Bargnesi Barbara

Artistic education

Born in Genoa she gained a degree in piano and voice at the Conservatory «N. Paganini» in her home town.

Artistic career

Her recent engagements include: Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore in Pavia, Brescia, Cremona and Como; Corinna in Il Viaggio a Reims, Elvira in L'Italiana in Algeri and Euridice in Adelaide di Borgogna at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Nannetta in Falstaff at the Stadttheater Bern (Switzerland) and at the Vlaamse Opera Antwerp, Zerlina in Don Giovanni in Salerno, Dircea in Demofoonte by Niccolo Jomelli, conducted by Riccardo Muti, at the Salzburg Festival, Opera Garnier Paris and Ravenna Festival.

Among her future engagements: Gilda in Rigoletto at the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa.

Prices and competitions

In 2004 she won the As.Li.Co. Contest in Milan and debuted the role of Sophie in J. Massenet's Werther. In 2005 she won the first prize at the «Concorso Lirico Internazionale Capriolo» and in 2006 the «Toti dal Monte» Contest in Treviso, where she debuted the role of Nannetta in Falstaff.