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A winner of several music competitions, she made her debut in 2007.

Her success came after a few years, in 2011, when she performed *I Vespri Siciliani* at Teatro Regio in Turin conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, with great reviews from public and critics. Since then, she has been invited to sing on the most important stages worldwide.

Highlights include *Norma* in Tel Aviv, *La Bohème* (Mimì) at Arena di Verona, at San Carlo in Naples, at Teatro Regio in Turin, at Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago and at Bayerische Staatsoper, Gemma di Vergy at Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, Elvira in *Don Giovanni* at La Scala.

She then sang *Il Trovatore* in Valencia conduted by M° Zubin Mehta, Carmen in Masada and *La Traviata* at Berlin Staatsoper.

In 2012 she returned to La Scala with *La Bohème*, where she obtained a big personal success.

She was higly praised for her performance in the concert version of Giovanna d’Arco at Musikverein in Graz with ORT and she sang *Simon Boccanegra* in Rome with M° Muti, *I Masnadieri* and *La Bohème* in Venice, Verdi's *Messa da Requiem* at San Carlo in Naples with M° Luisotti, *Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio* at La Scala, *Otello* in Valencia with M° Mehta, *La Vestale* in Dresden.

Most recently, *La Traviata* at Arena di Verona and in Guangzhou, *Otello* in Zurich and Genoa, a new production of *I Puritani* at Opéra Bastille in Paris, *Il Trovatore* at La Scala, *La Bohème* at Israeli Opera and at Opéra Bastille, *Simon Boccanegra* (new production) in Dresden conducted by M° Thielemann, *Suor Angelica* at Liceu in Barcelona, the debut at the Royal Opera House with *I due Foscari*, conducted by M° Antonio Pappano, *Norma* in Zurich conducted by M° Luisi, *Turandot* at La Scala conducted by M° Riccardo Chailly, *Norma* in Turin and at the Champs Elysées.

Future plans include: *La Bohème* at Wiener Staatsoper, *La Bohème* and *Carmen* at the Met, *La Traviata* in Munich, London and Paris Bastille, *Turandot* in Munich and Chicago, *Norma* in Madrid.
