Ana María Martínez Explained

Ana María Martínez
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Birth Name:Ana María Martínez Colón
Birth Place:San Juan, Puerto Rico
Organization:Houston Grand Opera
Occupation:Operatic soprano
Years Active:1992–present

Ana María Martínez (born 1971) is a Puerto Rican soprano.

Early life

Martínez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico; she is the daughter of Puerto Rican opera singer Evangelína Colón[1] [2] and Cuban psychoanalyst Ángel Martínez. Martínez' grandparents originated in Spain and France, and migrated to the Caribbean islands. Martínez grew up with a strict Catholic upbringing.[3] She briefly attended the Boston Conservatory as a musical theater major, but dropped out and later received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the Juilliard School.[4]

Career

After winning first prize in the 1994 Eleanor McCollum Competition, Martínez joined the Houston Grand Opera's studio in the 1994/95 season, during which she performed Micaëla in Carmen and the title role in Sāvitri.[5]

In November 2005 Martínez debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in Carmen as Micaëla.[6] In 2006 she was featured in Salzburg Festival's production of Così fan tutte as Fiordiligi.[7]

In summer 2009, she performed the title role in Dvořák's Rusalka at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In the 21 August performance she fell into the orchestra pit immediately before the end of Act 1 after her feet became entangled in part of the scenic feature. She was then hospitalized as a precaution and for the rest of the performance her role was taken over by Natasha Jouhl, who performed the role of First Nymph in the run.[8] [9]

In February 2016 she was Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera.[10]

She returned to Così fan tutte as Fiordiligi at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in February 2018.[11] In April, she took up the title role in Florencia en el Amazonas at Florida Grand Opera.[12] In July she performed in Falstaff at the Royal Opera, London as Alice Ford.[13] She portrayed Élisabeth de Valois in Don Carlos opening on 22 September at the Los Angeles Opera.[14]

In January 2019 she brought performances of Florencia to Houston Grand Opera.[15] In February she was appointed Houston Grand Opera's first-ever artistic advisor.[16] In May she portrayed Soleá in El gato montés at Los Angeles Opera.[17]

In 2020, she was announced to join Shepherd School of Music as a professor in the Department of Voice effective as from 1 July 2021.[18]

Special performances

On 11 March 2016, Martínez sang Bach/Gounod's "Ave Maria" and "Pie Jesu" from Fauré's Requiem during the funeral services of Nancy Reagan.[19] [20]

She provided the singing voice for Monica Bellucci's character, Alessandra 'La Fiamma', in the third season of Mozart in the Jungle.[21]

Personal life

Martínez met tenor Chad Shelton in 2000; they married and had one son. They divorced about seven years later.[2] She has been living in Houston since December 2002.[22]

Awards

Martínez has won prizes including the Pepita Embil Award, Operalia, and first prize at the Eleanor McCollum Awards.[23] She won a Latin Grammy in 2001 for Classical Album for Isaac Albéniz's Merlin with Carlos Álvarez, Plácido Domingo, Jane Henschel and conductor José de Eusebio with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid.[24] She is honored in the 15th annual Opera News Awards.[25]

Discography

La Belle et la Bête, Nonesuch, 1995

The Song of Majnun – A Persian Romeo and Juliet, Delos, 1997

Misa Tango, Deutsche Grammophon, 2000

100 Años – La Obra Vocal, I y II, EMI, 2002

Naomi and Ruth, Naxos, 2003

Florencia en el Amazonas, Albany, 2003

Masada (Canto de Los Marranos) for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, Naxos, 2004

T'Kiatot: Rituals for Rosh Hashana, Naxos, 2004

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Evangelina Colón . Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular . San Juan, Puerto Rico. 25 June 2014 . 2017-03-18.
  2. News: 'La Boheme' star Ana Maria Martinez is no diva offstage . von Rhein . John. . January 16, 2013 . 2017-03-18.
  3. http://www.hispaniconline.com/HispanicMag/2008_03/Feature-OperaLady.html Feature Opera Lady Ana María Martínez
  4. Barnes. Scott. The Passions of Ana María. Opera News. 79. 4. October 2014. 16 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Ana María Martínez - Artist detail . https://web.archive.org/web/20160124033409/http://www.houstongrandopera.org/artist-detail/?id=1359 . Houston Grand Opera . 2016-01-24.
  6. https://www.metopera.org/discover/artists/soprano/ana-maria-martinez/
  7. News: A Light Mozart Opera Refitted With a Hard Edge . 5 August 2006 . The New York Times . Anthony . Tommasini .
  8. News: Nikkhah . Roya . 2009-08-23 . Drama at Glyndebourne as soprano falls off the stage . The Telegraph . 2023-10-11.
  9. News: Michaels . Sean . 2009-08-24 . Opera singer takes a tumble at Glyndebourne festival . The Guardian . 2023-10-11.
  10. News: Review: 'Madama Butterfly' Showcases Ana María Martínez . 21 February 2016 . The New York Times . Zachary . Woolfe .
  11. News: Lyric revival of Mozart's romantic comedy 'Cosi Fan Tutte' touches the heart . 18 February 2018 . Chicago Tribune . John . von Rhein .
  12. News: FGO triumphs with an old-fashioned operatic beauty in "Florencia" . 29 April 2018 . David . Fleshler . South Florida Classical Review .
  13. News: Falstaff review, Royal Opera House – despite an excellent cast, this production fails to scintillate . 8 July 2018 . The Telegraph . registration . Rupert . Christiansen . 19 August 2019.
  14. News: Review: Plácido Domingo is ageless as ever in 'Don Carlo,' opening the L.A. Opera season . 23 September 2018 . Los Angeles Times . Mark . Swed .
  15. News: Houston Grand Opera's "Florencia" is a musical and visual delight . Texas Classical Review . 19 January 2019 . Steven . Brown .
  16. News: Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert Of Arias 2019 Winners and Appoints Ana Maria Martinez As Artistic Advisor . 2 February 2019 . BroadwayWorld . 19 August 2019 .
  17. News: 'El Gato Montés': A gypsy, bandit, and torero walk into a bullring . 8 May 2019 . People's World . Ed . Rampell .
  18. News: Ana María Martínez to join Rice Shepherd School as professor of voice . 2020-06-15 . Rice University . Amy . McCaig.
  19. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/society/03-14-16-lynn-wyatt-arranges-for-houston-soprano-to-sing-at-nancy-reagan-funeral/ "Lynn Wyatt arranges for Houston soprano to sing at Nancy Reagan funeral"
  20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWb-3usmqyg "Ana María Martínez singing Pie Jesu-Requiem during Nancy Reagan's Funeral Service"
  21. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/arts/television/amy-fisher-mozart-in-the-jungle.html "An Aria for the Long Island Lolita on Mozart in the Jungle
  22. News: Q&A: Carmen, the Wonder Woman of opera? A soprano on playing the poster girl for freedom . 15 September 2017 . Los Angeles Times . Catherine . Womack . 19 August 2019.
  23. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9987046 "Featured Artists in Mozart's Così fan tutte"
  24. http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=b14f3b5b-2740-43bb-a237-da53c109e1bf&entry=index "Latin Grammys (Finally!) Announced"
  25. News: The Fifteenth Annual OPERA NEWS Awards: Ana María Martínez . April 2020 . 84 . 10 . subscription . Louise T. . Guinther.

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