AMERICAN LYRIC SINGING COMPETITION

Born in Montevideo, she  diploma in  the National School of Lyrical Art. From 1974 to 1979 he developed intense activity,  winning several  prizes in national competitions and  performing in numerous chamber music recitals as well as in various opera seasons.

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In  1979 he obtained the “Plácido Domingo” award  and in 1980 the “2nd Grand Prize”, both in the “Francisco Viñas” Competition in Barcelona. The  That same year he won 1st Prize in the “Mozart” Competition in Barcelona and made his debut at the Gran Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona. obtaining the  Spanish National Radio gold medal awarded to the most outstanding debutant of the season.

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Immediately  debuts at the Paris Opera  in the “Barbiere di Siviglia” (Rosina) and  at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in  “Le nozze di Figaro”  (Marcellina) under the direction of Maestro Riccardo Muti and staging by Giorgio Strehler. From that moment on, a continued collaboration was established with said theater in which he performed in successive seasons “La pietra del paragone” (Clarice), “Anna Bolena” (Smeton), “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (Rosina), “L 'italiana in Algeri' (Isabella), 'Il viaggio a Reims' (Maddalena), 'Lucio Silla' (Cecilio) and 'Nabucco' (Fenena) at the opening of the 1986-1987 season and in subsequent tours of that theater to Berlin and Tokyo.

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It has been performed in the main theaters of the world such as Milan, Rome, Naples, Pesaro, Bologna, Florence, Turin, Bari, Genoa, Modena, Catania, Palermo, Paris, Geneva, Brussels, Liège, Berlin, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden,  Amsterdam, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Madrid, Vienna, Lisbon, Sofia, Tokyo, Osaka, Pretoria, Mexico, Santiago de Chile, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Washington, Miami, etc.  It was directed by  directors of the caliber of Caudio Abbado,  Riccardo Muti, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Riccardo Chailly, Bruno Campanella,  Julius Rudel, Alberto Zedda, John Elliot Gardiner, Jesús López Cobos, Sir John Pritchard, Alain Lombard, Lorin Maazel and registas such as Giorgio Strehler, Eduardo de Filippo, Patrice Chéreau, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Roberto de Simone, Luca Ronconi, Lluis Pasqual, Jérôme Savary, José Carlos Plaza, Sergio Renán, Jorge Lavelli, etc.

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Throughout her extensive career she has played more than 70 roles, including Sextus and Cornelia (Giulio Cesare), Dorabella (Cosí fan tutte), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Angelina (La cenerentola), Arsace (Semiramide), Orfeo (Orfeo ed Euridice), Ottavia (L'incoranazione di Poppea), Vagans (Juditha Triumphans), Adalgisa (Norma), Carmen (Carmen),  Andromache (Ermione), Leonora (The Favorite), Fidalma Il marriage segreto), Preziosilla (La forza del destiny), Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Giuliette  (Les contes d'Hoffmann), Elisabetta (Maria Stuarda), Sara (Roberto Devereux), Climene (Saffo),  Quickly (Falstaff), etc.

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Its repertoire includes works from all eras, from Monteverdi to contemporary music, both in opera and zarzuela as well as in symphonic concerts and chamber music recitals.

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He participated in several world premieres: "Divine words" by Antón García Abril, “La casa de Bernarda Alba” composed and directed by Maestro Miquel Ortega, “Il Duce” composed and directed by Maestro Federico García Vigil and “El llibre vermell” by Master Xavier Benguerel.

 

She was a singing teacher at the Higher Conservatory of Music of the Liceo de Barcelona between 2003 and 2006, holding the position of head of the Singing department in the 2005-2006 academic year.

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He has taught master classes in Barcelona, Porto Alegre, Medellín, Bogotá and Montevideo.

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As of 2014, she retires from the stage after a 40-year career, and currently holds the position of Academic Coordinator of the Sodre National School of Lyrical Art.

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She has been invited as a jury in the competitions “Francisco Viñas” (Barcelona), “Ausensi” (Barcelona), “Callas” (San Pablo), “Rivelas” (Panama), “Radio Filarmonía” (Lima) and “Concurso of Canto OFB” (Bogotá)

 

Recordings and videos: “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (Berta), Dir. Mº Riccardo Chailly, “Il viaggio a Reims” (Maddalena), Dir. Mº Claudio Abbado, “Nabucco” (Fenera) Dir. Riccardo Muti, “ Le comte Ory” (Ragonde), Dir. John Elliot Gardiner, “El llibre vermell” by Xavier Benguerel, Dir. Mº Antoni Ros-Marbá, “Giulio Cesare” (Cornelia), Dir. Mº Marcello Panni,  “Mozart para Africa” with Montserrat Caballé, “Doña Francisquita” (Aurora), with Alfredo Kraus Dir. M° Antoni Ros-Marbá, “La verbena de la Paloma” (Señá Rita), with Plácido Domingo Dir. Mº Antoni Ros- Marbá, “Wind is the joy of love” (Love) by José de Nebra, Dir. Mº Christophe Coin, "Il Farnace" (Berenice), Dir. Mº Massimiliano Carraro, "El pessebre" by Pau Casals Dir. Mº Lawrence Foster , "La Dolores" (Gaspara), together with Plácido Domingo, Dir. Mº Antoni Ros-Marbá, “Requiem” by Jaume Alaquer  Dir. Mº Joan Company, “Falstaff” (Meg)  Dir. Mº  Daniel Oren, “Semiramide” (Arsace) with Montserrat Caballé, Dir. Mº José Collado, “Saffo” (Climene) by Pacini with Montserrat Caballé Dir. Mº José Collado, “Otello de Rossini” (Emilia) Dir. Sir John Pritchard, “Concertango” .