Ines Thomas Almeida
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Ines Thomas Almeida is a Dominican-Portuguese lyric singer (Mezzosoprano) currently living in Berlin and Lisbon
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to study Singing, where she was twice awarded "Best Student of the University" in two consecutive years.
She then moved to Germany and studied Singing with Klaus Häger at the Rostock University of Music and Theater, having graduated there in 2007. As a member of the Opera
Studio she performed several roles, such as the main role in Orfeo ed Euridice
from Christoph Willibald Gluck
and Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica
from Giacomo Puccini
. She also took masterclasses with Teresa Berganza
, Krisztina Laki, Hanna Schwarz
, Jill Feldman, Claudia Eder
and Norman Shetler
. She also performed as a soloist in many concerts in Germany.
In 2008 she was prizewinner of the International Singing Contest Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg
, in which participated more than 450 candidates from 40 countries. As a prizewinner she sang in many productions at the Schloss Rheinsberg Opera
. She also performed in the "Rheinsberger Sängernacht" with Arias from the Opera Carmen
from Georges Bizet
. She is a scholarship holder of the Yehudi Menuhin
Live Music Now Foundation.
In February 2009, invited by the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Portugal, she performed with great success the recital Poema en Forma de Canciones at the Palácio Foz in Lisbon with art song
s of ibero-American composers.
She performs regularly in Portugal, in the Dominican Republic and in Germany. She sings not only the classic repertoire of opera and German Lied
, but also art songs of ibero-American countries and Portuguese Fado
.
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
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Life and career
Ines Thomas Almeida was born in the Dominican Republic and grew up in Portugal as a bilingual and with double nationality. After studying Piano in Lisbon she entered the University of ÉvoraUniversity of Évora
The University of Évora is a public university in Évora, Portugal.-History:The University of Évora, the second oldest in Portugal, was founded in the 16th century by Cardinal Infante Dom Henrique , and by the Pope Paul IV, and it was delivered to the Society of Jesus.The Jesuit college...
to study Singing, where she was twice awarded "Best Student of the University" in two consecutive years.
She then moved to Germany and studied Singing with Klaus Häger at the Rostock University of Music and Theater, having graduated there in 2007. As a member of the Opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
Studio she performed several roles, such as the main role in Orfeo ed Euridice
Orfeo ed Euridice
Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck based on the myth of Orpheus, set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale, meaning an opera on a mythological subject with choruses and dancing...
from Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was an opera composer of the early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years...
and Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an original Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is the second opera of the trio of operas known as Il trittico...
from Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
. She also took masterclasses with Teresa Berganza
Teresa Berganza
Teresa Berganza, born on March 16, 1935), is a Spanish mezzo-soprano. She is most closely associated with the roles of Rossini, Mozart, and Bizet. She is admired for her technical virtuosity, musical intelligence and beguiling stage presence.- Biography :...
, Krisztina Laki, Hanna Schwarz
Hanna Schwarz
Hanna Schwarz , is a German mezzo-soprano and contralto opera singer.She studied psychology and voice in Hamburg and continued at the Folkwang Hochschule and at the Musikhochschule Hannover. She made her debut in 1970, in the role of Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto, at the Staatsoper Hannover...
, Jill Feldman, Claudia Eder
Claudia Eder
Claudia Eder is a German mezzo-soprano in opera and concert, and an academic in Mainz.- Biography :Claudia Eder was born in Augsburg, Germany. She studied voice and cello at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, in Budapest...
and Norman Shetler
Norman Shetler
Norman Shetler is a pianist, puppeteer and puppett constructor, and piano professor with Austrian nationality and American origin.-Life and career:...
. She also performed as a soloist in many concerts in Germany.
In 2008 she was prizewinner of the International Singing Contest Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg
Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg
Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg is an international opera festival for young talented singers, founded and directed by German composer Siegfried Matthus. It takes place every summer at the historical Rheinsberg Castle, in Brandenburg...
, in which participated more than 450 candidates from 40 countries. As a prizewinner she sang in many productions at the Schloss Rheinsberg Opera
Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg
Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg is an international opera festival for young talented singers, founded and directed by German composer Siegfried Matthus. It takes place every summer at the historical Rheinsberg Castle, in Brandenburg...
. She also performed in the "Rheinsberger Sängernacht" with Arias from the Opera Carmen
Carmen
Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
from Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...
. She is a scholarship holder of the Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
Live Music Now Foundation.
In February 2009, invited by the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Portugal, she performed with great success the recital Poema en Forma de Canciones at the Palácio Foz in Lisbon with art song
Art song
An art song is a vocal music composition, usually written for one voice with piano or orchestral accompaniment. By extension, the term "art song" is used to refer to the genre of such songs....
s of ibero-American composers.
She performs regularly in Portugal, in the Dominican Republic and in Germany. She sings not only the classic repertoire of opera and German Lied
Lied
is a German word literally meaning "song", usually used to describe romantic songs setting German poems of reasonably high literary aspirations, especially during the nineteenth century, beginning with Carl Loewe, Heinrich Marschner, and Franz Schubert and culminating with Hugo Wolf...
, but also art songs of ibero-American countries and Portuguese Fado
Fado
Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar, Rui Vieira Nery, states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best...
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External links
- Official Webpage from Ines Thomas Almeida
- Poema en Forma de Canciones – Art songs from ibero-American countries
- Ines Thomas Almeida at Instant Encore