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Vivica Genaux
12+ albums
operabaroquevocalClassicalamerican
about
Vivica Genaux (born in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American mezzo-soprano. Her father, of Belgian descent, was a biochemistry professor at the University of Alaska and her mother, of Swiss-German extraction, was a language teacher. She has sung in major operas such The Barber of Seville at the Metropolitan Opera, L'italiana in Algeri at Opera National de Paris and Cinderella with Dallas Opera and the Bayerische Staatsoper. Ms. Genaux studied with the late Nicola Rossi-Lemeni and Virginia Zeani at Indiana University Bloomington and currently studies with Claudia Pinza (daughter of tenor Ezio Pinza). She began her professional career specializing in charming portrayals of Rossini comic heroines (Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Isabella in L'italiana in Algeri, Angelina in La Cenerentola). She has performed these roles more than two hundred times with many of the major U.S. opera companies (including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle, San Diego, and Pittsburgh Operas), as well as in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Dresden, Munich, Montreal, Tel Aviv, Verona, Santiago and Perth. Her role as the hero in Handel's "Arminio" was her first baroque role and she continues to expand her repertoire which currently includes 28 roles, 20 of which are pants-roles (mezzo playing male character). Prior career highlights have included: Brussels (La Monnaie) and Paris (Champs-Elysees) for Hasse's Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra, led by long-time mentor, conductor Rene Jacobs;
top songs
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VIII. Sicut erat in principio (Allegro)
5582Griselda: Agitata da due venti
1663Semiramide: E Prigioniero E Re
1304L'Oracolo in Messenia, Atto Primo, Scena 1: Questa è Messene (Epitide)
1215Astianatte: "Spera che questo cor"
1106Lusinghe più care (from Alessandro, HWV 21)
1107L'Oracolo in Messenia, Atto Primo, Scena 3: Aria: Dono d'amica sorte (Epitide)
968I. In turbato mare irato
849Nisi Dominus, RV 608 : VIII. Sicut erat in principio (Allegro)
7810Qual guerriero in campo armato
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