Markella Hatziano

Markella Hatziano (Greek: Μαρκέλλα Χατζιάνο) is an operatic mezzo-soprano born in Athens, Greece.

Early life, education and debut

Hatziano entered the Greek National Conservatoire at the age of 12 as a scholarship student. She studied with Georgia Georgilopoulou, graduating summa cum laude at the age of 17. She studied repertoire and interpretation with baritone Tito Gobbi for three years.[1] She came to international attention as the second place finalist in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition and the winner of the first Tito Gobbi International Competition.[2] Hatziano short after graduation made her very early professional debut with the Oxford Symphony Orchestra at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens. Her operatic debut took place at the Greek National Opera[3] at the age of 23 performing Princess Eboli in Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi.

International career

She debuted on the international stage as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini with the Opera Company of Boston conducted by Sarah Caldwell,[4] Neris in Médée by Luigi Cherubini,[5] Amneris in Aida,[6] soloist in Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi and at the Sofia Opera as Azucena in Il trovatore. She gained great international recognition in December 1993 when she performed on short notice the role of Didon in Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz in highly praised concert performances at the Barbican Centre with the London Symphony Orchestra under Colin Davis.[7]

She has performed the roles of Dalila (Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns), Amneris (Aida by Verdi), Eboli (Don Carlos by Verdi), Azucena (Il trovatore by Verdi), Didon (Les Troyens by Berlioz), Marguerite (La damnation de Faust by Berlioz),[8] Charlotte (Werther by Jules Massenet),[9] Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni) and Judith (Bluebeard's Castle by Béla Bartók)[10] at many of the world's most prestigious opera houses and festivals[11] including for example the Royal Opera House,[12][13] Teatro alla Scala,[14][15] Liceu,[16] Teatro Real,[17] San Francisco Opera,[18] Berlin State Opera, Teatro Colón,[19] Wiener Musikverein,[20] Royal Albert Hall,[21] Tanglewood Music Festival,[22] Maggio Musicale Fiorentino,[23] Salzburg Festival[10][24] and the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus.[25]

She has appeared with many of the world's top symphony orchestras including for example the Vienna Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic,[26] Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra,[27] Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Royal Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Oslo Philharmonic,[28] RAI National Symphony Orchestra,[29] as well as the two Greek state orchestras, i.e., the Athens State Orchestra and the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, performing works by Verdi,[30] Chausson, Ravel, Berlioz,[31] Beethoven and Mahler.[32]

She has collaborated with many world-renowned opera singers, such as José Carreras,[33] Jessye Norman, Montserrat Caballé,[34] Shirley Verrett,[35] José Cura,[36] Josephine Barstow, Gwyneth Jones, Robert Hale, Simon Estes, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, stage directors Robert Wilson and Franco Zeffirelli, conductors Daniel Barenboim, Christoph von Dohnányi,[37] Zubin Mehta,[23] Bernard Haitink,[38] Michel Plasson,[39] Esa-Pekka Salonen,[40] Seiji Ozawa,[41] Kent Nagano,[21] Mariss Jansons,[42] [43] among others, and the Greek composers Mikis Theodorakis,[44] Vangelis and Eleni Karaindrou.

Her collaboration with Vangelis includes her participation in his 1988 studio album Direct on the track "Glorianna" (Hymn a la Femme) where she sings both the soprano and the mezzo-soprano parts, her appearance at the "Eureka" concert in Rotterdam on June 18, 1991 organized by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, her performance as Antigone in his homonymous short opera's concert version during "The Night of Poetry" event held on October 3, 1991 at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and her performance in the world premiere of Mythodea held on July 13, 1993 also at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus.[45]

Recordings

Guest artist:

Visual artist

Hatziano is also a painter. The use of colors in multiple levels on large scale wooden surfaces is the distinctive style of her artwork[54][55]

