Orlanda Velez Isidro
Orlanda Velez Isidro | |
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| Born | 6 March 1972 Évora, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation | Classical coloratura soprano |
| Years active | 1992-present |
Orlanda Velez Isidro (born 1972) is a Portuguese classically trained coloratura soprano.[1] Her preferred genre of music is Renaissance and Baroque repertoire. Since completing her education in Portugal and the Netherlands, she has lived and performed in the Netherlands.
Biography
Orlanda Velez Isidro was born 6 March 1972 Évora, Portugal and began her musical studies at age 7. She began by studying piano and violin. She began vocal training at the pt under the training of Maria Repas Gonçalves. Between 1992 and 1997, Velez sang in the Gulbenkian Choir of Lisbon and in 1997, she graduated with a degree in musicology, moving to Holland.[2]
At the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Velez studied under Rita Dams and Lenie van den Heuvel and trained in repertoire with Jill Feldmann, Meinard Kraak, Marius van Altena, graduating in 2000. She has continued her education with singing master classes by Elly Ameling, Jill Feldmann, Diane Forlano, Ronald Kleekamp, Barbara Pierson, Jennifer Smith, Nico van der Meel, Rolande van der Paal. In 2001, she participated in the "Concours International de Chant Baroque de Chimay-Belgique" and won the third place prize.[2]
She was hired by the Amsterdam Baroque Choir the Netherlands Bach Society, and the Netherlands Chamber Choir and is a core part of those organizations.[3] She has performed as a soloist with Eduardo Lopez Banzo; Frans Brüggen in Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream; Michel Corboz with the Gulbenkian Orchestra and Choir; Ton Koopman and The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir in several programs of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Claudio Monteverdi; William Christie in the project Ambronay 98 and the project Le Jardin des Voix with Les Arts Florissants and Fredrik Malmberg and the Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester.[2]
She has made recordings with Frans Brüggen of Midsummer Night's Dream with his Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century; with William Christie recordings of Moulinié Motets and sacred music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier; and with Ton Koopman recording of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Matthäus-Passion (1769). In addition, she recorded Al Uso de Nuestra Tierra with Musica Temprana; Carlo Gesualdo Madrigals Libro I, II, and III with the Kassiopeia Quintet; Musica na Obra of Gil Vicente with pt; and a duet performance of Mazzocchi with Jill Feldmann.[4]
In operatic repertoire Velez, was Miss Jessel, in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw under conductor Brad Cowen[2] and was Madame Mao, in a Dutch production of John Adams' Nixon in China, which the Dutch press reviewed favorably.[5] Velez's personal preference for repertoire are Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary music. She regularly performs recitals of baroque music with groups such as De Swaen, Ensemble Udite Amanti, The Kassiopeia Quintet, Musica Temprana, and Segréis de Lisboa.[2]
External links
References
- ^ "Orlanda Velez Isidro". Gulbenkian Música (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portuga: Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian. 3 October 2002. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Oron, Aryeh (2004). "Orlanda Velez Isidro (Soprano)". Bach-cantatas. Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Orlanda Velez Isidro". Bach Vereniging (in Dutch). Holland: Nederlandse Bach Vereniging. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Orlanda Velez Isidro (Soprano)". Canto del Caballero. El Canto del Caballero. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ van der Waa, Frits (1 July 2005). "Jansens enscenering van 'Nixon in China' is vernuftig in al zijn eenvoud" (in Dutch). Holland: de volkskrant. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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