Claudia Ceraulo

Born in Catania, Italian soprano Claudia Ceraulo began her musical training at the age of five as a member of the children’s choir of the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, where she performed regularly from 2002 to 2010. After graduating from the Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory in Catania, Claudia Ceraulo continued her studies at the Fryderyk Chopin University in Warsaw and later specialized in the German Lied repertoire in Germany. She has participated in masterclasses with internationally renowned artists including Salvatore Fisichella, Marcello Giordani, Gregory Kunde, Barbara Frittoli, Luciana D’Intino, Vivica Genaux and Oksana Lyniv.
Since then, she has established herself as one of the most promising young Italian sopranos of her generation, distinguished by her versatility across the lyric soprano repertoire and by a growing presence on important Italian and international stages.
Upcoming engagements include Maria Rosaria in Eduardo De Filippo’s Napoli milionaria at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème at the Ticino Musica Festival in Switzerland. In 2026 she performs the title role in the Italian premiere of Pierangelo Valtinoni’s Alice nel paese delle meraviglie at Teatro Sociale di Rovigo and returns to the role of Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata at Teatro Tina Di Lorenzo in Noto.
Recent highlights included her debut as Bubikopf in Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis at Teatro Grande di Brescia, Oscar in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera at Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and Violetta Valéry in La traviata at Teatro Giuditta Pasta in Saronno. During the summer season she debuted as La Princesse in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca and performed Rita in Donizetti’s Rita at the Piccolo Opera Festival of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Concert appearances included Boccherini’s Stabat Mater for the festival Vicenza in Lirica and a gala tour in Brazil with performances at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. In the same season she won Second Prize at the Maria Caniglia International Singing Competition in Sulmona.
The 2024 season brought her debut as Sophie in Massenet’s Werther at Teatro Comunale di Bologna under the baton of Riccardo Frizza, as well as Alisa in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania conducted by Stefano Ranzani. She also appeared there in Vivaldi’s Gloria in Re Maggiore, sang Berta in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia for AstiLirica and the Festa dell’Opera in Brescia, and returned to the role of Rita at the Ticino Musica Festival under Umberto Finazzi. During the same year she received the “Puccini Prize” at the Giuditta Pasta International Opera Competition in Saronno and the “Tullio Serafin” Prize at the Iris Adami Corradetti International Competition in Padua.
In 2023 she joined the Opera Studio of Opéra de Monte-Carlo under the guidance of Silvana Bazzoni-Bartoli and later returned by invitation of the Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation. That same season she appeared as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducted by Daniel Oren, made her debut as Musetta in La bohème, and won the Silver Medal at the Voci in Barcaccia Competition on Rai Radio3 at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. Furthermore she performed Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro for the Naxos Summer Festival at the Archaeological Park of Giardini Naxos (Sicily). She concluded the year with her debut as Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
In 2022 she was selected for the Young Artist Program of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. In the same year she debuted as Zweite Magd in Strauss’ Elektra at Teatro Politeama in Palermo under Marcus Bosch, the title role in Paolo Samoggia’s multimedia chamber opera 27 dollari at Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and productions of Turandot with Marcello Giordani at the Greek Theatre of Syracuse and the Ancient Theatre of Taormina under James Meena. In 2021 she won First Prize and the Audience Prize at the inaugural International Competition Vincenzo Bellini.