Born in Naples in 1996, Valentina Pernozzoli graduated in 2024 in vocal performance at the “San Pietro a Majella” Conservatory in Naples.

In 2022 she took part in the Accademia Pucciniana in Torre del Lago, where she performed in productions of Madama Butterfly and La Rondine. In 2024 she attended the Mascagni Academy at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno.

She made her debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in the role of Mrs Quickly (Falstaff), under the baton of Sian Edwards in Richard Jones’s production. She performed Azucena (Il trovatore) at the Teatro delle Muse in Ancona, under the direction of Andriy Yurkevych and the stage direction of Giuseppe Dipasquale, and Teresa (La Sonnambula) at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl. At the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino she debuted the role of Zita (Gianni Schicchi) under the direction of Francesco Lanzillotta.

In the symphonic repertoire, she worked under the direction of Maurizio Benini in Perosi’s Il giudizio universale at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and debuted Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at the Teatro Regio di Parma as part of the Festival Verdi under the direction of Robert Treviño.

Upcoming engagements include Amneris (Aida) at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo and with the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma at the Circo Massimo, under the direction of Daniele Callegari, as well as the world premiere of Nicola Piovani’s Romanzo criminale at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

April 2026