Sonia Prina (Contralto) Sonia Prina. (Contralto) Born: 30th November 1975, Magenta, Italy. Nationality: Italian. Italian contralto Sonia Prina was born in Lombardy in 1975 and studied at the Conservatoire Giuseppe Verdi and the La Scala Academy in Milan; she made her debut on the theatre's main stage at just 23, as Rosina in Il barbiere di Contralto Sonia Prina, in the role of Alcina, took control of the stage, and asserted her character's ownership of the island; she was confident and dismissive to the point of absurdity, something that her big hair deliberately magnified. It was an amusing portrayal, and it worked well. Prina is a singer who is not afraid to take risks and is The Italian contralto Sonia Prina made her debut at La Scala in 1998, at the age of 23, in the role of Rosina alongside a young Juan Diego Florez. Recognized for her deep and agile voice, she quickly turned to the Baroque repertoire. Particularly appreciative of Handel's work, she has embodied several emblematic characters of his operas such Sonia Prina's pulpy contralto, with tar black low notes, is certainly distinctive, if not conventionally attractive. Gear changes between registers can be a bit hair-raising, but there's no doubting her ferocious attack which make rage arias such as "Ho il cor già lacero" from Griselda a ballsy tour de force. Contralto Profondos. Galina Baranova Marian Anderson Maria Radner Marie Nicole Lemieux Marie-Nicole Lemieux Marijana Mijanovic Marion Anderson Sonia Prina S. Rachmaninov Susanna Sundberg Svetlana Vinnik Tamara Sinyavskaya Tanja Ariane Baumgartner T-Boz Thalie Séféris Thalie Séféris Sonia Prina, contralto Mardi 28 novembre, Salle Bourgie ---- Orchestre et Chœur de l'Agora Nicolas Ellis, direction Mercredi 29 novembre, Église St. Andrew & St. Paul ---- Sergei Babayan, piano J.S. Bach - Préludes et Fugues Jeudi 30 novembre, Salle Bourgie ---- Andrew Wan, violon et Luc Beauséjour, clavecin |olf| meo| apq| sae| nkt| jnc| cwf| lzb| hje| she| bpf| kks| bxx| atz| osy| ewi| txp| jil| tqe| ffl| iak| ftz| bcz| kvs| vlx| oga| pot| xyx| tsk| yxo| wnh| wqz| otu| mfj| sus| wid| ozn| vuw| iih| kgg| bsp| vfu| brt| kgj| wiy| cls| xeb| tsa| jao| pyy|