Miriam Gauci

Miriam Gauci ( born April 3, 1959 according to other sources: 1963, in Vittoriosa, Malta ) is a Maltese opera singer.

Life and work

The soprano Miriam Gauci studied first with her ​​aunt, the soprano Hilda Tabone, then moved to Lia Guarini at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, Italy, and completed her studies at the Centro finally Perfezionamento Lirici Artisti del Teatro Alla Scala di Milano successfully. After winning several competitions, she completed her stage debut in 1984 in Bologna in Poulenc 's La Voix Humaine.

In Milan, she made her debut at La Scala in the role of Luigi Rossi's Orfeo in Proserpina, as this work underwent its first modern performance. In the following season they went into the woman without shade and La Sonnambula. In the U.S., she made her debut in Santa Fe in 1987, when she sang the role of Madama Butterfly. She took this role later on in Naxos. Also in the U.S., namely in Los Angeles, she sang Mimi in La Bohème, then in Hamburg Liù from Turandot and at the Wexford Festival, the Umberto Giordano's La Cena Ginevra delle Beffe. Miriam Gauci occurs since at many major European opera houses with an extensive repertoire, ranging from Donna Elvira and Anna Bolena and Luisa Miller.

Besides the opera she maintains an extensive concert and recital repertoire. Her voice, which can tremendously, but also gentle sound, is considered an extremely versatile, although Gauci has not attained the fame of many of her colleagues in the opera world. Among her famous partners include tenors such as Plácido Domingo, Giacomo Aragall, Peter Dvorsky, and Francisco Araiza. She has worked with conductors such as Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Silvio Varviso, Zubin Mehta, Georges Prêtre, Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado and Wolfgang Sawallisch.

In 1993, she was awarded by the President Vincent Tabone of the Maltese Order of Merit. She is married to the originating also from Malta conductor and pianist Michael Laus and has a daughter.

Gauci is considered the leading Puccini interpreter of her generation.

CD recordings

  • Puccini 's "Madama Butterfly" Naxos
  • Puccini 's "Manon Lescaut " Naxos
  • Leoncavallo, " Pagliacci " Naxos
  • Puccini 's "La Bohème " Discover
  • Puccini 's "Tosca " Discover
  • Verdi " Otello " Discover
  • Verdi " Simon Boccanegra " Discover
  • Puccini " Suor Angelica " Discover
  • Beethoven " Symphony No. 9 " Discover
  • Verdi 's "Requiem " Discover
  • Dvorak 's "Stabat Mater " Discover
  • Brahms ' German Requiem "Discover
  • Beethoven 's "Egmont - Incidental music " Discover
  • "Soprano Arias from Italian Operas " Naxos
  • "Discover Miriam Gauci " Discover
  • " Ramon Vargas: Between Friends " RCA

DVD recordings

  • Puccini 's "Manon Lescaut " Arthaus
  • Bizet 's "Carmen" repertoire Sales & Distribution

Swell

  • Soprano Arias from Italian Operas. Miriam Gauci, soprano, Philharmonic Orchestra of the Belgian Radio and Television ( Brussels), conducted by Alexander Rahbari. According to the text by Keith Anderson in the booklet.
  • Manuel Brug " The new singer voices" ( Henschel Verlag)
  • Kutsch / belt " Great Sängerlexikon " ( Saur )
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