Dimitra Theodossiou makes headlines in The Times's culture pages

The Art and Entertainment section in today’s Times of Malta reports extensively on Teatru Astra’s engagement of Dimitra Theodossiou for Norma.  The feature is carried also on the online portal of the news paper.

Ms Theodossiou is a world-class soprano who will be singing for the first time in Malta. Besides the difficult title role in Bellini’s opera, her wide operatic repertoire includes several other title roles including those in Verdi’s Aida and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Anna Bolena and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as other demanding roles, especially in Verdi’s operas, such as that of Violetta in La Traviata, Odabella in Attila, Gisela in I Lombardi, Elisabetta in Don Carlo and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and the Puccini staple fare such as Mimì in La Bohème and others. She performs regularly at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, in several other opera houses in Italy especially in Rome, Verona and Naples, as well as in her home city Athens, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Tokyo, St Petersburg, Munich, Madrid, Monte Carlo, Sao Paolo, Japan and Seoul among others.

Norma will be held at Teatru Astra on October 27 and October 29. More information may be obtained by calling 2155 0985 or 79256897, online: mediterranea.com.mt or by e-mail to [email protected] .