MONTSERRAT GIRÓ, Mezzo-Soprano
The mezzo-soprano Montserrat Giró is born in Granada (Spain). She studied music at the Conservatory Superior of Music of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (combining it later with her law studies at the University of La Laguna), forming part, at that time, the choir of the Conservatory in concerts of the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife.
Receive a grant by the Cabildo of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and hand pianist Miguel Zanetti (Montserrat Caballé's pianist), perfects his studies in Barcelona, being a finalist in the "New Voices of Ateneo" marathon contest. Pupil of the great mezzo Raquel Pierotti, also received master classes with Alfredo Kraus, Magda Oliveros, Félix Lavilla and Miguel Zanetti.
Her operatic debut takes place with the opera Madama Butterfly in the role of Suzuky receiving already excellent reviews in the press. From there she will continuous with La Vida Breve (Manuel de Falla) in the role of La Abuela, Don Gil de Alcalá as Maya, operetta The Merry Widow in the character of Valencienne, cover in the world premiere of Babel 46 (Xavier Montsalvatge) in roles Virginia and Urraca (in International Music Festivals Cadaqués and Peralada); The world premiere of El Moro de la Patera (Lothar Siemens) in the character of Antonia and lately Cavalleria Rusticana as Mamma Lucia on a tour of Spain.
But her voice allows her to include other fields such as Spanish, South American or German lieder (highlighting the welcome to her Frauenliebe und Leben of Schuman or cycles Falla, Granados, Lorca, Toldrá, Guridi, Obradors ...). A highlight their participation in a macro show at the centennial of Lorca, concerts around Spain and especially in the International Music Festival of Cadaqués, Salisbury (England) or Musical Whims of the Isla Baja (Tenerife), like In memoriam the tenor Alfredo Kraus (organized by the baritone Francisco Kraus). In the field of oratory, stars in the Mass in D Minor Julio Navarro Grau, Mozart's Requiem or Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze Haydn.
In Zarzuela numerous roles have been. Debuts Los Gavilanes as Rosaura and will follow La Leyenda del Beso in the role of Simeona, La Dogaressa in the characters of Sorceress and Rosina, El Barbero de Sevilla as La Roldan, Bohemians as Juana, El Asombro de Damasco in the role of Zobeida , La Dolorosa in the character of Dolores, Agua, azucarillos y aguardiente as Pepa, Gigantes y Cabezudos as Pilar, La Revoltosa in the role of Soledad, La Verbena de la Paloma (in some productions as Susana and others as Señá Rita), La Gran Vía, El dúo de la Africana in the character La Antonelli, El Niño Judío as Concha, Katiuska in the role of Olga, Romanza Húngara as Sandra la loba, Los Claveles in the character of Rosa.
Throughout her career she has had the opportunity to sing in theaters, among others, El Campos Eliseos (Bilbao), Breton de los Herreros (Logroño), Municipal Auditorium (Ourense) and Teatro Principal (Ourense), Guimerá Theatre ( S / C de Tenerife), Cuyás Theatre and Benito Pérez Galdos (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Teatro Leal in La Laguna (Tenerife), Teatre L'Aliança (Barcelona), Auditorio de Palma de Mallorca, City Hall Salisbury (England ) or Teatro Colón (La Corunya) and be directed by musical director as Adriá Sardó, Maria Dolores Marco, Josep Solé, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, Gregorio Gutiérrez, Edmond Colomer and Daniel Martínez Gil de Tejada, scene as Joan Antón Sánchez or Uwe Schwarz and have had the opportunity to sing with companions like Carlos Cosías, Francisco Corujo, Vicenç Esteve, Enric Sacristan, Svetlana Bassova, Haydee Dabusti, Michelle Francis-Cook, Agustin Prunell-Friend, Alberto Cazes or Moisés Molins.
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