Floriano D'Auria

singer and composer - cantante e compositore

As the title says, I am a singer (male mezzosoprano) and a composer.

You can find here my original compositions and some arrangements for female choir

short bio:

Graduated “cum laude” in Architecture, studies piano from childhood; graduated “cum laude” in Composition at the Florence State School of Music “Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini” with Barbara Rettagliati, has studied also with Damiano D’Ambrosio and Riccardo Riccardi. Graduated brilliantly in Singing as a countertenor (male mezzosoprano) with Steve Woodbury, attends masterclasses with Gloria Banditelli, Kate Lafferty, Paul Esswood, Gianni Fabbrini; now studies with Donatella Debolini. Makes his début as theatrical soloist playing in Florence the title role of the chamber opera “La magica fontana” (“The Magic Fountain”: Benito Zorzit, composer; Daniele Del Lungo, conductor; Donatella Debolini, stage director) and right after, in Torino, singing Strauss Jr.’s operetta “Die Fledermaus” (“The Bat”: Antonmario Semolini, conductor; Augusto Grilli, stage director); Makes his début in Baroque Opera in 2011, with a part in "Giulio Cesare" by Haendel, conducted by Ottavio Dantone (stage director Alessio Pizzech). Conducted by the maestros Silvio Segantini, Gianni Mini, Nicola Paszkowski, Bettina Hoffmann, Federico Bardazzi, Michael Stüve, Gabriele Micheli, Joan Yakkey, Valentina Peleggi, Federico Maria Sardelli, Marco Berrini, Alessandro De Marchi, Riccardo Chailly, Gianandrea Noseda, Peter Neumann, Aldo Ceccato, works with several musical groups (madrigal ensembles, chamber choirs, operatic-symphonic great choirs) with a repertoire from medieval to contemporary music. Sings as a soloist in works by Bach, Britten, Caldara, Carissimi, Lulli, Monteverdi, Mozart, Purcell, Pergolesi, Vivaldi.

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15 April 2017, News
next concerts - 5
may 26th 2017 Ars Cantica Choir (Milan, Italy) Beethoven's IX symphony http://www.fondazionepromusica.it/concerti-promusica/2017-maggio-26/
15 April 2017, News
next concerts - 4
may 21th 2017 Ricercare Ensemble (Mantua, Italy) Monteverdi's "Vespro della Beata Vergine" http://www.ricercareensemble.com/content/2-concerti/3-concerti-pasqua/2017/manifesto_pasqua_2017.jpg