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María José Siri
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AIDA - Aida
Teatro El Círculo - Rosario, 2003
DON GIOVANNI - Donna Anna
Teatro Avenida - Buenos Aires, 2004
CARMEN - Micaela
Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires, 2004
LE NOZZE di FIGARO - Contessa
Plaza Sala 2 - Montevideo, 2005
IL TROVATORE - Leonora
Teatro Municipal -
Santiago de Chile, 2006
LA TRAVIATA - Violetta
Teatro Solís - Montevideo, 2006
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Born in
Uruguay, she graduates in Piano and
Solfeo Studies. She also studies harmony
and
rhythm, and participates in courses,
seminaries, workshops
and cultural events, all related to music.
In 1994, she
begins her singing studies with Prof. Gilda Dolara.
In 1998, Miss Siri enrolls at "Escuela Nacional de Arte Lírico"
(National School for the Lyric Arts)
and studies vocal techniques
and repertoire with Prof. Amelia Veiga.
She participates
in Master Classes by Elisa
Belmonte (Spain),
Enrique Viana (Spain), Deanna McBroom (USA), Martine Sourais (France)
and Ileana Cotrubas
(Romania).
In 2001, she obtains a
scholarship to start repertoire studies with Mme. Susana Cardonnet
at Buenos
Aires. During 2002, she
takes classes
with famous singers such as: Raquel Pierotti
in Barcelona, Martine Sourais in Paris
and, Ileana Cotrubas in Nice,
with whom she continues working
since then. In 2003,
Miss Siri commences studies in vocal technique with Mme. María Kallay de
Schwartz and scenic arts
with Mme. Ana D'Anna in Buenos Aires,
also working repertoire
with Mme. Carmen Mariño
in
Montevideo and Master César Tello
in Buenos Aires.
Since March 2004, she has
been studying and working
repertoire with Master Dante Ranieri in Buenos Aires
and she is currently in Nice continuing her studies with Mme. Ileana Cotrubas.
Miss Siri has studied under the sponsorship of FONAM
- National Fund for Music-, the French Embassy in Uruguay,
and of private institutions such as
Sociedad Uruguaya ArsLyrica
and Sociedad Juventus
Lyrica of Buenos Aires.
Additionally, her musical career has
been declared of ministerial interest by the Uruguayan
"Ministerio de Educación y Cultura"
(Education and Culture Ministry) and the "Ministerio
de Relaciones Exteriores" (Foreign Affairs Ministry).
In 2006 Miss Siri is declared Honorable Citizen of the city of Canelones,
Uruguay and she also recieves the First Prize in the item
Academic Music of the Bank Boston Foundation Prizes to the National Culture
in it's 3rd. Edition, 2005 "Young Talents".
In 1995, after obtaining the
highest marks for the SODRE Choir entry competition, she
becomes a Member of Uruguay's main Government sponsored choir, singing with it
in every
season.
In 2001, Miss Siri won the first prize in the "Primer Concurso Bienal Internacional de Arte Lírico del Uruguay"
(Uruguay's First Biennial International Singing
Competition), where she also won the Audience Votation Special
Award. In the same year, she was a semifinalist in the "Noveno
Concurso Internacional de Canto de Bilbao" (Ninth
Bilbao International Singing Competition), Spain. In 2004, Miss Siri wins two first prizes as
Mimi in Puccini's "La Bohème"
and as Donna Anna in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" in the "10º Concorso Lirico Internazionale
Premio "M. Battistini" (Tenth International Lyric Competition "M. Battistini"
Prize) held at "Teatro Flavio Vespasiano" of Rieti - Italy. She also wins the
first prize in the "Concorso Internazionale di Canto, Accademia Musicale
Umbra" held at "Castello della Pieve del Vescovo" in Perugia,
Italy. In the competition "Nuevas Voces Líricas del Teatro
Colón" (New Lyric Voices of Teatro Colon) of Buenos Aires, Miss Siri
wins both the first prize and the prize to the Best Voice of the Sterenfeld
Foundation and in the "12º Concurso Internacional de Canto de
Bilbao" (12th. Bilbao International Singing Competition), Spain, she
also wins the first prize. In 2005, Miss Siri wins the "Spanish Music"
prize of the "Concurso Ausenzi" at the "Gran Teatre del Liceu", of
Barcelona and in 2006 she wins the first prize and the public's prize in the
International Competition "Competizione dell'Opera" held in
Dresden, Germany.
Since 1996, she has
appeared in innumerable concerts, recitals and galas, with international
partners such as Darío Volonté and Darío Solari
in Argentina and Uruguay. She has
also appeared in concerts in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. In 2004 Miss Siri was
invited to sing in the Lyric Galas for the reopening nights of Montevideo's
"Teatro Solís",
and in 2005 she sings concerts at Barcelona's "Gran Teatre del Liceu" and
at the "Radio Televisión Española". She also opens the Symphonic Season
of the OSSODRE (uruguayan official Symphonic Orchestra) singing "Liebestod" from
Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde".
Miss Siri has sung under conductors such as Federico García Vigil, Guillermo Opitz,
Antonio María Russo, Carlos Vieu, Reinaldo Censabella, Pedro Ignacio Calderón,
Stefan Lano, Mario Perusso, and Daniel Martínez,
making soloist appeareances in: Kodally's "Missa
Brevis",
Beethoven's Choral Fantasy,
Haydn's "Missa brevis
Sancti Joannis de Deo", Pergolesi's
"Stabat Mater",
Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis", Rachmaninov's
"The Bells" (with the Buenos Aires
National Orchestra) and Brahms's
"Eines Deutsches Requiem"
with the SODRE
Choir and Orchestra.
She has also appeared in the roles of: Gilda (Rigoletto), Micaela
(Carmen), Elisetta (Il
Matrimonio Segretto), Despina (Così fan tutte)
and Duquesa Carolina (Luisa
Fernanda). In 2003, Miss Siri made her Argentinian
debut as Mimí (La Bohème) at
Teatro Avenida of Buenos Aires, followed by Aida (Aida)
at Teatro El Círculo of Rosario.
In 2004, she returns to Argentina to make her debut
at Teatro Colón
of Buenos Aires as Bizet's Micaela (Carmen),
also singing Mozart's Pamina (Die
Zauberflöte) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni)
at Teatro Avenida and sings the Violetta
in Verdi's "La Traviata"
at the Teatro
Avenida of Buenos Aires.
Miss Siri begins the 2005 year taking part in Teatro Colón's
production of Verdi's Requiem for the closing of the Summer Season.
Afterwards she makes her debut at Teatro de Sabadell with La Contessa in
Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, continuing then in a tour arround
"Cataluña", Spain with the same production. Then in Montevideo, Miss Siri
sings again La Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro) for a coproduction SODRE -
ArsLyrica and Mimí (La Bohème) at the Teatro Solís and in
Buenos Aires she sings again Mimi at Teatro Argentino de La
Plata.
In 2006, Miss Siri debuts the roles of Musetta (La Bohème) at Teatro
Colón and Leonora (Il Trovatore) at Teatro Argentino de La Plata.
She also makes her italian debut with the "Opera de Camara Di Milano" as Mimi
in G. Puccini's "La Bohème".
Her debut at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile,
was in G. Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" as Leonora. Again at
Montevideo's Teatro Solís, Miss Siri sings Violetta
(La Traviata) and then at "Salón de los Pasos Perdidos" of the
"Palacio Legislativo" (Congress) she sings Verdi's
Requiem.
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