Guadalupe Barrientos
Mezzo-Soprano
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentinian mezzo-soprano Guadalupe Barrientos studied at the Art Institute of the Teatro de Colón, the La Plata Opera Studio, and undertook vocal training with Carlos Alvarez, Julia Varady, and Barbara Frittoli.
Guadalupe Barrientos | Amneris | Aida | Teatro Colón
Guadalupe Barrientos | Bersi | Andrea Chénier | Teatro Colón
Guadalupe Barrientos | Principessa di Bouillon | Adriana Lecouvreur | Teatro Colón
Guadalupe Barrientos | Ulrica | Un ballo in Maschera | Teatro Municipal de Rio De Janeiro
Guadalupe Barrientos | So ist es denn aus.....| Fricka | Die Walküre
Chosen by the Argentinian musical critics association as “Argentinian Singer of the year”Barrientos’ repertoire has encompassed some of the most demanding roles in the verismo repertoire, her highlights have included Marta/Pantalis Mefistofele (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari); Amneris Aida(Bunkamura Orchard Hall Tokyo; Teatro Municipal de Santiago; Teatro Colón; Teatro Argentino; Slovenian National Opera); Ulrica Un Ballo in Maschera (Teatro Municipal Rio de Janeiro); Principessa de Bouillon Adriana Lecouvreur, Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana, Bersi Andrea Chenier, Maddalena Rigoletto, Meg Page Falstaff, Sphinx Oedipe, Suzuki Madama Butterfly, Fenena Nabucco, Fricka Das Rheingold, Giulietta Les Contes d´Hoffman, Adalgisa Norma, Ulrica Un Ballo in Maschera and Madama Rosa Il campanello di note(Teatro Colón); Preziosilla La Forza del Destino, Ježibaba Rusalka, Fricka Das Rheingold, Mère Marie Dialogues des Carmelites, Zia and Zitta Il Trittico (Slovenian National Opera); title role Carmen (Royal Opera of Muscat; Bunkamura Orchard Hall Tokyo; Teatro Colón; Slovenian National Opera); Salud La Vie Brève (Opera-Theater Metz Métropole) and Ježibaba Rusalka (Seoul Arts Centre/Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra).
On the concert platform her repertoire includes Verdi Requiem; Maler’s 2nd, 3rd, 8th Symphony’s and Das lied von der Erde; Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder; Stravinky’s Les Noces; Rossini Petit Messe Solennelle & Stabat Mater; Mozart Requiem; Beethoven 9th Symphony; and Bernstein Jeremiah under the musical direction of Massimo Zanetti, Renato Palumbo, Alex Kobert, Stefan Lano, Luka Borowicz, Ira Levin and Evelino Pido. Competition success has seen her reach the finals of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Operalia and at the International Singing Competition Neue Stimmen.
In the coming season she will make her role debuts as Mary Der Fliegende Holländer and Old woman 2, laundress 4 in Yerma for Ópera de Tenerife.