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{{short description|Countertenor opera singer}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1971}}
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1971}}
| birth_place = [[Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria]], [[Spain]]
| birth_place = [[Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria]], [[Spain]]
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| awards = [[Diapason d'Or]] (2002)
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'''Carlos Mena''' (born 1971) is a Spanish [[countertenor]] opera singer.<ref name="arias">{{cite web |url=https://www.opera-arias.com/singers/carlos-mena/ |title=Carlos Mena |website=Operas Arias |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref> He has previously worked with groups such as Al Ayre Español, Ensemble Guilles Binchois, and [[Ricercar Consort]], and has an interest in [[20th-century classical music|20th century repertoire]].<ref name="goldberg">{{cite web |url=http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/interpreters/vocals/10582.php?compositor_name=,Mena,%2520Carlos%2520,10%2520CDs%2520for%2520a%2520desert%2520island&language=en |title=Vocal Soloists: Carlos Mena |website=Goldberg |date=2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311084755/http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/interpreters/vocals/10582.php?compositor_name=,Mena,%2520Carlos%2520,10%2520CDs%2520for%2520a%2520desert%2520island&language=en |archive-date=11 March 2006 |dead-url=yes}}</ref>
'''Carlos Mena''' (born 1971) is a Spanish [[countertenor]] opera singer.<ref name="arias">{{cite web |url=https://www.opera-arias.com/singers/carlos-mena/ |title=Carlos Mena |website=Operas Arias |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref> He has previously worked with groups such as Al Ayre Español, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, and [[Ricercar Consort]] and has an interest in [[20th-century classical music|the twentieth-century repertoire]].<ref name="goldberg">{{cite web |url=http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/interpreters/vocals/10582.php?compositor_name=,Mena,%2520Carlos%2520,10%2520CDs%2520for%2520a%2520desert%2520island&language=en |title=Vocal Soloists: Carlos Mena |website=Goldberg |date=2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311084755/http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/interpreters/vocals/10582.php?compositor_name=,Mena,%2520Carlos%2520,10%2520CDs%2520for%2520a%2520desert%2520island&language=en |archive-date=11 March 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
Carlos Mena initially worked as a countertenor in masterclasses with [[Charles Brett (countertenor)|Charles Brett]], and then relocated to Switzerland in 1992 to study a Diploma of Reinaissance-Baroque Music at the [[Schola Cantorum Basiliensis]] in Basel.<ref name="iberkonzert">{{cite web |url=https://www.iberkonzert.com/es/portfolio-posts/carlos-mena/ |title=Carlos Mena |website=Iberkonzert |access-date=1 August 2019 |lang=es}}</ref> His teachers here were Richard Levitt and [[René Jacobs]], and he was awarded the diploma in 1997.<ref name="goldberg" />
Carlos Mena initially worked as a countertenor in masterclasses with [[Charles Brett (countertenor)|Charles Brett]] and then relocated to Switzerland in 1992 to study a Diploma of Reinaissance-Baroque Music at the [[Schola Cantorum Basiliensis]] in Basel.<ref name="iberkonzert">{{cite web |url=https://www.iberkonzert.com/es/portfolio-posts/carlos-mena/ |title=Carlos Mena |website=Iberkonzert |access-date=1 August 2019 |language=es}}</ref> His teachers here were Richard Levitt and [[René Jacobs]], and he was awarded the diploma in 1997.<ref name="goldberg" />


