The melodic journey of Carla Cottini

Carla Cottini is an Italo-Brazilian soprano born in São Paulo, Brazil. With a distinguished career in opera, chamber music and concert repertoire, she has captivated audiences with her talent, versatility and charisma.

Cottini possesses a diverse and solid background in the arts. She began her education in classical and modern dance at the Royal Academy of Dance, where she completed a Bachelor’s degree. Her dedication to music led her to study at the Joaquín Rodrigo Conservatory of Music in Valencia, where she obtained both her Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s in Opera. She further honed her skills at the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme and the Berlin Opera Academy. She has also earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business from Fundação Getulio Vargas.

Among her most notable performances are Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro in various productions, Giulietta in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi at Teatro São Pedro in São Paulo and Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto at Teatro Municipal de São Paulo. She has also portrayed Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni in numerous Brazilian productions, Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at Palácio das Artes de Belo Horizonte, Ilia in Mozart’s Idomeneo at the Cultural Center of Heraklion, Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel at the Palau de la Música de Valencia, and Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme in various Brazilian and Spanish productions.

In addition to her work in opera, Carla has been a soloist in significant concerts, performing works by major classical composers. She has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Marin Alsop, Fabio Mechetti, Alexander Liebreich, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Luís Fernando Malheiro and Rinaldo Alessandrini. Some of her notable concerts include Alsop e a Amazonia by Lobos and Krieger under the direction of Marin Alsop at Sala São Paulo, Floresta do Amazonas by Villa-Lobos with Fabio Mechetti at Sala Minas Gerais, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony conducted by Alexander Liebreich and Isaac Karabtchevsky at Sala São Paulo and Teatro Municipal de São Paulo, and Händel’s Dixit Dominus conducted by David Rosenmeyer at Norwalk Concert Hall in New York.