ARTIST

ARTIST

Maria José Siri(Soprano)

Maria José Siri has been recognized as one of the leading sopranos of today. With a repertoire spanning from Belcanto to Verismo, she distinguished herself as an acclaimed interpreter of the most famous heroines of Verdi and Puccini. Uruguayan born of Italian origin, she began studying music at a very young age, then went on to study at the Paris Conservatoire and later on with Ileana Cotrubaș.

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Maria made her European debut in 2008 as Leonora in Il trovatore at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and as Aida at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan afterwards.
Maria's career rapidly took off since then, especially in 2016, when she opened La Scala's season as Madama Butterfly, then as Manon Lescaut and Francesca da Rimini. She has shot to stardom in 2017, when she landed the prestigious International Opera Award (Oscar della Lirica).
She has performed in the most important Italian theatres, with a special and long-lasting relationship with the Arena di Verona.

Major theatres of Germany, Belgium and Spain have established with Maria José Siri an abiding connection, alongside those of Latin America, Japan, Russia, Israel and Eastern Countries.
Amongst the most beloved roles of her, Aida, with 150 performances to date, as well as Odabella and Abigaille, Elisabetta of Valois, Lucrezia Contarini, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Suor Angelica and Adriana Lecouvreur. Last season, she debuted last year at the Royal Opera House, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and Musikverein Graz.

Maria José Siri has a large discography of CD and DVD recordings, such as Messa per Rossini and Madama Butterfly (Decca), Don Giovanni, Trittico, Attila, Nabucco, I due Foscari, Norma, Adriana Lecouvreur (Naxos and Dynamic).


Recent perfomances include Aida at the Arena di Verona, Madama Butterfly and Abigaille, which obtained an enormous success from public and critics, as well as Ernani and Il trovatore at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Aida at the Semperoper Dresden, Tosca at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Nabucco at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

For this 2023/24 season, Maria José Siri will be Aida at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Tosca on tour in Tokyo, Elisabetta di Valois in Don Carlo at Teatro alla Scala, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Abigaille in Nabucco at the Teatro Verdi di Trieste, to mention a few.
PARTICIPATING PERFORMANCES

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Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Main Hall

"Aida"(Concert Style/With Subtitles)

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Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Main Hall

"Aida"(Concert Style/With Subtitles)

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