Isabel Monar, Soprano

Soprano Isabel Monar’s brilliant career is exemplified by the great success she had as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Valencia), Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro (Opéra de Marseille, Stadttheater Bern), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona), and appearances in Il buon marito (Schwetzingen Festival), Orfeo ed Euridice (Edinburgh Festival) and her much acclaimed performance at the Palau de les Arts Valencia. A pupil of Ana Luisa Chova, she graduated with honours and the prize Premio Extraordinario Fin de Carrera, then made her debut at the Teatre Principal in Valencia, her hometown. Devoted both to opera and concert, her highlights have been the roles performed in Turandot (Valencia); José de Nebra’s Iphigenia en Tracia (New York and Boston); Fidelio (Nancy, Santiago and Barcelona); La púrpura de la rosa/The blood of the rose, Velasco (Geneva, Madrid and México DF); Così fan tutte (Lausanne, Madrid, La Coruña and Padova); Arabella, with the Opera North (Leeds); L’elisir d’amore and Idomeneo (Bern); in the Neujahr-Konzert with the Hamburger Symphoniker and M. A. Gómez-Martínez, and in concerts such as those by J. Rodrigo, in Chicago, and Il barbiere di Siviglia, in the Peralada Festival. She has also been widely acclaimed for her interpretations in Purcell’s Dido and Eneas (Marseille) and in Mozart’s Il re pastore, Il sogno di Scipione (Vienna) and in the unfinished opera Zaide (Gmunden Festival, Düsseldorf and at the renowned Concertgebouw Amsterdam). She recently performed Handel’s Radamisto with the Wiener Akademie orchestra. Among her recordings are performances of works by Frederic Mompou, Eduard Toldrà and Vicent Asencio.

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