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studied advanced courses at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, after graduating as a piano
teacher at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid (Spain).
Ivonne Haza
(San Pedro de Macorís, 1938). Haza debuted in 1950 in the Luis Muñoz Rivera School Choir,
under the direction of Mario Carta, as the main figure in the opera
Ciottolino
by Luigi Ferrari. In Italy, she was
a student of Inge Schiele de Caggiano, and continued her studies at the Conservatory of the Accademia Nazi-
onale di Santa Cecilia under Elena Ambrosio and Ines Alfani Tellini.
Gladys Pérez
(Villa Vásquez, 19?). In 1981, Pérez received training in Italy for the teaching of singing with the
teacher Lillyanna Muscio Recchia. She was the first singing teacher to graduate from the National Conserva-
tory of Music.
Henry Ely
(Santiago de los Caballeros, 1939). In 1964 Ely traveled to Italy and prepared with Inge Schiele de
Caggiano for admission to the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He studied set design at the
Teatro Massimo in Palermo, under the direction of the baritone Gino Bechi, who would also be his instructor
at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. In Milan he received training from the maestro Enrico De Mori.
Catana Pérez
(Moca, 1948). Pérez studied graduate courses in piano under Pietro Scarpini and Enma Contest-
abile, at the Conservatory of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome.
María de Fátima Geraldes
(Ciudad Trujillo, 1953). De Fátima Geraldes studied advanced music courses in
Florence (Italy) under Orazio Frugoni.
Marianela Sánchez
(San Juan de la Maguana, 1953). Under the guidance of Paolo Silveri and Gianna Perea
Labbia, Sánchez graduated with a teaching degree in singing from the Conservatory of the Accademia Nazio-
nale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. She completed specialized studies with Franco Calabrese, in Lucca (Italy).
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