Alessandra Della Croce

Italian mezzo-soprano Alessandra Della Croce is recognised for her stylistic versatility, warm vocal timbre and compelling stage presence, qualities that have led to collaborations with many of Italy’s leading opera houses, festivals and artistic teams. Equally at home in bel canto, Verdi, Puccini and the French repertoire, she has built a career distinguished by musical intelligence, theatrical instinct and an ever-growing presence on the Italian operatic scene.

Her artistic foundation was laid at the Giuseppe Martucci Conservatory in Salerno, where she graduated with highest honours, while simultaneously completing a degree in Cultural Heritage and Tourism at the University of Naples. Following an Erasmus scholarship at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz, she continued her studies with the legendary Raina Kabaivanska in Modena before being selected for the prestigious Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia. There she worked under the artistic direction of Alberto Zedda and collaborated with distinguished musicians including Lorin Maazel, José Miguel Pérez Sierra and Roger Vignoles, experiences that profoundly shaped her artistic development.

Since then, Alessandra Della Croce has appeared at many of Italy’s foremost opera houses and festivals, including the Festival Puccini, Teatro Regio di Torino, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, Arena Sferisterio di Macerata, the Festival della Valle d’Itria and the Tiroler Festspiele Erl. Her repertoire includes roles such as Mercédès, Maddalena, Frugola, Flora, Valencienne, Serpina, Giulietta di Kelbar, La Duchessa, Berta and Zulma, reflecting a stylistic range that extends from Mozart, Rossini and operetta to Verdi, Puccini, French opera and the verismo repertoire.

Throughout her career she has worked with internationally acclaimed directors including Pier Luigi Pizzi, Damiano Michieletto, Emilio Sagi, Hugo de Ana, Stephen Medcalf, Henning Brockhaus, Francesco Micheli, Vittorio Borrelli, Daniele De Plano and Stefania Bonfadelli, while collaborating with conductors such as Fabio Luisi, Daniel Oren, Pinchas Steinberg, Donato Renzetti, José Cura, Massimo Zanetti, Leonardo Sini, Renato Palumbo, Valerio Galli, Lorenzo Passerini and Giampaolo Bisanti.

Recent seasons have included engagements at the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago, the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, the Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania and the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari. Upcoming engagements include Bellini’s Norma at the Teatro Regio di Parma under Renato Palumbo, a return to the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago for Puccini’s La fanciulla del West under Daniel Oren, Nino Rota’s Il cappello di paglia di Firenze in a new production directed by Damiano Michieletto at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, as well as further concert engagements at the Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania.

With an artistic career built on long-standing collaborations with many of Italy’s foremost opera houses, directors and conductors, Alessandra Della Croce continues to broaden her repertoire and artistic profile through an ever-growing body of work in opera and concert, bringing musical integrity, stylistic assurance and dramatic conviction to every performance.