Kismara Pezzati
mezzo-soprano
(...) Flosshilde of the rich-voiced Brazilian contralto Kismara Pessatti being especially memorable."
Graham Williams, HRAudio.net
Das Rheingold, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
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BIO
With a solid international career, the opera singer Kismara Pezzati has performed under the baton of great conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Lorin Maazel, Nello Santi, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Marek Janowski, Vladimir Jurowski, Kirill Petrenko, François Xavier-Roth, Luiz Fernando Malheiro, Markus Stenz, Helmuth Rilling, Thomás Adès, Ligia Amadio, and Priscila Bonfim.
Her extensive repertoire spans works from the 12th century to world premieres of the 21st century, whether in opera or symphonic and chamber concert repertoire, leading her to perform in various countries such as Portugal, Switzerland, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Uruguay, France, Venezuela, Italy, Bolivia, the Netherlands, England, Luxembourg, and Spain. She has collaborated with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, and Montevideo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Among the main stages where she has performed, noteworthy are the Berliner Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Royal Festival Hall London, Bunkamura Orchard Hall Tokyo, Cologne Opera, Zurich Opera, Amazonas Opera Festival, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, São Paulo Municipal Theater, Tonhalle Zurich, Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater, La Fenice Theater Venice, Theatro São Pedro (SP), Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Palácio das Artes, Konzerthaus Berlin, Philharmonie de Paris, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Solís Theater.
There are numerous records of her career, totaling nine CDs and six DVDs of concerts and operatic productions. Among them, her solo CD Hildegard Now & Then, in partnership with Silvia Berg, stands out, as well as the live broadcast on Dutch television and live recording from the Concertgebouw Amsterdam during the broadcast of Karl A. Hartmann's 1st Symphony.
After 25 years based in Europe, Kismara returns to Brazil to lead the Opera Academy of Theatro São Pedro at EMESP. As a researcher, she has presented at important conferences such as the International Symposium of Performance Science (ISPS) of the Royal College of Music in London, this year held in Shanghai, where Kismara presented the first results of her doctoral research at ECA-USP on vocal pedagogy with works by Hildegard von Bingen.
As a solo singer, she performed at the Solís Theater in Montevideo, where she brought Zita from Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) to life; in the world premiere of Young King by Lucas Galón, a partnership between USP Ribeirão Preto and the Alma Institute; with the OSBA under the baton of Carlos Prazeres with a Bach repertoire; and in Hamburg, Germany, she was a soloist in El Amor Brujo by Manuel De Falla. Her show FEMINA premiered at Theatro São Pedro in São Paulo and later was part of the Juiz de Fora Festival in 2025, where the singer also performed at the festival's closing concert.
The multidisciplinary artist is the author of poems used for song cycles and librettos, as well as the scriptwriter of two shows, Feminino Céu e Terra and FEMINA, both related to the theme of the Feminine.