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Claire Debono This singer from Malta is a graduate of the prestigious
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she
studied with Laura Sarti. Her repertoire includes
diverse operatic roles – from the part of Minerva in
C. Monteverdi’s Baroque opera Il ritorno d’Ulisse in
patria, through roles in Mozart (Despina in Così fan
tutte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni), to Anne Trulove in
I. Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. She has toured
Europe and Japan, as well as performing at Lincoln
Center in New York with Les Arts Florissants, and
also with William Christie and Le Jardin des Voix.
Beyond this, she has had the opportunity to perform
with Le Concert Spirituel, Orchestre de Paris,
Concerto Köln, the guitar duo ¡Canto vivo! and the
London Sinfonietta. She has performed at Théâtre
Royal de la Monnaie, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
in Paris, in Versailles, Lyon, Verona, Madrid, the
Aix-en-Provence festival and the Peralada Festival.
The artist’s plans for the immediate future include
participation in projects with Jean-Christophe
Spinosi (Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at Théâtre des
Champs-Elysées and the Nice Opera), as well
as William Christie (F. Cavall’s Didone in Caen,
Luxembourg and Théâtre des Champs Elysées). She
is planning a recital in Brussels with pianist David
Lively, the program of which will include works by
F. Liszt. Debono records for EMI/Virgin Classics.
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