Vivica Exactlyx
Vivica Genaux (* 10. July 1969 in Fairbanks (Alaska)) is an American opera and concert singer, noted for its virtuoso interpretations as coloratura - Mezzo Soprano is famous.
Life
Vivicagenaux is the youngest child of a native Belgian and a Mexican- born mother of German descent; her grandmother (on her mother's side) came from Leipzig . Her father was a professor of biochemistry, her mother a high school teacher. Vivica grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska , as well as in Japan , Texas and Belgium .
She first learned the violin and received her first singing lessons at the age of 13 from Dorothy Dow in Galveston (Texas). In a school play she appeared as Eliza Doolittle in the musical My Fair Lady and decided to become a singer. Nevertheless, she first studied biology at the University of Rochester from 1987 and continued to take singing lessons. At Indiana University she was a student of Nicola Rossi-Lemeni and Virginia Zeani , later in Pittsburgh with Claudia Pinza (daughter of Ezio Pinza ).
She made her operatic debut in 1994 as Isabella in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri at the Florentine Opera in Milwaukee . In 1997 she sang for the first time at the New York Metropolitan Opera as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia . Other Rossini roles that she has sung in international theaters or in concerts are Angelina in La Cenerentola , Malcolm in La donna del lago , Falliero in Bianca e Falliero (2008) and Arsace in Semiramide (2015).
Vivicagenau is particularly well known as a brilliant interpreter of the baroque repertoire . She had her international breakthrough in 2002 with the CD Arias for Farinelli with René Jacobs , a portrait of the famous castrato Farinelli , where she was able to show her amazing virtuosity. The CD was a bestseller and was nominated for a Grammy .
In 2010 she sang for the first time at the Salzburg Festival .
Exactly has sung in numerous operas by Georg Friedrich Händel and Antonio Vivaldi , and especially loves the music of Johann Adolf Hasse , for whom she has repeatedly advocated, both in performances and on CD. In 2017 she sang the role of Piramo in Hasses Piramo e Tisbe in Budapest , Vienna and Valencia , together with the Ensemble Europa Galante under Fabio Biondi ; 2018 in the Pinchgut Opera in Sidney the role of Mandane in Hasse's Artaserse ; At the Theater an der Wien she sang the title role in Hasse's Irene on January 29, 2020 .
Her repertoire also includes the title roles in Handel's Giulio Cesare , Tamerlano and Rodrigo , Ruggiero in Alcina , Lepido in Lucio Cornelio Silla , Emilia in Vivaldi's Catone in Utica , Dido in Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas , and Trasimede in Riccardo Broschi's Merope .
In concerts and on CD she has also sung rare Baroque repertoire by composers such as Geminiano Giacomelli , Nicola Porpora , Attilio Ariosti , Carlo Francesco Pollarolo , Giovanni Bononcini , Domenico Sarro and Leonardo Vinci .
Honors
- 1997: ARIA Award
- 2007: Christopher Keene Award from the New York City Opera
- 2008: Maecenas Award from the Pittsburgh Opera
- June 2017: Handel Prize of the City of Halle, awarded by the Handel House Foundation.
- January 2019: Hasse Prize of the Johann Adolf Hasse Foundation.
Discography (selection)
(each chronologically)
Aria programs
- Arias for Farinelli (music by Johann Adolph Hasse , Geminiano Giacomelli , Nicola Porpora and Riccardo Broschi ), with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin , René Jacobs . Harmonia Mundi, 2002
- Bel Canto Arias (music by Donizetti and Rossini ), with Ensemble orchestral de Paris, John Nelson. Virgin Classics, 2003
- Handel & Hasse Arias , with Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie. Virgin Classics, 2006
- Vivaldi Opera Arias - “Pyrotechnics” (arias by Antonio Vivaldi ), with Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi . Erato, 2009
- A Tribute to Faustina Bordoni (arias by Hasse and Handel ), with Cappella Gabetta, Andrés Gabetta. German Harmonia Mundi, 2012
- Rival Queens (arias and duets for Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni by Giovanni Bononcini , Johann Adolph Hasse, Domenico Sarro , Leonardo Vinci , Attilio Ariosti , Carlo Francesco Pollarolo and others), with Simone Kermes (= Cuzzoni), Cappella Gabetta, Andrés Gabetta. Sony, 2014
- Hommage a Vivaldi - Sacred Works (motets “In turbato mare irato” RV 627 and “Sum in medio tempestatum” RV 632 and others), with the Vienna Chamber Choir, Bach Consort Vienna, Rubén Dubrovsky. Sony, 2018
- Baroque Gender Stories (music by Handel, Vivaldi, Galuppi, Hasse, Lampugnani, Wagenseil, Porpora, Traetta), with Lawrence Zazzo , Lautten Compagney , Wolfgang Katschner. Sony, 2019
Total recordings
(in brackets after title appears the role of Vivicagenaux)
