Welcome to the web-site of Anna Bonitatibus: news, events, and projects of one of the most acclaimed artists on the international operatic landscape!
The Anti-Diva, as she likes to describe herself, is renowned for the noble passion with which she interprets titles between the most famous of ‘teatro musicale’, as well as the tireless commitment with which she promotes the divulgation of a rarer repertoire.
Winner of the International Opera Awards 2015 for Semiramide — La Signora regale: Best Operatic Recital. Nominated for Best Female Voice, International Opera Awards 2016.
Upcoming Events
Recital | Wigmore Hall
Beyond the borders: Music and Musicians of the New Europe
Anna Bonitatibus, Mezzosoprano
Simon Lepper, Pianoforte
London, 4 05 2022 7:30pm Anna Bonitatibus–Recital Wigmore Hall
Agrippina | Georg F. Händel
Anna Bonitatibus Agrippina
7 05 2022 at 18:00
10 05 2022 at 18:00
13 05 2022 at 18:00
Bayerische Staatsoper – Prinzregententheater, München
Beethoven & Rossini: un Rendez-vous? | Recital
Sala Domènech i Montaner – Sant Pau Recinte Modernista
Barcelona, 7.04.2022, 20h00
Master Class | Reivindicant la cançó italiana
Escola de Música Victoria de los Ángeles (Sant Cugat del Vallès)
Barcelona, 4-8.04.2022
Beethoven & Rossini: un Rendez-vous? | Recital
Sala Domènech i Montaner – Sant Pau Recinte Modernista
Barcelona, 7.04.2022, 20h00
L’Olimpiade | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Arien von Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
mit einem Dokumentar film von David Marton und Sonja Aufderklamm
Recital and Program by Anna Bonitatibus: Music Profiles of Eight Prime Donne from Margherita Durastanti to Adelaide Malanotte.
Music by Caldara, Händel, Vivaldi, Broschi, Haydn, Paisiello, Rossini
Prime Donne – Program-Karlsruhe
Mezzo-soprano, Anna Bonitatibus
Badische Staatkapelle, Attilio Cremonesi
44. Internationale Händel–Festspiele
19.2.2022 GROSSES HAUS – Karlsruhe
RADAMISTO Händel | Tour
04.10.2021 Montpellier
06.10.2021 Barcelona
08.10.2021 Paris
10.10.2021 Essen
12.10.2021 Madrid
14.10.2021 Genève
Radamisto Philippe Jarrousky
Zenobia Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Polissena Emöke Baráth
Tigrane Anna Bonitatibus
Tiridate Zachary Wilder
Fraarte Alicia Amo
Farasmane Renato Dolcini
Orchestra Il Pomo d’oro – Francesco Corti
Recital – Inauguration | Giovanni Paisiello Festival
OLTRECONFINE: Musica e Musicisti della nuova Europa
Anna Bonitatibus, Mezzo-soprano
Adele D’Aronzo, Pianoforte
Teatro Fusco, Taranto | Monday 20 September 2021, 9pm
Concerto di Belcanto | Rossini Opera Festival
Tanti affetti: Rossini e le sue Muse
ROF Programma
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzosoprano
Adele D’Aronzo, pianoforte
Teatro Rossini, Pesaro | Thursday, 19 August 2021, 16:00
‘Une Nuit d’Été’ with Anna and Angela | Trasimeno Festival
‘Une Nuit d’Été’ with Anna and Angela
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
Angela Hewitt, pianoforte
Teatro Caio Melisso, Spoleto | Monday 26 July, 19:00
Recital | Wigmore Hall, London
Beethoven and Rossini: a meeting
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
Simon Lepper, Pianoforte
Sunday, July 11, 2021 – 19:30 Wigmore Hall
Agrippina – Händel | Staatsoper Hamburg
Première 28.05.2021
Agrippina 3.06.2021
Agrippina 6.06.2021
Agrippina 10.06.2021
Staatsoper Hamburg
Grandiose „Agrippina“-Premiere in Hamburger Staatsoper
Zu lange waren die Tore der Hamburger Staatsoper geschlossen, doch nun ö!neten sie mit einer famosen Inszenierung. Händels „Agrippina“ ist das Beste, was die Hansestadt seit langem sehen durfte.
