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Martínez has won prizes including the Pepita Embil Award, [[Operalia, The World Opera Competition|Operalia]], and first prize at the Eleanor McCollum Awards.<ref name="NPR">[ |
Martínez has won prizes including the Pepita Embil Award, [[Operalia, The World Opera Competition|Operalia]], and first prize at the Eleanor McCollum Awards.<ref name="NPR">[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9987046 "Featured Artists in Mozart's ''Così fan tutte''" at [[National Public Radio]]]</ref> She won a [[Latin Grammy Award|Latin Grammy]] in 2001 for Classical Album for [[Isaac Albéniz]]'s ''[[Merlin (opera)|Merlin]]'' with [[Carlos Álvarez (baritone)|Carlos Álvarez]], [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Jane Henschel]] and conductor [[José de Eusebio]] with the [[Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid]].<ref>[http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=b14f3b5b-2740-43bb-a237-da53c109e1bf&entry=index "Latin Grammys (Finally!) Announced"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180908/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=b14f3b5b-2740-43bb-a237-da53c109e1bf&entry=index |date=September 30, 2007 }}, eonline.com</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:06, 2 April 2018
Ana María Martínez (born 1971) is a Puerto Rican soprano.
Early life
Martínez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico; she is the daughter of Puerto Rican opera singer Evangelína Colón[1][2] and Cuban psychoanalyst Ángel Martínez. Martínez' grandparents originated in Spain and France, and migrated to the Caribbean islands. Martínez grew up with a strict Catholic upbringing.[3] She briefly attended the Boston Conservatory as a musical theater major, but dropped out and later received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the Juilliard School.[4]
Personal life
Martínez met tenor Chad Shelton in 2000; they married and had one son. They divorced about seven years later.[2]
Special performances
On March 11, 2016, Martínez sang Bach/Gounod's "Ave Maria" and "Pie Jesu" from Fauré's Requiem during the funeral services of First Lady Nancy Reagan.[5][6]
She provided the singing voice for Monica Bellucci's character in the third season of Mozart in the Jungle.[7]
Awards
Martínez has won prizes including the Pepita Embil Award, Operalia, and first prize at the Eleanor McCollum Awards.[8] She won a Latin Grammy in 2001 for Classical Album for Isaac Albéniz's Merlin with Carlos Álvarez, Plácido Domingo, Jane Henschel and conductor José de Eusebio with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid.[9]
Discography
- Glass: La Belle et la Bête, Nonesuch, 1995
- Sheng: The Song of Majnun – A Persian Romeo and Juliet, Delos, 1997
- Albéniz: Merlin, Decca, 2000
- Glass: Symphony No. 5, Nonesuch, 2000
- Bacalov: Misa Tango, Deutsche Grammophon, 2000
- American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert, (TV/DVD) WNET/THIRTEEN, 2000
- Glass: Philip on Film, (Box Set) Nonesuch, 2001
- Rodrigo: 100 Años – La Obra Vocal, I y II, EMI, 2002
- Rodrigo: 100 Años – La Obra Vocal, IV y V, EMI, 2002
- Introducing the World of American Jewish Music for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, Naxos, 2003
- Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Naomi and Ruth, Naxos, 2003
- Spanish Night from the Berlin Waldbühne, (DVD) with Plácido Domingo and Sarah Chang, Naxos, 2003
- Albéniz: Henry Clifford, Decca, 2003
- Catan: Florencia en el Amazonas, Albany, 2003
- Levy: Masada (Canto de Los Marranos) for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, Naxos, 2004
- Weisgall: T'Kiatot: Rituals for Rosh Hashana, Naxos, 2004
- Soprano Songs and Arias: Ana María Martínez, Naxos, 2005
- American Classics – Beveridge/Marriner for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, Naxos, 2005
- Mercurio: Many Voices, Sony, 2006
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, (DVD) Decca, 2007
- Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Decca, 2007
- Amor, Vida de mi Vida, (DVD) with Plácido Domingo, Euroarts, 2009
- Dvorak: Rusalka, Glyndebourne, 2010
- Concerto: One Night in Central Park with Andrea Bocelli (TV/DVD/CD) WNET / THIRTEEN, 2011
- Manon Lescaut with Andrea Bocelli, Plácido Domingo conducting, Decca 2014
See also
References
- ^ "Evangelina Colón". Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ a b von Rhein, John (January 16, 2013). "'La Boheme' star Ana Maria Martinez is no diva offstage". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ Feature Opera Lady Ana María Martínez Archived March 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, hispaniconline.com
- ^ Barnes, Scott (October 2014). "The Passions of Ana María". Opera News. 79 (4). Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Lynn Wyatt arranges for Houston soprano to sing at Nancy Reagan funeral" by Shelby Hodge, CultureMap Houston, 14 March 2016
- ^ "Ana María Martínez singing Pie Jesu-Requiem during Nancy Reagan's Funeral Service" Youtube, 11 March 2016
- ^ "An Aria for the Long Island Lolita on Mozart in the Jungle by Michael Cooper, The New York Times, 7 December 2016
- ^ "Featured Artists in Mozart's Così fan tutte" at National Public Radio
- ^ "Latin Grammys (Finally!) Announced" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, eonline.com
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