The Italian mezzo-soprano Manuela Custer was born in in Novara and made her debut at the Teatro Regio in Turin. She appears regularly in some of the most prestigious venues in cities around the world in a wide repertoire raging from Baroque music, Italian bel canto and to contemporary composers.
She has worked with a distinguished array of conductors including Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Myung-Whun Chung, Riccardo Chailly, Richard Bonynge, Andrea Marcon, Gianandrea Noseda, Giuliano Carella, Jesús López Cobos, Fabio Luisi, Daniel Harding, Claudio Scimone, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Marco Guidarini, Fabio Biondi, Christophe Rousset, Marcello Viotti, Salvatore Accardo, Aldo Ceccato and Renato Palumbo, among others.
Her extensive discography includes complete operas and recitals for Opera Rara, Naïve, Warner Fonit, Virgin Classics, Dynamic, Tactus and Bongiovanni. Among her future engagements is the role of Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) in Venice and Macerata.
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| DONIZETTI, G.: Nozze in villa (Le) [Opera] (Fondazione Teatro Donizetti, 2020) | |
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DONIZETTI, G.: Nozze in villa (Le) [Opera] (Fondazione Teatro Donizetti, 2020)
Composer:
Donizetti, Gaetano
Artists:
Capitanucci, Fabio Maria -- Custer, Manuela -- Donizetti Opera Choir -- Lettieri, Daniele -- Misseri, Giorgio -- Montanari, Omar -- Montanari, Stefano -- Orchestra Gli Originali -- Petrone, Gaia -- Urru, Claudia
Label/Producer: Dynamic |
| ROSSINI, G.: Barbiere di Siviglia (Il) [Opera] (Arena di Verona, 2018) | |
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ROSSINI, G.: Barbiere di Siviglia (Il) [Opera] (Arena di Verona, 2018)
Composer:
Rossini, Gioachino
Artists:
Abuladze, Gocha -- Arena of Verona Ballet -- Arena of Verona Chorus -- Arena of Verona Orchestra -- Ceriani, Nicolo -- Custer, Manuela -- Furlanetto, Ferruccio -- Korchak, Dmitry -- Lepore, Carlo -- Machaidze, Nino -- Nucci, Leo -- Oren, Daniel -- Quarta, Patrizia
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques |
| ROSSINI, G.: Gazza Ladra (La) (Rossini Opera Festival, 2007) | |
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ROSSINI, G.: Gazza Ladra (La) (Rossini Opera Festival, 2007)
Composer:
Rossini, Gioachino
Artists:
Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra -- Bordogna, Paolo -- Cantarero, Mariola -- Cifolelli, Stefan -- Custer, Manuela -- Esposito, Alex -- Ferrara, Matteo -- Jia, Lu -- Korchak, Dmitry -- Nagaraja, Sandhya -- Panozzo, Cosimo -- Papatheologou, Kleopatra -- Pertusi, Michele -- Prague Chamber Chorus -- Prato, Vittorio -- Pucci, Paolo -- Zappa, Giulio
Label/Producer: Dynamic |
| ROSSINI, G.: Petite messe solennelle (Chailly) | |
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ROSSINI, G.: Petite messe solennelle (Chailly)
Composer:
Rossini, Gioachino
Artists:
Chailly, Riccardo -- Custer, Manuela -- Leipzig Gewandhaus Choir -- Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra -- Leipzig Opera Chorus -- Palazzi, Mirco -- Pendatchanska, Alexandrina -- Schonheit, Michael -- Secco, Stefano
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
