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AUDITORIUM SANTA CROCE AL TEMPIO

EX ORATORIO DI SANTA MARIA VERGINE DELLA CROCE AL TEMPIO

A Historic Sanctuary of Sound

Oratory of Santa Maria Vergine della Croce al Tempio – Florence, Italy

Nestled just around the corner from Piazza Santa Croce, our concert venue is more than just a beautiful setting — it’s a place where centuries of history and culture come together in harmony.

Originally founded in 1347, the Oratory of Santa Maria della Croce al Tempio served as the spiritual home of a brotherhood devoted to comforting those condemned to death. This stretch of road was once known as via de’ Malcontenti — the “Street of the Discontented” — a haunting reminder of Florence’s past.

The oratory stands on the site of a former Templar hospital, and thanks to a generous legacy from Simone di Buonarrota — an ancestor of Michelangelo — the building was expanded and embellished in the 15th century. A marble plaque, written by Michelangelo the Younger in 1633, still commemorates this powerful connection.

After a long period of abandonment, the oratory was restored in the early 20th century and is now an intimate, atmospheric space open once again to the public — this time through the universal language of music.

Today, it hosts a vibrant program of classical & opera concerts and cultural events, offering audiences a rare chance to experience live music in a setting that feels both timeless and deeply Florentine.

Step into the past. Listen in the present.
Experience music where history still breathes.

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Neapolitan song - O sole mio - Soprano, mandolin and piano

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MAIN ARTISTS

LAURA ANDREINI

Soprano

Laura Andreini, in the career as soprano for more than fifteen years, studied with Luciana Serra in Switzerland, attended the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino training course and the Opera studio verista of the Goldoni Theatre in Livorno; graduated as a pianist at the Liceo Classico Musicale F. Petrarca in Arezzo, attended the Singing course at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in Holland and then completed her studies with top marks at the Istituto di Alta Formazione Musicale R. Franci in Siena in 2010.

Winner of the second prize and the Movimento Classical recording award at the 1st Claudio Desderi International Opera Competition, she has performed as a soloist in Italy and around the world: Teatro Verdi (Pisa), Teatro Sociale (Como), Teatro Goldoni (Livorno), Festival delle Nazioni (Umbria), Teatro Comunale L. Pavarotti (Modena), in America (Carnegie Hall in New York, The Cell Theater in New York, Fresno in California, New Britain and Hartford in Connecticut), Russia, Norway, Belgium, Slovenia), Turkey, Mexico, Austria, Switzerland, South Africa, Serbia, Spain, Hungary and with prestigious Orchestras such as Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra da camera Fiorentina, the Calabria Symphony Orchestra, the State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, the Regional Orchestra of Tuscany, the Alicante Symphony Orchestra and in the following roles of opera: Despina, Cosi fan tutti by W. A. Mozart; Doralice, The triumph of honor by A. Scarlatti; Adina, L’Elisir d'amore by G. Donizetti; Gilda, Rigoletto by G. Verdi; Violetta, La Traviata by G. Verdi; Rosina, The Barber of Seville by G. Rossini; Micaela, Carmen by G. Bizet; Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi by G. Puccini; Musetta, La Bohéme by G. Puccini; Donna Anna, Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart.

In 2014 she founded the Accademia del Buon Talento of which she is president, with which she organizes opera and classical music concerts throughout the year in Tuscany and in 2025 founded the permanent festival Matinée Experience.

She has recorded for Bongiovanni, Brilliant classics and DaVinci Publishing and since 2018 she has officially been the solo soprano of the Cappella Musicale of the Cathedral in Florence directed by Michele Manganelli.

Since 2022 she has been singing in the Ensemble Il Canto di Orfeo founded by Gianluca Capuano and directed by Jacopo Facchini, performing in the choruses of operas and as a soloist of C. Monteverdi, C. W. Gluck, F. J. Haydn and W. A. Mozart in the most renowned Theatres and Festivals in Europe and with which she also performed as a soloist in 2024 and 2025 on the stage of the prestigious Salzburger Festspiele in Salzburg in the role of Marcellina in an extract from The Marriage of Figaro by W. A. Mozart and in the Vivaldi opéra pastiche Hotel Metamorphisis alongside Cecilia Bartoli, the Orchestra Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco and the conductor Gianluca Capuano with whom in December 2025 she debuted in the role of Amore in the opera Orfeo ed Euridice by C. W. Gluck at the Müpa Theatre in Budapest with Cecilia Bartoli in the role of Orpheus.

