ALEXANDRA URQUIOLA mezzo-soprano
Born in New York, of Cuban origin, Alexandra Urquiola graduates at the Yale School of Music (USA) and participates in various training programs such as the Merola Opera of San Francisco and the Gerdine Young Artists of the Sant Louis Opera. She also collaborates with the Aspen Music Festival, where she works in an experimental workshop on the opera Hadrian by Rufus Wainwright, cooperating with the composer in the revision of one of the roles of the work, Plotina.
She participates in prestigious international competitions such as Belvedere and Tenor Viñas, among others, always reaching the semifinals. Next year she will be in the final of the Neue Stimmen, which will be held in the month of March.
Among the many roles she plays on stage, the most notable are Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Paquette (Candide), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Angel 3 (Seven angels), Popova (The Bear: An Extravaganza in One Act), Mother Goose (The Rake's progress), Mrs. Ott (Susannah), Jade Boucher (Dead man walking) and Zita (Gianni Schicchi), and she covers the roles of Ottavia (L'incoronazione di Poppea), Giovanna (Rigoletto), Tamiri (Il re pastore), Annio (La clemenza di Tito) and Meg March (Little women).
In 2019 she establishes in Europe and becomes part of the opera studio at the Stuttgart Staatsoper. In the 19/20 season, Urquiola sings the roles of Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Annina (La Traviata), Linetta (L'amour des trois oranges), Fyodor (Boris Godunov) and Die Aktivistin (Second-hand Zeit). In this same season she plays the role of Emmeline in a film adaptation of Purcell's King Arthur.
Next future include the roles of Bradamante in Alcina and Küchenjunge in Rusalka in Stuttgart.
In the concert field, her repertoire includes works such as Haendel's Messiah, Elgar's Sea pictures and John Adams' Grand Pianola Music. Especially to highlight her collaboration with the renowned pianist Steven Blier for the world premiere of Clarice Assad's Elements song cycle at the New York Song Festival in 2019.
Website Alexandra Urquiola
She participates in prestigious international competitions such as Belvedere and Tenor Viñas, among others, always reaching the semifinals. Next year she will be in the final of the Neue Stimmen, which will be held in the month of March.
Among the many roles she plays on stage, the most notable are Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Paquette (Candide), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Angel 3 (Seven angels), Popova (The Bear: An Extravaganza in One Act), Mother Goose (The Rake's progress), Mrs. Ott (Susannah), Jade Boucher (Dead man walking) and Zita (Gianni Schicchi), and she covers the roles of Ottavia (L'incoronazione di Poppea), Giovanna (Rigoletto), Tamiri (Il re pastore), Annio (La clemenza di Tito) and Meg March (Little women).
In 2019 she establishes in Europe and becomes part of the opera studio at the Stuttgart Staatsoper. In the 19/20 season, Urquiola sings the roles of Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Annina (La Traviata), Linetta (L'amour des trois oranges), Fyodor (Boris Godunov) and Die Aktivistin (Second-hand Zeit). In this same season she plays the role of Emmeline in a film adaptation of Purcell's King Arthur.
Next future include the roles of Bradamante in Alcina and Küchenjunge in Rusalka in Stuttgart.
In the concert field, her repertoire includes works such as Haendel's Messiah, Elgar's Sea pictures and John Adams' Grand Pianola Music. Especially to highlight her collaboration with the renowned pianist Steven Blier for the world premiere of Clarice Assad's Elements song cycle at the New York Song Festival in 2019.
Website Alexandra Urquiola