Marina Comparato, the voice of Umbria

With her mezzo-soprano voice she enchanted Italian theaters and beyond. Marina Comparato, opera singer that comes from Perugia, has been living in Florence for some time, but takes Umbria into her heart.

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You live in Florence, what is your relationship with Perugia and Umbria?
I was born in Perugia and lived there until I was 19 years old, when I moved to Florence to study and then to work, but I feel so linked with Umbria, because my family lives there. I have an emotional and a obviously familiar bond.

Do you think this region in your artistic field is well exploited?
It has so many cultural initiatives linked to theater and music, but the world of the opera, my world, is almost absent. This is a sore note for me. Perugia is perhaps the only Italian capital to have no opera season. There is only the Agostino Belli theater in Spoleto that rely on this art. The audience is interested into and you can see it in the rare shows, but it the political interest that lacks.

How could it be done?
In many regions, I think of Tuscany, Emilia Romagna and Marche, all the small theaters associate and give life to very interesting opera realities. In Perugia there are Gli Amici della Lirica who organize meetings and events, but they are forced to go outside the region to see operas. It would need a real intervention by politics, but for now, they are not interested into this field.

You left your city due to career. Have you ever repented?
I was forced into leave, because I wanted to do this job. But I always miss home and go back whenever I can. But I must say that I have never regretted the choice I made.

Have you ever been adviced of the Umbrian stereotype of being narrow-minded?
No, I am not, because I was educated to be open-minded. But I have to admit that Perugia is a closed city to those who are not born there or to those who do not live there. Sometimes I feel a little cut off because I have not been living there for a long time. This closeness is an historical feature of Perugia: people had always been prickly and closed. The city itself has two city walls that defend it and the opening has certainly not been encouraged by public transport. Just think of the railway lines that make Umbria even more isolated.

Three words to describe Umbria…
Green, gloomy and strange.

The first thing that comes to mind thinking about this region…
Saint Francis and his travels. He started out from a small region and came across the world.

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