Patrizia (singer)
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Patrizia is an Italian-Canadian dramatic coloratura soprano who performs operatic rock. She is the recipient of a 2004 SOCAN award and was a finalist in the Toronto Emergenza
competition.
, Italy
to Mario and Giuseppina Dioguardi. Her family later moved to Thunder Bay
, Canada
where her father worked as a cleaner at the Thunder Bay International Airport
. At age 18, Patrizia decided to move to Toronto
to pursue a career in music.
, The Magic Flute
, La bohème
, The Abduction from the Serraglio
, Lucia di Lammermoor
, and The Impresario
. She also worked with director Alisa Palmer
, COC
's Paula Suozzi, John Hess, Stuart Hamilton, Brahm Goldhamer, Tom Diamond, and Dwight Bennet.
In 2001 her first single "Rage", produced by the singer songwriter Kenny MacLean (Platinum Blonde
), was released at the Toronto Italian Film Festival and her Bravo!FACT-funded video charted at #3 on the Bravo! national charts. In 2004 she received a SOCAN award for her Bravo!FACT-funded video "Temptation", a re-working of Carmen's Habanera for charting at #1 on Bravo!. In 2005, she released her first full album, The Edge of Emotion. The album includes her versions of Der Hölle Rache from The Magic Flute, the Miserere from Il trovatore
, Habanera
from Carmen
, and Ebben? Ne andrò lontana from La Wally
.
In 2006 her third Bravo!FACT-funded video "Desperation" a remake of Puccini's "Vissi d'arte
" from Tosca
reached at #2 on Bravo!videos national charts and she was featured in a special tribute to Canadian vocalists on Bravo!FACT Presents.
In 2008, Patrizia released her second album, My Beloved which was produced by Steve Thompson
. The album features a cover version of Radiohead
's "Creep", The Cranberries
' "Zombie
" and several original tracks co-written with Thompson. The album is dedicated to Patrizia's father Mario who died after a long battle with cancer during the making of the recording. In 2009, GWN Entertainment Magazine named Patrizia one of their 10 "New Women Of Canadiana".
Emergenza
is an international music festival for up-and-coming bands, with concerts in more than 150 cities around the world.- History :The first Emergenza Festival was the result of an idea of a group of musician friends in 1991. In 1992, the first ever Emergenza Festival in Rome was held to 245 people....
competition.
Early life
Patrizia was born in San Giovanni TeatinoSan Giovanni Teatino
San Giovanni Teatino is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
to Mario and Giuseppina Dioguardi. Her family later moved to Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
where her father worked as a cleaner at the Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay Airport or Thunder Bay International Airport, , is an airport in the Canadian city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. With 80,591 aircraft movements in 2010 it was the 7th busiest airport in Ontario and the 24th busiest airport in Canada...
. At age 18, Patrizia decided to move to Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
to pursue a career in music.
Career
She performed in various rock bands before beginning classical voice lessons with Stephanie Bogle. Patrizia appeared in several operatic productions such as La TraviataLa traviata
La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
, The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
, La bohème
La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
, The Abduction from the Serraglio
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Die Entführung aus dem Serail is an opera Singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner with adaptations by Gottlieb Stephanie...
, Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor....
, and The Impresario
Der Schauspieldirektor
Der Schauspieldirektor , K. 486, is a comic Singspiel written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, an Austrian Schauspieldirektor....
. She also worked with director Alisa Palmer
Alisa Palmer
Alisa Palmer is a Canadian theatre director and playwright.Born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada, Alisa Palmer completed a degree in history at McGill University...
, COC
Canadian Opera Company
The Canadian Opera Company is an opera company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest opera company in Canada and the third largest producer of opera in North America. The COC performs in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.-History:For 40 years until...
's Paula Suozzi, John Hess, Stuart Hamilton, Brahm Goldhamer, Tom Diamond, and Dwight Bennet.
In 2001 her first single "Rage", produced by the singer songwriter Kenny MacLean (Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde (band)
Platinum Blonde is a Canadian New Wave group in the mid 1980s-early 1990s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Scarborough on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group as the bassist. The name of the...
), was released at the Toronto Italian Film Festival and her Bravo!FACT-funded video charted at #3 on the Bravo! national charts. In 2004 she received a SOCAN award for her Bravo!FACT-funded video "Temptation", a re-working of Carmen's Habanera for charting at #1 on Bravo!. In 2005, she released her first full album, The Edge of Emotion. The album includes her versions of Der Hölle Rache from The Magic Flute, the Miserere from Il trovatore
Il trovatore
Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Cammarano died in mid-1852 before completing the libretto...
, Habanera
Habanera (aria)
In the form of habanera, there is a famous aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It is sometimes referred to as "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle." . Its score was adapted from the habanera "El Arreglito," originally composed by the Spanish musician Sebastián Yradier...
from Carmen
Carmen
Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
, and Ebben? Ne andrò lontana from La Wally
La Wally
La Wally is a four-act opera by Alfredo Catalani, composed on a libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed at La Scala, Milan on 20 January 1892....
.
In 2006 her third Bravo!FACT-funded video "Desperation" a remake of Puccini's "Vissi d'arte
Vissi d'arte
"Vissi d'arte" is a soprano aria from act II of the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. It is sung by Tosca as she thinks of her fate and how the life of her beloved, Mario Cavaradossi, is at the mercy of Baron Scarpia.-Libretto:-External links:*...
" from Tosca
Tosca
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...
reached at #2 on Bravo!videos national charts and she was featured in a special tribute to Canadian vocalists on Bravo!FACT Presents.
In 2008, Patrizia released her second album, My Beloved which was produced by Steve Thompson
Steve Thompson
Steve Thompson, Steven Thompson or Stephen Thompson may refer to:*Steve Thompson , American musician and producer*Steve Thompson , English rugby union player...
. The album features a cover version of Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
's "Creep", The Cranberries
The Cranberries
The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 under the name The Cranberry Saw Us, later changed by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan. The band currently consists of O'Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler...
' "Zombie
Zombie (song)
"Zombie" is a protest song by the Irish band The Cranberries from the 1994 album No Need to Argue. The song, which laments The Troubles in Northern Ireland and in particular the killing of two children in an IRA bombing in Warrington, England, was written by Dolores O'Riordan, singer of the band...
" and several original tracks co-written with Thompson. The album is dedicated to Patrizia's father Mario who died after a long battle with cancer during the making of the recording. In 2009, GWN Entertainment Magazine named Patrizia one of their 10 "New Women Of Canadiana".