SARA SABAG SOPRANO

Sara Sabag, Soprano [email protected] www.sarasabag.com Phone: 0034 657162282 Valencia, Spain

Biography Lyric-dramatic soprano, she has been praised for its timbre and her communicative and dramatic abilities. She takes part, between 2009 and 2010, in a high training workshop at the Teatro Real of Madrid, directed by Romain Bischoff (VocaalLAB Nederland). Mrs. Sabag has sung in May 2010 in a concert organized by the Teatro Real of Madrid, celebrating the International Day of the Opera. In December 2009 she performed an opera recital in Hamburg, together with the Polish pianist Kasia Wieczorek. Finalist in the International Contest of Singing of Logroño, Spain (2010) and Semifinalist in the International Contest of Singing of Treviso, Italy (2011). She has performed on stage the roles of Luisa Fernanda (Luisa Fernanda, Moreno Torroba, 2009) Dorabella (Così fan Tutte, Mozart, 2007) Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart, 2004) Mrs. Jaffet (Noye's Fludde, Britten, 2004) and includes

in her repertoire the full roles of Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly,

Puccini, 2011) Margherita (Mefistofele, Boito, 2010) Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart, 2011) and Liù (Turandot, Puccini, 2009). She is currently preparing the roles of Leonore (Fidelio, Beethoven) Leonora (Il Trovatore, Verdi) Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera, Verdi) and Senta (Der Fliegende Holländer, Wagner). Her concert repertoire includes the Magnificat (Bach) Gloria (Vivaldi), Dixit Dominus (Soprano I, Händel) Coronation Mass and Requiem (Mozart), Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini), Requiem (Faurè), Das Buch der hängenden Gärten (A. Schoenberg), Tandoori Lieder (G. Kurtág), Quattro canzoni popolari (L. Berio). Mrs. Sabag also keeps an intense collaboration with young composers, premiering contemporary works of Bertha Artero Ponce, L. Navarro-Valcárcel or Martinez León, among others. She has sung at venues as Palau de la Música in Valencia, Teatro Real in Madrid, Auditorio 400 of Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, Rudolf Steiner Haus in Hamburg, Teatro Achá in Cochabamba (Bolivia), etc.

She got her Bachelor degree in Singing in the “Joaquín Rodrigo” High School of Music of Valencia, Spain (2010), studing with

the soprano Patricia

Llorens (Singing), Lorenzo Petri (Coach), Fernando Taberner (Coach), among others. Her additional development includes courses with Wolfram Rieger (Lied), Evghenia Dundekova and Katia Escalera (Opera), Francine Vis, Romain Bischoff, Donatienne Michele-Dansac and Elena Vink (Contemporary Music) , Miguel Angel Gaspar (Stage), Robert Espert (Ancient Music) and Elizabetha Vorozeikina (Singing). Education Joaquín Rodrigo High School of Music, Valencia, Spain - Bachelor Degree, 2010 Training VocaalLAB Attelier, Teatro Real, Madrid 2010 VocaalLAB Attelier, Teatro Real, Madrid 2009 Opera Interpretation Masterclass, Evghenia Dundekova, Italy 2008

Conductors and Musical Directors Romain Bischoff Celsa Tamayo Vicente Martínez Alpuente Ramón Ramírez Beneyto Juan Pablo Hellín Augusto Guzmán Alvarado Francisco Moral Directors Miguel Ángel Gaspar Enrique Viana Amparo Urieta Araceli Berguillos Repertorist and Coach Jose Madrid Giordano

REPERTOIRE

Opera Roles COMPOSER

OPERA

Beethoven

Fidelio

Leonore**

Boito

Mefistofele

Margherita

Britten

Noye's Fludde

Mrs. Jaffett*

Donizetti

L'Elisir d'amore

Giannetta

Moreno Torroba

Luisa Fernanda

Luisa Fernanda*

Mozart

Così fan Tutte

Dorabella*

Le Nozze di Figaro

Contessa

Le Nozze di Figaro

Cherubino*

Madama Butterfly

Cio-Cio San

Turandot

Liù

Il Trovatore

Leonora**

Puccini

Verdi

Wagner

ROLE

Un Ballo in Maschera

Amelia**

Der Fliegende Holländer

Senta**

* Roles performed * * Roles in preparation

Oratorio Roles COMPOSER

WORK

Bach

Magnificat BWV 243 in D (Soprano I & II)*

Fauré

Requiem Op. 48 in D minor*

Händel

Dixit Dominus HWV 232 (Soprano I, A 415)

Mozart

Coronation Mass KV 317 in C * Requiem KV 626 in D minor

Rossini Vivaldi

Petite Messe Solennelle Gloria RV 589 in D (Soprano II)* * Roles performed

Songs and Chamber Music COMPOSER

WORK

Berio

Quattro Canzoni Popolari (1946-1947)* I. II. III. IV.