MARTINA BARRECA

Soprano

Martina Barreca graduated with top honors (summa cum laude) in Foreign Languages and Literatures. She began her vocal studies with Patrizia Morandini and subsequently continued her training with Susanna Rigacci, Marina Comparato, and currently Massimo Cavalletti.

She has attended masterclasses in bel canto with Mara Zampieri, Montserrat Caballé, Roberto De Candia, and Patrizia Cigna. Since 2016, she has specialized in Baroque repertoire through advanced workshops led by Federico Maria Sardelli, Sonia Prina, Rossana Bertini, Alessandro Quarta, Pedro Memelsdorff, Pino De Vittorio (recipient of a scholarship from the Fondazione Cini), and Gemma Bertagnolli (recipient of a scholarship from the Accademia Vivaldi).

She is the winner of the European Baroque Competition and the Mimas Competition in Procida, was awarded Third Prize at the “Caffarelli” Competition in Bitonto, and was a finalist at the Cavalli Monteverdi Competition in Cremona.

In 2016, she was selected for the role of Cardella in Pergolesi’s opera studio production *Lo Frate ’nnamorato* at Guardiagrele Opera, conducted by Maurizio Colasanti and directed by Enzo Decaro.

In 2018, she made her debut at the Teatro Verdi di Pisa in the title roles of Sellitti’s *La Vedova Ingegnosa* and Pergolesi’s *Il Maestro di Musica*, presented as the *Dittico Buffo Napoletano*, with Orchestra Auser Musici conducted by Carlo Ipata and directed by Marco Castagnoli.

Her operatic roles include: First Witch (*Dido and Aeneas* by Purcell), Piacere (*Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno* by Handel), Imeneo (*La Gloria e Imeneo* by Vivaldi), Livietta (*Livietta e Tracollo* by Pergolesi), La Musica (*L’Orfeo* by Monteverdi), Fortuna, Drusilla and Venere (*L’Incoronazione di Poppea* by Monteverdi), Serpina (*La Serva Padrona* by Pergolesi), Testo (*Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda* by Monteverdi), Zeffiro (*Il Nascimento dell’Aurora* by Albinoni), Dorina (*L’Impresario delle Canarie* by Sarro), Euridice (*Orfeo ed Euridice* by Gluck), Pamina, First Lady and Second Lady (*Die Zauberflöte* by Mozart), Zerlina (*Don Giovanni*), Susanna (*Le Nozze di Figaro*), Despina (*Così fan tutte*), Bastienne and Bastien (*Bastien und Bastienne*), Rita (*Rita* by Donizetti), Giannetta (*L’Elisir d’Amore* by Donizetti), Rosina and Berta (*Il Barbiere di Siviglia* by Rossini), Micaëla (*Carmen* by Bizet), Lauretta (*Gianni Schicchi* by Puccini), and Musetta (*La Bohème* by Puccini).

She has performed at major theatres and festivals including Teatro Verdi di Pisa, Teatro Goldoni di Livorno, Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Festival Puccini, Politeama Rossetti in Trieste, Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, and the Tartini Veneto Festival. She has collaborated with orchestras such as I Solisti Veneti (conducted by Giuliano Carella), Cremona Antiqua (Antonio Greco), Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese (Maurizio Colasanti), Orchestra Auser Musici (Carlo Ipata), and Ensemble Etruria Barocca (Dimitri Betti), as well as directors including Enzo Decaro, Aldo Tarabella, Cesare Scarton, Daniele Piscopo, and Marco Castagnoli.

As a soloist, she has performed in numerous sacred works and oratorios, including Carissimi’s *Jephte*, Delalande’s *Leçons des Ténèbres*, Buxtehude’s *Membra Jesu Nostri*, Vivaldi’s *Gloria*, *Dixit Dominus*, *Magnificat*, and *Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera*, Bach’s Cantata *Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben* BWV 147 and *Johannes-Passion*, Handel’s *Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno*, *Utrecht Te Deum*, *Dixit Dominus*, and *Messiah*, Pergolesi’s *Stabat Mater*, Mozart’s *Exsultate Jubilate*, *Coronation Mass* and *Requiem*, Gounod’s *Messe à deux voix égales*, Franck’s *The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross*, Saint-Saëns’ *Oratorio de Noël*, Fauré’s *Requiem*, and Rutter’s *Magnificat*.