- Gaetano Donizetti : Alahor in Granata (as Muley Hassem), with Patrizia Pace , Juan Diego Florez , Simone Alaimo a . a., Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Josep Pons (world premiere recording, live recording). 1999
- Georg Friedrich Handel : Arminio (title role), with Geraldine McGreevy , Dominique Labelle , Manuela Custer a. a. Il complesso barocco , Alan Curtis (world premiere recording). Virgin Veritas, 2001
- Georg Friedrich Handel: Rinaldo (title role), with Inga Kalna , Miah Persson , Lawrence Zazzo a . a., René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi, 2003
- Alessandro Scarlatti : La Santissima Trinità (as Teologia), with Véronique Gens , Roberta Invernizzi , Richard Croft a . a., Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi . Erato, 2004
- Antonio Vivaldi : Bajazet (as Irene), with Patrizia Ciofi , Elina Garanca , Marijana Mijanovic u. a., Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi. Virgin Classics, 2005
- Antonio Vivaldi: Atenaide , with Sandrine Piau , Nathalie Stutzmann , Guillemette Laurens , Romina Basso a . a., Modo Antiquo , Federico Maria Sardelli. 2007
- Antonio Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte (as Antiope), with Romina Basso , Patrizia Ciofi , Joyce DiDonato , Philippe Jaroussky , Diana Damrau , Rolando Villazón , Topi Lehtipuu , Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi. Virgin Classics, 2010
- Johann Adolph Hasse : Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena , with Kirsten Blaise , Heidrun Kordes a. a., Orchestra of the Ludwigsburg Palace Festival, Michael Hofstetter . Oehms Classics, 2010
- Antonio Vivaldi: L'Oracolo in Messenia overo La Merope (as Epitide), with Julia Lezhneva , Romina Basso , Ann Hallenberg a . a., Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi. Erato, 2012
- Johann Adolph Hasse: Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra (as Marc'Antonio), with Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, Le Musiche Nove, Claudio Osele. German Harmonia Mundi, 2013
- Vincenzo Bellini : I Capuleti ei Montecchi (as Romeo), with Valentina Farcas a. a., Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi. Glossa, 2015
- Giacomo Meyerbeer : Emma di Resburgo , with Simone Kermes and others. Wiener Singakademie, modern times 1800, Andreas Stoehr. ORF 1 / Newplay Classical Recordings (Live), 2015
- Georg Friedrich Handel: Lucio Cornelio Silla (as Lepido), with Sonia Prina , Sunhae Im , Roberta Invernizzi a . a., Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi. Glossa, 2017
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Serse (as Arsamene), with Franco Fagioli, Inga Kalna, Francesca Aspromonte a. a., Il pomo d'oro , Maxim Emelyanychev. Deutsche Grammophon, 2018
literature
- Teresa Pieschacón Raphael: Interview with the soprano Vivicagenaux . In: arte , series Maestro Interviews from September 23, 2005.
- Vivicagenaux , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 03/2001 of January 8, 2001, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Official website of Vivicagenaux
- Discography, photos and appearances by Vivicagenaux on the fan website Fanfaire
- Vivicagenaux at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Music examples with Vivicagenaux on Youtube:
- Gioachino Rossini: "Nacqui all'affanno" from La Cenerentola , Live in Paris 2003 (accessed on August 30, 2020)
- Johann Adolph Hasse: "Piange quel fonte" from Numa Pompilio , with the Cappella Gabetta (Live in Bremen, September 2011; accessed on August 30, 2020)
- Antonio Vivaldi: "Alma oppressa" from La fida ninfa , with Orquestra Barroca de Mateus, Coruña, September 2018 (accessed August 30, 2020)
- Attilio Ariosti: "Vorreste o mie pupille" from Lucio Vero , in Gstaad, August 2014 (accessed on August 30, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Vivicagenaux , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 03/2001 of January 8, 2001, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely available)
- ↑ 1: 11.44 min - 1: 12.12 min in an interview with Vivicagenaux in Mexico on Youtube (Italian with Spanish subtitles; accessed on August 20, 2020)
- ↑ 1: 11.44 min - 1: 12.12 min in an interview with Vivicagenaux in Mexico on Youtube (Italian with Spanish subtitles; accessed on August 20, 2020)
- ↑ 19.58–20.15 min and 21.40–21.50 min in an interview with Vivicagenaux in Mexico on Youtube (Italian with Spanish subtitles; accessed on August 20, 2020)
- ↑ a b [1]
- ↑ a b c biography of Vivicagenaux on her personal website (English; accessed August 20, 2020)
- ↑ Aria awards give 3 opera singers $ 15,000 each , April 20, 1997, article online at Deseret News (English; accessed August 14, 2020)
- ↑ All honors according to Vivicagenaux's biography on her official website (see at the bottom) (English; accessed on August 13, 2020)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Exactly, Vivica |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (mezzo-soprano) |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Fairbanks |