Raquel Camarinha is a Portuguese operatic
soprano
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. In 2011, she received the first prize at the Luísa Todi National Singing Competition.
Life
Youth and training
In 2009, she obtained a Bachelor's degree at the
University of Aveiro
The University of Aveiro ( pt, Universidade de Aveiro) is a public university, in addition to providing polytechnic education, located in the Portuguese city of Aveiro. Founded in 1973, it has a student population of approximately 12,500, distri ...
in Portugal. In 2011, she obtained a Master's degree in singing at the
Conservatoire de Paris
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with honors. In 2013, she obtained the diplomas of performer in singing and contemporary repertoire and creation.
Career
Camarinha's repertoire ranges from
Baroque
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to
contemporary music
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. Her debut in typical Mozart roles is noticed with Pamina in Mozart's ''
The Magic Flute
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'' at the Conservatoire de Paris in March 2010, Zerlina in ''
Don Giovanni
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'' at the Madeira festival in January 2006. She became known in France as Eurilla in ''
Orlando Paladino
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'' by Haydn at the
Théâtre du Châtelet
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One of two theatres (the other being the Théâtre de la Ville) built on the site of a ''châtelet'', a s ...
in March 2012. She also interpreted Morgana in ''
Alcina'' by Georg Friedrich Haendel at the Brig in Switzerland in August 2013.
She plays the fascinating character of Justine-Juliette in the musical play ''
La Passion selon Sade
(The Passion according to Sade) is an opera by Sylvano Bussotti who also wrote the libretto, and was the set designer and director. The subtitle is "mistero da camera", describing it as a chamber mystery play. It was Bussotti's first work for th ...
'' by composer
Sylvano Bussotti (creation at the Theatre of Nîmes in February 2017).
She collaborates with artists such as
Ophélie Gaillard,
Brigitte Fossey
Brigitte Florence Fossey (; born 15 June 1946) is a French actress.
Early years
The daughter of a schoolteacher, Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film, ''Jeux interdits, Forbidden Games''. , , , , and
Emmanuel Rossfelder
Emmanuel Rossfelder (born 1973) is a French classical guitarist.
Life
Rossfelder started playing the guitar at the age of 5. He started as a student of Raymond Gellier. At the age of 8, he entered the Conservatoire de musique of Aix en Provenc ...
.
Camarinha is also a
fado singer.
Awards
In 2011, she was awarded the first prize at the
Luisa Todí National Singing Competition in Portugal, the Best Female Performer Award at the Armel Opera Competition in Hungary. She was awarded the Prize for the duet of voice and piano at the 5th Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Voice and Piano Competition. She is accompanied during her performance by the pianist Satoshi Kubo.
In 2013, she received the first prize and the public prize of the International Baroque Singing Competition of Froville.
[.] In 2014, she participated in the "Génération Jeunes Interprètes" concert on France Musique.
[
In January 2017, she was nominated in the "Révélation artiste lyrique" category of the ]Victoires de la musique classique The Victoires de la musique classique (; en, "Victories of Classical Music") are an annual French classical music award event founded in 1986. The awards are the classical equivalent of the popular music awards Victoires de la Musique and the Victo ...
.''Rencontre avec la mélodie française, entretien avec Raquel Camarinha et Yoan Héreau''
on classicagenda.fr
World premieres
In 2008, Camarinha participated in the world premiere of ''Evil Machines'', and in 2010, ''Paint Me''. She also took part in the first performance of the chamber version of Kaija Saariaho's ''
La Passion de Simone'', after
Simone Weil
Simone Adolphine Weil ( , ; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. Over 2,500 scholarly works have been published about her, including close analyses and readings of her work, since 1995.
...
.
[.]
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Portuguese operatic sopranos
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
1986 births
Living people
People from Braga
21st-century Portuguese women opera singers