Giovanna Lanza was trained at the Trapani Conservatory, dedicating herself first to chamber works and eighteenth-century vocal repertoire. She triumphed in various competitions and worked with the Accademia della Scala and the Ravenna Festival in Sarti's Giulio Sabino, going on to appear in opera houses in Italy and throughout Europe in rôles ranging from Maddalena in Rigoletto and Dorabella in Così fan tutte to Vespetta in Albinoni's Pimpinone and Die Aufseherin in Strauss's Elektra. She collaborates regularly with Claudio Scimone and I Solisti Veneti.

JANUARY 2009