Marina Viotti and Alice Businaro / Béatrice Nani

Photo: Aline Fournier

"A personality in the truest sense of the word, an artist through and through, who is not afraid to bring together worlds that seem completely alien" (Nuances Magazine). After studying the flute, Marina Viotti tried her hand at jazz, gospel and heavy metal. With a degree in philosophy and literature, she then moved to Vienna and began opera singing with Heidi Brunner in 2011. In 2013, she joined Brigitte Balleys' class at the HEMU, where she graduated as a soloist. She then continued to work on her bel canto with Raul Gimenez in Barcelona. Marina was voted "Best Young Singer of the Year" at the 2019 International Opera Awards and has won numerous prizes at various competitions. Her major opera roles include, among others: Rosina (The Barber of Seville) at the Bolshoi Theatre and the Verona Arena; Mélibéa (Le Voyage à Reims) and Nicklausse / La Muse (The Tales of Hoffmann) at the Liceu in Barcelona; Rosina (The Barber of Seville), Maddalena (Rigoletto) at the Zurich Opera House, La Scala, the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich; Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro) and Dorabella (Così fan tutte) at the Berlin State Opera; Arsace (Semiramide) and Bradamante at the Lausanne Opera; La Périchole (Offenbach) and Cenerentola (Rossini) at the Théatre des Champs-Élysées. She first appeared as Carmen in Zurich in April 2024. Marina sings the alto solo part in several concerts, including Verdi's Requiem, Coronation Mass (Mozart), Kindertotenlieder (Mahler), Stabat Mater (Pergolesi), The Messiah (Handel), La petite messe solennelle (Rossini), El amor brujo (Manuel de Falla) with great conductors such as Barenboim, Lorenzo Viotti, Bertrand de Billy and Michel Corboz. With her varied and open programs - including "Porque existe otro querer" and "Love has no borders" - she has performed at numerous festivals in France, Spain and Germany, as well as in Brazil and Japan.

Photo: Alice Businaro/Béatrice Nani

Alice Businaro was born in 1998 and studied piano and opera singing at the Geneva Conservatory. Alongside her studies, she realized various projects, including the Cie Latartine and the Ensemble Thamyris. After completing her bachelor's degree in musicology and French literature, she continued her music studies in song accompaniment, opera singing and choral conducting at the Strasbourg Conservatory and worked as a song accompanist at the Strasbourg National Theatre. She then obtained her master's degree in song accompaniment at the HEMU in Lausanne in 2024. Alice is now an accompanist for various choirs in Vaud and regularly works with opera singers, for example as an accompanist for recitals and performances or as a coach. Béatrice Nani was born in Milan in 1989. After completing her master's degree in political science, she moved to Switzerland, where she obtained her master's degree in singing at the HEMU in Lausanne in 2014. She trained in theatre with the Ǫui-porte-quoi ensemble in Paris and then continued her training with Thierry Pillon, Jean-Yves Ruf and Shin Iglesias. In 2017, she made her debut at the Lausanne Opera, where she has since taken on important roles in operettas and comic operas. She recently took on the role of Carmen (Carmen, Bizet) on the Swiss tour, Mercédès (Carmen, Bizet) at the Pézenas Enchantée Festival, the Third Lady (The Magic Flute, Mozart) at the Opera of Lausanne and Dido (Dido and Aeneas, Purcell) at the Ouverture-Opéra Festival. She has staged several plays, including Mimi and the Blondies and La boîte à Musique, and recently wrote the cabaret La Cantatrice Empruntée, which she performed with Alice Businaro.