Curriculum Vitae
Paparizou Marita
Mezzo soprano
Born in Greece, Marita Paparizou made her operatic debut in Genova in the role of Onaro in the revival in modern times of Porpora’s Arianna in Nasso, after winning the scholarship of Alexandra Trianti Foundation from Athens Megaron, in 1999.
Ever since she has been a regular collaborator of the Greek National Opera, with a many roles including 3rd Lady in Zauberflöte, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Myrto in Maraton Salamis, Fenena in Nabucco, Amastre in Serse, the title role in Orlando Furioso, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri, Isolier in Le Comte Ory and the title role in Carmen.
Throughout Europe she has been invited to join the theatre of Monte Carlo for the title role in Tancredi, as well as many Italian theatres such as Pisa, Livorno and Trento singing Arsace in Semiramide. Her coloratura led her to sing Rossini again in Massy with role of Isabella and Smetton in Bilbao next to June Anderson’s Anna Bolena. She has also sung the role of Circe in Gluck’s Telemaco in the revival in modern times both in London (Sadler’s Wells) and in Athens (Herodeon), when she was compared to a Michael Cacoyannis heroine.
Nevertheless her voice was considered suitable for the role of Mary in Marseilles in Die Fliegende Holländer, with A. Jordan, thus giving her the opportunity in the Greek National Opera to sing both roles of Ježibaba and Foreign Princess in the same production of Rušalka.
In 2009 her Carmen debut in Larissa Greece gave her the award of the production of the year by the Greek critics.
In the world of baroque she has collaborated with Maestro Antonio Florio and the Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini in a series of concerts in Spain with works of Porpora, and with Maestro Claudio Scimone first in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, with Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and afterwards in Athens Megaron and Veneto Festival with I Solisti Veneti.
A CD with her singing the role of Tauride in Händel’s Arianna in Creta, has already been released by MDG, with excellent reviews, including CHOC de la Musique and it will be followed by a new release of her profile CD, again by MDG, with Maestro Claudio Scimone and I Solisti Veneti (spring 2012).
She has been invited to sing in opera concerts and oratorios including Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, Bruckner’s Te Deum, Haydn’s Nelsonmesse, Rossini’s and Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater in London (Cadogan Hall and Queen Elizabeth’s Hall), Paris (Châtelet), Oxford, Geneva, Athens (next to Christopher Hogwood) and Thessalonica Megarons whereas she has been a frequent guest for the Patmos Festival of Religious Music, singing Bach’s cantatas and Negro Spirituals.
She has recorded for the Greek National Radio De Falla’s El Amor Brujo that she sung again in Thessalonica Megaron. She has finally sung the role of Dido in Dido and Aeneas in Corfu and her future engagements include a series of her singing Isabella in Greece, Italy and Switzerland and a promotion tour for the new CD.
Repertoire
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ARIANNA IN NASSO
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Onaro
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Teatro Gustavo Modena
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NABUCCO
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Fenena
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Greek National Opera
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Herodes Atticus Odeon
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DIDO AND AENEAS
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Dido
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Phoenix Teatre, Corfu
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XERXES
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Amastris
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Greek National Opera
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ORLANDO FURIOSO ***
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Orlando ***
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Greek National Opera
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IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
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Rosina
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Greek National Opera/Volos
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TANCREDI
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Tancredi
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Opéra de Monte Carlo
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TELEMACO
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Circe
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Sadler's Wells
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Herodes Atticus Odeon
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DIE FLIEGENDE HÖLLANDER
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Mary
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Opéra Municipal de Marseilles
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ARIANNA IN CRETA
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Tauride
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Opera Festival of Corinth
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SEMIRAMIDE
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Arsace
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Teatro Verdi di Pisa
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Teatro Goldoni di Livorno
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Teatro Sociale di Trento
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L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI
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Isabella
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Opéra de Massy
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Greek National Opera
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ANNA BOLENA
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Smetton
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Ópera de la ABAO
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LE COMTE ORY
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Isolier
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Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro
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Greek National Opera
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RUŠALKA
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Ježibaba and
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Greek National Opera
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ForeignPrincess
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EL AMOR BRUJO
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Candelas
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Thessalonica Megaron
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SEMELE
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Juno and Ino
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Greek National Opera
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in collaboration with Athens
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Municipal Orchestra
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CARMEN
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Carmen
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Larissa Opera
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RIGOLETTO
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Maddalena
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Greek National Opera
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LA TRAVIATA
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Flora
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Greek National Opera
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DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
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3rd Lady
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Greek National Opera
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DON GIOVANNI
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Donna Elvira
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Athens Megaron
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RINALDO
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Rinaldo
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Studied with Claudio Scimone
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CAVALERIA RUSTICANA
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Santuzza
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Greek National Opera/Volos
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L'INCORONAZZIONE DI POPPEA
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Poppea and Ottavia
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Studied with Cristophe Rousset
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UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
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Ulrica
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Studied
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