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She studied at the Istituto Musicale Pietro Mascagni in Livorno, and subsequently took part in master classes at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, with Carlo Bergonzi and Shirley Verrett. She made her debut in Gino Negri’s Giovanni Sebastiano at the Teatro Comunale, Florence, and her La Scala debut in 1997 with La traviata, conducted by Riccardo Muti, and she returned to La Scala in L'elisir d'amore in 1997 and 2001. She has sung in most of the major Italian opera houses as well as the Rossini Festival in Pesaro and at the Martina Franca Festival. Pietro Mascagni (Livorno December 7, 1863 – Rome August 2, 1945) is one of the most important Italian opera composers of the turn of the 20th century. ... Livorno (archaic English: ) is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. ... The Accademia Musicale Chigiana (English: Chigiana Musical Academy) in Siena, Italy was founded by Count Guido Chigi Saracini in 1932 as an international centre for advanced musical studies. ... The Italian singer Carlo Bergonzi (born 13 July 1924) is one of the most admired tenors of the post-war period. ... Shirley Verrett as Eboli in Don Carlo The American opera singer Shirley Verrett (born May 31 circa 1931) is a mezzo-soprano who has enjoyed great fame since the late 1960s, much admired for her radiant voice and great versatility. ... Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, by night. ... La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. ... Riccardo Muti (born July 28, 1941, in Naples) is an Italian conductor best known for being the Music Director of Milans La Scala opera house, a position he held from 1986 to 2005, and of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 1980 to 1992. ... Lelisir damore (The Elixir of Love) is a comic opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on Eugène Scribes Le Philtre. ... The Rossini Opera Festival (frequently referred to among musicians as the Pesaro Festival) is a festival held in August of each year in Pesaro, Italy, the birthplace of the opera composer Gioacchino Rossini The Festival was established in 1980 for giving performances of Rossinis operas and to give to... Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. ... The Festival della Valle d’Itria is a summer opera festival held in the south eastern Italian town of Martina Franca in the Apulia region. ...

She has also sung in Paris, at the Châtelet, the Opéra de Paris and the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, in Lyon and Marseille. She made her Covent Garden debut in 2002 and her Chicago debut in 2003. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... The Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre and opera house in Paris France, one of two theatres built on the site of an old fortress by Gabriel Davioud at the request of the Baron Haussmann between 1860 and 1862. ... Front of the Palais Garnier under winter sun, photography by Eric Pouhier Opéra National de Paris is the leading opera company of France. ... The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées is a Parisian theater, famous for being the place of the scandal related to the first performance of Igor Stravinskys Rite of Spring in 1913. ... Opéra National de Lyon is an opera house in Lyon which seats 1,350. ... L’Opéra de Marseille is an opera company located in Marseille, France. ... The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... Exterior of the Civic Opera House Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. ...

Her major roles on stage include Amina in Vincenzo Bellini's La sonnambula, Violetta in Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata, Gilda in Rigoletto, Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, and Lucia in Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor (in both the standard Italian version and the French version Lucie de Lammermoor of 1839). Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (November 3, 1801 – September 23, 1835) was an Italian opera composer. ... La Sonnambula is an opera by Vincenzo Bellini. ... Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (either October 9 or 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. ... La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. ... Rigoletto is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ... Le Nozze di Figaro, is a comic opera composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Beaumarchais. ... Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was a famous Italian opera composer. ... Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico, or opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. ...

Ciofi has also made a number of recordings, perhaps most notable of which was the Le nozze di Figaro conducted by René Jacobs, which won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. Le Nozze di Figaro, is a comic opera composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Beaumarchais. ... René Jacobs (Born: October 30, 1946) is a Flemish musician. ... The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording has been awarded since 1961. ...

Partial discography

• La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini (1995) Nuova Era
• Lucie de Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti (1998) Dynamic
• Il Rè & Mese Mariano by Umberto Giordano (1999) Dynamic
• Ippolito ed Aricia by Tommaso Traetta (2000) Dynamic
• Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2003) TDK DVD
• Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz (2004) Virgin Classics
• Amor e gelosia (with Joyce DiDonato) compilation of operatic duets by George Frederic Handel (2004) CD Veritas
• Lucie de Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti (2004) TDK DVD
• Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2004) harmonia mundi
• Bajazet by Antonio Vivaldi (2005) Virgin Classics
• Radamisto by Handel (2005) Virgin Classics

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External links

• Patrizia Ciofi Information: Complete discography, performance history and reviews
• Virgin Classics
• Patrizia Ciofi at the Internet Movie Database
• IMdb - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1357551/