Claudia Galli

Soprano Claudia Galli was born in Luxembourg to an Italian father and a Portuguese mother. She studied singing at the Conservatory in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg) with Mariette Kemmer. In 2007, she won a vocal scholarship of the Yamaha Foundation and in 2009 the Prix Lyrique du Cercle Carpeaux of the Opéra national de Paris. From 2007 to 2009, she was a member of the Atelier Lyrique of the Opéra national de Paris, singing, among other roles, the Princess in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortileges, Carolina in Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto and Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte. At the Opéra national de Paris, she was heard between 2008 and 2011 in Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Gustav Kuhn and Verdi’s Rigoletto conducted by Philippe Jordan; in addition she was a cover for Bruno Mantovani’s Akhmatova under Pascal Rophé. In January 2011, Claudia Galli took on the role of Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen, performed under Claude Schnitzler’s direction at the Opéra-Théâtre de Metz as well as the Opéra national de Lorraine.

As a concert performer, Claudia Galli has appeared at the Palais Garnier, the French National Library and at the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet in Paris.

Among her future engagements are Clorinda in Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Sylviane in Lehár’s Die lustige Witwe – both in 2012 at the Opéra national de Pari