Margaret Price is dead

Is dead at her home in Wales, Margaret Price, the great English soprano renowned for her interpretations of Mozart, Verdi and Wagner. The Price, who suffered of heart attack, was 69 years. The singer began  her career in 1962 as a mezzo-soprano, singing the role of Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro' by Mozart at the Welsh National Opera. It was the conductor and pianist James Lockhart to convince the singer to perfectionate her studies in order  to bring out the beautiful upper register, thus making of her one of the most lyric sopranos' popular at the turn of the 70s and 80s. Her debut as a soprano was with Otto Klemperer, when he wanted Margaret Price to play as Fiordiligi for 'Cosi' fan tutte 'Mozart recorded for EMI by the great German director . The Price was recognized worldwide as one of the greatest interpreters of Mozart and Verdi. But her  most famous interpretation  of Isolde in 'Tristan und Isolde' Wagner, was directed by Carlos Kleiber and  recorded under the German label Deutsche Grammophon. 

First International Singers Contest On Line

Maria Aleida Rodriguez

I want  to give the right  space to the first international singers on line contest organized by Musicamore Tiscali  Blog from Italy.

 Today the winners were announced by the jury,  whose I was a an effective member.

No matter who were the winnersin the different sections,  I  hope to find some talent who  can be able to  play the characters in my  musicals, the last one of which

 " S'Urtima Jana"is going to be  to represented in  Bulgaria  with my students.

Of course, with some talents, I need to find    the sponsors. My previous Musical "Afora Sos Sardos" was represented in Madrid in 2008. They are both set in Sardinia and are very closely tied up with the history of the island of Sardinia. So I think that should be the local governement to provide the financial means to produce   in Cagliari, both works.

The first place was given by the jury to the beautiful voice of Simona Collu  Here is the link to access his winning video.

Simona Collu

In  the opera singers's  section, the  jury gave the award to an  extraordinary artist. A very extensive soprano voice, a real phenomenon. This is the Venezuelan

Maria Aleida Rodriguez

Two days ago the same competition had two other successful artists, but this time was the public on line to vote and to decide  the winners. They were  the soprano

Tania Buccini

and   the young, wonderful voice from  Philippinean Islands

Nastassha S. Theodosius