Maria Agresta

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Maria Agresta
Maria Agresta with tenor Giorgio Berrugi and her manager Gianluca Macheda (2016)
Born
Maria Giovanna Agresta

(1978-07-16) 16 July 1978 (age 45)
Vallo della Lucania, Italy
OccupationOperatic soprano
Years active2006–present
Websitewww.mariaagresta.com

Maria Giovanna Agresta (born 16 July 1978) is an Italian operatic soprano.

Life

Born in

Otello
in various venues.

Further roles from the Italian repertoire followed; including her role debut as Elena in

Faust.[4] In 2017 there followed further engagements at the Metropolitan Opera as Micaëla in Carmen in January[5] and as Liù in Turandot in October.[6] In 2014 Agresta was awarded the XXXIII Premio della Critica Musicale Italiana.[7]

Repertoire

Roles include:

Operatic repertoire
Role Title Composer
Norma Norma Bellini
Elvira I puritani Bellini
Micaela Carmen Bizet
Gemma Gemma di Vergy Donizetti
Selene Didone abbandonata Galuppi
Marguerite Faust Gounod
Nedda Pagliacci Leoncavallo
Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Mozart
Mimì La bohème Puccini
Angelica Suor Angelica Puccini
Liù Turandot Puccini
Rosina
Il barbiere di Siviglia
 Rossini
Julia
La Vestale
 Spontini
Leonora
Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio
 Verdi
Lucrezia Contarini I due Foscari Verdi
Odabella Attila Verdi
Amalia I masnadieri Verdi
Leonora Il trovatore Verdi
Violetta Valery La traviata Verdi
Amelia Grimaldi Simon Boccanegra Verdi
Elena I vespri siciliani Verdi
Desdemona
Otello
 Verdi

Her concert repertoire includes also Rossini's Stabat Mater and Verdi's Requiem.[8]

See also

Discography

Recordings

  • Galuppi: Didone abbandonata – Piva/Grasso/Giansanti/Agresta/Carnevale/Carè, Welterstaufnahme 2006 Bongiovanni
  • Verdi: Sacred Verdi. Quattro pezzi sacri, Libera me, Ave Maria – Maria Agresta, Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano. 2014 Warner Classics

Video recording on DVD or Blu-ray Disc

References

  1. ^ Kurzportrait von Maria Agresta, Salzburger Nachrichten vom 27. Juli 2015.
  2. ^ Rezension von kultur24.berlin zu Cavalleria Rusticana + Pagliacci bei den Salzburger Osterfestspielen 2015
  3. ^ "Review: In ‘Turandot’ and ‘La Bohème,’ a New Depth of Emotion", New York Times, 14 January 2016.
  4. ^ Rezension der Premiere von Gounds Faust bei den Salzburger Festspielen 2016, Süddeutsche Zeitung (11 August 2016).
  5. ^ Eric C. Simpson (20 January 2017). "Margaine makes sensational debut in Met's riveting "Carmen"". New York Classical Review. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. ^ Wilborn Hampton (18 October 2017). "Met Opera: A Stirring "Turandot" With Dyka, Antonenko, and an Homage to James Morris". Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  7. ^ "XXXIII Premio della Critica Musicale Italiana a Maria Agresta". Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  8. ^ Konzertkritik Berliner Morgenpost, 2 April 2013.
  9. ^ Euroarts

External links

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