BIOGRAPHY

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After studying at the Conservatory of Toulon in Andrée Esposito’s class, Chrystelle Di Marco was accepted as a student at the “Accademia Internazionale di canto Lirico di Osimo” in Italy, under Raina Kabaivanska’s guidance, she then completed her training course with Elisabetta Tandura and Enza Ferrari. She perfectioned her skills at the “Accademia Santa Cecilia di Roma”, with Renata Scotto and through Leo Nucci’s master classes.

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In 2013, she was selected for a Ruggiero Raimondi’s master class which she completed, earning the maestro’s recognition in the process, via a special mention “To Chrystelle ‘Tosca’ con ammirazione”.

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She started her career in Italy, creating the roles of Lucina in Carlo Pedeni’s Un Giorno Qualunque, at the theatre of Nuova Fenice, Osimo, and Amina in Bellini’s La Sonnambula, in Rome.

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She performed the roles of Violetta in La Traviata (Opéra de Toulon), Mimi in La Bohème and Amelia in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera (European tour) and Micaela in Carmen (Festival Lirico de Casalbordino), before debuting on the title role in Tosca (Opéra de Massy).

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Let’s also note her well-received performances as Imogene in Bellini’s Il Pirata (Opéra National de Bordeaux), a tribute to Maria Callas, directed by Paul Daniel, and as the title role in Aida (Château de Linières), directed by Julien Ostini.

She interpreted the role of Susanna in Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna, at the Opéra de Marseille, by the Festival Musiques Interdites, under Gonzalo Borondo’s direction.

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In 2019, she won the audience’s award at the 26th International Singing Competition of Clermont-Ferrand, with Inva Mula as jury’s president, being selected for the role of Santuzza. In this same year, she sang Leonora in Verdi’s Il Trovatore, conducted by Julien Orsini and directed by Frédéric Rouillon, at the Château de Linères. She played again Violetta in La Traviata, at the Durance Luberon Festival. Other 2019 Di Marco’s engagements includes: Judith in Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle (Opéra de Marseille), the soprano part in Mozart’s Requiem, in Rennes, and Verdi’s Requiem at the Basilique du Sacré Coeur, in Marseille.

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In the 2020-21 season, Chrystelle di Marco performed the role of Santuzza in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, at Opéra Grand Avignon, Festival Lyrique de Linières, Opéra Clermont Auvergne and Opéra de Vichy, and created the role of Stéphanie in F. Barcelo’s Evariste Galois, at the Soirées Lyriques du Ventoux Festival.

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In the 2021-22 season, she sang the soprano part in Verdi’s Requiem (Marseille); Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco, at Opéra de Massy, operas of Zaragoza, Cadix, Cartagena, Granada, Alicante and many other Spanish towns; Santuzza at the Opéra de Massy and Aida at Opéra de Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, in Sicily, under Zeffirelli’s direction. She also sang the role of Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust, at the Château de Linières for its festival.

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Invited as a French representant in the theatres of Batumi, Koutaissi and Tbilissi, Georgia, she shared the stage with the Georgian tenor Irakli Kakhidze, under the baton of Revaz Javakhishvili, in a concert’s tour named “Solidarité pour Paris», a tribute to the victims of terrorist attacks in the French capital.

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In 2015, Chrystelle Di Marco created the international festival Sand & Chopin en Seyne, in La Seyne-sur-Mer. She is also the artistic director of the festivals “Opera dans les Chais” and “Instant Classique”, in the world-renowned Bunan vineyard, in La Cadière d’Azur.

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With the label Lux Classic, she recorded the albums “Canti d’Amore”, with Italian melodies by Luigi Luzzi, and “La Mer”, a collection of French melodies on the theme of the sea.

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Among her next engagements, Chrystelle will sing the title role in Puccini’s Turandot, at the operas of Massy and Clermont-Ferrand, as well as in Spain, at the operas of Alicante, Zaragoza, Alcoy, Logrono, Murcia and Cadix. She will also be Mimi in La Bohème, at the Château de Linières Festival.

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