December 16, 2020
Photo: Luciana Joannacci Blair
Italian theatre maker and opera singer Carla Regina (51) performs all over the world but has made Amsterdam her base for the last 20 years. Though used to being the prima donna onstage, offstage she loves the Dutch refusal to make a melodrama over small things but does think they could dress up a bit more for special occasions.
How did you end up in the Netherlands?
I came here for two reasons. I finished my studies in at the Milan Conservatory and then I got an opportunity to perform classical contemporary music in Maastricht. I came and signed a three-month contract, living in Amsterdam and going back and forth between the two cities.