Melissa Purnell
The Canadian Melissa Purnell, of the interesting young and promising soprano of nowadays , received her “Performing Arts - Music” diploma from Douglas College and
her “Music Performance (Vocal Performance)” diploma from the Vancouver Academy of Music. In 2016, she moved to Italy where she studies with Fernando Cordeiro Opa.
Among her last debuts : Gilda in RIGOLETTO, Leonora ne Il TROVATORE, the Soprano for the opera “ECCE COR MEUM” by Paul McCartney for soprano and orchestra at Teatro Comunale Pavarotti Freni in Modena and at Teatro Comunale in Ferrara ; FIORDILIGI in COSI’ FAN TUTTE at Conimimbriga Portogallo, conductor S.Alapont; Sacerdotessa in AIDA at Oper im steinbruch St.Margarethen . Soprano Soloist at Opera Gran Galà at La Fenice Theater in Venice ; Violetta Valéry in La Traviata at the Taranto Opera Festival , at the Rendano Theater in Cosenza and in concert form in Conimbriga, Portugal, with conductor Sergio Alapont; Mimì in La Bohéme with conductor Lorenzo Tazzieri and director Danilo Coppola and also Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica, Hanna in Die Lustige Witwe by F. Lehár, the Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro, Alice in Falstaff by Verdi and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni . Soprano Solista CONCERTO TEATRO MUNICIPAL DA COVILHÃ . Music by Puccini, Verdi , Mascagni .Orchestra Classica do Centro Winner of numerous international singing competitions , she has performed in concerts across Canada, France, Italy and Portugal.
Next engagements :
role debut - MICAELA- Carmen - G.Bizet - Opéra de Saint-Etienne
Soprano - La Creazione di Haydn - stagione sinfonica 2026 Teatro Massimo Bellini Catania
Violetta La Traviata - Teatro Comunale di Ferrara