who is who
Marisa Martins, Baroque Singer
The Spanish-Argentinean mezzo soprano began her studies in Buenos Aires where she was born, and continued in the Superior Conservatory in Barcelona. Her opera repertory is principally Monteverdi (Ottavia, Proserpina), Mozart (Dorabella, Annio, Zerlina, Idamante) and Rossini (Zaida, Doralice), roles that she has sung in Liceu theatre in Barcelona, La Zarzuela in Madrid, Theâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Mozart Festival in La Coruña, among others.
Especially interested in the relationship between voice and movement, she has worked in productions that combine music and modern dance in the theatres of Basel and Lucerne, Hebbel-Theater in Berlin, The Opera of Cologne, Brooklyn Academy of Music of New York, Early Music Festival in Innsbruck, The Fischhouse in San Francisco and the Salzburger Festspiele in 2006.
As a recitalist she feels a predilection for the French and Spanish repertory and has given world premiers by Montsalvatge, Enric Palomar, David Padrós, Josep M. Quadreny and Jordi Rossinyol.