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| Adelaide
Negri Soprano |
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Argentinian,
italian parents. Diplomated lawyer at the University of Buenos Aires.
She studied singing and acting at the “Instituto Superior
de Arte del Teatro Colón”, winning the Golden
Medal to the best singer, and a British Council Scholarship for
one year’s training at the “London Opera Centre”. |
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In
Argentina, she also sang at Teatro Argentino de La Plata: Queen
of the Night, Don Carlo, Don Giovanni (D.Elvira), Manon Lescaut,
Turandot, Mefistofele (Margherita and Elena), Messa da Requiem. She sang in Italy: Bergamo: Teatro Donizetti, Verona: Arena di Verona, Torino: Teatro Regio, Genova: Teatro Margherita, Macerata: Arena Sferisterio, Trieste: Teatro Verdi, Cagliari: Teatro Palestrina and Teatro Romano, Catania: Teatro Bellini, Jesi: Teatro Pergolesi, Padova: Teatro Verdi, Parma: Teatro Regio, Modena, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Ravenna, Ferrara, Rovigo, Treviso: Teatri Comunali, Fano: Corte Malatestiana, Enna: Castel Lombardia, Benevento: Arena romana. In France: Radio France
(Matilde di Shabran), Grand Teatre Tours (Lucia, Anna Bolena), Teatre
des Arts Rouen (Il trovatore). In Spain: Gran Teatro
del Liceo de Barcelona (Don Giovanni (Elvira), Norma, Un ballo in
maschera, Beatrice di Tenda, Balada’s Cristobal Colon,, and
covers: La Gioconda, Il Trovatore). In Belgium: Liége
(Maria Stuarda). In U.S.A. she made a surprise début at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York singing “Norma”, opposite Placido Domingo and Tatiana Troyanos, conducting James Levine, a performance also broadcasted for U.S.A. and Canada. (1982) Following a three seasons’ engagement with the Met for Il Trovatore with Fiorenza Cossotto, Ermanno Mauro and Juan Pons (1983), Ernani with Luciano Pavarotti, Sherril Milnes and Ruggero Raimondi (1983), Macbeth with Sherril Milnes and Louis Quilico (1984). In “The Met on tour” she sang in Boston, and in “The Met in the Parks” (Lucia di Lammermoor) (1983). In Washington D.C. at the Kennedy Center (Un ballo in maschera), in Denver, Colorado (Il Trovatore), in Bridgeport and Standford (Nabucco) , in San Juan de Puerto Rico (La Gioconda), in Palm Beach (La Traviata). In South America: Venezuela: Teatro Municipal de Caracas (Semiramide, Jone, L’africana), Fundación Teresa Carreño (Lucia di Lammermoor, Norma), Uruguay: Teatrro Solis de Montevideo (Tosca, Aida, Turandot). Brazil: Teatro Municipal de Sao Paulo (Semiramide). |
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| In
1997, she founded “La Casa de la Opera de Buenos Aires”,
promoting less known Operas by Italian composers: Donizetti’s
Lucrezia Borgia (1999 and 2000), Roberto Devereux (2000), Maria Stuarda
(2002), Anna Bolena (2003), Viva la Mamma (2002); Bellini’s
La Straniera (2000), Il Pirata (2001), Norma (2006); Puccini’s
Le Villi and Suor Angelica (2001); Cherubini’s Medea (2002);
Rossini’s Armida (2003), Elisabetta Regina d’Inghilterra
(2004), Guglielmo Tell (2005); Verdi’s Nabucco (2004) and La
Forza del destino (2005); Ponchielli’s La Gioconda (2006). For her extraordinary activity promoting young performers, Adelaida deserved the “Mecenate 2000 Prize” in Buenos Aires. She is frequently invited to dictate Master Classes
of Operatic interpretation, and to participate as Jury in Singing
International Contests. |
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Adelaide Negri,"NORMA", Metropolitan Opera
House, New York, February 1982 |
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The Musical Critics Association and the Argentine Senate Awarded Miss Negri with an honour diploma “for her brilliant international career and for her support of young performers from her Casa de la Opera” She produced for the first time an opera in the City of La Rioja, Argentina, in a double program with "Rita" and "Elisir d'amore", and has been nominated "Guest of Honour" by the town's Major. (September 2008) |
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