About Rachael Jane Stellacci

Musical Studies

2021/2022

Livorno Music Festival Masterclass with Laura Brioli, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

2020

Accademia della lirica, Rodolfo Del Corona, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

2018

Accademia del Belcanto Rodolfo Celletti, Martina Franca, Puglia, Italy

2016

Bachelor’s degree in Opera singing at the G. B. Martini Conservatorio in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

2012

Ancient Music studies at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Formazione, Florence, Italy

Academic Achievements

2018

Awarded the Lions Club Scholarship at the Accademia del Belcanto Rodolfo Celletti, Martina Franca, Puglia, Italy

2016

Graduated with full marks of 110/110 from the G. B. Martini Conservatorio in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

2007

Awarded the Franco Schiavione Memorial Scholarship to further Italian Studies

Operatic Roles Performed

2024

L’altro Giacomo (Soloist Soprano), Co production of Renato Raimo and the Puccini Festival, Basilicata, Italy and during the coming year, on tour in Europe

2023

L’altro Giacomo (Soloist Soprano), Co production of Renato Raimo and the Puccini Festival, San Severo, Puglia, Italy

La Sconfitta di Borea (Eurilla), Teatro Verdi, Pisa, Italy, March

2022

La Sconfitta di Borea (Eurilla), Giugno Pisano, Giardino Scotto, Italy, June

La Traviata, (Violetta), Livorno Fortress, Opera Florence, Italy, May

Orfeo (Euridice), Camerata di Prato, Teatro Politeama, Prato, Italy, May

2021/22

L’altro Giacomo (Soloist Soprano), Co production of Renato Raimo and the Puccini Festival, Tour of Tuscany, Italy

2021

Le Dernier Sorcier, (The Queen), Festival della Valle d’Itria, Italy, Little Opera Fest and Museg Festival Segovia, Spain, July

2020

Orfeo (Euridice), Camerata di Prato, Italy, May (postponed due to COVID19)

2019

Otello (Desdemona), Australian Touring Opera, March

2018

Il Trionfo dell’onore (Riccardo), Festival della Valle d’Itria, Italy, July

2017

Un ballo in maschera (Amelia), Camerata d’Aria Bologna, Italy, June

2016

Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), Teatri di Piacenza with ‘Nel pozzo del giardino’, Emilia Romagna, Italy, March

2015

Nabucco (Abigaille), Teatri di Piacenza with ‘Nel pozzo del giardino’, Italy, December

Suor Angelica (La Zelatrice), Conservatorio G.B Martini, Bologna, Italy, July

Operatic Roles Studied

Don Giovanni (Donna Anna)

Die Zauberflöte (The Queen of the night)

Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira)

Performance Experience

2024

Voci di Donne, Lettere a Mascagni, Progetto Airone, Teatro Goldoni, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

Concert for San Biagio, EstrOrchestra, Teatro Comunale of Pietrasanta, Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy

2023

Gran Galà for Carnevale, Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra, Teatro del Giglio, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Tre Emme 30th Anniversary Concert, Accademia Navale, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

Puccini e la Sua Lucca Festival, Soloist, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

2022

Una Voce per L’Ucraina, Teatro Goldoni, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

Puccini e la Sua Lucca Festival, Soloist, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Violetta,Mimi e le altre, Amadeo Modigliani Orchestra, Siena,Giglio Island, Piombino and Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

Concert with the Scots Guard, Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra, Buckingham Palace, London, UK

New years Concert, Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra, Teatro del Giglio, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

2021

Opera al Lago Gala Concert with the Amadeo Modigliani Orchestra, Soloist, Tuscany, Italy

Puccini e la Sua Lucca Festival, Soloist, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Mascagni in Love, Soloist, MascagniOff at the Mascangi Festival, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

Opera Concert, Soloist, Livorno Music Festival, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

Opera Forever, Violetta in La Traviata (concert version), Museo Piaggio, Tuscany, Italy

Musical Dreams, Soloist in Musical Theatre concert, Museo Piaggio, Tuscany, Italy

2020

Liricamente, Soloist, Festival Effetto Venezia, Tuscany, Italy

Puccini e la Sua Lucca Festival, Soloist, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

2019

Puccini Vs Mascgani, Soloist, Museo Piaggio, Tuscany, Italy

International Music Festival of Sartène, Soloist, Corsica

International Festival di Nervi, Soloist, Genova, Liguria, Italy

Wagner Association of Milano, Soloist, Amici del Loggione della Scala, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Opera Danza Festival, Soloist, Teatro Carcano, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Dal Cremlino alla Madonnina, concert of Russian Repertoire with Stravinsky Russkie Motivi, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

2018

In Terra Pax Op. 39 by Finzi (The Angel) Camerata Strumentale Città di Prato, Prato, Tuscany, Italy

A Night at the Opera, Concert for the Giacomo Puccini Foundation and the Teatro il Giglio, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Liederabend, Soloist, Festival della Valle d’Itraia, Martina Franca, Puglia, Italy

5 Mélodies populaires grecques, Ravel, Fondazione Paolo Grassi, Martina Franca, Puglia, Italy

 2017

7 Shakespeare songs, Madeline Dring, Villa Favard Conservatorio Cherubini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Messa Cantata Antico-Contemporanea, Saverio Lanzo, Florence and Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy

2016

Nuovi Voci per la Lirica, Soloist, Prato Lirica, Prato, Tuscany, Italy

2015

Laborintus II, Luciano Berio, State Theatre of Bologna, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

2012

I Vespri della Beata Vergine, Monteverdi, Teatro La Pergola, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

From Opera to Broadway, Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Soloist, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Languages

Italian (Fluent) Portuguese (Fluent) Spanish A2, Russian A1, German Diction and French Diction courses held at the Conservatorio G.B Martini. 

Awards and Competition Placements

2024

International Opera Competition Voci Mascagnane, Livorno, Finalist

Umberto Borsò Competition, Castelfiorentino, Special Prize Centro Studi Musicali Ferruccio Busoni

2021

Premio Lirico Umberto Giordano, 1st place and special priza Opera in Roma

2020

Città di Roma Caput Mundi International Opera Competition, 2nd place and Special prize for Taranto Opera Festival

2019

Ottavio Ziino Opera Competition, Semi-finalist

2018

Limestone Coast Opera Competition, Encouragement award

Riviera Etrusca Competition G. Masini, 3rd Prize

Opera Competition Uzzano, Finalist

2017

Wagner Assosication of Milan Bayreuth Stipendium, Winner

Zandonai Opera Competition, Finalist

Belvedere Competition, Qualified for final rounds

Mt. Fuji International Competition, Qualified for final rounds

Alfredo Kraus International Competition, Semi-Finalist

2016

International Singing Competition Silver Ferruccio Busoni, Winner of the Speical Prize

Iva Pacetti Prize, Prato, Winner

International Singing Competition Federico II, Andria, Winner of the Turandot and Musikos Prize

O.M.E.G.A singing competition, Florence, Finalist