Daniela Schillaci

Biography

Soprano Daniela Schillaci makes her debut at the National Theatre Opera in January 2024 in the role of Lady Macbeth (Verdi: Macbeth). She graduated from the Rossini Conservatoire in Pesaro and in 1998, she won the Giuseppe Di Stefano competition in Trapani. Among the productions of recent seasons are: Il Trovatore, Macbeth, Attila and Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari; Bellini's La straniera, La traviata, Carmen and Pagliacci in Catania; Madama Butterfly, La forza del destino, Nabucco, Aida, I Lombardi alla prima crociata and Un ballo in maschera at the National Theatre in Split; Norma in Rennes; Nabucco (conducted by Daniel Oren) and Carmen at the Arena di Verona; Madama Butterfly in Modena; Un ballo in maschera in Reggio Emilia; Macbeth at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples (conducted by Marco Armiliato); La traviata and Turandot in Catania, Macbeth at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna; Stiffelio at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, and others. She performs intensively in concerts, including the gala evening La corona di pietra at the Arena di Verona alongside Plácido Domingo.