Protagonistin Anna Bonitatibus die Show stehlen. Nur ging es nicht um Show.
Im Verlauf des Abends bewies die italienische Mezzo-Sopranistin eminente Qualitäten – grandios in der Arie „Pensieri, voi mi tormente“, dem Seelenbild einer von Angst und Schuldgefühlen geplagten Frau. In der Arie „Hò un non sò che“ brillierte sie ebenso wie die vier Solo-Instrumentalisten des superben Ensemble Resonanz.
JÜRGEN KESTING, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 1.06.2021
Anna Bonitatibus Interview on Saturday Night at the Opera 5/29
Saturday, May 29, 2021 – 9:00pm
Italian mezzo-soprano Anna Bonitatibus has established herself as one of opera’s greatest interpreters of the Italian repertoire, from Monteverdi’s earliest works to the operas of Rossini and Donizetti. In recent years, Bonitatibus has emerged not simply as a singer but a vital musicologist, who has helped rediscover previously forgotten composers and their music, both through her championing them as a performer and through her music publishing company, Consonarte. In a wide-ranging interview with Stepan Atamian, Bonitatibus discusses her latest album of Beethoven’s rarely heard Italian songs, along with her professional singing career and her commitment to reexamining Italian vocal music.
WKCR Website
Agrippina – Händel | Staatsoper Hamburg – Première 28.05.2021
Agrippina Anna Bonitatibus
Nerone Franco Fagioli
Poppea Julia Lezhneva
Claudio Luca Tittoto
Ottone Christophe Dumeaux
Pallante Renato Dolcini
Narciso Vasily Khoroshev
Lesbo Chao Deng
Conductor Riccardo Minasi
Stage Direction Barry Kosky
Händel’s “Agrippina”: Live on Radio NDR Kultur
Staatsoper Hamburg
New Release | Canti italiani – Ludwig van Beethoven
“Canti italiani” per Voce sola e Pianoforte, offers a selection of Beethoven Italian compositions dedicated to Solo Voice & Piano.
Anna Bonitatibus and Adele D’Aronzo deliver a fresh interpretation of these rare gems and based on a new reading of original sources provided by Consonarte Editions.
Release Date: 12.03.2021
Further details:
Consonarte Ludwig van Beethoven – Canti italiani
Curtain Call | Opernhaus & IOS, Zürich
1.01.2021
Concert with Anna Bonitatibus and young artists from the International Opera Studio with scenes and arias from Mozart’s «La clemenza di Tito» and «Le nozze di Figaro», as well as Rossini’s «Il barbiere di Siviglia».
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Anna Bonitatibus International Opera Studio
Curtain Call | Opernhaus & IOS, Zürich
1.01.2021
Behind the scenes with Anna Bonitatibus and the IOS.
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Curtain Call | Opernhaus, Zürich
14 & 15.12.2020
Freunde der Oper Zürich
Starting in mid-December, the Opera House will present Curtain Call, a series of unique concert evenings. Prominent singers will perform key works from the vocal repertoire on the big stage together with young talents from the International Opera Studio. With the financial support of us opera friends, the opera house has been able to engage four world stars: Diana Damrau, Anna Bonitatibus, Thomas Hampson and Benjamin Bernheim.
Curtain Call with Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano:
Scenes and arias from Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito and Le nozze di Figaro, as well as Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia
with
Erica Petrocelli, Soprano
Lina Dambrauskaité, Soprano
Luca Bernard, Tenor
Yuriy Hadzetskyy, Baritone
Vladyslav Tlushch, Baritone
Andrew Moore, bass Baritone
Ilya Altukhov, bass Baritone
Oleg Davydov, Bass
Joanna Laszczkowska, William Green, Adam Rogala, Andrea del Bianco, piano
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Opera Matinee — The Marriage of Figaro | BBC3
26.11.2020 14:00 GMT
Tom McKinney introduces a performance of Mozart’s great masterpiece, recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2012.
