(O Rapaz de Bronze), title role in „Giulio Cesare“, „Komponist“ (Ariadne auf
Naxos), main role in „The Rape of Lucretia“ in Rennes und Amsterdam, „
Dorabella“ ...
Nora Sourouzian, Mezzo soprano BIOGRAPHIE The Canadian and French Mezzo-‐soprano Nora Sourouzian appears as a freelance opera singer all over Europe, in Canada and Japan since more than ten years. In the season 2009/10 she sang „Carmen“ and „Il Paggio“ (Salome) at the Teatro Communale di Bologna, „Carmen“ at Opera Leipzig and Köln, and the role of „Isolier“ (Le Conte d’Ory) at the Theater Halle.She recently sang „Carmen“ and „Charlotte“ (Werther) in R iga, LVO, and as „Dulcinée“ (Don Quichotte) in P alerm o. She sang „Carm en“ in many places, such as Cardiff, Québèc, Oslo, Lausanne (with a tour through Japan), Bologna, Leipzig and Zürich, among others. Her large repertoire include roles like: „Pénélope“ (title role of Faurés opera „Pénélope“), „M arguerite“ (La Damnation de Faust), „Phaedra“ (Britten, in a scenic production at the Teatro Communale di Bologna), „M aria Callas“ (Jackie O), „Florinda“ (O Rapaz de Bronze), title role in „Giulio Cesare“, „Kom ponist“ (Ariadne auf Naxos), main role in „The Rape of Lucretia“ in Rennes und Amsterdam, „Dorabella“ in (Cosi fan tutte) at Landestheater Salzburg, „Nefertiti“ (Akhnaten) and „Cherubino“ (Le Nozze di Figaro). She performed the roles „La mère“ and „La libéllule“ (L’enfant et les Sortilèges) with the Lim burg Sym phony Orchestra under Ed Spanjaard. Before being a freelance singer she was member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Kassel where she sang roles like: „Idam ante“ (Idomeneo), „Rom eo“ (I Capuleti e I Montecchi), „Annina“ (Der Rosenkavalier), „3. Dame“ (Zauberflöte), and more. As Guest she sang on stages of: Opernhaus Zürich, Opéra de Lausanne, Opéra du Châtelet Paris, Teatro Sao Paolo Lissabon, Grand Théatre de Genève, De Nederlandse Opera Am sterdam , Opéra de Québec, Den Norske Opera Oslo, Welsh National Opera Cardiff, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Teatro Communale di Bologna, Opéra National du Rhin Strasbourg, Teatro San Carlo in Neapel and the New National Theatre T okyo. She sang at the Göttinger Händel-‐Festspielen, W exford Festival, and at the Festspiele St. M argarethen. Nora Sourouzian won important competitions in Canada and was a finalist of the Hans Gabor Belvedere W ettbew erb in Vienna. As result of this competition she has been invited by the Opéra National du Rhin in Strassburg to sing the roles of „Comtesse de Coigny“ and „Madelon“ (Andrea Chenier). The artist works with conductors like: S ir John Eliot Gardiner, Ed Spanjaard, Cyril Diedrich, M arc M inkow ski, Christoph Eschenbach or Franz W elser-‐M öst. M ahler’s Dritte Sinfonie and L ieder eines fahrenden G esellen, B eethoven’s 9th Sym phony, the Haydn Cantata Arianna a Naxos, M ozart Requiem and Brahm s Liebesliederwalzer are part of Nora Sourouzians large concert repertoire. 2009 she had her debut with Wagner’s W esendonck-Lieder with the Orquestra do Algarve. Recordings: „Jackie O“, by Michael Daugherty, DVD, „O Rapaz de Bronze“ by Nuno Cortez-‐ Real, DVD, CD and DVD of the 34th opera gala of Opéra de Montréal 2009. Nora Sourouzians career began with her studies with Prof. Thérèse Sevadjian at University Mc Gill in Montreal. Before going to Kassel for two years, she was a member of the Young Artists Program of the Internationaal Opera Centrum Nederland in Amsterdam.
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