Curriculum Vitae
Kostraki Maria
Soprano
Born 1982 in Veria, Greece, she received her vocal training in Munich and Wuerzburg by Birit Nickl, Krisztina Laki and Prof. Cheryl Studer. She has been attending masterclasses with Dimitra Theodossiou and Renato Bruson.
She made her debut at a very early age and in 2005 she sang Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito). During the next few years she will sing the soprano at Carl Orff’s “Il Trionfo di Afrodite” at the Opera of Cairo and Alexandria, Norina in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale at the Munich Kammeroper as well as Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte.
In 2006 she prepared the role of Elena in Rossini’s “La Donna del Lago” under the guidance of maestro Alberto Zedda at the Rossini Festival of Bad Wildbad. In 2007 she sang the part of Clorinda in Rossini’s Cenerentola under maestro Alessandro Di marchi at the Weikersheim Festival and in 2008 she covered Desdemona in Rossini’s Otello, also at the Rossini Festival of Bad Wildbad while she sang in a concert performance the alternative finale of the opera that Rossini composed for the Rome Opera.
For Season 2008/09, she belongs to the ensemble of the Opernstudio of the Staatsoper of Nurnberg and until 2010 to the ensemble of Teatro lirico sperimentale - Spoleto with roles like Sacerdotessa (Aida- Verdi) , Stasi (Csardasfürstin-Kalman), Adina(L´elisir d´amore-Donizetti) and other.
She has received various awards and distinctions in Vocal Competitions (13th Concorso Giuseppe Di Stefano, 22nd Concorso Citta di Conegliano, 62nd Concorso A. Belli in Spoletto and the “Pais Opera Competition” of the Opera of Thessaloniki).
She also received the Scholarship of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall for the year 2007/08.
Repertoire
- Fiordiligi / Despina - Cosí fan tutte ( Mozart )
- Pamina - Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
- Norina - Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
- Adina - Elisir d'amore ( Donizetti )
- Madama Cortese / Corinna - Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini)
- Desdemona - Otello ( Rossini )
- Giulia - La scala di seta ( Rossini )
- Elena - La donna del lago (Rossini)
- Micaela / Frasquita - Carmen (Bizet)
- Fr. Fluth - Lustigen Weiber (Nicolai)
- Mimí / Musetta - La Bohéme (Puccini)
- Najade / Echo - Ariadne auf Naxos (R.Strauss)
Besondere Vorliebe an "Rossini serio"-Repertoire , das sie mit maestro Alberto Zedda extra einstudiert hat.
- Pamina - Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
- Norina - Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
- Adina - Elisir d'amore ( Donizetti )
- Madama Cortese / Corinna - Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini)
- Desdemona - Otello ( Rossini )
- Giulia - La scala di seta ( Rossini )
- Elena - La donna del lago (Rossini)
- Micaela / Frasquita - Carmen (Bizet)
- Fr. Fluth - Lustigen Weiber (Nicolai)
- Mimí / Musetta - La Bohéme (Puccini)
- Najade / Echo - Ariadne auf Naxos (R.Strauss)
Besondere Vorliebe an "Rossini serio"-Repertoire , das sie mit maestro Alberto Zedda extra einstudiert hat.