- Agnes Baltsa
Agnes Baltsa (Aγνή Mπάλτσα) (born
19 November 1944 inLefkada ) is a leading Greekmezzo-soprano .She began playing
piano at the age of six, before moving toAthens in 1958 to concentrate on singing. She graduated from the Greek National Conservatoire in 1965 and then travelled toMunich to continue studying under aMaria Callas scholarship.Baltsa made her first appearance in an opera in 1968 as Cherubino in "
The Marriage of Figaro " atFrankfurt Opera, before going on to appear as Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier " at theVienna State Opera in 1970. Under the guidance ofHerbert von Karajan , she soon became a regular at the prestigiousSalzburg Festival . She became "Kammersängerin" of the Vienna State Opera in 1980.Her most well known performance is that of
Carmen byGeorges Bizet , which she has sung a number of times withJosé Carreras . She has also sung works by Mozart (notably "Così fan tutte "), Rossini ("Il Barbiere di Siviglia", "La Cenerentola ", "L'italiana in Algeri "), Mascagni ("Cavalleria Rusticana "), Verdi ("Aida ", "La forza del destino ", "Il trovatore ", "Don Carlos "), Bellini ("I Capuleti e i Montecchi ") and Donizetti ("Il Campanello", "Maria Stuarda ").She also starred in the German film "Duett" in 1992, playing an opera singer.
External links
* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~roots2/agnes_baltsa.html Unofficial website]
* [http://agnesbaltsa.homestead.com/ Fan club site]
*imdb name | id = 0051251 | name = Agnes Baltsa
* [http://sonybmgmasterworks.com/artists/agnesbaltsa/ Discography at SonyBMG Masterworks]
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