Eleonora Buratto

Born in Mantova in 1982, Eleonora Buratto graduated at the Conservatory “Lucio Campiani” in 2006. She has studied for over three years under the guidance of Luciano Pavarotti and later on with Mirella Freni. She is now working with Paola Leolini.

She attended a masterclass with Enzo Dara debuting in Mozart’s Bastiano e Bastiana staged at the Teatro Bibiena of Mantova.

In 2007 she won the “A. Belli” Competition of Teatro Lirico Sperimentale of Spoleto, where she successfully debuted the role of Musetta (La Bohéme) and the title role in D.  Scarlatti’s Dirindina va a teatro.  In June 2007 she performed the role of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro staged at the Opera de Mahon in Menorca.

She also took part in various concerts singing opera arias and chamber music among which the concert where Luciano Pavarotti received the Donizetti Prize (Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, 2006) and the concert for the 60th anniversary of Leo Nucci’s debut, where she performed by his side.

In 2008 she performed The Beggar’s opera at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna and at the Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia.  At the Wexford Festival Opera she took part in the productions of Old Maid and the thief (Ms. Pinkerton), Tutti in maschera (Lisetta) and Il Signor Bruschino (Sofia).

Eleonora Buratto has just made her debut in Thaïs (Crobyle)  for the opening of Teatro Regio Season in Turin, where she performed also La Bohème (Musetta) under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda on tour in the theatres of Alessandria, Vercelli, Asti and Biella; Così fan tutte (Despina) at Palau de les  Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia and Cenerentola(Clorinda) at the Stresa Festival.

She recently starred in the role of Creusa in Jommelli’s Demofoonte under the baton of M° Riccardo Muti in Salzburg, in Paris and in Ravenna.

Recent and future engagements include:  Susanna inMercadante’s Due Figaro, leading  role in the new production of Riccardo Muti in Salzburg Festpiele, Madrid
Teatro Real and Ravenna festival; Cleopatra in Haendel’s Giulio Cesare under the baton of Ottavio Dantone; Cherubini’s Medea (Glauce) in Cremona; title role in Romolo e Ersilia by Hasse in Innsbruck Festival, Musette in Puccini’s La Bohème in Napoli’s Teatro San Carlo etc.

Last
update July 2011