Vivica Genaux Vivica Genaux is an American coloratura mezzo-soprano . She was born in Fairbanks, Alaska . She has sung in major operas such as The Barber of Seville at the Metropolitan Opera , L'italiana in Algeri at Opéra National de Paris , and La Cenerentola with Dallas Opera and the Bayerische Staatsoper .Education and singing career Vivica Genaux was born on July 10 , 1969 in Fairbanks . Her father was a biochemistry professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and her Mexico-born mother was a language teacher . She began her vocal studies as a young girl with late American dramatic soprano Dorothy Dow . Ms. Genaux then studied with the late Nicola Rossi-Lemeni and Virginia Zeani at Indiana University Bloomington and for many years with Claudia Pinza Bozzolla in Pittsburgh. She began her professional career specializing in charming portrayals of Rossini comic heroines. She has performed these roles more than two hundred times with many of the major U.S. opera companies, as well as in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Dresden, Munich, Montreal, Tel Aviv, Verona, Santiago and Perth. Her official debut took place in Florence in October 1994 as Isabella in L'Italiana in Algeri . 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 , and some of which were originally written for the castrato voice.Highlights Prior career highlights have included: Brussels and Paris for Hasse’s Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra , led by long-time mentor, conductor René Jacobs ; the recently rediscovered Alessandro Scarlatti oratorio La Santissima Trinità in Paris, Palermo and Lyon, which marked her first collaboration with Fabio Biondi and his Europa Galante ; Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice at the Los Angeles Opera ; a Weill Hall recital at New York’s Carnegie Hall ; Rosinas at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin , Wiener Staatsoper and the Metropolitan Opera; the Opéra National de Paris ; a concert at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin with René Jacobs and the Akademie für Alte Musik performing music from their “Arias for Farinelli” CD; Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Paris and Hong Kong with Kurt Masur and the Orchestre National de France ; Rinaldo in Montpellier and Innsbruck; Minnesota Opera for Lucrezia Borgia , I Capuleti ed i Montecchi and Semiramide ; Urbain in Les Huguenots for the opening of the new opera house in Bilbao; Hassem in Donizetti’s Alahor in Granata in Seville; Selimo in Hasse’s Solimano at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin; Juno/Ino in Handel's Semele at New York City Opera ; and seven appearances at the Caramoor Festival .Recordings ;L'Atenaide – Vivaldi with Modo Antiquo & Federico Sardelli, conductor NAÏVE OP30438 3 CD U.S. Release 22 August 2007 ;Handel & Hasse Arias & Cantatas with Les Violins du Roy, Bernard Labadie, Conductor VIRGIN CLASSICS 7243 5 45737 2 9 U.S. Release September 2006 ;Bajazet – Vivaldi Grammy Nominated with Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, Conductor VIRGIN VERITAS 45676-2 U.S. Release May 2005 ;La Santissima Trinità – Scarlatti with Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, Conductor VIRGIN VERITAS 5456662 Released May 2004 ;Bel Canto Arias – Donizetti/Rossini with Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, John Nelson, Conductor VIRGIN CLASSICS 7243 5 45615 2 8 Released September 2003 ;Rinaldo – Handel René Jacobs, Conductor HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901796.98 Released May 2003 ;Arias for Farinelli – Various Artists Grammy Nominated with Akademie für Alte Musik, René Jacobs, Conductor HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901778 Released 2002 ;Arminio – Handel ;An Evening of Arias and Songs – Various Artists EPCASO 93515 04012 Released June 1999 Personal life Vivica is a distant relative of Belgian football player Régis Genaux . Her interest in European Baroque music led her to settle in Venice . She is the subject of 2004 documentary A Voice Out of the Cold .
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