WFIU’s Artist of the Month for July is soprano Costanza Cuccaro.
Costanza Cuccaro has had an international career performing lyric coloratura roles at major opera houses around the world, including The Metropolitan Opera, Teatro Colon, and Vienna State Opera. She has also appeared with the leading orchestras in Chicago, Cleveland, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Tel Aviv, Detroit, and Toronto. In addition, her recording and video credits include several operas and oratorios.
Cuccaro was the first place winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition and was a Fulbright Scholar in Rome. She has received distinguished teaching awards from Indiana University and has taught master classes and presentations at NATS National Conventions, International Voice Teachers Conference, the NATS Mentoring Program, Voice Foundation, major apprenticeship programs, festivals, and universities.
Cuccaro’s students have won Fulbright Awards, Metropolitan Opera auditions, Met Grand Final awards, NATS competitions, and Richard and Sara Tucker Awards. Many have also held positions at the Adler, Merola, and Western Opera Theater programs, and at opera houses around the world, including Wolf Trap, Tanglewood, Chicago Lyric, and Spoleto. Cuccaro’s students also perform at the Metropolitan Opera and at La Scala, San Francisco, Chicago Lyric, and New York City operas.
WFIU will be featuring music performed by Costanza Cuccaro throughout the month of July.
All performances can be heard through www.wfiu.org.
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