Maria José Siri

Biography: Acclaimed interpreter of the most famous Verdian and Puccini heroines with a repertoire ranging from bel canto to verismo, Maria José Siri is considered today among the most important sopranos on the international opera scene. "Capable of total abandon" with "brilliant high notes" (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) combined with a "steel voice with lyricism and pathos" (The Financial Times) is considered "an interpreter of maximum reference and not only for her luxuriant vocality but also for an emission that ideally recalls the full and round sound of Tebaldi” (Opera Áctual). After playing Lucrezia Contarini, exalting the poignant drama of Verdi's heroine in the new production of I due Foscari at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, she charmed the Austrian audience at the Musikverein in Gra