Desirée Rancatore (born 29 January 1977) is an Italian dramatic coloratura soprano with an active career on the opera and concert stages of Europe.

She then returned in four consecutive seasons for The Tales of Hoffmann, The Magic Flute, L'enfant et les sortilèges, alternating roles of Olympia and Queen of the Night with Natalie Dessay.

[3] In 1999, she made her Royal Opera, London debut in the role of Nannetta, premiering Graham Vick's new production of Falstaff, which opened the first season after the house's refurbishment.

Gilda became her signature role that brought her to San Francisco,[5] Las Palmas, Tokyo, Venice, Mexico, Vienna, Verona, Parma, Beijing, Florence, Zurich and London (concert version at the Barbican).

She was invited to open the 2005/06 season at the Bologna Comunale in a new production of Ascanio in Alba,[12] and in September 2008, she made her debut as Elvira in Bellini's I puritani in Palermo.

[13] Another of her roles is Adina from L'elisir d'amore, which she debuted in Laurent Pelly's production at the Opéra Bastille in Paris and which she performed again in the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and in La Fenice in Venice.