Ana Luisa ESPINOSA (soprano), Spain

She has studied in Italy and in France with scholarships of the Royaumont Foundation of Paris.

Her repertory includes Lied, Opera, French Melody and the Lyric Spanish Genre, including in her Opera repertory the roles of Mimi (Bohème), Micaela (Carmen), Violetta (Traviata), Lauretta (G.Schicchi), Gilda (Rigoletto), Giulietta (Capuletti), Julieta (Romeo y Julieta), Desdémona (Otello), Liù (Turandot)... among others. She has received the warmest recognition of the public in her performances in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Italy, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, The Philippines, Turkey, Egypt, Russia, Colombia ... as well as in the most important Spanish theatres: Theatre of the Operetta of Madrid, Maestranza of Seville, Palace of Festivals of Santander, Palau of the Music, Campoamor of Oviedo, Cervantes of Malaga.

She plays in Berlin the lead role of the first record of «La Clementina» by Boccherini, conducted by mythical Rudolf Barshaï and accompanied by the Neues Berliner Kammerorchester.

She has been accompanied by orchestras of the whole World: Frankfurt Symphonic, Neues Berliner Kammerorchester, Stabile di Como, Orchestra of the Nacional TV of Romania, Symphonic of The Philippines, Symphonic of the Balear Islands, Symphonic of the Principality of Asturias, Orchestra of the Opera of Bogotá, Symphonic of El Vallés (Catalonia), Orchestra of the Autonomous Region of Madrid…, conducted by Rudolf Barshaï, Bruno dal Bon, S. Guadagno, Maurizio Arena, Giuliano Carella (Musical Director of the Arena di Verona), Andrea Licata, Günter Gräft, Odón Alonso..., among others.

She has played and recorded for Classic Radio, RAI (Italian TV), Rai Sat Channel, TVE (Spanish TV), Onda Cero, Tevetsé of Russia, The Voice of Russia etc., which have broadcasted her performances to the whole world.

She has offered conferences and published numerous journalistic articles about musical and cultural topics. She has worked as a teacher in many Singing and Vocal Technique Courses, applying to her students her own pedagogical method with excellent results. Has created and directed for 4 years the «Vocal Technique Workshop» for singers and teachers of Albacete (Spain). She is a Teacher at the Conservatory «Marcos Redondo» of Ciudad Real (Spain).

Recently, it has been broadcasted from Moscow to the whole world her intervention in the Concert of the Day of the Victory, together with the opera stars of the Bolshoi: Obratsova, Nesterencko etc.

Also recently she has inaugurated the headquarters of the Cervantes Institute of Belgrade, in presence of the Princes of Asturias.

PRIZES:

  • Francisco Alonso Competition Prize, Madrid (Spain);
  • first Prize International Vocal Competition of Logroño (Spain);
  • prix Spécial d'Opèra, Jean Giraudeau Trophy. France;
  • primo Premio Internazionale (First Internacional Prize) Eva Duarte de Perón, Italy;
  • international Prize Maria Malibrán. Italy.

Other AWARDS:

  • Medal to the Cultural and Artistic Merit, Italy 1996;
  • Great Citizen of Albacete of the Diaspora, 1997;
  • Distinguished Citizen of Albacete. Madrid, 2001;
  • Honourable person of Castilla-La Mancha .Madrid, 2005;
  • special distinction of «The voice of Russia», for her labor in favor of the diffusion of the Russian culture in the world, Valencia 2007.