Manuela Custer

Born in Novara, Manuela Custer made her debut at the Teatro Regio in Turin and since then appeared regularly in the most prestigious venues in the world including: La Scala, Montecarlo, Verona, Genoa, Venice, Salzburg, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Detroit, Dallas, Rome, Paris, Seville, Pesaro, London, Granada, Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Cordoba, Palma de Mallorca, Bilbao, Tenerife, Florence, Leipzig, Wien and San Sebastian in a wide repertoire raging from baroque music (Incoronazione di Poppea, Orlando furioso, Giustino, Griselda, Tamerlano, Didone), to Italian belcanto (Barbiere di Siviglia, Cenerentola, Capuleti e Montecchi, Tancredi, Italiana in Algeri, Anna Bolena) to contemporary composers. She has been conducted, among others, by: Abbado, Abel, Armiliato, Balsadonna, Battistoni, Bernàcer, Bignamini, Biondi, Bisanti, Bonynge, Callegari, Carella, Ceccato, Chailly, Chung, Curtis, Fasolis, Fogliani, Gardiner, Gelmetti, Harding, López-Cobos, Luisi, Marcon, Mariotti, Matheuz, Mazzola, Montanari, Noseda, Olmi, Oren, Palumbo, Pidò, Renzetti, Rousset, Rustioni, Santi, Scappucci, Scimone, Stenz, Valcuha, Villaume, Viotti and Wellber and directors such as: Abbado, Carsen, Cigni, Copley, Crivelli, Curran, de Ana, Del Monaco, Fo, Gandini, Joel, Kokkos, Ligorio, Livermore, Maestrini, Martone, Michieletto, Miller, Pizzi, Rechi, Rigola, Ronconi, Sagi, Talevi and Vick. Her extensive discography includes CDs and DVDs of complete operas and recitals for Opera Rara, Naïve, Warner Fonit, Virgin Classics, Dynamic, Tactus, Bongiovanni. Among her recent and future engagements: Dorilla in Tempe in Venice and Wexford; A hand of bridge, Satyricon, Anna Bolena and Wozzeck in Venice; Madama Butterfly in Venice, Verona, Nantes, Angers, Rennes, Genova, Nice, Antibes, Vichy, Ancona and Dallas; Lady, Be good, Otello and La sonnambula in Naples; Andrea Chénier in Bologna, Monte-Carlo, Genova, Parma and Turin; Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi in Bologna; La fille du régiment and Leoncavallo’s La bohème in Turin; Jenufa in Rome; Cavalleria rusticana in Genova and Valladolid.