Born in Giovinazzo, Bari, where she undertook her musical studies.
In 1988 she won the A.S.L.I.C.O. competition in Milan and made her debut at the Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza as the protagonist of Cavalli's "La Calisto", recorded on CD.
In 1990 she was finalist of the "Maria Callas" International Contest and in 1991 she won the "Gioachino Rossini" International Competition of Schwetzingen (Germany).
Maria Pia Piscitelli has performed the following roles:
"Matrimonio Segreto" by Cimarosa (Elisetta ) at the Ravena Festival.
Maria in "Guglielmo Ratcliff" by P. Mascagni at the Teatro Grande of Livorno, in Lucca and at the Teatro Sociale of Mantova.
The role of Isabella in Donizetti's "Olivo e Pasquale" at the Globe Theatre in Tokyo and at the Teatro Sociale of Como, Italy.
"Maria Stuarda" (Maria ) at the Monte Carlo Opera House (Dir. Pido), at the Theatre of Wiesbaden and the Sferisterio of Macerata (Italy).
At the Vienna Konzerthaus she ha performed the role of the Regina in " Una Cosa Rara" by Martín y Soler (under the conduction of Jordi Savall).
Liù in Puccini's "Turandot" in the opera season of the Teatro Petruzzelli of Bari.
Vitellia in Mozart 's "La clemenza di Tito" at the Klagenfurt Stadt Theater and in Graz (Austria).
"Maddalena" by S. Prokofiev at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia of Rome.
At the San Francisco Opera, Maria Pia sung the part of Donna Elvira in Mozart's "Don Giovanni".
"Norma" (Norma ) at the Teatro Municipal of Santiago (Chile), at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires, in Palm Beach (Florida) and at the Teatro de La Plata (Argentina).
"Le Nozze di Figaro" (Contessa ) at the Teatro Massimo of Palermo and in Klagenfurt (Austria).
"Roberto Devereux" (Elisabetta ) at the Teatro Municipal of Santiago (Chile), at the Liceu of Barcelona (conductor Yves Abel), at the Baluarte Auditorium of Pamplona (Spain), at the Opera of Lyon and at the Théâtre des Champs Élysées of Paris (conductor Pido).
"Lucrezia Borgia" (Lucrezia ) at the Scala (Arcimboldi) in Milan.
"Simon Boccanegra" (Amelia ) at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires and at the Teatro Lirico of Cagliari.
"La Bohème" (Mimì) at the Teatro Cervantes of Malaga.
"Beatrice di Tenda" (Agnese ) at the Scala (Arcimboldi) of Milan.
"Don Carlo" (Elisabetta ) at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires and at the Teatro Municipal of Santiago (Chile).
"Il Trovatore" (Leonora ) at the Teatro Piccinni of Bari (Italy), Liceu of Barcelona y Auditorio of Lerida.
"Un Ballo in Maschera" (Amelia ) at the Teatro Avenida in Buenos Aires.
"Andrea Chénier" (Maddalena) at the Teatro Argentino of La Plata.
"Tosca" (Tosca) at the Teatro Solís of Montevideo (Uruguay) and in Modena, Piacenza and Ferrara (Italy).
"Maria Stuarda" (Elisabetta ) at the Scala of Milan, La Fenice of Venice and the Teatro Bellini of Catania.
Rossini 's "Petite Messe Solennelle" at the Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro (Pianista Campanella), in Rome (Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti), at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and at the Liceu of Barcelona.
Rossini 's "Cantate dei Borboni" at the Rossini Opera Festival.
Schubert's "Mass in C major D452" at the Teatro Filarmonico of Verona.
"Vier Letzte Lieder" by R. Strauss and Malher 's "Fourth Symphony" (Orquesta "Toscanini" of Parma).
"Lobgesang" by F. Mendelssohn at the Teatro Comunale of Cagliari (Italy).
"Norma" at the Teatro Comunale of Bologna and at the Teatre Principal of Palma de Majorca.
"Medea" at the Teatro Bellini of Catania, Italy.
Her upcoming engagements include:
"Norma" at the Opéra de Massy (France); "Don Giovanni" (Donna Elvira) at the La Fenice of Venice.
