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.
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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 Amneris Aida (Bunkamura Orchard Hall Tokyo; Teatro Municiple de Santiago; Teatro Colon; Slovenian National Opera), Ulrica Un Ballo in Maschera (Teatro Municipal Rio de Janeiro); Principessa de Bouillon Adriana Lecouvreur, Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana, Charlotte Werther, Bersi Andrea Chenier, Octavian Der Rosenkavalier, Maddalena Rigoletto, Meg Page Falstaff, Sphinx Oedipe, Suzuki Madama Butterfly, and Adalgisa Norma (Teatro Colón); Preziosilla La Forza del Destino, Dalila Samson et Dalila, Jazibaba Rusalka, Fricka Das Rheingold, Mère Marie Dialogues des Carmelites, Flora La Traviata, Zia and Zitta Il Trittico (Slovenian National Opera); title role Carmen (Royal Opera of Muscat; Bunkamura Orchard Hall Tokyo; Teatro Colón;); Salud La Vie Brève (Opera-Theater Metz Métropole).
On the concert platform her repertoire includes Verdi Requiem; Maler Das lied von der Erde as well as the 2nd, 3rd, 8th Symphony’s; 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. Recent competition success has seen her reach the finals of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Operalia and at the International Singing Competition Neue Stimmen.
Among her recent and future engagements are Fenena Nabucco, Fricka Das Rheingold and Giulietta Les Contes d´Hoffman (Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires); and perform the title role in Carmen (Slovenian National Opera).