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The Franco-Italian mezzo-soprano, Ornella Corvi, began her musical studies at a very young age at the Académie Rainier III in Monaco Monte Carlo where she studied piano, double-bass and singing (2010-2014). After training in Florence, her hometown, and obtaining a Certificate of Musical Studies in the Paris region, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Lyrical Singing from the Haute de Musique de Genève (2016-2019). She completed this apprenticeship by joining the Internationale Professionnelle Artiste des Choeurs (= FIPAC; English: International Professional Choir Artist Training Formation) in Monaco in collaboration with the Opéra de Monaco (2017-2018).
In 2016, Ornella Corvi was a soloist during the “Pirelli Calendar” evening accompanied by the Orchestre Symphonique d’Asti under the baton of composer Nicola Piovani. The same year, she joined and participated in several projects of all the Madrigalists of the HEM de Genève directed by Leonardo García-Alarcón. In 2017, she was invited by the Orchestre Erasmus to perform excerpts from the title role of Georges Bizet's Carmen in Strasbourg. She is also regularly engaged as a soloist in the great oratorios of the Classical and Baroque repertoire, as well as by contemporary composer Dusan Bogdanovic for perform the piece e Crow. Her passion for opera choirs led her to participate as a chorus artist in numerous productions, Tosca by Puccini, Andrea Chénier by Giordano, L'Elisir d'Amore by Donizetti, La Bohème by Puccini, Otello by Verdi, Infant Minstrel by Auerbach, Ascanio by Camille Saint-Saëns, I puritani by Bellini and Iris by Mascagni, notably at the Chorégies d'Orange, Opéra de Monte Carlo (since 2018), Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra National de Bordeaux (since 2019), Opéra Théâtre de Saint-Etienne (since 2019), and Opéra de Lausanne (since February 2022). She is also a member of Ensemble Les Argonautes (Director: Jonas Descotte).
In addition to her activities as a singer, Ornella Corvi is passionate about words and places particular emphasis on writing as well as the world of theater. She writes, directs and performs her own pieces as evidenced by the show around the painter Marc Chagall commissioned in 2015 by the Grimaldi Forum de Monaco Monte Carlo which she performs in duo with the pianist Valéria Monfort. |
