Ainhoa Arteta Ibarrolaburu, better known as Ainhoa Arteta (born 24 September 1964 at
Tolosa,
Basque
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Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
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province of
Gipuzkoa
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), is a Spanish soprano.
Personal life and training
Her father, José Ramón Arteta, was founder and director of the Coral Eresoinka
["Las chicas de José Ramón"]
''El Diario Vasco
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History and profile
''El Diario Vasco'' was founded in 1934 by the Sociedad Vascongada de Publicaciones, led by co ...
'' 13 March 2006 and she thus grew up in a musical environment. Aged 12, she entered the . The conductor of the orchestra there, Jacques Bodmer, former principal conductor of the
Argentine National Symphony Orchestra,
["The National Symphony’s erratic course"](_blank)
''Buenos Aires Herald
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History
Under the original name of ''The Buenos Ayres Herald'', ...
'', by Pablo Bardin, 25 November 2013 was a friend of her father and, having heard her sing, saw her take up study, after an exam, under
Ettore Campogalliani
Ettore Campogalliani (30 September 1903 – 3 June 1992) was an Italian composer, musician and teacher.
Campogalliani studied piano in 1921, graduating from the Conservatory of Bologna. He then studied composition at the Conservatory of Parma in ...
in Italy, aged 18, before moving to New York with a grant from the Provincial Government of Gipuzkoa, to study at the
Actors Studio
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.
["Ainhoa Arteta"]
''El País
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It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
'', by Eduardo Rodrigálvarez, 23 January 1999["Women and Leadership Forum with Ainhoa Arteta, Soprano"](_blank)
''ESADE Alumni'', 29 June 2012
Biografias y vidas In 2003 she reworked her voice under
Ruth Falcon
Ruth Falcon (November 2, 1942 – October 9, 2020) was an American operatic soprano and voice teacher.
Career
Falcon began singing in the youth choir at Salem Church in New Orleans, where the choir director recognized her talent and began giving h ...
.
["Entrevista a Ainhoa Arteta: 'Me siento libre de equipaje'"]
Francisco García Rosado, Asociación de Revistas Culturales de España, October 2004
She married baritone
Dwayne Croft
Dwayne Croft is an American baritone who has sung in more than 500 performances in 38 roles at the Metropolitan Opera.
He won the Richard Tucker Award in 1996.
He created the role of Nick Carraway in John Harbison's ''The Great Gatsby'' in 1999, ...
on 20 April 1998
["Crisis matrimonial en el escenario"]
''El País
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It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
'', by Lourdes Morgades, 23 October 2003 with whom she had a daughter, Sarah. They divorced in 2003.
["Ainhoa Arteta ha sido madre por segunda vez"](_blank)
by Sacra on "Uno más en la Familia" website, 28 August 2013 She married showjumper Jesús Garmendia in secret on 1 July 2013 in
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["La soprano Ainhoa Arteta retransmite su boda con el jinete Jesús Garmendia vía twitter"]
Twitter image, ''Chance'', 3 July 2013 She gave birth to their son, Íker, in 2010.
["Ainhoa Arteta y Jesús Garmendia nos presentan a su hijo, Íker."]
''¡Hola!
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'', 24 January 2010 They separated in 2016.
In April 2021 she announced that she had to use a wheelchair temporarily after getting infected in February 2021 by
COVID-19
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during the pandemic.
Professional career
Her operatic debut came in 1990 as Clorinda in
Rossini
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...
's ''
La Cenerentola
' (''Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant'') is an operatic ''dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the libretti written by Charles-Guillaume Étienne for the opera '' Cendrillon'' ...
'' with the
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company in a production by the Tehrani producer Bijan Ahsefjah.
["Roudaki Hall"](_blank)
Opera Nostalgia She replaced the soprano who had cancelled a few days before the premiere and needed to learn the part quickly, since she had told the opera company in her enthusiasm that she knew the part, when in fact this was not the case.
''Diario de Mallorca'', 3 August 2006 Her reviews were mixed: "Ainhoa Arteta and Maureen Taylor, as the wicked stepsisters, offered fairly bright, agile voices, but failed to project fully and missed opportunities to enliven their music", according to the ''
Sun Sentinel
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''.
["Palm Beach Opera Presents Rossini's Look At 'Cinderella'."](_blank)
''Sun Sentinel'', Palm Beach by Tim Smith, 12 March 1990 The following month, April, she was billed to appear in a production by
Westchester Opera of
Franco Leoni
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's ''L'Oracolo''.
After winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1993,
[The Metropolitan Opera archives]
/ref> she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera House in October 1994 as Mimì in ''La Bohème
''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions ''quadri'', ''tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe G ...
''. Further Met performances include rôles as Violetta in La Traviata
''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...
, the Countess Olga Sukarev in Giordano's ''Fedora
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'' with Plácido Domingo
José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, ...
and Mirella Freni
Mirella Freni, OMRI (, born Mirella Fregni, 27 February 1935 – 9 February 2020) was an Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses. She received international attention at the Gl ...
, Micaela in ''Carmen
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...
'', Musetta in ''Bohème'' and Thérèse/The Fortuneteller in Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...
