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