Marisol Montalvo, Soprano
Le Monde calls Marisol Montalvo “a true revelation” as the title role in Lulu exclaiming that “The American soprano possesses real stage and vocal presence, and executes the exhausting role with incredible intensity” following performances at the Opéra National de Paris. The demanding Berg role has grown to be a centerpiece of the soprano’s repertoire at many of the world’s finest houses including the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro de la Maestranza, Opéra de Toulouse, and in the acclaimed Calixto Bieto production at Theater Basel. She has also sung performances of Berg’s Lulu Suite with the Las Palmas Philharmonic.
In the 2009-10 season, she sang the world premiere of Mainz’s Maldoror as part of the Münchener Biennale at Prinzregenten and Aachen. She joins the Bamberg Symphony for Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 as well as Nono’s Canto di vita e amore at the Berlin Philharmonie and in Erlangen and the MDR Symphony Orchestra for Weill’s Der neue Orpheus in addition to singing Carmina Burana in Sao Paolo. She also returns to the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Fiakermilli in Arabella. Last season in addition to her acclaimed performances of Lulu with Theater Basel, she returned to Matthias Pintscher’s Herodiade Fragmente in a BBC Promenade Concert, joined the Vienna Philharmonic for Staar’s Just an Accident, sang Braunfels’s Die Vögel at the Berlin Philharmonie, and returned to the Los Angeles Philharmonic for bossa nova concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. In operatic repertoire, she sang Sierva Maria in Eötvös’ Love and other demons with the Lithuianian National Opera as well as Nanetta in Falstaff with the Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paolo.
Ms. Montavlo has received equal praise for performances within a wide range of operatic repertoire and has joined both the Teatro Real and Grand Teatre del Liceu for Princesse in L'enfant et les sortileges, Glyndebourne and Zurich Opera for Esmerelda in Bartered Bride, Deutsche Oper Berlin for Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier and the Soprano Soloist in Carmina Burana, Théâtre de Avignon for Oscar in Un ballo in maschera and the title role in Chaynes’ Cecilia. She repeated performances of Chaynes’ Cecilia with Opera de Monte Carlo, L’Opera de Nancy et de Lorraine, and Opéra Royal de Wallonie. She has also joined Opera de Monte Carlo for Monica in The Medium, Théâtre du Chatelet for Autonoe in Henze’s The Bassarids as well as both Woglinde and the Third Norn in Götterdämmerung, Zurich Opera for the leading role of Max in Knussen’s Where the Wild Things Are, Opéra National de Paris for Aiglaia in Liebermann’s Medea, and Théâtre du Rennes for Ännchen in Der Freischütz. She joined the Nationaltheater Mannheim for Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Ideé Fixe Festival in Belgiul for Gilda in Rigoletto, Vienna’s Klangbogen Festival for Bella in Lehar’s Paganini, as well as Theater Dortmund for numerous roles including the title role in Meyerbeer’s Dinorah and Euridice in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice.
Ms. Montalvo has enjoyed a strong collaborative relationship with Christoph Eschenbach and the Philadelphia Orchestra, having previously joined the orchestra for Pintscher’s Herodiade Fragmente and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at Carnegie Hall and both the Pintscher work and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on its European tour in 2006. Her performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the orchestra will be released on CD. She also joined Eschenbach and the Orchestra de Paris for performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 that have been released as a commercial DVD. A sought-after interpreter of Pintscher’s compositions, she has also performed his Herodiade Fragmente with the Saarbrücken Orchestra, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Orchester, and in performances in Munich, Paris, and London; as well as the composer’s Twilight Song and the German premiere of L’espace dernier with Alte Oper Frankfurt and in Hamburg along with his Lieder und Schneebilder.
