacchi (Harp)

In collaboration with Museo Villa Bernasconi and Comune di Cernobbio.
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PROGRAM

Vincenzo BELLINI:
La Farfalletta
Il fervido desiderio
Per porta bell’idol mio

Giacomo PUCCINI:
Crisantemi per arpa
Sole e Amore
“Donde lieta” da La Bohème
“O mio babbino caro” da Gianni Schicchi

Giuseppe VERDI: “Ave Maria” da Otello

Isaac ALBÉNIZ Asturias da Suite Espanola op 47

Giuseppe ARDITI: Il bacio

THE ARTISTS

Silvia Di Falco, soprano

She studied with internationally renowned masters such as William Matteuzzi, Raina Kabajvanska, R. Maragliano, Elio Battaglia, Luciana Serra, and Renato Francesconi and Leo Nucci. 

She made her debut in 2004 in Catania, in the opera “Lo frate’ nnamorato” by G. B. Pergolesi directed by Maestro Cinzia Pennesi, in the role of Vannella, receiving positive acclaim from critics and public. 

She performed on tour in various theaters in the United States of America and at the Theater Nacional of Panama, Cairo (Egypt), Poland, Paris and various locations

In Germany, Spain, Finland, Turkey, Macedonia and Croatia. 

She won the public award at the VI International Competition “Voices for opera and operetta Carlos Gomes” in Turin.

She sung in roles of Adina in the opera “L’elisir d’amore”, Musetta in “La Bohème” and Gilda in “Rigoletto”. Lauretta and Nella in Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” with the Gianandrea Gavazzeni orchestra at the Theater “Puccini” of Merano, the Theater of Vipiteno and the Teatro Kulturni Center Lojze Bratuz of Gorizia, at the Rudolf Steinier-Schule in Vienna, the Kulturni Dom Izola in Slovenia and in Florence. She sung Contessa and

Susanna in Mozart’s opera “Le Nozze di Figaro”; Zerlina in the opera “Don Giovanni” by

Mozart, “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini in the role of Rosina and “La scala di seta” by Rossini in role of Giulia and Violetta in La Traviata by G.Verdi. 

She was presented with the 2016-2017 Inner Wheel “Woman of the Year” Award districts of Sicily and Calabria and the Music section award at the “Lions Day Awards” 2016-2017. She performed as representative for Italy at the Abu Dhabi Embassy for Republic Day 2023.

Floraleda Sacchi, harpist

Floraleda Sacchi is regarded by critics as one of the most interesting and original harpist in the international concert panorama. 

She recorded more than 30 albums for  majors (Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Brilliant Classics, Amadeus Arte). Her recordings obtained great appreciation, confirming her as one of the harpists with the highest number of recurring listeners that allow her to gain more than one million streams a year.

She won prizes at 16 competitions and performed as soloist in Asia, Australia, North and South America, Europe and Africa in major halls and festivals:

Carnegie Hall-Weill Recital Hall (New York – presented by Italian Artist Found.), United Nations Palace (New York), Gewandhaus (Leipzig), Konzerthaus (Berlin), Auditorium Binyanei Hauma (Jerusalem), Sala Verdi (Milan), Matsuo Hall (Tokyo), Prefectural Hall Alti (Kyoto), Salle Varèse (Lyon), Gasteig (Munich), Concerts de la Croix Rouge (Geneva), River Concert Series (Washington), Gessler Hall (Vancouver), CBC-Glenn Gould Studio (Toronto), Società del Quartetto Milano, Festival Musica no Museo (Rio de Janeiro), Auditorium della Conciliazione (Roma), Octobre Musical (Cartage-Tunis), Quintai Hall (China), etc.

She has been a soloist with numerous orchestras around the world, including in important radio-television broadcasts. In 2018 she presented “Magica y Misteriosa” a new concerto dedicated to her by Claudia Montero. Recorded with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra the album got a Latin Grammy, in 2018, “Best Classical Album” category.

Since 2015 she has embarked on a new, more personal path in making music, composing her own pieces and applying electronics, looper and effects to the harp, to develop an extremely personal sound and a new artistic identity. She composed music for theatre and cinema. One of the best known projects is her music for the play “Donna non rieducabile”. The show – which had more than 190 performances (including the European Parliament in Brussels to main Italian theaters) –  was transformed by RAI 2 into a movie presented at the 66th Venice Film Festival.