Her chamber music, ballet, and song repertoire includes Rossini’s *Le Serate Musicali*, Stravinsky’s *Pulcinella*, Beethoven’s *Irish and Scottish Songs*, Schubert’s *Winterreise*, Berg’s *Sieben frühe Lieder*, Spohr’s *Sechs Deutsche Lieder*, Respighi’s *Cinque Liriche da Camera*, Santoliquido’s *I Canti della Sera*, and Dominick Argento’s *Six Elizabethan Songs*.

CATERINA IORA

Soprano

Caterina Iora graduated in Opera Singing at the
Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan under the
guidance of Margaret Hayward. She later earned her
degree with highest honors under the direction of
Luciano Pavarotti and further refined her technique with
Luciana Serra and Dante Mazzola in the classical and
romantic repertoire, as well as with Roberta Invernizzi in
early music.
She has collaborated with prestigious ensembles such as
I Barocchisti, I Cameristi del Teatro alla Scala, the Ghislieri
Choir & Orchestra, La Barocca, Canto di Orfeo, Ensemble
Zefiro, Cappella Mauriziana, Monteverdi Choir of
Cremona, and the Solisti della Svizzera Italiana,
performing under renowned conductors including
Giovanni Antonini, Ottavio Dantone, Diego Fasolis,
Gianluca Capuano, Giulio Prandi, Federico Maria Sardelli,
Alessandro De Marchi, Luca Guglielmi, Ruben Jais,
Alfredo Bernardini, and Marco Mencoboni.
She has appeared on major stages in Italy and across
Europe, including the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the
Berliner Philharmonie, the Philharmonie de Paris, Teatro
alla Scala (Milan), the Salzburg Festival, MiTo Settembre
Musica, Festival della Valle d’Itria (Martina Franca),
LaVerdi Barocca (Milan), the Malta Baroque Festival,
Festival de La Chaise-Dieu, the Pergolesi Festival (Jesi),
Roma Festival Barocco, Festival d’Ambronay, Utrecht
Early Music Festival, Göttingen International Handel
Festival, Opéra de Lyon, Antwerpen Singel Festival, and
the Zagreb Festival.
Before devoting herself primarily to early music, she
performed with leading Italian opera houses, including
Teatro alla Scala (Milan), Teatro Regio (Turin), Teatro
Regio (Parma), and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
She has recorded for prestigious labels such as Deutsche
Harmonia Mundi, with the Ghislieri Choir & Consort, and
Erato, with I Barocchisti—performing solo arias on the
acclaimed CD La storia di Orfeo alongside Philippe
Jaroussky.

MAURIZIO MARCHINI

Tenor

Over the course of his career, Maurizio Marchini has had the privilege of performing
in numerous concerts and opera productions, both in Italy and
abroad. Among his most recent appearances are Rossini’s Stabat
Mater, performed on May 19, 2023, with the Symphony Orchestra
Il Mosaico at the Church of S. Stefano degli Agostiniani in Empoli,
and the concert Sotto ’o Vesuvio, an homage to the Neapolitan
song tradition, given on April 28, 2023, also with Il Mosaico
Orchestra at the Teatro “Il Momento” in Empoli.
On July 31, 2022, he gave a private concert for Kelly Brook and
Jeremy Parisi, while on September 6, 2020, he was the testimonial
for Heineken’s promotional campaign during the Formula 1 Grand
Prix in Monza, where he sang the Italian national anthem.
During the pandemic, he continued to share music with the public:
on July 30, 2020, he gave an online concert via Zoom for St. John’s
Hospital in Limerick (Ireland), and on March 13, 2020, he
performed a live rendition of Nessun Dorma from his balcony
during the Italian lockdown—a performance that quickly went
viral across major social networks.
Among his exclusive concerts are performances for John Legend
and Christine Teigen (June 8, 2019) and for Leona Lewis and
Dennis Jauch (July 27, 2019).
In the operatic repertoire, he has debuted in several leading roles:
the Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto (October 6, 2018) and
Count Almaviva in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia (May 19, 2018),
both at St. Mark’s Opera in Florence. He has also appeared as
Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (September 7, 2013), Don Ottavio
in Don Giovanni and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte (both in May
2012), Don José in Carmen (December 2009), Rodolfo in La
Bohème (October 2008), and Alfredo in La Traviata (April 2008).
He has also been active as a chorister with the Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino, taking part in productions such as Aida (2011),
Carmina Burana (2013), and Verdi’s Don Carlo under the baton of
Maestro Zubin Mehta.
In May 2015, he took part in the world premiere of the opera
Vanità di Vanità, dedicated to Saint Philip Neri, at the Teatro della
Pergola in Florence. He has also participated in several
international tours, including concerts in South Africa at the
Brooklyn Theatre in Pretoria (2015 and 2016) and a private
performance in Pretoria in 2017.
In 2004 and 2005, he sang as first tenor with the Coro Lirico
Marchigiano “V. Bellini” for the summer opera season at the
Teatro Sferisterio in Macerata. During the same period, he also
performed in a charity concert for UNICEF with the trio Classic
Ensemble in Florence.

