Great-niece of the considered greatest lyrical singer in history, Simona Todaro Pavarotti, now 49 years old, never forgets her "nono" for a single day and in her memory presents us with a heartfelt tribute full of affection, respect and admiration together with the mezzo-soprano Beatriz Gimeno and the pianist Víctor Carbajo in a recital where they will interpret fragments of well-known opera, zarzuela and Neapolitan songs.
Highly appreciated by the Maestro, she has been regularly invited to sing at his subsequent tribute concerts. Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Greece, Mexico, Los Angeles, Venezuela, Dubai, South Africa, Paris, Belgrade and a long tour in Australia, all with enormous public and critical success.
SIMONA TODARO PAVAROTTI
Highly appreciated by the Maestro, she has been regularly invited to sing at his subsequent tribute concerts. Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Greece, Mexico, Los Angeles, Venezuela, Dubai, South Africa, Paris, Belgrade and a long tour in Australia, all with enormous public and critical success. Born in Genoa (Italy), soprano Simona Todaro Pavarotti has studied lyric singing in Milan with soprano Elvina Ramella.
He has won numerous prizes in various international competitions such as the prestigious ”Giuseppe Verdi di Parma” and the ”A. Belli” organized by the “Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto” (debuting in the role of Sofia nel Werther by Massenet at the Teatro Verdi in Terni and in Zerlina's at Don Giovanni in Spoleto).
She has been the winner of the “Il Cantante Attore” contest sponsored by the “William Waltom Foundation”. He has been a finalist with special mention in the International Competition "Iris Adami Corradetti" in Padua. Successively, she has been awarded in the “E. Caruso” from Milan.
She has sung at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome in “Prove d'un Opera Seria” by F. Gnecco, in Spoleto in “The Marriage of Figaro” (Susanna), “Dido and Aeneas” by Purcell (Belinda), in the Teatro S. Carlo in Napoli in “La Bohème” by Puccini (Mimì), at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo in “Midsummer Night's Dream” directed by Maestro Bruno Campanella, in the theaters of Trento and Rovigo in the “Così fan tutte ” by Mozart (Fiordiligi).
In the operatic sphere, she has sung the role of Mimi in La Bohème in the city of Fano under the direction of Luciano Pavarotti. This same production has also been transferred to Agrigento in The Valley of the Temples.
The prestigious debut at the Glyndebourne Festival with the role of Mimi in La Bohème (which was followed by 16 replicas in the United Kingdom) stands out. That same opera has since been successfully performed at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi and at the Teatro Social in Mantua.
After a pause due to personal reasons, she has returned to singing, perfecting herself with the mezzo-soprano Laura Giuseppina Bulian.
She has recently sung for the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Lucerne, Belgrade, Manfredonia, Cremona, at the Auditorium of Santa Cecilia in Rome and in concert in Modena together with Andrea Bocelli.
Highly appreciated in Japan, she has performed until June 2016 at the Minatomirai theater in Yokohama and has also participated in numerous Japanese television programs.
He continues to give recitals in Italy and Spain and at the beginning of 2023 he will tour 10 nations in Latin America.
LUIS SANTANA
This spanish baritone began his musical studies at the age of five, studying with great maestros such as Juana Peñalver, Consuelo Barrio, María Teresa Manzano, Miguel Zanetti, and currently doing so with the eminent Spanish tenor Pedro Lavirgen and Teresa Berganza. .
He has performed in the most important theaters and concert halls in our country: Gran Teatro del Liceo, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Fundación Juan March, Auditorio de Zaragoza, Maestranza de Sevilla, Principal de Alicante, Cervantes de Málaga, Miguel Delibes and Teatro Calderón. of Valladolid, Romea de Murcia, Auditorium of León, Fundación Príncipe de Asturias, Circulo de Bellas Artes of Madrid, Vigo, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Gran Teatro de Córdoba, Gran Teatro de Huelva, Falla de Cádiz, Batel de Cartagena, Principal of Vitoria, Victoria Eugenia of San Sebastián, Palace of Congresses of Granada, Mérida, Circus of Albacete, Auditorium of Cuenca, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Maestro Padilla of Almería, etc...
Cities like Rome, Paris, Milan, Naples, Budapest, Toulon, Bucharest, Donetsk, Iasi, Brasov, Lviv, Rousse, Riga, Porto, Lisbon, Vienna, Eisenach... He has been led by batons of the stature of García, Roa, Frizzi, Osa, Wilson, Alapont, Lencko, Vasilencko, Diadura, Monsalve, Abelló, Sainz Alfaro, Ortega, Popa, Mesa, Todorov, and a long etc...
Memorable concerts in the Basilica of Pilar de Zaragoza before their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the National Music Auditorium together with the legendary Orfeón Donostiarra in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, Mozart's requiem in the Seville Cathedral, Brahms' requiem in the old Cathedral of Salamanca, Homage to Victoria de Los Ángeles in the church where she was baptized, Homage to Teresa Berganza and Antón García Abril. Tribute at the Lleida Auditorium to AinhoaArteta. Concert tour with the great Nati Mistral, and the late Paco Valladares on Spanish poetry. Inauguration of the Soriano Musical Autumn Festival under the baton of Odón Alonso. Robles de Laciana Festival with Rosa Torres-Pardo, Úbeda International Festival, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, etc...