Vincerò- The Italian Opera Experience at McCadden Place Theatre

Natalja Sticco is a Latvian-born Mezzo Soprano from Boston, Massachusetts. Over seven seasons (‘09-‘17) as a Young Artist with the Latvian National Opera & Ballet Natalja appeared in Opera Houses across Europe, sharing the stage with Opera greats such as Jonas Kaufman, the legendary Russian Mezzo Elena Obraztsova as well as fellow Latvians Kristine Opolais, Marina Rebekka and Elina Garanca. Debuting as a soloist and recitalist in the United States in 2018 she has received acclaim for her ‘full-voice performance throttling to beautiful heights with a full range of color’ and rapidly became the preeminent opera vocalist in the Boston area and a favorite performer of concert audiences around the US for her enchanting persona, musical instinct and intelligent interpretations of popular arias and crossover music.

Germán Javier Gholami Torres-Pardo was born in Madrid, Spain in 1985, in a family of professional musicians. His father, a multi- instrumentalist, a composer and a music therapist Ali-Reza Gholami, gave him his first violin and flute lessons at an early age. His mother, a classical soprano and a guitar teacher at the Aranjuez Conservatory, María Ángeles Torres-Pardo Criado had the major role in training him as a lyric tenor. First he started to perform with the family ensembles called Grupo Canzona, interpreting Spanish medieval music and the crossover music trio Musicalis Tenors.

Wherever Paolo De Napoli travels, he is followed by his students from Italy, Germany, Austria, Baltic countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Russia, Croatia, and Argentina, including the principals from Staatsoper Munich, Paris Opera, Glyndebourne, Teatro Real Madrid, Berlin Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and other theaters. Paolo de Napoli has been engaged for vocal and repertoire coaching by opera houses in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tokyo, Riga, Tallin, Vilnius, Minsk, Zagreb, and others. He has been working with Czech opera houses in Prague, Brno, Ostrava since 1996. He was an Associate Professor of voice with University of South Carolina in the USA, lead classes with Cortona and Anghiari Summer Opera Studios. Presently, Paolo de Napoli has been engaged as an artistic advisor to Riga Opera, and the the director of vocal studies at the Japan Art Society of Tokyo leading regular masterclasses there. Among Maestro De Napoli's students are Natalja Sticco, Mezzo Soprano, Pavel Cernoch tenor, Vladislav Sulimsky bariton, Irina Churilova soprano and many other promising young singers.

Marco Borroni began his musical studies in piano at an early age. While graduating from the Conservatory of Milan with the highest marks, he studied composition for 5 years with M° Fabio Vacchi and chorrepetition with M° Umberto Finazzi. He has studied at Accademia del Teatro alla Scala. Currently he his studying conducting with M° Dante Mazzola and with M° Edoardo Muller. He played and he was assistant conductor in various productions of: “Piccolo Spazzacamino” by Benjamin Britten, “Il Signor Bruschino” by Gioacchino Rossini and “La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi (Conservatory of Milano) ; "Don Pasquale" by Donizetti and “L'Italiana in Algeri” by Rossini (Teatro alla Scala, Milano) and, by the same composer “L'Occasione fa il ladro” and "barbiere di Siviglia" (tournée of the Accademia della Scala) and “La Scala di Seta” (Ticino Musica, Lugano) and "il finto Stanislao" by G.Verdi (teatro filarmonico of Verona). He is frequently appearing in concerts as an accompanist, in december 2010 he has been invited to South Korea (Seoul) by the Instituto di Cultura Italiano in Seoul for a concert featuring Italian and Korean singers and in March 2012 had a concert in Kotrynos baznycia in Lithuania (Vilnius) On december 2012 he worked as rehaersals pianist and coach in a "Viva Verdi" show in Zurich (Swiss) On july 2013 he worked as assistant conductor and vocal coach for the production of "L'Elisir d'amore" in Klaipedas theatre. He is pianist and koncertmeisteris at Vilnius national theatre. He is currently playing in the vocal studios of Luciana Serra