ELEONORA LUCCI

Flautist

Eleonora Lucci was born in Arezzo, Italy, in 1997. She began studying the flute at the age of fourteen under the guidance of Maestro Stefano Fanticelli at the *Francesco Petrarca* Music High School in Arezzo. She continued her studies at the *Pietro Mascagni* Institute of Higher Musical Studies in Livorno with Maestro Stefano Agostini, graduating with highest honors in 2020 and obtaining her Master's Degree in 2022 with highest honors and distinction.

During her studies, she performed with the Institute’s orchestra, also serving as principal flute, and collaborated with the Orchestra of the University of Pisa. She has attended masterclasses with internationally renowned flautists including Andrea Oliva, Claudia Bucchini, Francesco Loi, Chiara Tonelli, Silvia Careddu, Matteo Evangelisti, Luciano Tristaino, Federica Lotti, and Francesco Viola.

She is active both as a soloist and chamber musician. She has performed at the Livorno Music Festival and at the *Pietro Nardini* and *Suoni Inauditi* festivals organized by the *P. Mascagni* Institute. For the *Accademia del Buon Talento* in Figline Valdarno, she has appeared in duo recitals with pianists Elena Giachi and Giada Di Febo, as well as with guitarist Michelangelo Salvini.

In 2021, she attended the Hooghent School in Ghent, Belgium, studying with flautists Karin de Fleyt and Myriam Graulus. In August 2022, she participated in the 65th International Summer Academy of Nice as an active student in the class of Vincent Lucas, Principal Flute of the Orchestre de Paris.

Together with pianist Samuele Amidei, she has performed at the Oratorio di Santa Cecilia in Bologna and Borgo Mocale in Castelfranco Piandiscò (Arezzo). With pianist Aglaia Tarantino, she has appeared at CaMu – Casa della Musica in Arezzo and in the prestigious Sala del Coro of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

She is currently enrolled in the Advanced Training Programme at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, studying with Silvia Careddu, Claudia Bucchini, and Chiara Tonelli.

Eleonora Lucci teaches flute at the *Le 7 Note* Music School in Arezzo and, since 2023, has also held the same position at the *G. Marconi* Comprehensive School in San Giovanni Valdarno. She additionally offers annual flute courses through the *Accademia del Buon Talento*.

In 2024, she was awarded the *A. Ciampi Scholarship* at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. She is also the recipient of two First Prizes at the 7th International Competition *Città di Torgiano* (Perugia) in the Chamber Music category: one in duo with pianist Francesca Rivellino and one in trio with flautist Sara Chionne and pianist Aglaia Tarantino, receiving scores of 98/100 and 99/100 respectively.

LAVINIA BERTULLI

Pianist

**Lavinia Bertulli** is currently studying with Benedetto Lupo in the Advanced Piano Programme of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

She graduated at the age of sixteen under the guidance of Giovanna Prestia and furthered her musical education at the IPA Eindhoven and the Accademia Pianistica di Imola with André Gallo. She subsequently studied for three years with Andrea Lucchesini at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, where she earned her Advanced Diploma.

During her artistic career, she has performed as a soloist with the Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali conducted by James Feddeck at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan, performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor. She has also appeared with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under the baton of Fabio Luisi in Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54.

She participated in the memorial concert *Musica per Cino* dedicated to Alfonso Ghedini, performing in trio with Giovanni Sollima at the Sala Petrassi of the Parco della Musica in Rome. She has taken part in several concerts broadcast by Rai Radio 3 as part of the *Lessico Schumann* series curated by Oreste Bossini at the Sala Casella of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, and has collaborated as a soloist with the Wunderkammer Youth Ensemble.

An active chamber musician, she has performed alongside distinguished artists including Enrico Bronzi and Silvia Chiesa.

Winner of the **Alkan Prize for Piano Virtuosity**, she was awarded the opportunity to record a CD alongside pianist Vincenzo Maltempo.

In 2018, she received a scholarship from the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Italian Embassy in Russia, enabling her to study at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with Maxim Filippov.

During her studies at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence, she was selected on several occasions to represent the institution, performing as soloist with orchestra in Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, Op. 56.

