Lydia Caruana

Lydia Caruana was born in Malta, and initially studied music at the Johann Strauss School of Music in Valletta. She later furthered her studies in singing with the Maltese soprano Antoinette Miggiani and took master classes in Vienna with the Armenian-Austrian soprano, Sona Ghazarian. She made her operatic debut as Musetta in La bohème at the Teatru Manoel in Valletta in 1995.MaltaMedia News, [https://archive.today/20121209174502/http://www.maltamedia.com/artman2/publish/music/article_6240.shtml Lyrical concert to feature Lydia Caruana], 10 May 2008. Accessed 6 February 2009.

Amongst the roles she has performed in Italy and Malta are the title role in Suor Angelica,MaltaMedia News (10 May 2008) Mimi in La bohème,Leone Philharmonic Society (A.D. 1863), [http://www.leone.org.mt/news.asp?ArchiveID=1285264061+Caruana Tomorrow’s La Boheme will mark Lydia Caruana’s first appearance on a Gozitan operatic stage]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}, 10 October 2008. Accessed 6 February 2009. Norina in Don Pasquale,di-ve.com, [http://www.di-ve.com/Default.aspx?ID=72&PID=241&NewsID=51291&Action=1 Lydia Caruana in Concert] 9 May 2008. Accessed 6 February 2009 Elvira in Don Giovanni and Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus. She has also sung in rarely performed operas such as Nicolo Isouard’s Jeannot et Colin (as Thérèse) and Carmelo Pace's I martiri (as Graziella). While she retains her interest in performing and creating roles which are not in the standard operatic repertoire, she continues to perform in Italian opera, as in her concerts with the Berwald Symphony Orchestra of Stockholm conducted by Manfred Honeck and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Olivieri Monroe.

Caruana has sung in major concert halls across Europe such as the Musikverein in Vienna, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Theatre of the Estates in Prague and Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna. In 2005, concert tours with the Belarusian State Symphony Orchestra took her to 16 German cities. She also sang in the Das Neue Europa Festival in Ingolstadt accompanied by the Georgian Chamber Orchestra. During 2006 she presented a Mozart programme in the final concert of the Valletta International Sacred Music Festival, a programme which she also performed in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. In 2007 Caruana partnered, on different occasions, José Carreras and Andrea Bocelli in MaltaBusuttil, Bernard, [http://www.independent.com.mt/news2.asp?artid=46882 'A great honour to have José Carreras singing in Malta' – Tourism Minister] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218041018/http://www.independent.com.mt/news2.asp?artid=46882 |date=2012-02-18 }}, The Malta Independent, 24 February 2007. Accessed 6 February 2009. and Joseph Calleja in Regensburg for the Rathaus concert series.The Malta Independent, [http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=54025 Lydia Caruana furthers already prolific career] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218041026/http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=54025 |date=2012-02-18 }}, 8 July 2007. Accessed 6 February 2009.

Lydia Caruana is also an active recitalist, with a repertoire ranging from Haydn and Liszt to de Falla. In 2006, she gave a series of recitals in Vienna and Malta with pianist Paul Gulda, with whom she also recorded a CD of Mediterranean songs.The Malta Independent, [http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=55247 Lydia Caruana is Bailey’s Woman of the Year 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218041035/http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=55247 |date=2012-02-18 }}, 2 August 2007. Accessed 6 February 2009. In 2008, she recorded a programme of Maltese composers, and their European contemporaries for the Austrian broadcasting company ORF in Vienna.ORF, [http://radiokulturhaus.orf.at/highlights/122207.html RadioKulturhaus Highlights], September 2008. Accessed 6 February 2009.

• Mediterranean Melodies - Lydia Caruana (soprano) and Paul Gulda (piano), 2007. Label: Gramola.

• La Bohème (Mimi) - Aurora Opera House, Victoria, Malta
• Malta Felice! - ORF Radiokulturhaus, Vienna
• Malta Felice! - Salzkammergut Festwochen, Gmunden Festwochen Schloss Roith, Gmunden
• Lydia Caruana in Concert - Mediterranean Centre, Valletta.
• Celebrity Recital of Czech and Maltese Composers - Phoenicia Concert Hall, Valletta

• Concert with José Carreras - Malta Philharmonic Orchestra; St George's Square, Valletta
• Concerto del soprano Lydia Caruana - Accademia di Bologna, Bologna
• Rathauskonzerte Series 2007 - Rathaus, Regensburg
• Love is in the Air - Presidential Palace, Valletta
• 20th Century Music from Malta - Estates Theatre, Prague
• Sterling Opera Recital' - Phoenicia Concert Hall, Valletta

• Concert with Andrea Bocelli - Malta Convention Centre
• International Opera Gala - National Concert Hall, Dublin and City Hall, CorkNewman, David, [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/november-sees-two-nights-of-opera-in-cork-and-the-capital-136082.html November sees two nights of opera in Cork and the Capital], The Irish Independent, 22 October 2006. Accessed 6 February 2009
• A Celebration of Mediterranean Arias - Bösendorfer-Saal, ViennaMalta International Airport, [http://www.maltairport.com/page.asp?n=newsdetails&i=2603 Press release: MIA Concert to Open Manoel Theatre Season] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101071435/http://maltairport.com//page.asp?n=newsdetails&i=2603 |date=2010-01-01 }}, 20 September 2006. Accessed 6 February 2009.
• Opera Gala Concert - Badner Stadttheatre Orchestra; Teatru Manoel, Valletta
• A Celebration of Mediterranean Arias - Teatru Manoel, Valletta
• Finale Concert - International Sacred Music Festival; Vienna-Malta Baroque Ensemble; St John's Cathedral, Valletta
• Semper Europa Nostra - concert; Auberge d’Aragon, Valletta

• An Evening of Romantic Arias - St. Finbarr's Cathedral, Cork
• Nations in Dialogue - concert; Palazzo Parisio, Valletta
• Concert with Soloists of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra - Teatru Manoel, Valletta
• Das Neue Europa - concert, Stadttheater, Ingolstadt
• 16 city concert tour - Wiener Johann Strauss Philharmonie of Belarus

• Don Giovanni (Elvira) - Teatru Manoel, Valletta
• Crossroads of Civilisations - United Nations Concert; WIPO, GenevaUniversity of Malta, [http://www.um.edu.mt/pressreleases/2001/uomatgeneva.html Press release], 5 December 2001. Accessed 6 February 2009.
• Mozart Concert in St Giles, Edinburgh, ScotlandDepartment of Information - Government of Malta, [http://www.doi.gov.mt/en/press_releases/1999/08/pr1254.asp Malta's first ever participation in the Edinburgh Arts Festival], 13 August 1999. Accessed 6 February 2009.
• Don Pasquale (Norina) - new production; Teatro Petrarca, Arezzo; Teatro di Valdarno, Valdarno; Teatru Manoel, Valletta
• La bohème (Musetta) - Teatru Manoel, Valletta
• I martiri (Graziella) - Teatru Manoel, Valletta
• Die Fledermaus (Rosalinde) - Teatru Manoel, Valletta
• Puccini Gala Night - Teatru Manoel, Valletta
• Stabat Mater - Commemoration Concert; Teatru Manoel, Valletta
• Jeannot et Colin (Thèrése) - Teatru Manoel, Valletta

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