She joined Sir Neville Mariner and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Mozart concert arias at the Hollywood Bowl, the London Symphony Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski for Mahler’s Das klagende Lied, Orchestre de Paris for Dalbavie’s Double Jeu, Orchestre Colonne for Chaynes’ Pour un monde noir, Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk Orchester for Halffter’s Brecht Lieder at the Desau Music Festival, Strasbourg’s Festival Musica for Berg’s Sieben Frühe Lieder and Benjamin’s A Mind of Winter, and has sung Frank Martin’s Maria Triptychon in Utrecht.
In the 2009-10 season, she sang the world premiere of Mainz’s Maldoror as part of the Münchener Biennale at Prinzregenten and Aachen. She joins the Bamberg Symphony for Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 as well as Nono’s Canto di vita e amore at the Berlin Philharmonie and in Erlangen and the MDR Symphony Orchestra for Weill’s Der neue Orpheus in addition to singing Carmina Burana in Sao Paolo. She also returns to the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Fiakermilli in Arabella. Last season in addition to her acclaimed performances of Lulu with Theater Basel, she returned to Matthias Pintscher’s Herodiade Fragmente in a BBC Promenade Concert, joined the Vienna Philharmonic for Staar’s Just an Accident, sang Braunfels’s Die Vögel at the Berlin Philharmonie, and returned to the Los Angeles Philharmonic for bossa nova concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. In operatic repertoire, she sang Sierva Maria in Eötvös’ Love and other demons with the Lithuianian National Opera as well as Nanetta in Falstaff with the Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paolo.
Ms. Montavlo has received equal praise for performances within a wide range of operatic repertoire and has joined both the Teatro Real and Grand Teatre del Liceu for Princesse in L'enfant et les sortileges, Glyndebourne and Zurich Opera for Esmerelda in Bartered Bride, Deutsche Oper Berlin for Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier and the Soprano Soloist in Carmina Burana, Théâtre de Avignon for Oscar in Un ballo in maschera and the title role in Chaynes’ Cecilia. She repeated performances of Chaynes’ Cecilia with Opera de Monte Carlo, L’Opera de Nancy et de Lorraine, and Opéra Royal de Wallonie. She has also joined Opera de Monte Carlo for Monica in The Medium, Théâtre du Chatelet for Autonoe in Henze’s The Bassarids as well as both Woglinde and the Third Norn in Götterdämmerung, Zurich Opera for the leading role of Max in Knussen’s Where the Wild Things Are, Opéra National de Paris for Aiglaia in Liebermann’s Medea, and Théâtre du Rennes for Ännchen in Der Freischütz. She joined the Nationaltheater Mannheim for Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Ideé Fixe Festival in Belgiul for Gilda in Rigoletto, Vienna’s Klangbogen Festival for Bella in Lehar’s Paganini, as well as Theater Dortmund for numerous roles including the title role in Meyerbeer’s Dinorah and Euridice in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice.
Ms. Montalvo has enjoyed a strong collaborative relationship with Christoph Eschenbach and the Philadelphia Orchestra, having previously joined the orchestra for Pintscher’s Herodiade Fragmente and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at Carnegie Hall and both the Pintscher work and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on its European tour in 2006. Her performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the orchestra will be released on CD. She also joined Eschenbach and the Orchestra de Paris for performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 that have been released as a commercial DVD. A sought-after interpreter of Pintscher’s compositions, she has also performed his Herodiade Fragmente with the Saarbrücken Orchestra, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Orchester, and in performances in Munich, Paris, and London; as well as the composer’s Twilight Song and the German premiere of L’espace dernier with Alte Oper Frankfurt and in Hamburg along with his Lieder und Schneebilder.
She joined Sir Neville Mariner and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Mozart concert arias at the Hollywood Bowl, the London Symphony Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski for Mahler’s Das klagende Lied, Orchestre de Paris for Dalbavie’s Double Jeu, Orchestre Colonne for Chaynes’ Pour un monde noir, Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk Orchester for Halffter’s Brecht Lieder at the Desau Music Festival, Strasbourg’s Festival Musica for Berg’s Sieben Frühe Lieder and Benjamin’s A Mind of Winter, and has sung Frank Martin’s Maria Triptychon in Utrecht.