Chiara Polese

Started her singing studies with her father, in 2018 she graduated with honors in singing from the Naples Conservatory with “Madame Butterfly.” She has debuted in major Italian theaters: Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Argentina in Rome, Teatro Pergolesi Spontini in Jesi, Teatro La Pergola in Florence, etc.

In 2014, she debuted in “La Traviata” in the role of VIOLETTA with a project from the Naples Conservatory. Since 2016, she has collaborated with the “Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti” to promote the repertoire of the Neapolitan school of the 18th century.

In 2017, she participated in the masterclass of soprano M° B. Frittoli, organized by Roma Opera Campus, taking part in the final concert. In April 2018, she was a finalist at the “Premio Koliqi” in Milan. On May 3, she performed as ROSINA in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” at the “Teatro Plinius” in Ercolano. On September 11, she debuted Beethoven’s IX Symphony at the “Domenico Cimarosa” Conservatory in Avellino. She performed Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in the role of DONNA ANNA at the “Teatro Palladium” in Rome with the Roma Tre Orchestra under the direction of M° L. Acocella, and later at the Teatro Carbonetti in Broni. In December 2018, she won the 2nd prize at the International Competition “Ravello Città della Musica.” She was selected for Puccini’s “Turandot” in the role of LIÙ by EuropaInCanto, with which she toured major Italian theaters.

For the 2021-23 biennium, she was a student at the Academy for Opera Singers of the Teatro di San Carlo, studying under the guidance of soprano Mariella Devia.

After the successes achieved with the “Cantata per San Gennaro 1775” (Teatro di San Carlo, 11/04/2022), the concert “Orchestra and Academy of the Teatro San Carlo” (Teatro di San Carlo, 12/10/2022 – Rudolfinum in Prague, 12/18/2022), and Verdi’s “Macbeth” (Lady Macbeth’s Lady, March 2023), she performed in May with the Teatro di San Carlo in Paisiello’s “Don Chisciotte” (Duchessa), and in September of the same year in Bellini’s “Beatrice di Tenda” in the role of AGNESE, for which she received excellent reviews. On January 7, 2024, she was a soloist in the concert “Andante appassionato,” featuring music by G. Fauré and S. Rachmaninov. Then, she performed in Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” (Anna Kennedy) and Strauss’s “Elektra” (Die Vertraute). After this, at the Festival of Gattières and the Nice Opera House she sang as MAGDA in Puccini’s “La Rondine.”