As Fanny, Eleonora Bellocci has the vocal precision and the charm one would like to see in that character. (Forumopera)
Born in Florence, Eleonora Bellocci studied under the guidance of Donatella Debolini and graduated with honors from the Luigi Cherubini Music Conservatory in 2019.
In 2016 she joined the Accademia Rossiniana with Alberto Zedda and debuted as Corinna in Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.
From 2016 to 2018 Eleonora attended the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Academy where she studied under the tutelage of international leading artists, performing in major productions for the Florence Opera including Auber’s Fra Diavolo (Zerlina), Salieri’s Scuola de’ gelosi (Ernestina), Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel (Gretel), Carmen (Frasquita), La Cenerentola (Clorinda) and Le Convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Prima Donna).
In the 2017/2018 season, she sang Clorinda in La Cenerentola (including the rare aria “Sventurata! mi credea”) for Opera Lombardia, Isabella in Rossini’s Inganno felice at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Fanny in La Cambiale di matrimonio and Teti in Le Nozze di Teti e Peleo both at the Rossini in Wildbad Festival.
First prize winner at the International Singing Competitions “Carlo Guasco” and “Giulio Neri”, Eleonora Bellocci was awarded the International Belcanto Price at the Wildbad Rossini Festival.
In 2018 she has recorded a DVD with La Cambiale di matrimonio filmed at that same Festival.
Earlier this year she made her debut as Königin der Nacht on the opening night of the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti and staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi.
In July 2019 Eleonora has been re-invited by the Belcanto Opera Festival in Wildbad to perform Accademia di Musica (Annetta) by Simon Mayr and the first modern representation of I tre gobbi (Madama Vezzosa) by Manuel Garcia.
Among her recent and future engagement are Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Berta) at the Teatro Regio in Parma, Il Campanello (Serafina) and La Cambiale di matrimonio (Fanny) both at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, and Die Zauberflöte (Königin in der Nacht) at the Teatro Regio in Turin.
Live at Teatro Massimo Bellini - Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” (Die Königin der Nacht)
Live at Festival Rossini in Wildbad - Rossini: La Cambiale di matrimonio, “Vorrei spiegarvi il giubilo” (Fanny)
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment, “Salut à la France!” (Marie)
Live at Teatro Massimo Bellini - Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, “O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn” (Die Königin der Nacht)
Rossini: L’Inganno felice, “Al più dolce e caro oggetto” (Isabella)