Dolce cominciamento Avendo gran disio La donna ideale Ballo

Brahms

Dein blaues Auge Op. 59, nº 8 Liebestreu Op. 3, nº 1* Meine Lieder Op. 106, nº 4* Ständchen Op. 106, nº1* Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op. 105, nº 1 Gestillte Sensucht Op. 91, nº1* (soprano version, transposed) Geistliches Wiegenlied Op. 91, nº2* ( soprano version, transposed)

Donizetti

Amore e morte *

Falla

Siete canciones populares españolas* I. El paño moruno II. Seguidilla murciana III. Asturiana IV. Jota V. Nana VI. Canción VII.Polo

Fauré

Automne Op. 18 nº 3* Chanson D'amour Op. 27 nº 1* Poème d'un Jour Op. 21* I. Recontre II. Toujours III. Adieu

Granados

Tonadillas I. Amor y Odio II. Callejeo III. El majo discreto VI. El tra-la-la y el punteado

Kuïjken

La Rosa Separada (Text: Pablo Neruda) XVI. Los Hombres*

Kagel

Der Turm zu Babel I. Danish X. Latin XIV. Russian

Kurtág

Tandoori Lieder* I. S.K. - Remembrance Noise II. Kant - Remembrance Noise III. Two Lines from "Tapes" IV. Kavafis - Haiku V. So that We Never Get out of Practice VI. The Sadness of the Bare Copula VII. Les Adieux

Liszt

Oh! Quand Je Dors*

Mozart

Abendempfindung KV 523* Als Luise die Briefe Ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte KV 520 * Dans un bois solitaire KV 308/295b*

Pousseur

Mnemosine I

Schönberg

Das Buch der hängenden Gärten Op. 15 II. Hein, in diesen Paradiesen * VI. Jedem Werke bin ich für der tot* XV. Wir bevölkerten...

Schubert

Auf dem Wasser zu singen D.774 (Op.72)* Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D.965* Erlkönig D. 328*

Schumann

Frauenliebe und Leben Op. 42*

Strauss, Richard

Morgen Op. 27 8 Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter, Op. 10 VIII. Allerseelen*

Turina

Poema en forma de Canciones Op. 19 III. Cantares* V. Las locas por amor*

Verdi

Il Poveretto Non t'accostare all'urna * Works performed

Works premiered Artero, Bertha Elena

Tres Canciones* I. Recuerdo Instantáneo II. ¿Qué es morir? III. Vigor animal - muerte

Chorro, Aurelio

Dos canciones*

Martínez León, Álvaro

Le Voisin d'en Face*

Martínez Rodríguez, Brían

Oligirondinas** I. Topatumba II. Gristenia III.Yolleo

Navarro-Valcárcel, Luis

Tres Canciones*

Runchak, Volodymyr

Prayer for Soprano** *World premieres **Works in preparation

MEDIA www.sarasabag.com Audio http://www.sarasabag.com/Sara Sabag, Soprano, Fernando Taberner, Diego Sánchez, Isabel Pérez Requeijo, pianists.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP6ixtnozlg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsE6R82OSsM

PRESS AND REVIEWS Television http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/television/dia-internacional-opera/765870/ Press http://www.operaactual.com/noticias/index.php http://www.abc.es/20100509/madrid-madrid/madrid-canta-real-20100509.html http://www.larepublicacultural.es/article2885.html http://bohemianmadrid.blogspot.com/

Links http://www.vocaallab.com/producties.aspx?ProductionID=23 http://vjp.i-arts.net/BAK/BAK.pdf

Acclaim "Sara Sabag is a very promising young soprano with an intense dark voice very suitable for some Massenet Puccini and Verdi roles. She has all the necessary ingredients to make an important career and I wish her all the best." Richard Barker "Frantic insanity is coupled later with the short, post-modern brevity of the Hungarian piece “Tandoori-leider” composed by Kurtág and with a passionate performance by Bolivian lyric-soprano, Sara Sabag, accompanied by a haunting lone violin" Bohemian Madrid