The sopranos Leonora Tess and Sophia Esparza meet for the first time in Tenerife and what they do to address the role of Giannetta, the friend of Adina in L’elisir d’amore. , One of the comic operas most well known and represented by Gaetano Donizetti will be in charge of opening the lyrical season 2019-2020 of Ópera de Tenerife with the functions that begin on the Thursday of the next week and will last until Sunday. Both singers will interpret the role on alternate days. Esparza will be in the functions of the Thursday and Saturday, while Tess will be the Friday and Sunday.
Sofia Esparza, who began studying singing at the age of seven, is a Spanish soprano who studied singing at the Conservatory of Music of Navarre and in the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. The singer, who first visited the island, has a “top” references Ópera de Tenerife, and of the academy of high specialization for artists Opera (e)Studio, by means of “singers who had been part of the program in previous issues”. The soprano responds that she decided to participate in the auditions for L’elisir d’amore a title that represents for the first time, “the great opportunity of professional training for singers” the programme, and the “important impetus to work for my career.”
Leonora Tess is in Italian and begins to form a hymn to the age of 19 after studying piano at the Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. The singer, like the Spanish soprano, had never been on the island, but after his experience are expected to return soon, as he says, “I am in love with Tenerife”. With respect to Opera (e)Studio, a program that you know before hand, reveals to us that “it is a good opportunity to grow as an artist,” and says that for a singer L’elisir d’amore is the perfect work to “connect with the feelings of the public.” The Italian, unlike its companion, this is not the first time I faced to this character, made in Milan, and explains that the difficulty of the role that plays is “to give life to a character that is able to call the attention of the public.”
In terms of future projects, Sofia Esparza prefer to take advantage of the momentum of this opportunity and continue his career “taking the appropriate steps,” and with his training as a singer and artist. Yes, dreams to interpret the roles of Norina in Don Pasquale, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro or Micaela in Carmen. Also, Leonora Tess has as main objective to continue growing as an artist and concludes that he hopes “from now on my way to grow more”, after the experience that is living on Tenerife. Like its companion deal, expected to be able to climb to the scene some day, as Musetta in La bohème, Despina in Così fan tutte or Marie in La fille du régiment.
These two young sopranos, along with eight other singers more, they came to the island to form part of the seventh edition of Opera (e)Studio, the academy of refinement and artistic integral to artists. This training, directed by Giulio Zappa, is distributed in different master classes with professionals of the first international level and continues with the usual trials of an opera production, the stage at which you are currently located. The program culminates with the representation of L’elisir d’amore from 24 to 27 October.
L’elisir d’amore constitutes the beginning of the season 2019-2020 with the musical direction of Antonio Méndez, principal conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife. This new production of the Opera de Tenerife, which is performed together with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre, is sponsored by the European Commission within the Creative Europe programme, and assumed the debut in Europe as the stage director Pablo Maritano, who takes us back to the golden age of film in Hollywood. All topped with the scenery of Serene Rocco, the costume of Lorena Marin and the light design of Virginio Levrio.