Figaro Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
Susanna Aleksandra Kurzak
Bartolo Carlo Lepore
Marcellina Ann Murray
Cherubino Anna Bonitatibus
Count Almaviva Lucas Meachem
Basilio Bonaventura Bottone
Antonio Jeremy White
Don Curzio Harry Nicoll
Barbarina Susana Gaspar
Countess Almaviva Rachel Willis Sorensen
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Conductor Antonio Pappano
BBC 3 Radio
L’Olimpiade | Introductory matinée
Anna Bonitatibus, Vivica Genaux, Ottavio Dantone, David Marton
Sun, 18. Oct 2020, 10.00
Operhaus | Bernhard Theater
Zurich
Anna Bonitatibus joins MOMENTUM
Anna Bonitatibus joins MOMENTUM , the platform created by Barbara Hannigan who have pledged to act now to support young artists in the first phase of their professional activity.
Momentum, our future now
New Release | Il ritorno di Tobia – Joseph Haydn
Il ritorno di Tobia – Joseph Haydn
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Ivor Bolton
Release Date: 14.08.2020
Il ritorno di Tobia – Joseph Haydn
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Ivor Bolton
Ercole amante, Cavalli | Opéra Comique
from 12.11.2019 to 30.11.2020
Arte TV
Raphaël Pichon
Valérie Lesort et Christian Hecq
Nahuel di Pierro
Anna Bonitatibus
Giuseppina Bridelli
Francesca Aspromonte
Krystian Adam
Giulia Semenzato
Eugénie Lefebvre
Luca Tittoto
Ray Chenez
Dominique Visse
Ensemble et Coeur Pygmalion
I’ve been hearing…
DONIZETTI Enrico di Borgogna (DVD)
She does – triumphantly – because said seamstress is Anna Bonitatibus and bel canto is what she does best.
Bonitatibus’s softly bronzed mezzo is wonderfully agile, her technique superb in Enrico’s florid opening cavatina ‘Care aurette che spiegate’. Her coloratura is even but never showy. Why she’s not a superstar of the operatic firmament is anyone’s guess.
– Mark Pullinger, Gramophone 11.04.2020
Sul piano vocale brilla la parte femminile. Anna Bonitatibus, nei panni en-travesti di Enrico, fa valere, infatti, la sua consolidata esperienza sia nel repertorio rossiniano sia in quello barocco e classico. Il timbro caldo e pastoso, la perfetta emissione e la naturale propensione al canto di coloratura si prestano perfettamente alla parte. La Bonitatibus è inoltre attenta interprete capace di sfruttare anche la sicurezza nei passaggi virtuosistici a scopo espressivo come si apprezza nel notevole rondò con cui Enrico chiude l’opera. Ottima attrice si cala perfettamente nella parte della dilettante allo sbaraglio che acquisisce progressivamente sicurezza ed entusiasmo.
– Giordano Cavagnino, GBOpera Magazine 28.02.2020
Rosinatibus
Si nous avons fait le chemin depuis Paris, c’est néanmoins pour entendre Anna Bonitatibus en pupille. […] C’est celle qui respire son Rossini avec le plus de virtuosité et sur une tessiture toujours aussi large. On aimerait se rouler dans ses graves puissants et larges, on déguste ses trilles, on exulte dans ces aigus certes parfois trop aérés. Les variations de la cavatine sont magistrales, les contrastes de la leçon de chant d’un naturel confondant, elle emporte vers ses sommets des partenaires qui donnent alors le meilleur d’eux-mêmes (« Dunque io son »), sans parler de l’actrice qui réussit à rendre poignants les trois mots de tristesse qui précèdent l’orage. Une Rosine royale et humble à la fois.
– Guillaume Saintagne, Forumopera 5.02.2020
Il Barbiere di Siviglia | Opéra de Tours
Anna Bonitatibus propose une Rosine corsée, ample, longue, aisée. Dans un art consommé des coloratures, elle égrène avec virtuosité les modulations dynamiques (du triple piano dans les attaques, aux déploiements plus sonores) qui les rendent palpitantes et vibrantes de vie. Même dans des costumes neutres (combinaison de nylon en particulier), elle parvient à représenter avec justesse la jeune femme – pleine de vie et d’impatience sensuelle.
— Joël Heuillon, Olyrix 4.02.2020
Il Barbiere di Siviglia | Opéra de Tours
La Rosina d’Anna Bonitatibus qui allie à la soie du médium le cristal des aigus, se jouant des cascades du Bel Canto avec une grâce extrême.
– La Nouvelle République, 1.02.20
Ercole amante | Paris, Versailles
La mezzo-soprano Anna Bonitatibus campe une Junon souveraine : la ligne de chant est conduite avec une noble élégance, aussi bien dans le feu de la colère que dans la solennité, sans oublier quelques moments de pure tendresse.
– Jean-Marc Piriou, Bachtrack 8.11.19
Bonitatibus brought her customary stylistic understanding to Giunone. She made a striking entrance, flying in from the wings while negotiating some tricky tessitura that sat right in the passaggio. Her ability to bring out beauty in the text was more than apparent, never afraid to pull her sappy, orange-toned mezzo right back, shading the tone with delicacy.
– Operatraveller, 9.11.19
La Junon vengeresse et animée d’Anna Bonitatibus capte toute l’attention dès son entrée. Sa voix au large ambitus habite le personnage ainsi criant de vérité.
– José Pons, Olyrix.com 5.11.19
Anna Bonitatibus, ob in luftiger Höhe oder auf irdischem Boden, singt und spielt Juno mit souveräner Musikalität und klarer Stimmführung. Wütend und unerbittlich wettert sie im ersten Akt “E vuol dunque Ciprigna”.
– Alexander Jordis-Lohausen, Oper O-Ton 4.11.19
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno – Concerts d’automne, Tours
Anna Bonitatibus explose en Plaisir, notamment dans les deux points d’acmé de la partition. Le timbre mordoré est superbe, la virtuosité sans faille, la musicalité et la sensibilité évidentes. Elle empoigne le Un pensiero nemico di pace telle une rockstar déchaînée se laissant galvanisé physiquement par la virtuosité de la partition. A l’inverse, le Lascia la spina, tout en intériorité, expose des couleurs bouleversantes et un phrasé particulièrement travaillé qui ne cesse de surprendre malgré le caractère rebattu du morceau. Une prestation marquante pour une artiste attachante.
– Steeve Boscardin, Resmusica, 24.10.2019
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik & Theater an der Wien | Austria
Merope – Broschi
7, 9, 11.08.2019 – 21.10.2019
Sia a Salisburgo sia a Innsbruck, il punto di forza risiede nella prima donna e ha in fin dei conti origine nell’essere costei italiana. Alcina è Cecilia Bartoli, che fa appello a uno sterminato patrimonio tecnico e scenico; la parte non è un mulinello di semicrome: pone in rilievo soprattutto l’artista in grado di miniare espressivamente i recitativi non meno che le arie. Il caso si ripete nella Merope di Anna Bonitatibus, che è vocalista impagabile per vellutata omogeneità timbrica, vocalizzazione agiata e una tale arte retorica da rendere impossibile la perdita di una sola parola nonché del senso teatrale dell’intera, spesso immane frase.
– Francesco Lora, L’ape musicale 10-11.08.19
Qui mieux qu’ Anna Bonitatibus pouvait incarner l’infortunée Mérope? Le grand mezzo-soprano italien se joue habilement des exigences techniques du rôle-titre qu’elle magnifie par un jeu très investi et un timbre d’une tendresse inouïe.
– Bertrand Bolognesi, anaclase.com 11.08.19
Anna Bonitatibus bringt ihren wunderbar saftigen Mezzo für die Rolle des Enrico ein. Sie singt mit herrlich fließendem Ton in der Eröffnungs-Cavatina und in der abschließenden Siegesarie zeigt sie stilistische Intelligenz, die sich in geschmackvollen Verzierungen ausdrückt.
– Uwe Krusch, Pizzicato, 27.08.19
Enrico di Borgogna DVD
Consonarte — Vox in musica
Lirica italiana da camera, the project by Consonarte — Vox in Musica, a publishing enterprise founded by Anna Bonitatibus that seeks to renew appreciation of a vast – often disregarded, even forgotten – musical patrimony!