Anna Maria Stella Pansini Soprano Soprano

I graduated in singing, piano, and vocal chamber music from the ‘N. Piccinni’ Conservatory of Music in Bari. I attended the Academy of High Specialization for opera singers of the Puccini repertoire ‘Il Teatro di Giacomo Puccini’ at the Puccini Festival Foundation, perfecting my singing skills with Lucetta Bizzi, Micaela Carosi, Giovanna Casolla, Daniela Dessì, Rolando Panerai, Luigi Roni, Vivien Hewitt (2010 and 2014). I also attended the Accademia del Teatro Marrucino in Chieti (2007) and the Accademia Paolo Grassi at the Festival della Valle d'Itria with S. Segalini and R. Kabaivanska (1997/1998). I also perfected myself with K. Ricciarelli, M. Trombetta, M. Pertusi, R. Decandia, E. Dara, A. Vandi, L. Cuberli, C. Desderi, R. Kettelson, C. Fusco, Maestro M. Arena.

I am currently specialising with soprano Ines Salazar.

In August 2020, I was awarded the 'Re Manfredi' Prize for my brilliant artistic career by the 'Re Manfredi' International Music Association of Manfredonia (Fg). In February 2022, I was awarded the 'Parnaso delle Muse' lifetime achievement prize at Palazzo Ducale in Martina Franca (Ta).

I also won prizes in numerous international opera competitions:

- first prize at the 25th edition of the International Music Competition 'Pietro Argento' opera singing section;

- third prize at the 25th edition of the International Music Competition 'Pietro Argento' chamber vocal music section;

- third prize at the Medici International Music Competition 2023 in London;

- second prize at the 2nd International Opera Singing Competition ‘Città di Roma Caput Mundi’ and special prize: concert prize at Palazzo Ducale in Martina Franca;

- third prize at the 6th edition of the International Opera Singing Competition ‘Trofeo La Fenice’ - Seravezza (Lu) and special prize ‘Renata Tebaldi’ for the best soprano;

- first prize at the 1st edition of the International Competition for young opera singers in Montecorvino Rovella (Sa), in the role of the countess in the opera ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ by W. A. Mozart;

- second prize at the 10th International Opera Competition ‘Re Manfredi’ in Manfredonia;

- third prize at the 4th International Voice Competition for Opera and Operetta ‘Carlos Gomes’ of Rivalba in Turin;

- third prize at the 4th International Opera and Chamber Singing Competition ‘Opera Rinata’ in Turin chamber section

- third prize at the 5th International Opera Singing Competition ‘R. Leoncavallo’ in Montalto Uffugo;

- third prize at the 2nd International Opera Competition ‘Festival delle Murge’ in Corato (Ba);

- diploma of merit at the 1st edition of the International Competition ‘Titta Ruffo’ in Pisa;

- finalist at the 28th International Competition for Opera Singers ‘Spazio Musica’ 2023

- finalist at the 5th edition of the International Competition for Opera Singers ‘G. Pacini’ for the role of Mimì in the opera ‘La Bohème’ by G. Puccini;

- finalist at the 11th edition of the International Competition ‘Giuseppe Di Stefano’ in Trapani-Erice for the role of the countess in the opera ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ by W. A. Mozart;

- finalist at the 10th of the International Competition of New Opera Voices ‘Giovan Battista Velluti’ in Riviera del Brenta.

Repertoire

I sang in the role of Santuzza in P. Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana for Noicattaro Lirica 2023, conducted by Giovanni Rinaldi, directed by Stefano Merlo and with Maestro Davide Dellisanti in August 2021.

I sang in W. A. Mozart's Don Giovanni in the role of Donna Elvira at the 'Zancanaro' theatre in Sacile (Pn) and at the 'Ballarin' theatre in Lendinara (Ro), conducted by Pietro Semenzato, directed by Gianluca Caporello. I also sang the same role at the Poppi Castle (Arezzo), directed by Katia Ricciarelli, and at the S. Chiara Cloister in Foggia, under the baton of Maestro Pablo Varela.

I played the role of Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini at the ‘S.Mercadante’ theatre in Altamura (Ba), conducted by Giovanni Rinaldi, directed by Luigi Travaglio.

I performed the role of Mimì in G. Puccini's La Bohème several times: at the ‘S.Mercadante’ theatre in Cerignola (FG) conducted by Benedetto Montebello, directed by Marcello Colopi, at the Poppi Castle (Arezzo) directed by Katia Ricciarelli, at ‘Teatro Città di Pace’ theatre in Caserta, at the ‘Ruggiero’ theatre in Melfi.

I debuted at the 62nd Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago in F. Busoni's Turandot in the role of Princess Turandot, conducted by Beatrice Venezi, directed by Alessandro Golinelli.

I also played the role of Cio cio san at the 61st Festival Puccini of Torre del Lago in G. Puccini's Madama Butterfly, conducted by Francesco Ivan Ciampa, directed by Renzo Giacchieri.

I also performed the role of Suor Angelica several times in G. Puccini's Trittico: at the 60th Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, on the occasion of the Puccini Month 2014 and the 43rd Puccini Prize, conducted by Bruno Nicoli, directed by Vittoria Lai and G. Guerra, at the ‘Exelsior’ theatre in Empoli, conducted by Valerio Galli, directed by Vivien Hewitt, at the Palais Saint Vincent, conducted by Paolo Marchese, directed by A. Paglietti, at the ‘San Carlo’ theatre in Empoli, conducted by Paolo Galli, directed by Vivien Hewitt. Paglietti, at the ‘San Girolamo’ theatre in Lucca in semi-staged form by Massimo Morelli and directed by Aldo Tarabella, at the TeatrOpera Festival, director Mirco Barani, directed by Serena Pasqualini.

