Mara Gaudenzi

Biography
Born in Cattolica, she studied at the University of Bologna where she graduated in Classical Literature and at the same time studied Opera Singing at the G. Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro under the guidance of Prof. Agata Bienkowska, graduating with top marks, honours and honourable mention.
She distinguished herself in several competitions and won third prize at the ‘Etta e Paolo Limiti’ International Competition in Milan, was a finalist in the XLVIII edition of the ‘Toti Dal Monte’ International Competition in Treviso and won a merit scholarship as best Italian artist.
Concert engagements have seen her as soloist in W. A. Mozart’s Requiem with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo and the Orchestra Giovanile del Piemonte, in Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis, Nelson Mass.
She has performed the role of Orfeo in C. W. Gluck’s opera, Doralba in L’impresario in angustie by Cimarosa, Dorotea in Le convenienze e inconvenienze teatrali, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Serafina in Il campanello and Camilla in Il giovedì grasso by G. Donizetti at the Teatro Comunale di Treviso, Flora in La traviata, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro Mancinelli di Orvieto.
In 2021, she was selected as a student of the opera studio in Tenerife where she debuted the role of Fidalma in Il matrimonio segreto. She sang for the Rossini Festival in Wildbad in the role of Enrico in Elisabetta Regina d’Inghilterra conducted by Maestro Antonino Fogliani and received a merit scholarship as the best student at the Belcanto Academy in Wildbad.
She recently debuted the roles of Ciesca and Suora Infermiera in Puccini’s Trittico at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan. She was selected as a student of the R. Celletti Academy in Martina Franca, which awarded her one of three scholarships for the best students of the academy. She is currently attending the two-year advanced training course for opera singers at the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala where she made her debut in the role of Angelina in La Cenerentola for children.
Her recent and future engagements include La Cenerentola, Il matrimonio segreto and Medea at Teatro alla Scala, Il barbiere di Siviglia at Teatro Regio in Parma, Rovigo, Ravenna and Trento, Il piccolo principe in the title role at the Teatro alla Scala, La Cenerentola in Kiel and in Brisbane, Così fan tutte at the Circuito Lombardo, Andrea Chenier in Turin.