Sonia Prina

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Sonia Prina

Sonia Prina (born 1975 in Magenta ) is an Italian opera singer who specializes in alto . She is best known for her Vivaldi and Handel interpretations.

life and work

Prina studied trumpet and singing at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan . After successfully completing both subjects, she devoted herself entirely to singing. At the age of 23 she made her debut as Rosina - at the side of Juan Diego Flórez - at the Scala di Milano . In 2000 she sang Smeton in Donizetti's Anna Bolena in Cremona .

The artist quickly established herself as a sought-after interpreter of the baroque repertoire , performing with original sound ensembles such as Accademia Bizantina , Il Giardino Armonico , Le Concert d'Astrée , the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Ensemble Matheus all over Europe, South America and Japan. At the Salzburg Festival in 2003 Prina gave a concert performance in Handel's Aci, Galatea e Polifemo and in 2006 staged the title role in Mozart's Ascanio in Alba . At the Théâtre du Châtelet she embodied Clarice in Rossini's La pietra del paragone , at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées she took on Cornelia in Giulio Cesare in Egitto with Andreas Scholl in the title role, at Scala she could be seen and heard as Rinaldo . Her repertoire also includes the Tolomeo , Ottone in L'incoronazione di Poppea , Penelope in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria and Polinesso in Ariodante , which she sang in Barcelona and San Francisco .

At the Theater an der Wien is the singer since 2007 regular at concert performances . There she sang three Vivaldis operas: Mitrena in Motezuma (2007), the title role in Farnace (2010) and Marcia in Catone in Utica (2011). She was also heard in four Handel operas: as Valentiniano in Ezio (2009), as Carilda in Arianna in Creta and in the title role of Amadigi di Gaula (both 2013), and finally in the title role of Admeto, re di Tessaglia ( 2014).

In addition to concert performances , she also staged numerous roles - 2008 Handel's Orlando at the Sydney Opera House and Tamerlano at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, 2009 the Partenope at the Festival Internacional de Santander , 2010 Vivaldi's Orlando furioso at the Frankfurt Opera , conducted by Andrea Marcon , directed by David Bösch , the Amastre in Serse at the Houston Grand Opera , the Ottone at the Festwochen der Alten Musik in Innsbruck, as well as Handel's Orlando with Emmanuelle Haïm at the podium in Lille, Paris and Dijon, 2011 the Smeton in Donizetti's Anna Bolena on Teatro Liceu in Barcelona, ​​the title role in Giulio Cesare in Egitto in Ferrara, Modena, Ravenna and Bremen, as well as Rinaldo at Glyndebourne Festival Opera . In 2012 she was Goffredo in Rinaldo at the Lyric Opera of Chicago , as Bradamante in Alcina in Bordeaux, as Artabano in Artaserse at the Festival della Valle d'Itria by Martina Franca and in three smaller roles in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges to see and hear in Palermo. The artist has also performed at the Barbican Center in London, La Fenice in Venice, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and the Teatro Real in Madrid. In London she sang in Rodelinda , in Rome in Lucio Silla .

Prina achieved substantial personal success in 2013 as Rinaldo in a Jens Daniel Herzog production at the Zurich Opera , as Tamiri in Farnace at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , and as Ezio in Gluck's setting at the Frankfurt Opera .

Awards

Discography (selection)

Furthermore:

Web links

Commons : Sonia Prina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

proof

  1. ↑ Year of birth according to GND
  2. ↑ Alexander Weatherson: Anna Bolena riconosciuta . donizettisociety.com. 2001. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ When did Scholl sing at ...? . andreasschollsociety.org. 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Orlando furioso . Frankfurt Opera. 2010. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  5. ^ Roland an Italo-Rocker ( German ) op-online.de. February 16, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ Sonia Prina . Houston Grand Opera. 2010. Archived from the original on July 6, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ Stefan Schicksals: Carrot instead of stick , Frankfurter Rundschau , November 12, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Prina, Sonia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera singer (alto)
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH magenta