Ana María Martínez
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Ana María Martínez is an award-winning operatic soprano from Puerto Rico, known for her higher register and ability to reach into smooth, husky mezzo-soprano notes.
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[edit] Career
Martínez was a protegé of tenor Plácido Domingo. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School.[1]
Martínez made her debut in 1997 in the role of Solea in Penella's opera El Gato Montes with the Washington National Opera opposite Domingo.
She has appeared in Don Giovanni at Covent Garden, in La Boheme at the Vienna State Opera, in La Traviata at both Covent Garden and the Houston Grand Opera, and in Elixir of Love and Roméo et Juliette, both in Houston. She has also appeared in Simon Boccanegra and in Luisa Miller, both at the Paris Opera.[2]
Martínez made her Metropolitan Opera debut in November 2005.
[edit] Awards
Martínez has has won prizes including the Pepita Embil Award, the Placido Domingo International Voice Competition, and first prize at the Eleanor McCollum Awards.[2]
Martínez won a Latin Grammy in 2001 for Classical Album for Albeniz: Merlin with Carlos Alvarez, Placido Domingo, Jane Henschel and conductor Jose De Eusebio with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid.[3]
[edit] Discography
- Soprano Songs and Arias: Ana María Martínez, Naxos, 2005
- American Classics – Beveridge/Marriner for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, Naxos, 2005
- Weisgall: T’Kiatot Rituals for Rosh Hashana, Naxos, 2004
- Levy: Masada (Canto de Los Marranos) for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, Naxos, 2004
- Introducing the World of American Jewish Music for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, Naxos, 2003
- Castelnuovo – Tedesco: Naomi & Ruth, Naxos, 2003
- Spanish Night from the Berlin Waldbuhne, (DVD) Naxos, 2003
- Rodrigo: 100 Años – La Obra Vocal, I y II, EMI, 2002
- Rodrigo: 100 Años – La Obra Vocal, IV y V, EMI, 2002
- Albéniz: Henry Clifford, Decca, 2003
- Albéniz: Merlin, Decca, 2000
- Catan: Florencia en el Amazonas, Albany, 2003
- Glass: Philip on Film, (Box Set) Nonesuch, 2001
- Glass: Symphony No. 5, Nonesuch, 2000
- Glass: La Belle et la Bête, Nonesuch, 1995
- Bacalov: Misa Tango, Deutsche Grammophon, 2000
- Sheng: The Song of Majnun – A Persian Romeo and Juliet, Delos, 1997
- American Dream: Andrea Bocelli’s Statue of Liberty Concert, (TV/DVD) WNET/THIRTEEN, 2000
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, (DVD) Decca, 2007
- Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Decca, 2006
- Mercurio: Many Voices, Sony, 2006
