Wallis Giunta

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Wallis Giunta
Born (1985-12-29) 29 December 1985 (age 38)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Opera singer (mezzo-soprano), actress
Years active2010–present
Websitewallisgiunta.com

Wallis Giunta (born 1985) is a Canadian

opera companies
around the world.

Early life and education

Giunta was born in

Banff Centre. She graduated from the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio in 2011,[9] and both the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and The Juilliard School Artist Diploma in Opera Studies in 2013.[10][11] She has studied extensively with both Jean MacPhail in Toronto, and Edith Wiens in New York.[12]

Career

In spring 2010, before completing her studies, Giunta made her professional debut as Cherubino in

Die Zauberflöte, directed by Diane Paulus, and made her debut at Opera Lyra Ottawa as Lola in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana.[13] In 2012, she performed in two Metropolitan Opera Young Artist productions, as Phénice in Gluck's Armide, and as Dorabella in Stephen Wadsworth's staging of Così fan tutte. She also debuted at the Fort Worth Opera as Cherubino.[13]

In 2013 she returned to the Canadian Opera Company singing both Sesto and Annio in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito, directed by Christopher Alden. This was followed by her Metropolitan Opera main stage debut as Contessa Ceprano in Verdi's Rigoletto, and her debut at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, singing the role of Tiffany in I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, by John Adams. She also made her Asian debut later that year, with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, reprising the role of Annio.[13]

In 2014, she returned to the Canadian Opera Company, reprising the role of Dorabella, in a new production by director Atom Egoyan. She also created the Canadian premiere of Louis Andriessen's one-woman opera, Anaïs Nin, for the 21C Festival in Toronto, and returned to Opera Atelier as Bradamante in Handel's Alcina.

In early 2015, Giunta returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Olga in a new production of Lehár's

Oper Leipzig by her role debut as Siébel in Gounod's Faust, and her first Wagnerian role as Rossweise in Die Walküre
.

In March 2016 she made another role debut at

Oper Leipzig as Angelina in La Cenerentola. She debuted in April 2016 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, followed by a debut with the Hamburger Symphoniker in May 2016, and her role debut as Mercédès in Carmen for Oper Frankfurt's new Barry Kosky staging in July 2016. In the fall of 2016, she debuted a new role at Opera Atelier, Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, and debuted in concert with the Munich Radio Orchestra and Symphony Nova Scotia.[13]

In 2017, she starred in three productions for Opera North, singing the title roles in La Cenerentola and L'enfant et les sortilèges, as well as Dinah in Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, again to critical acclaim.[14] She was recognized for her work in 2017 with awards from the International Opera Awards, WhatsOnStage Opera Awards and The Arts Desk.

Giunta made her London debut at

Oper Leipzig
.

In 2019 Giunta debuted as Dodo in Breaking the Waves by Missy Mazzoli at the Edinburgh International Festival,[16] debuted the role of Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo for Opera Atelier, debuted at The Grange Festival as Cherubino, at the Sydney Opera House in a solo concert, and at the Royal Swedish Opera and Seattle Opera as the title role in Rossini's La Cenerentola. In 2020, before COVID-19 pandemic-related cancellations, Giunta also debuted at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as Bradamante in Handel's Alcina, and reprised the role of Dodo in Breaking the Waves for the Adelaide Festival.

Operatic roles

Giunta's repertoire includes:[17]

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Recognition and awards

Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2016
Canada Council for the Arts
 Bernard Diamant Prize Won
2017 Whatsonstage.com Opera Awards Breakthrough Artist in UK Opera Won
Dora Mavor Moore Awards
 Outstanding Performance – Ensemble (Opera) Dido and Aeneas Nominated
2018 International Opera Awards Young Singer of the Year Won

Films and recordings

References

  1. ^ Rodriguez, Adrian (5 November 2019). "Wallis Giunta: Singing Outside the Box". La Scena Musicale. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ Jameson, Julietta (3 December 2019). "Wallis Giunta: What travel has taught me". Traveller. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ^ Seymour, Claire (27 August 2018). "A brilliant celebration of Bernstein & co. from Wallis Giunta at Cadogan Hall". Opera Today. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. ^ Hill, Valerie (9 December 2011). "Mezzo Soprano sure to dazzle at Saturday's Messiah performance". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  5. ^ Eades, Erica (12 February 2013). "Star Power: A Q&A with Mezzo Soprano Wallis Giunta". Ottawa Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Glenn Gould School Alumni". The Royal Conservatory.
  7. ^ "All Participants". Neue Stimmen. 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Alumni: 2012". Internationale Meistersinger Akademie. 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  9. ^ MacMillan, Rick (2011). "Wallis Giunta". Opera Canada. 52 (1): 10. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Alumni News". Juilliard School. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  11. ^ Mazzaro, Maria (September 2015). "Sound Bites: Wallis Giunta". Opera News. 80 (3): 14–15. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Serendipity: Wallis Giunta", interview by Emer Nestor, Final Note Magazine, August 2015
  13. ^ a b c d e "Biography". wallisgiunta.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  14. ^ Hickling, Alfred (19 February 2017). "Cinderella review – effervescent Rossini for a Strictly Dancing era". The Guardian.
  15. ^ "Proms at ... Cadogan Hall 7: Bernstein on Broadway and Beyond".
  16. ^ "Breaking the Waves".
  17. ^ Giunta, Wallis. "Repertoire". wallisgiunta.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  18. ^ "New Discoveries Competition". Ottawa Choral Society. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Award Recipients". Sylva Gelber Music Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  20. ^ Rowat, Robert. "30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30 2013". CBC Music. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  21. ^ Rowat, Robert. "30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30 2014". CBC Music. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Gala Program" (PDF). GGPAA. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  23. ^ Tenenhouse, Kate. "Top 25 People in the Capiltal 2015". Ottawa Life Magazine. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  24. ^ Rowat, Robert. "30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30 2015". CBC Music. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  25. ^ Nice, David (26 December 2017). "Best of 2017: Opera". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  26. ^ ""Trouble in Tahiti: watch Bernstein's swinging one-act opera"". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  27. ^ Perry, William. "Music for Great Films of the Silent Era". Naxos. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  28. ^ Becke, Carson. "CDs". Carson Becke, Pianist. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  29. YouTube
    Retrieved 29 January 2017.

External links

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