María-Luz Álvarez (born in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

) is a Spanish soprano known for performance and recording of early music. She currently resides in Cooks Creek, Manitoba. She studied with

Max van Egmond Max van Egmond (born 1 February 1936 in Semarang) is a Dutch bass and baritone singer. He has focused on oratorio and Lied and is known for singing works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was one of the pioneers of historically informed performance of ...

and

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, and has sung in the Capilla Real de Madrid,

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, Capella Figuralis of Jos van Veldhoven,

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and the Egidius Ensemble.

Selected discography

*''Canta Venetia!'' with Lex Eisenhardt. Etcetera *''Cantadas de pasión'' Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer (musician) Arcana *

Giacomo Facco Giacomo Facco (4 February 1676 – 16 February 1753) was an Italian Baroque violinist, Conducting, conductor and composer. One of the most famous Italian composers of his day, he was completely forgotten until 1962, when his work was discovered by ...

''Las Amazonas de Espana'', Maria Luz Alvarez, Raquel Andueza, Los Musicos del Buen Retiro, Isabel Serrano, Antoine Ladrette. *''La Musica en Tiempos del Motin de Aranjuez'', Maria Luz Alvarez, Cesar Carazo, Axivil Goyesco * Joseph de Torres cantatas. Maria Luz Alvarez, Gabinette Armonico. Arsis

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez, Maria-Luz Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Madrid Spanish sopranos