Marina Rebeka

Marina Rebeka (born 10 September 1980) is a Latvian soprano, active on both opera and concert stage. Besides Violetta in Verdi's La traviata, she is also known for her roles in operas by Rossini and Mozart.

Biography

Rebeka was born in Riga. She began her musical studies at "Rīdze" elementary school and then studied at Jāzeps Mediņš Musical High School with Natālija Kozlova. She subsequently went to Italy, studying at the Conservatorio Arrigo Boito in Parma, Accademia Internazionale delle Arti in Rome, and the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, where she graduated in 2007. During her studies, she also attended Grace Bumbry's masterclass at the International Summer Academy at Mozarteum University Salzburg, and Alberto Zedda's Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro.

Since her international breakthrough at the Salzburg Festival in 2009 under the baton of Riccardo Muti, Rebeka has been a regular guest at the world's most prestigious concert halls and opera houses, such as the Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall (New York), La Scala (Milan), Royal Opera House Covent Garden (London), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Bavarian State Opera (Munich), Musikverein (Vienna), and Zürich Opera House. She collaborates with leading conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano, Fabio Luisi, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Daniele Gatti, Marco Armiliato, Michele Mariotti, Thomas Hengelbrock, Paolo Carignani, Kent Nagano, and Ottavio Dantone.

Outstanding is her varied repertoire, which ranges from Baroque (Handel) to Bel Canto (Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti), and Verdi (La traviata) to Tchaikovsky (Eugene Onegin) and Britten (War Requiem). As an active and widely noticed concert performer, she has given recitals at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, the Rudolfinum in Prague, St John's, Smith Square in London, La Scala in Milan, Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg, Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, accompanied by such ensembles as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Vienna Philharmonic, and the Filarmonica della Scala.

In the 2017/18 season she was named the first-ever artist-in-residence by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester.[1]

She met Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov in 2009. They married in 2010 and their daughter, Katrīna, was born in 2011.[2] She is currently married to sound engineer Edgardo Vertanessian, who also operates the studio of her record label.

Awards and honors

Rebeka has won prizes in the multiple competitions.

  • 1st Prize at 4th Concorso Internazionale di Canto Lirico Premio Capriole in Franciacorta
  • 1st Prize and Public Prize at 5th Concorso Lirico Internazionale Ottavio Ziino in Rome
  • 1st Prize at 20th Neue Stimmen of the Bertelsmann Stiftung in October 2007

In 2009, she was awarded the "Outstanding Artistic Achievements" award in the annual Latvijas Gāze Awards from the Latvian National Opera.[3] In 2016 she was appointed Commander of the Order of the Three Stars for her cultural achievements.[4] She received the order on 6 December.[5] In December 2017, she won a silver medal in Global Music Awards for her Rossini album "Amor fatale".[6] In 2020, she was named "Artist of the Year" by the International Classical Music Awards.[7]

CD and DVD Productions

Her first solo CD, "Mozart Arias" with Speranza Scappucci and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, was released by EMI (Warner Classics) in November 2013. Her next album, "Amor fatale" – Rossini arias with Marco Armiliato and the Münchner Rundfunkorchester - was released in the summer of 2017 by BR-Klassik.

In 2018, she launched her record label "Prima Classic", aiming to give artists the freedom to record the repertoire they want instead of what's of the recording companies' interest.[8]

  • 2018: Spirito; Jader Bignamini (conductor), Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Massimo di Palermo
  • 2019: Verdi: La traviata; Charles Castronovo, George Petean, Michael Balke (conductor), Latvian Festival Orchestra, State Choir Latvija
  • 2020: Elle – French Opera Arias; Michael Balke (conductor), Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen

Repertory

References
  1. "Marina Rebeka - Artist in Residence 2017/2018". Münchner Rundfunkorchester. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  2. Wagner, Renate (2013-03-01). "MARINA REBEKA: "Die Arbeit muss Spaß machen!"". Online Merker.
  3. "Notiks LNO un AS 'Latvijas Gāze' balvas pasniegšana". Delfi. 2009-10-02.
  4. "Par Triju Zvaigžņu ordeņa piešķiršanu un apbalvošanu ar goda zīmi" (Press release). Latvijas Vēstnesis. 2016-10-21.
  5. Strenga, Ilze (2016-12-07). "Operas zvaigzne Marina Rebeka pateicīga par Triju Zvaigžņu ordeņa piešķiršanu". Public Broadcasting of Latvia.
  6. Jerohomovičs, Jegors (2017-12-04). "Marinai Rebekai piešķirta balva Global Music Award par Rosīni mūzikas albumu". Diena.
  7. "Winners 2020". ICMA. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  8. Waxberg, Greg (2019-03-14). "Not Just Another Label: Soprano Marina Rebeka Launches Prima Classic". OperaWire.
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