At the 60th Puccini Festival I also made my debut in Gianni Schicchi by G. Puccini in the role of La Ciesca, conducted by Bruno Nicoli, directed by Elena Marcelli.

In collaboration with the ‘Teatro del Giglio’ theatre in Lucca I sang the role of Tosca in G. Puccini's Tosca for the Cartoline Pucciniane.

I played the role of Anna in Nabucco by G. Verdi at the Macerata Opera Festival Arena Sferisterio 2013, conducted by Antonello Allemandi, directed by Gabriele Vacis.

At the Festival ‘Musica Judaica’ I performed as the soldier Bubikopf in V. Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis, conducted by Paolo Candido, directed by Francesco Lotoro.

At the ‘Ente Luglio Musicale Trapanese’ organisation I played as La Contessa Rosina in Le Nozze di Figaro by W. A. Mozart, conducted by Paul Hess, directed by Francesco Micheli.

I performed as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte by W. A. Mozart at the ‘Stabile’ theatre in Potenza, conducted by Giuseppe Monopoli, directed by Luigi Travaglio.

I also played the role of Despina in Così fan tutte by W. A. Mozart in an American production, conducted by Kevin MacMahon, directed by Larry Glenn.

I sang in the role of Gilda in G. Verdi's Rigoletto at the Municipal Theatre of Belluno, conducted by Roberto Gianola, directed by Ruggero Bogani.

I also took on the role of Clara in U. Giordano's Marcella at the ‘G. Verdi’ theatre in San Severo and at the ‘Teatro del Fuoco’ theatre in Foggia, conducted by Gianna Fratta and directed by Aldo Tarabella.

At ‘Castello Svevo’ castle in Bari as part of the event ‘Aspettando Riccardo Muti’ I sang the role of Serpina in La Serva Padrona by G. B. Pergolesi, conducted by Rino Campanale.

For the Fondazione Festival Pucciniano of Torre del Lago, I performed the one-act scenic Cantata ‘Ventinovegiugnoduemilanove’ by Giuliana Spalletti in memory of the Viareggio railway disaster, conducted by Valerio Galli.

As part of the 56th Puccini Festival I performed in the show 'Le Donne di Giacomo Puccini' with the extraordinary participation of Ugo Pagliai in the role of Giacomo Puccini, conducted by Francesca Tosi, at Villa Scornio in Pistoia.

In Milan, I sang at the EXPO 2015 representing the Puccini Festival.

For the 8th edition of the ‘Settimana Mozartiana’ (Mozart week) in Chieti, I performed in the closing concert, singing as soprano soloist the "Vesperae solemnes de Confessore" by W. A. Mozart, conducted by Maestro Marzio Conti.

I also dedicated myself to the sacred repertoire and in August 2005 sang in G. B. Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater' alongside mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto.

I also sang with the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in G. Mahler's Symphony No. 4 in G major and in W. A. Mozart's concert aria "Ch'io mi scordi di te...non temer amato bene" KV 505, conducted by Maestro Yannick Piaget at the Politeama Garibaldi in Palermo.

I recorded lieder by Viktor Ullmann, Carlo S. Taube, Gideon Klein, Ludmila Peskarova and Robert Lannoy and pieces by Walter Lindembaum and Adolf Strauss for the record encyclopaedia 'KZ Musik - Enciclopedya of music composed in concentration camps (1933-1945)' published by Musikstrasse in Rome (CDs 2, 15, 16).

In May 2023 I sang in the 'Concert of lights' at Temple of Israel in Omaha, Nebraska, director and pianist Maestro Franceso Lotoro.

On 27 January 2023 in occasion of the Remembrance Day I performed at the Quirinale with pianist Francesco Lotoro before the President of the Republic. The event was broadcast live on RAI 1.

On 26 January 2015 I took part in the Remembrance Day concert ‘Tutto ciò che mi resta’ broadcast live on RAI 5 with artists such as Ute Lemper, Roby Lakatos, Francesca Dego, Francesco Lotoro, at the Sala Santa Cecilia Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.

On 16 January 2019 I took part in the Remembrance Day concert ‘Libero è il mio canto’ at the Sala Sinopoli of the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome with Cristina Zavalloni, Paola Pitagora, Francesco Lotoro and Lagerkapelle orchestra. The show aired on 27 January 2019 on RAI 5.

I performed as soprano soloist in the concert ‘Maestro, Em Busca Da Ultima Musica’ held at the Memorial ‘Simon Bolivar’ by America Latina in Sao Paulo, Brazil with the Jazz Sinfonica Brasil orchestra, conducted by Maestro Joao Carlos Martins and Maestro Francesco Lotoro and in the ‘Concert for peace’ for the 75th anniversary of the demilitarisation of Costa Rica held in Jerusalem (November 2019).

I was also on the jury in the 1st International Opera Singing Competition ‘Federico II’, chaired by Maestro Maurizio Arena alongside Ines Salazar and Dieter Kaegi.

I teach Performance and Interpretation Singing at the Public Music High School ‘A. Casardi’ in Barletta (Bt).