Michael Maniaci
Michael Maniaci (born May 3, 1976 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) is an American countertenor with a soprano or mezzo- soprano voice .
life and career
Maniaci himself reported in an interview that his larynx developed abnormally during puberty, which is why he was able to sing in the soprano register. He was also born with mild facial paralysis . His parents are Baptists and although they encouraged him to sing in the church choir, they actually wanted a career as a teacher for their son.
He studied at the Juilliard School and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music . He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2002 in Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and later performed with various orchestras such as Tafelmusik , Ensemble Matheus, New Holland Baroque Orchestra, Collegium Cincinnati, Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, the Academie Baroque de Montréal, the Milwaukee Symphony and the Shanghai Opera Orchestra.
His repertoire includes several opera roles by George Frideric Handel : the title role in Serse , Medoro in Orlando , Ulisse in Deidamia , Nireno and Sesto in Giulio Cesare and Narciso in Agrippina . From Mozart he sang the role of Lucio Cinna in Lucio Silla , Idamante in Idomeneo , Sesto in La clemenza di Tito and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro .
Other roles of Maniaci were Nerone in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea , Endimione in Cavalli's La Calisto , Ferdinando Cortes in Graun's Montezuma , Aminta in Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade , Orphée in Berlioz 's version of Gluck's Orphée et Euridice , Atis in The Fortunes of King Croesus and the Sandman in Hansel and Gretel .
He has performed at the New York City Opera , the Glimmerglass Opera, the Houston Grand Opera and also in Germany at the Göttingen Handel Festival and the Ludwigsburg Palace Festival.
Sound carrier
- Giacomo Meyerbeer : Il crociato in Egitto (Michael Maniaci, Patrizia Ciofi , Marco Vinco, Laura Polverelli, Fernando Portari, Iorio Zennaro, Silvia Pasini, Luca Favaron, Emanuele Pedrini; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro La Fenice ; conductor: Emmanuel Villaume ). Dynamic DV 33549 DVD.
- WA Mozart : Arias for Male Soprano (Michael Maniaci, Boston Baroque , conductor: Martin Pearlman ). Telarc International , TEL-31827-02. Released January 26, 2010.
Web links
- Mogens H. Andersson: Michael Maniaci , biography on Operalogg.com , June 14, 2013 (English; accessed July 22, 2020)
- Michael Maniaci at Fletcher Artist Management
- Michael Maniaci sings Mozart's "Tu virginum corona"
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c An Interview With Michael Maniaci , Opera today, Apr 12, 2005
- ↑ a b c d Mogens H. Andersson: Michael Maniaci , biography on Operalogg.com , June 14, 2013 (English; accessed on July 22, 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maniaci, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer (countertenor, soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati |