Ana María Martínez
Puerto Rican soprano
Ana María Martínez (born 1971) is a Puerto Rican soprano .
Early life
Martínez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico ; she is the daughter of Puerto Rican opera singer Evangelína Colón[1] [2] and Cuban psychoanalyst Ángel Martínez. Martínez' grandparents originated in Spain and France, and migrated to the Caribbean islands. Martínez grew up with a strict Catholic upbringing.[3] She briefly attended the Boston Conservatory as a musical theater major, but dropped out and later received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the Juilliard School .[4]
Career
After winning first prize in the 1994 Eleanor McCollum Competition, Martínez joined the Houston Grand Opera 's studio in the 1994/95 season, during which she performed Micaëla in Carmen and the title role in Sāvitri .[5]
In November 2005 Martínez debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in Carmen as Micaëla.[6]
In 2006 she was featured in Salzburg Festival 's production of Così fan tutte as Fiordiligi.[7]
In summer 2009, she performed the title role in Dvořák's Rusalka at Glyndebourne Festival Opera . In the 21 August performance she fell into the orchestra pit immediately before the end of Act 1 after her feet became entangled in part of the scenic feature. She was then hospitalized as a precaution and for the rest of the performance her role was taken over by Natasha Jouhl, who performed the role of First Nymph in the run.[8] [9]
In February 2016 she was Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera .[10]
She returned to Così fan tutte as Fiordiligi at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in February 2018.[11] In April, she took up the title role in Florencia en el Amazonas at Florida Grand Opera .[12] In July she performed in Falstaff at the Royal Opera, London as Alice Ford.[13] She portrayed Élisabeth de Valois in Don Carlos opening on 22 September at the Los Angeles Opera .[14]
In January 2019 she brought performances of Florencia to Houston Grand Opera .[15] In February she was appointed Houston Grand Opera's first-ever artistic advisor.[16] In May she portrayed Soleá in El gato montés at Los Angeles Opera.[17]
In 2020, she was announced to join Shepherd School of Music as a professor in the Department of Voice effective as from 1 July 2021.[18]
On 11 March 2016, Martínez sang Bach/Gounod's "Ave Maria " and "Pie Jesu " from Fauré's Requiem during the funeral services of Nancy Reagan .[19] [20]
She provided the singing voice for Monica Bellucci 's character, Alessandra 'La Fiamma', in the third season of Mozart in the Jungle .[21]
Personal life
Martínez met tenor Chad Shelton in 2000; they married and had one son. They divorced about seven years later.[2] She has been living in Houston since December 2002.[22]
Awards
Martínez has won prizes including the Pepita Embil Award, Operalia , and first prize at the Eleanor McCollum Awards.[23] She won a Latin Grammy in 2001 for Classical Album for Isaac Albéniz 's Merlin with Carlos Álvarez , Plácido Domingo , Jane Henschel and conductor José de Eusebio with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid .[24]
She is honored in the 15th annual Opera News Awards .[25]
Discography
Glass : La Belle et la Bête , Nonesuch , 1995
Sheng : The Song of Majnun – A Persian Romeo and Juliet , Delos , 1997
Albéniz: Merlin , Decca , 2000
Glass: Symphony No. 5 , Nonesuch, 2000
Bacalov : Misa Tango , Deutsche Grammophon , 2000
American Dream: Andrea Bocelli 's Statue of Liberty Concert , (TV/DVD) WNET/THIRTEEN, 2000
Glass: Philip on Film , (Box Set) Nonesuch, 2001
Rodrigo : 100 Años – La Obra Vocal, I y II , EMI , 2002
Rodrigo: 100 Años – La Obra Vocal, IV y V , EMI, 2002
Introducing the World of American Jewish Music for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music , Naxos , 2003
Castelnuovo-Tedesco : Naomi and Ruth , Naxos, 2003
Spanish Night from the Berlin Waldbühne , (DVD) with Plácido Domingo and Sarah Chang , Naxos, 2003
Albéniz: Henry Clifford , Decca, 2003
Catan : Florencia en el Amazonas , Albany , 2003
Levy : Masada (Canto de Los Marranos) for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music , Naxos, 2004
Weisgall : T'Kiatot: Rituals for Rosh Hashana , Naxos, 2004
Soprano Songs and Arias: Ana María Martínez , Naxos, 2005
American Classics – Beveridge/Marriner for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music , Naxos, 2005
Mercurio: Many Voices , Sony , 2006
Mozart: Così fan tutte , (DVD) Decca, 2007
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci , Decca, 2007
Amor, Vida de mi Vida , (DVD) with Plácido Domingo, Euroarts, 2009
Dvorak: Rusalka , Glyndebourne , 2010
Concerto: One Night in Central Park with Andrea Bocelli (TV/DVD/CD) WNET / THIRTEEN, 2011
Manon Lescaut with Andrea Bocelli, Plácido Domingo conducting, Decca 2014
See also
References
^ "Evangelina Colón" . Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular . San Juan, Puerto Rico. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-18 .
^ a b von Rhein, John (January 16, 2013). " 'La Boheme' star Ana Maria Martinez is no diva offstage" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2017-03-18 .
^ Feature Opera Lady Ana María Martínez Archived March 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine , hispaniconline.com
^ Barnes, Scott (October 2014). "The Passions of Ana María" . Opera News . 79 (4). Retrieved 16 April 2015 .
^ "Ana María Martínez - Artist detail" . Houston Grand Opera . Archived from the original on 2016-01-24.
^ https://www.metopera.org/discover/artists/soprano/ana-maria-martinez/
^ Tommasini, Anthony (5 August 2006). "A Light Mozart Opera Refitted With a Hard Edge" . The New York Times .
^ Nikkhah, Roya (2009-08-23). "Drama at Glyndebourne as soprano falls off the stage" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 2023-10-11 .
^ Michaels, Sean (2009-08-24). "Opera singer takes a tumble at Glyndebourne festival" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2023-10-11 .
^ Woolfe, Zachary (21 February 2016). "Review: 'Madama Butterfly' Showcases Ana María Martínez" . The New York Times .
^ von Rhein, John (18 February 2018). "Lyric revival of Mozart's romantic comedy 'Cosi Fan Tutte' touches the heart" . Chicago Tribune .
^ Fleshler, David (29 April 2018). "FGO triumphs with an old-fashioned operatic beauty in "Florencia" " . South Florida Classical Review .
^ Christiansen, Rupert (8 July 2018). "Falstaff review, Royal Opera House – despite an excellent cast, this production fails to scintillate" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 19 August 2019 .
^ Swed, Mark (23 September 2018). "Review: Plácido Domingo is ageless as ever in 'Don Carlo,' opening the L.A. Opera season" . Los Angeles Times .
^ Brown, Steven (19 January 2019). "Houston Grand Opera's "Florencia" is a musical and visual delight" . Texas Classical Review .
^ "Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert Of Arias 2019 Winners and Appoints Ana Maria Martinez As Artistic Advisor" . BroadwayWorld . 2 February 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019 .
^ Rampell, Ed (8 May 2019). " 'El Gato Montés': A gypsy, bandit, and torero walk into a bullring" . People's World .
^ McCaig, Amy (2020-06-15). "Ana María Martínez to join Rice Shepherd School as professor of voice" . Rice University.
^ "Lynn Wyatt arranges for Houston soprano to sing at Nancy Reagan funeral" by Shelby Hodge, CultureMap Houston, 14 March 2016
^ "Ana María Martínez singing Pie Jesu-Requiem during Nancy Reagan's Funeral Service" Youtube, 11 March 2016
^ "An Aria for the Long Island Lolita on Mozart in the Jungle by Michael Cooper, The New York Times , 7 December 2016
^ Womack, Catherine (15 September 2017). "Q&A: Carmen, the Wonder Woman of opera? A soprano on playing the poster girl for freedom" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 19 August 2019 .
^ "Featured Artists in Mozart's Così fan tutte " at National Public Radio
^ "Latin Grammys (Finally!) Announced" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , eonline.com
^ Guinther, Louise T. (April 2020). "The Fifteenth Annual OPERA NEWS Awards: Ana María Martínez" . Vol. 84, no. 10.
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