References

  1. ^ Karl-Josef Kutsch; Leo Riemens (2012). "Hatziano, Markella, Mezzosopran". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 1987. ISBN 9783598440885 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Callista Smydra (October 13, 2018). "Markella Hatziano: The Influencer". Associated Press News.
  3. ^ "Markella Hatziano". Greek National Opera Virtual Museum.
  4. ^ Jonathan Richmond (January 31, 1990). "Sarah Caldwell's Butterfly makes absorbing drama". The Tech.
  5. ^ Daniel Kessler (2008). Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera (Andrew Porter's review on Cherubini's Medée). Scarecrow Press. p. 175. ISBN 9780810859470 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Mark Roberts (March 7, 1989). "Splendid singers make Aida a glorius operatic triumph". The Tech.
  7. ^ "Greek and Trojan gifts: Adrian Jack reviews Berlioz's The Trojans at the Barbican". The Independent. December 7, 1993.
  8. ^ Dino Villatico (February 14, 1994). "Recensione: Una marcia per Faust". la Repubblica.
  9. ^ José Antonio Lacárcel (1993). "Málaga, Luces y sombras". Scherzo. No. 74. p. 18 – via Yumpu.
  10. ^ a b "Béla Bartók: Bluebeard´s Castle". Salzburg Festival Archive.
  11. ^ "Markella Hatziano – The leading Greek mezzo-soprano". Politismos.net (Hellenic Cultural Network).
  12. ^ "ROH – Samson et Dalila". Royal Opera House.
  13. ^ "ROH – Aida". Royal Opera House.
  14. ^ "Teatro alla Scala – Les Troyens". Teatro alla Scala.
  15. ^ "La Scala in scena bandisce I giornalisti – Les Troyens di Hector Berlioz". la Repubblica. April 6, 1996.
  16. ^ "Liceu – Samson et Dalila". Liceu Òpera Barcelona.
  17. ^ Memoria del Teatro Real 1997–2007 (PDF). Madrid: Teatro Real. 2008. p. 263. ISBN 978-84-612-3538-4.
  18. ^ "Markella Hatziano". San Francisco Opera Archives.
  19. ^ "Crítica: La cara religiosa de Verdi". La Nación. Argentina. October 27, 2001.
  20. ^ "Grosser Saal – Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem, Philharmonisches Orchester Oslo". Musikverein.
  21. ^ a b "Proms – The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival". BBC.
  22. ^ Edward Rothstein (July 11, 1994). > "Music Review: A Mezzo-Soprano Steps In as Dalila at Tanglewood". The New York Times.
  23. ^ a b Giorgio Pugliaro (1996). "Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino". Opera '96. Annuario dell'opera lirica in Italia. EDT srl. p. 80. ISBN 8870632784 – via Google Books.
  24. ^ José Luis Téllez (1995). "Tres obras expresionistas". Scherzo. No. 98. p. 30 – via Yumpu.
  25. ^ Epidaurus Festival – Eleni Karaindrou Concert: Music for Cinema and Theatre – Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus (in Greek and English). Michael Cacoyannis Foundation.
  26. ^ "New York Philharmonic – Verdi Requiem". New York Philharmonic (Digital Archives).
  27. ^ "Chicago Symphony Orchestra". Cook Music Library Digital Exhibitions.
  28. ^ "Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Concerts 1990–1997". Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
  29. ^ "Gorecki, Bruch, Mahler – L'Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai diretta da Daniel Oren con Matt Haimovitz al violoncello e Markella Hatziano mezzosoprano". RAI Play.
  30. ^ "Mariss Jansons – Saison 1997–98". Singverein.
  31. ^ "New York Philharmonic – Berlioz Les Nuits d'été". New York Philharmonic (Digital Archives).
  32. ^ "Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Mahler Symphony No. 2". Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
  33. ^ "Liceu – Samson et Dalila". Liceu Òpera Barcelona.
  34. ^ "Liceu – Concert de la Fundació with Montserrat Caballé, Markella Hatziano, José Bros". Liceu Òpera Barcelona.
  35. ^ Mark Roberts. "Splendid singers make Aida a glorius operatic triumph". The Tech (March 7, 1989).
  36. ^ "Liceu – Samson et Dalila". Liceu Òpera Barcelona.
  37. ^ "Salzburg Festival – Béla Bartók: Bluebeard´s Castle". Salzburg Festival Archive.
  38. ^ John von Rhein. "Classical music going down for the count?... – CSO, Bernard Haitink, Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection), Sylvia McNair, Markella Hatziano, CSO Chorus". Chicago Tribune.
  39. ^ Rafael Banús Irusta (1998). "Michel Plasson, enamorado de la música Francesca". Scherzo. No. 121. p. 145 – via Yumpu.
  40. ^ "The Guide, Mahler's The Song of the Earth, LA Phil, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Markella Hatziano, Ben Heppner". Los Angeles. No. 43. 1998. p. 104. ISSN 1522-9149 – via Google Books.
  41. ^ Edward Rothstein. > "Music Review: A Mezzo-Soprano Steps In As Dalila at Tanglewood". New York Times (July 11, 1994).
  42. ^ "Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Verdi Requiem". Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
  43. ^ "Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Mahler Symphony No. 2". Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
  44. ^ "Mikis Theodorakis Timeline 1991–2000". Mikis Guide (in Greek).
  45. ^ "Vangelis Concerts". Elsewhere - The independent Vangelis Website.
  46. ^ "Manolis Kalomiris: Symphony No 2 "Of the Good and Simple People"". Manolis Kalomiris Society.
  47. ^ "Manolis Kalomiris "Evening Legends"". Manolis Kalomiris Society.
  48. ^ "Manolis Kalomiris "You passed by"". Manolis Kalomiris Society.
  49. ^ "Manolis Kalomiris "Oblivion"". Manolis Kalomiris Society.
  50. ^ Alan Blyth. "Verdi Requiem review". Gramophone.
  51. ^ Robert Levine. "Bloch's Macbeth CD review". Classics Today.
  52. ^ Steve Schwartz. "Bloch's Macbeth CD review". Classical Net.
  53. ^ "Vangelis – Background Magazine Review". Background Magazine. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  54. ^ "Opera singer presents first art exhibit". Norfolk Daily News (January 12, 2016).
  55. ^ Kosmas Vidos. "Markella Hatziano: Painting with notes and color". To Vima (Greek Newspaper) (October 7, 2018).