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Markella Hatziano
Μαρκέλλα Χατζιάνο
Born1960 (age 65–66)
Athens, Greece
EducationGreek National Conservatoire
Occupations
Years active1983–present
StyleOpera
Websitewww.markella.com

Markella Hatziano (Greek: Μαρκέλλα Χατζιάνο; born 1960 in Athens, Greece) is an operatic mezzo-soprano.

Early life, education and debut

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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 age 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] Shortly after graduation, Hatziano 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 age 23 performing as Princess Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlos.

International career

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Hatziano debuted on the international stage as Suzuki in Puccini's Madama Butterfly with the Opera Company of Boston conducted by Sarah Caldwell,[4] Neris in Médée by Luigi Cherubini,[5] Amneris in Aida,[6] as soloist in Verdi's Requiem, and at the Sofia Opera as Azucena in Verdi's 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 and 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 the Royal Opera House,[12][13] La 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 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 Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Oslo Philharmonic,[28] and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra,[29] as well as the two Greek state orchestras – 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,[33] Josephine Barstow, Gwyneth Jones, Robert Hale, Simon Estes, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, stage directors Robert Wilson and Franco Zeffirelli, conductors Daniel Barenboim, Christoph von Dohnányi,[36] Zubin Mehta,[23] Bernard Haitink,[37] Michel Plasson,[38] Esa-Pekka Salonen,[39] Seiji Ozawa,[40] Kent Nagano,[21] and Mariss Jansons,[41][32] among others, and the Greek composers Mikis Theodorakis,[42] 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 18 June 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 3 October 1991, at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus; and her performance in the world premiere of Mythodea held on 13 July 13 1993, also at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus.[43]

Recordings

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As guest artist

Visual arts career

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Hatziano is also a painter. The use of colors in multiple levels on large-scale wooden surfaces is the distinctive style of her artwork.[52][53]

References

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  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 (13 October 2018). "Markella Hatziano: The Influencer". Associated Press News.
  3. ↑ "Markella Hatziano". Greek National Opera Virtual Museum.
  4. ↑ Jonathan Richmond (31 January 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 (7 March 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. 7 December 1993.
  8. ↑ Dino Villatico (14 February 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. 1 2 "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. 6 April 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. 27 October 2001.
  20. ↑ "Grosser Saal – Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem, Philharmonisches Orchester Oslo". Musikverein.
  21. 1 2 "Proms – The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival". BBC.
  22. ↑ Edward Rothstein (11 July 1994). "Music Review: A Mezzo-Soprano Steps In as Dalila at Tanglewood". The New York Times.
  23. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Mahler Symphony No. 2". Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
  33. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Salzburg Festival – Béla Bartók: Bluebeard´s Castle". Salzburg Festival Archive.
  37. ↑ 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.
  38. ↑ Rafael Banús Irusta (1998). "Michel Plasson, enamorado de la música Francesca". Scherzo. No. 121. p. 145 – via Yumpu.
  39. ↑ "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.
  40. ↑ Edward Rothstein. "Music Review: A Mezzo-Soprano Steps In As Dalila at Tanglewood". New York Times (July 11, 1994).
  41. ↑ "Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Verdi Requiem". Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
  42. ↑ "Mikis Theodorakis Timeline 1991–2000". Mikis Guide (in Greek).
  43. ↑ "Vangelis Concerts". Elsewhere - The independent Vangelis Website.
  44. ↑ "Manolis Kalomiris: Symphony No 2 "Of the Good and Simple People"". Manolis Kalomiris Society.
  45. ↑ "Manolis Kalomiris "Evening Legends"". Manolis Kalomiris Society.
  46. ↑ "Manolis Kalomiris "You passed by"". Manolis Kalomiris Society.
  47. ↑ "Manolis Kalomiris "Oblivion"". Manolis Kalomiris Society.
  48. ↑ Alan Blyth. "Verdi Requiem review". Gramophone.
  49. ↑ Robert Levine. "Bloch's Macbeth CD review". Classics Today.
  50. ↑ Steve Schwartz. "Bloch's Macbeth CD review". Classical Net.
  51. ↑ "Vangelis – Background Magazine Review". Background Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  52. ↑ "Opera singer presents first art exhibit". Norfolk Daily News (January 12, 2016).
  53. ↑ Kosmas Vidos. "Markella Hatziano: Painting with notes and color". To Vima (Greek Newspaper) (October 7, 2018).
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