THE VOICE DETECTIVE

Episode Number Four Of The Voice Detective Show with Salvatore Emanuele Samperi, Tenor and Vincenzo Bellini and Bel Canto Specialist

SALVATORE EMANUELE SAMPERI

The thirty-year artistic activity of the tenor Salvatore Emanuele Samperi begins in Catania, his city of birth. He began studying singing with Claudia Parada, then with the teacher Tito Capobianco (Julliard School in New York), Maestro Meinard Kraak, and finally he the refined the art of
“bel canto” with the tenor William Matteuzzi.

He was a finalist in the first ever Giuseppe di Stefano International Competition for Young Opera Singers in Trapani, Sicily. There he was praised by Giuseppe Di Stefano himself, for his vocal beauty and interpretive style.

Salvatore Samperi has performed as a soloist in several operatic productions in Italy and abroad singing alongside internationally renowned artists such as Angela Gheorghiu, and Rolando Panerai.

He has sung for the Toscanini Foundation in Parma, the Galuppi Festival in Venice, the Luglio Trapanese Annual Festival, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Marin County Civic Centre in San Francisco and at the Barry Memorial Hall in Wales.

He has released two CDs for Niccolò Music with unpublished opera pieces by Vincenzo Bellini. His vocal versatility spans from Bellini to Bernstein, where at the Teatro del’Opera Giocosa
he sang many seasons of the role of Tony in Westside Story. Apart from his successful career as an opera singer he took part as a singer-actor in the television drama the Turn of the Century on the Italian Broadcaster RAI.

Salvatore Emanuele Samperi also is a prize winning author in national writing competitions. His most recent publication in January 2022, is a biography, “History of a Catanese: Vincenzo Bellini”. As a leading Bellini scholar he heads the Bellini Cultural Project and is the the Artistic Director of “Bellini for the Young”.

DAME NELLIE MELBA,SOPRANO, MAY 19TH 1861

The famous Nellie Melba, who was born in 1861, was a woman on a mission. After a modest start to her career as a lyric coloratura soprano in her home town of Melbourne Australia, she packed herself off in 1886 to pursue her career in London. She made…

DAME NELLIE MELBA,SOPRANO, MAY 19TH 1861

The famous Nellie Melba, who was born in 1861, was a woman on a mission. After a modest start to her career as a lyric coloratura soprano in her home town of Melbourne Australia, she packed herself off in 1886 to pursue her career in London. She made…

BAMBINI TIP NUMBER TWO

Gyaan Lyon, Jnr dreaming of being the next Luciano Pavarotti

TIP TWO Stand in a space where you feel free and not cramped, this can be anywhere inside your house or outside. If you can’t stand sit comfortably in a chair. Now the fun starts try and put your thoughts down into the soles of your feet. You can do it!Wiggle your toes to help […]

Dame Eva Turner, March 10, 1892

Dame Eva Turner

Remembering today the legendary British dramatic soprano, described by Arturo Toscanini as “a beautiful voice, beautiful pronunciation and beautiful appearance.” (1) Dame Eva Turner sang the dramatic Italian soprano repertoire as well as the Wagnerian heroines to great acclaim. Today she is most closely identified…

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa March 6, 1944

Kiri Te Kanawa

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Today we celebrate Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: the beautiful, full, warm voiced lyric soprano associated and celebrated for her opera roles ranging from Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Puccini to Richard Strauss and Leonard Bernstein.
Dame Kiri is an acclaimed recording artist and recitalist covering…

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