Season 2025 – 2026 · A Curriculum Vitae in Programme Form
Tonight's Artist
Monica Geller
mezzo-soprano
Milan & Vienna· m.geller@example.com· +39 02 555 0184· monicageller.example.com
Programme Note
❦ ❧ ❦I have sung 40 roles across the Italian, French and German repertoire, with house debuts at 6 theatres between 2013 and 2024. My centre of gravity is Rossini and Handel; my agent keeps trying to add Verdi, and twice a season she wins. I have recorded 3 albums and I learn a role in about 8 weeks, faster if the costume has pockets.
Principal Engagements
❦ ❧ ❦Teatro San Corvino, Milan
2019 – presentPrincipal Artist
- 18 productions over 7 seasons, including 4 new stagings and 62 performances of Rosina alone.
- Opened the 2023 season as Isabella in L'italiana in Algeri; the run of 11 performances sold at 96% of capacity.
- Cover-to-role conversion on 5 productions, with 3 jump-ins on under 24 hours' notice.
Wiener Kammeroper am Graben, Vienna
2016 – 2019Ensemble Member
- Sang 12 roles in 3 seasons, from Cherubino to Sesto, averaging 40 performances a year.
- Led the house's first Ariodante in 31 years; the production transferred to 2 festivals.
Festival Lirico di Portovenno
Summers 2014 – 2021Guest Soloist
- 7 summer seasons of open-air repertoire for audiences of up to 2,400 a night, unamplified.
- Curated and sang a 5-concert Handel cycle in 2020, later released as a live recording.
Accademia Vocale Marchesi, Milan
2013 – 2016Young Artist Programme
- Professional debut as Zerlina, 2013; 9 roles across the 3-year residency.
Selected Roles · The Cast List
❦ ❧ ❦- Rosina · Il barbiere di SivigliaTeatro San Corvino, 2019
- Isabella · L'italiana in AlgeriTeatro San Corvino, 2023
- Ariodante · AriodanteKammeroper am Graben, 2018
- Sesto · La clemenza di TitoKammeroper am Graben, 2017
- Charlotte · WertherOpéra de Lyon, 2022
- Carmen · CarmenFestival di Portovenno, 2021
- Cherubino · Le nozze di FigaroKammeroper am Graben, 2016
- Dorabella · Così fan tutteTeatro Regio, Turin, 2020
- Ruggiero · AlcinaFestival di Portovenno, 2020
- Zerlina · Don GiovanniAccademia Marchesi, 2013
… and 30 further roles; full list available on request.
House Debuts
❦ ❧ ❦- Accademia Vocale MarchesiMilan, 2013
- Wiener Kammeroper am GrabenVienna, 2016
- Teatro San CorvinoMilan, 2019
- Teatro RegioTurin, 2020
- Opéra de LyonLyon, 2022
- Bayerische StaatsoperMunich, 2024
Prizes
❦First Prize, Concorso Lirico Voce d'Argento
Bologna, 2015 · 214 entrants
Audience Prize, Internationaler Gesangswettbewerb Donauklang
Linz, 2017
Recordings
❦Rossini Heroines, Arione Classics
2021 · 14 arias
Handel at Portovenno, live, Arione Classics
2022
Notturni, songs of Respighi and Tosti
Fenice Records, 2024
Training & Languages
❦ ❧ ❦- Diploma di Canto, Conservatorio Marcello VivaldiMilan, 2008 – 2013
- Masterclasses in baroque ornamentation, 4 seasonsAmbronay & Innsbruck
- LanguagesItalian (native), German (C1), French (B2), English (C1)
Management · Studio Lirico Farnese, Milan · booking@example.com