Her awards include the **Silio Taddei Scholarship** for the best graduate among the Conservatories of Tuscany, a scholarship awarded for Fourth Prize at the prestigious **Premio Venezia** for Italy’s top conservatory graduates at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, and First Absolute Prize at the **Rotary Club Montaperti Music Competition**, dedicated to the most outstanding students selected from the Tuscan conservatories.

She has performed in numerous prestigious venues, including the Teatro Studio at the Parco della Musica in Rome, Teatro Dal Verme in Milan, Teatro Civico di Oleggio, Casa Barezzi in Busseto, the Documentation Centre of the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the Vatican Museums, Teatro Sociale di Como, Villa Pignatelli in Naples, Lerici Castle, and Villa del Poggio Imperiale in Florence.

She has received prizes in numerous national and international competitions, including the **Premio Crescendo**, the **Pietro Iadeluca Competition**, the **Castel San Giovanni Competition**, and the **Maria Giubilei Prize**, through which she was awarded a scholarship to attend a course at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

She has also participated in masterclasses with renowned pianists and pedagogues such as Bruno Canino, Boris Petrushansky, Maxim Mogilevsky, and Vincenzo Maltempo.

ADAMO VOLPINI

Pianist

Adamo Volpini is an Italian pianist, born in Figline Valdarno on May 11, 1999, and currently living in Tuscany, in the province of Florence. On November 30, 2021, he obtained his
Bachelor’s Degree in Piano at the Rinaldo Franci
Conservatory in Siena, and on May 9, 2025, he completed his Master’s Degree in Piano at the same institution. During his studies, which began at the age of four, he worked
with numerous pianists, including Elena Giachi, Samuele Amidei, Cesare Castagnoli, Andrea Trovato, Ottavia Maceratini, Francesca Carola, and Marco Gaggini. He has
participated in several masterclasses at the Festival delle Musiche Savinese and the Accademia del Buon Talento, of which he became a member in 2024. He has taught piano at the middle schools of Montepulciano and Pienza, served as choir director for the Sich Choir of Siena, and, since 2025, has been a piano teacher at the ABT
Academy. His artistic interests extend beyond the solo repertoire: he has
also developed collaborations with singer Viola Bambini and cellist Elena Falcone.

FRANCESCO SANTINI

Pianist

Francesco Santini was born in Bibbiena (AR) on January 12, 2000. He began his musical studies at the age of 11 with the violin. In November 2015, he started studying piano under the guidance of Maestro Vito Venezia. In September 2016, he gave his first solo recital at the Dovizi Theater in Bibbiena, performing works by Chopin, Mozart, Clementi, Schumann, and Brahms.
Between 2019 and 2025, he studied at the L. Cherubini
Conservatory of Music in Florence with Fabrizio Lanzoni, graduating with highest honors and distinction. In 2021, he began advanced training with Maestro Samuele Amidei and, starting in 2023, he also pursued a master’s degree in advanced studies with Maestro Massimiliano Ferrati.
Since the same year, he has developed a fruitful collaboration with the Emanuele Muzio Youth Orchestra conducted by Maestro Tommaso Giannoni, with whom he has performed on several occasions. He also began working regularly in various chamber ensembles alongside Tommaso Giannoni,
Adamo Volpini, and Jacopo Scaccini.
In 2024, he won first prize at the 6th International
Performance Competition of Terni and the absolute first prize at the Scarperia Piano Competition.

JACOPO SCACCINI

Pianist

Kacopo Scaccini was born in Florence in 2001, he developed an interest in music from an early age and began studying piano with Emanuele Torquati. During these years, he participated in two editions of the *Centro dell’Arte Vito Frazzi* Competition, the *Ridolfi International Competition of the Versilia Riviera*, and a seminar on the music of György Kurtág organized by G.A.M.O.

He later continued his studies with Marta Bassetti, with whom he also embarked on the ABRSM certification programme. Under the guidance of Marco Gaggini, he obtained the ABRSM Grade 8 qualification and prepared for admission to the Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance.

He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance on 22 March 2024, presenting a programme that included works by J.S. Bach, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, and a solo piano version of George Gershwin’s *Rhapsody in Blue*. For this performance, he incorporated his own transcriptions and restorations of passages omitted from the 1924 published edition, drawing on the composer’s original piano roll.

He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Piano Performance under the guidance of Alessandra Ammara.

He has also participated in several piano festivals and events, including *Naturalmente Pianoforte* (2016, 2018, and 2022) and *Piano City Napoli* (2022).

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