Inessa Galante Soprano
With forthcoming engagements including the role of Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera for the Finnish National Opera, Inessa Galante continues to consolidate her position as one of the finest sopranos of her generation. Her Gala charity concerts, in aid of many worthy causes (including the Raisa Gorbachov Cancer Foundation) feature prominently in a busy schedule.
Inessa Galante was born in Riga, Latvia where she studied at the Music Academy. She began her career at the Latvian National Opera in Riga and was soon heard in other ‘Eastern’ countries, most notably, Russia where she became a regular guest at the Kirov Opera St Petersburg and performed in Moscow, Kiev and Odessa.
She made a significant debut in the West as PAMINA/Die Zauberflöte in Mannheim, followed by performances throughout Europe, including Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Köln, Paris and Luxembourg in roles such as NEDDA/Pagliacci, MIMI, LAURETTA/Gianni Schicchi, CORINA/Il Viaggio a Rheims, ELVIRA/Don Giovanni, BUTTERFLY, LIU, VIOLETTA, GILDA, MARGUERITE, MAGDA/La Rondine, MICAELA and LUCIA. In the USA she has appeared with Florida Grand Opera, Baltimore Opera and Michigan Opera as MIMI La Boheme.
She has a considerable concert repertoire, which includes the Requiems of Verdi, Mozart and Brahms, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Mahler’s 2nd Symphony. These she has performed in festivals such as Montpellier, St Denis, Newport, Israel, Evian and Nancy. In London she has appeared at the Royal Albert Hall and at the Barbican with the London Symphony Orchestra as well as in recital at the Wigmore Hall, (with Roger Vignoles) which was recorded by the BBC.
Inessa Galante has made eight commercial CDs, the first, Debut, included the performance of Caccini's 'Ave Maria', which has since become a cult hit and went gold then platinum in the Netherlands. Other recordings include The Tchaikovsky Experience on BMG with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Neeme Jarvi for which she was hailed “The best Tatiana of the last twenty years'. Arietta, which was recorded in St Silas Church London, was accompanied by London Musici and voted Best Recording of the Year by the BBC.
More recent opera engagements have included CIO-CIO SAN Madama Butterfy for Michigan Opera, Latvian National Opera and Gothenburg Opera, Sweden, ADRIANA LECOUVREUR at the Bolshoi Moscow and the Marjinski, St. Petersburg, AMELIA/Ballo in maschera in Riga, AIDA for Scottish Opera and concerts with the Royal Liverpool Orchestra (Carl Davies). In addition she sang Madama Butterfly for the Norske Opera Oslo, MANON LESCAUT for the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, AIDA at the Bolshoi, PIQUE DAME in Riga, AMELIA in Ballo in Maschera in Helsinki, and concerts in Helsinki, Newport, Sydney, Melbourne, Essen, Holland, Korea and a new recording project. She also replaced an indisposed Daniela Dessi as Manon Lescaut in Poland in 2009, to great critical acclaim
Audio file: Inessa Galante
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