Born in Harmony, New Jersey, soprano Deborah Berioli posseses a full, rich, velvety voice that soars in the upper registers.  Her great sense of musicality is distinctive and her ability to emote and communicate immediately warms the audience inviting them to share in the performance with her.  Her confidence as an actress has been described as compelling, dramatic, enveloping and melting, and as having raised the onstage temperature of many performances.

 

 Berioli’s performance of Amelia in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera was chosen as one of the years’ top ten best classical performances in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2005.  Of the performance was written:  “The Act II love duet between Berioli (as Amelia, the heroine) and Bengochea (as King Gustavus III, a doomed man) was over-the-top beautiful, emotive and nuanced in ways that audiences are unaccustomed to hearing in San José.” San José Mercury News, 2005

 

 Most recently Berioli made her debut in the title role in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with Opera San José in San José, California.  Her performances were hailed by critics as a touching, dramatic success.  She will perform the role again with the Stockton Opera Association in Stockton, California in January 2008.  Berioli was a resident artist with Opera San José from 2004 to 2006 and performed eight leading roles, including The Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, the title role in Puccini’s Tosca, Amelia in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, Mimi in Puccini’s  La Bohème and Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni.  On the concert stage, Berioli has performed in Carnegie Hall, Orchestra Hall with the Minnesota Orchestra, with Symphony Silicon Valley, Santa Cruz Symphony, Redwood Symphony, Venice Symphony, Charlotte Symphony and the acclaimed Mid-Summer Mozart Festival.

 

 Berioli was the first place winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council competition in the Upper Midwest District and the second place winner of the Upper Midwest Region in 1999.  Other operatic credits include performances with Minnesota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Sarasota Opera and the Metropolitan Opera Guild.  She is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Venice Performing Arts Series, located in Venice, Florida.