Today we’d like to introduce you to Victoria Pitts
Hi Victoria, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I was born in 1991 in Brazil.
I was a kid, in Belém- a city in the North of the country next to the Amazon.
My mother used to sing for me. She used to do all the chores by singing and listening to the radio.
I’ve always been in love with music.
When my parents took me to the church with them, I was always looking at the singers.
I had a small piggy bank, so I started to save some coins to buy a guitar.
My father thought was just a child whim.
At the end of the year, I was able to buy an old guitar from my neighbor.
It was a warped and badly placed guitar. But I loved it and I learned to play with this ‘old friend’
I used to play and sing Brazilian songs.
I started to study music in a project in the suburbs of Belém where my aunt volunteered.
After a few years, I finally got into the conservatory Carlos Gomes.
I studied there from 2007- 2009 with Marcia Aliverti who was my mentor and convinced my parents that I should move from my city to have more opportunities.
in 2010 I moved to Curitiba, a city in the south of Brazil, where I started my bachelor of Music and was admitted to an Italian-Brazilian project, Luisa Giannini was the singer teacher and Alessandro Sangiorgi was the conductor.
They gave me a scholarship to come to Italy.
Now I have been living here in Italy for 13 years.
I’ve certainly had some tough times, many of them.
But I’m here, I survived and I’ve sung in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Oman, Bulgaria, Hungary, Turkey, China, Tunisie.
In thi moment I’ve been singing in a tournée in Lombardia Verdi’s Rigoletto.
That’s not bad for a little girl from the Amazon with few opportunities…
I still don’t have the career I would like. But deep down I couldn’t complain but only thank so many people, friends, and angels in my life.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
The Opera World it is not easy.
We are always judged by others in auditions. Many times the people who give us work have never studied singing and have no idea what we go through every day. It would be enough to have a little sensitivity.
We are constantly tested by directors or conductors who humiliate us in front of our colleagues during rehearsals.
We must always try to have a mental balance and physical health to handle the pressure.
It’s so hard. But I love to be on stage and to give a piece of my soul to the audience, for that reason I still do this job.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I’m an opera singer.
The voice is the most incredible instrument.
When we sing we give part of ourselves to strangers who maybe get emotional, they are touched by this sound.
Like Violetta’s says: It’s “Croce e delizia”
We are strong on stage, we sing without microphones, in many different languages, and we study hard to sing many 3-hour pieces of music and operas by heart in a language that is not yours.
But we are also extremely sensitive, and often fragile.
But that’s the beauty of the artist after all.
If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
I have always been a disciplined child.
I always wanted to know how to do everything.
If I had the chance I would be a dancer, I would speak 10 languages fluently.
I have always had a great passion for intelligent people who talk about everything, who read a lot, and who fascinate you through knowledge.
I have also always loved those I call complete artists who are singers, dancers, and actors. Who knows how to do a little bit of everything.
Contact Info:
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