His operatic performances have included [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Radamisto]]'' (title role), [[Monteverdi]]'s ''[[L'Orfeo]]'' (Speranza), Handel's ''Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno'' (Disinganno), and [[John Cage]]'s ''Europera 5''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arionbaroque.com/en/carlos-mena |title=Carlos Mena: Countertenor - Spain |website=Arion Baroque Orchestra |date=2013 |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1669016-Carlos-Mena-2 |title=Carlos Mena |website=Discogs |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>
His operatic performances have included [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Radamisto]]'' (title role), [[Monteverdi]]'s ''[[L'Orfeo]]'' (Speranza), Handel's ''Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno'' (Disinganno), and [[John Cage]]'s ''Europera 5''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arionbaroque.com/en/carlos-mena |title=Carlos Mena: Countertenor - Spain |website=Arion Baroque Orchestra |date=2013 |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1669016-Carlos-Mena-2 |title=Carlos Mena |website=Discogs |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>
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* ''El Cant de La Sibilla Mallorca - València (1400-1560)''. [[Montserrat Figueras]], [[Jordi Savall]], [[La Capella Reial de Catalunya]] Alia Vox 9806, 1999.
* ''El Cant de La Sibilla Mallorca - València (1400-1560)''. [[Montserrat Figueras]], [[Jordi Savall]], [[La Capella Reial de Catalunya]] Alia Vox 9806, 1999.
* [[Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber]]: ''Missa Bruxellensis''. Letizia Scherrer, Regula Konrad, Pascal Bertin, Carlos Mena, Lambert Climent, Francesc Garrigosa, Daniele Carnovich & Yves Bergé, [[Jordi Savall]], [[La Capella Reial de Catalunya]], [[Le Concert des Nations]]. Alia Vox AV9808, 1999.
* [[Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber]]: ''Missa Bruxellensis''. Letizia Scherrer, Regula Konrad, [[Pascal Bertin]], Carlos Mena, Lambert Climent, Francesc Garrigosa, Daniele Carnovich & Yves Bergé, [[Jordi Savall]], [[La Capella Reial de Catalunya]], [[Le Concert des Nations]]. Alia Vox AV9808, 1999.
* ''Lágrimas corriendo Canciones con vihuela en la España del siglo XVI''. Carlos Mena, Juan Rivera. Almaviva, 2001. [[Miguel de Fuenllana]], [[Alonso Mudarra]]
* ''Lágrimas corriendo Canciones con vihuela en la España del siglo XVI''. Carlos Mena, Juan Rivera. Almaviva, 2001. [[Miguel de Fuenllana]], [[Alonso Mudarra]]
* ''Alfons V El Magnanim 1396 - 1458 El Cancionero de Montecassino Chansons sacrées et profanes du XVe siècle''. [[Montserrat Figueras]], [[Jordi Savall]], [[La Capella Reial de Catalunya]] Alia Vox 9816A + B, 2001.
* ''Alfons V El Magnanim 1396 - 1458 El Cancionero de Montecassino Chansons sacrées et profanes du XVe siècle''. [[Montserrat Figueras]], [[Jordi Savall]], [[La Capella Reial de Catalunya]] Alia Vox 9816A + B, 2001.
* ''Vespro a voce sola''. Carlos Mena, Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry. NAÏVE CLASSIQUE, 2002. [[Claudio Monteverdi]], Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Tarquinio Merula. Orazio Tarditi, Alessandro Grandi, Adriano Banchieri
* ''Vespro a voce sola''. Carlos Mena, Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry. NAÏVE CLASSIQUE, 2002. [[Claudio Monteverdi]], Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Tarquinio Merula. Orazio Tarditi, Alessandro Grandi, Adriano Banchieri
* [[Henry Du Mont]]: ''Grands Motets''. Carlos Mena, Arnaud Marzorati, Stephan MacLeod, Philippe Pierlot, Namur Chamber Choir, [[Ricercar Consort]]. Ricercar, 2003.
* [[Henry Du Mont]]: ''Grands Motets''. Carlos Mena, Arnaud Marzorati, [[Stephan MacLeod]], Philippe Pierlot, Namur Chamber Choir, [[Ricercar Consort]]. Ricercar, 2003.
* [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]: ''De Occulta Philosophia''. Carlos Mena, [[Emma Kirkby]], José Miguel Moreno. Glossa Platinum, 2004.
* [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]: ''De Occulta Philosophia''. Carlos Mena, [[Emma Kirkby]], José Miguel Moreno. Glossa Platinum, 2004.
* ''De Aeternitate'': Cantatas. Carlos Mena, Philippe Pierlot, [[Ricercar Consort]]. Mirare, 2004. [[Johann Christoph Bach]], [[Johann Michael Bach]], [[Christoph Bernhard]], [[Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer]], [[Christian Geist]], Nikolaus Hasse, [[Melchior Hoffmann (composer)|Melchior Hoffmann]], [[Johann Adam Reincken]], Christian Spahn.
* ''De Aeternitate'': Cantatas. Carlos Mena, Philippe Pierlot, [[Ricercar Consort]]. Mirare, 2004. [[Johann Christoph Bach]], [[Johann Michael Bach]], [[Christoph Bernhard]], [[Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer]], [[Christian Geist]], Nikolaus Hasse, [[Melchior Hoffmann (composer)|Melchior Hoffmann]], [[Johann Adam Reincken]], Christian Spahn.
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Spanish opera singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Spanish male opera singers]]
[[Category:Operatic countertenors]]
[[Category:Operatic countertenors]]
[[Category:Schola Cantorum Basiliensis alumni]]
[[Category:Schola Cantorum Basiliensis alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century Spanish singers]]
[[Category:21st-century male singers]]

Latest revision as of 13:33, 10 February 2023

Carlos Mena
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Vitoria, Spain
Alma materSchola Cantorum Basiliensis
OccupationOpera singer (countertenor)
Notable workRadamisto (title role), L'Orfeo (Speranza), Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Disinganno), Europera 5
Style20th-century classical
AwardsDiapason d'Or (2002)

Carlos Mena (born 1971) is a Spanish countertenor opera singer.[1] He has previously worked with groups such as Al Ayre Español, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, and Ricercar Consort and has an interest in the twentieth-century repertoire.[2]

Life and career[edit]

Carlos Mena initially worked as a countertenor in masterclasses with Charles Brett and then relocated to Switzerland in 1992 to study a Diploma of Reinaissance-Baroque Music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel.[3] His teachers here were Richard Levitt and René Jacobs, and he was awarded the diploma in 1997.[2]

His operatic performances have included Handel's Radamisto (title role), Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (Speranza), Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Disinganno), and John Cage's Europera 5.[4][5]

His recital De Aeternitate (Ricercar Consort) won a Diapason d'Or in 2002.

Discography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Carlos Mena". Operas Arias. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Vocal Soloists: Carlos Mena". Goldberg. 2003. Archived from the original on 11 March 2006.
  3. ^ "Carlos Mena". Iberkonzert (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Carlos Mena: Countertenor - Spain". Arion Baroque Orchestra. 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Carlos Mena". Discogs. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Miguel de Fuenllana: Orphénica Lyra 1554". All Music. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  7. ^ "El contratenor Carlos Mena y The Disfonik Orchestra llevan al Auditorio su fusión de clásico y jazz". Diario de Avisos (in Spanish). El Español. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

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Performance videos

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