's ''Les mamelles de Tirésias
''Les Mamelles de Tirésias'' (''The Breasts of Tiresias'') is an ''opéra bouffe'' by Francis Poulenc, in a prologue and two acts based on the eponymous play by Guillaume Apollinaire. The opera was written in 1945 and first performed in 1947. Ap ...
'' conducted by Levine Levine (French transliteration from Russian) / Levin (surname), Levin (English transliteration from Russian Левин) is a common Jewish language, Jewish (Ashkenazi Jewish) surname. Levinsky is a variation with the same meaning (see French version ...
.["Metropolitan Opera archives"](_blank)
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Her first London performance was in 1999 at a concert with Plácido Domingo
José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, ...
at the Barbican Hall
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organized by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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.["Ainhoa Arteta"](_blank)
Arena di Verona, May 2006
Zarzuela.net "An Evening of Zarzuela", Barbican Hall, London 25 April 1999 by Michael James 1999 Her first performance at Covent Garden
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was in 2002 when she sang Musetta with Ramón Vargas
Ramón Vargas (born 11 September 1960) is a Mexican operatic tenor. Since his debut in the early '90s, he has developed to become one of the most acclaimed tenors of the 21st century. Known for his most expressive and agile lyric tenor voice, he ...
as Rodolfo and Cristina Gallardo-Domâs
Cristina Lourdes Gallardo-Domâs Tudezca is a soprano, born in Santiago, Chile, who frequently performs in operas by Puccini.
Gallardo-Domâs made her debut as Madama Butterfly in 1990 at the Municipal Theatre of Santiago and, three years later, ...
as Mimì.["La bohème – 12 June 2002"](_blank)
Royal Opera House Online Collections
Her first appearance at New York’s Carnegie Hall
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was with Dolora Zajick and Plácido Domingo, with whom she works regularly with concert performances in several countries including Spain, the United States, Brazil, France, Turkey, England, Germany, Austria and Lebanon.
Other major venues for her opera performances include the Kennedy Center Opera House (Washington Opera
The Washington National Opera (WNO) is an American opera company in Washington, D.C. Formerly the Opera Society of Washington and the Washington Opera, the company received Congressional designation as the National Opera Company in 2000. Performa ...
), La Scala
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in Milan
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, the Teatro di San Carlo
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in Naples
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, the Arena di Verona
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It is one of the best ...
, the Bavarian State Opera
The Bayerische Staatsoper is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bayerische Staatsorchester.
History
The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under Ele ...
in Munich
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, Stopera
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(Netherlands Opera
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), Graz Opera
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History
Opera h ...
, the San Francisco opera house
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It is part of the San Francisco War Memorial and P ...
and the Palacio de Bellas Artes
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in México
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.["Ainhoa Arteta"](_blank)
Naxos
''El País
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It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
'' 14 August 2004
Her performance of Lied
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er, songs and zarzuela are of no less acclaim than her operatic performances. She has sung with the orchestra of Cadaqués conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
Sir Neville Marriner, (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an English violinist and "one of the world's greatest conducting, conductors". Gramophone (magazine), Gramophone lists Marriner as one of the 50 greatest conductors and another com ...
, with Michael Tilson Thomas
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and the New World Symphony Orchestra
The New World Symphony is an American orchestral academy based in Miami Beach, Florida. Established in 1987, the organization is a training ensemble for young musicians in preparation for professional careers in classical music. Since 2011, the ...
.
She has performed and recorded with her former husband Dwayne Croft
Dwayne Croft is an American baritone who has sung in more than 500 performances in 38 roles at the Metropolitan Opera.
He won the Richard Tucker Award in 1996.
He created the role of Nick Carraway in John Harbison's ''The Great Gatsby'' in 1999, ...
.
Among other awards, she has the Concours International de Voix d'Opera Plácido Domingo (Paris, 1993).
In December 2008, she gave a series of recitals accompanied by Malcolm Martineau
Malcolm Martineau, OBE (born 3 February 1960) is a Scottish pianist who is particularly noted as an accompanist.
Life
Martineau was born to the pianist Hester Dickson Martineau and Canon George Martineau in 1960. He was an only child but he had ...
.["Ainhoa Arteta, en Aldaia"]
''El País''. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
In 2009 came her debut classical pop album ''La Vida''.[Artist biography by Jason Birchmeier.](_blank)
AllMusic
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Recordings
*1999: ''En Concierto'' – Ainhoa Arteta and Dwayne Croft
Dwayne Croft is an American baritone who has sung in more than 500 performances in 38 roles at the Metropolitan Opera.
He won the Richard Tucker Award in 1996.
He created the role of Nick Carraway in John Harbison's ''The Great Gatsby'' in 1999, ...
with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Castilla y Léon, Bragado Darman, cond. RTVE MUSICA 65126 – recorded live on August 9, 1999 at the Palacio de los Festivales in Cantabria, Spain''Opera News'', Review Section, Metropolitan Opera
/ref>
*1999: ''La Rondine'' – Magda – Washington Opera, Decca DVD
*''La Vida 2009''
References
External links
(in Spanish)
– in Spanish
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1964 births
Living people
Basque singers
Spanish operatic sopranos
People from Tolosa, Spain
Operalia, The World Opera Competition prize-winners
Basque women
20th-century Spanish women opera singers