MYRSINI MARGARITI, SOPRANO
Myrsini
Margariti was born in Larissa/Greece. She studied violin and singing at
the National Conservatory in Athens and Musicology at the University of
Athens. She continued her education with Prof. Elisabeth Wilke and Prof. Gudrun
Volkert at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg. She completed two
Master’s degrees in “Lied and Oratorio” (Class Prof. H. Höll and B. Zakotnik)
«Opera and Musical Theater» (Class Prof. W. Kolneder and R. Seifreid) with
the highest honors. She was granted with the “Alexander Onassis
Foundation” and the “Juergen Ponto Stiftung” Scholarship. During
her studies she also attended master classes given by A. Csengery, A.
West, F. Woutsinos, A. Markert, H. Rilling, G. Pisarenko, G. Janowitz, W.
Holzmair, Chr. Rousset.
During her
studies she already performed the roles of Gretel (Hänsel & Gretel,
Salzburg), Muzio (World premiere of the new – discovered baroque Opera of
Cesarini, Scarlatti and Caldara: Giunio Bruto, tournee in Austria and
Germany), Little red riding hood (Little red riding hood and the good
Wolf, Athens), Zerlina (Don Giovanni – “Mozart's Year”, Salzburg),
Serpetta (La finta giardiniera – Landestheater Salzburg in cooperation with
the International Salzburg Festival).
From 2006 to
2009 Myrsini Margariti has been a member of the ensemble at the Opera of
Halle in Germany, the hometown of Handel, where she has performed several
roles with great success such as: Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Gretel (Hänsel
und Gretel), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Euridice (L' Orfeo), Wellgunde (Das
Rheingold), Xenia (Boris Godunov), (Suor Genovieffa in (Suor Angelica), Tebaldo
and Voce dal cielo (Don Carlo) a.o.
She made guest
appearances at the Theater of Erfurt, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Theater of
Fuerth, International Haendel Festspiele Halle, Opera Halle,
Theater Wintertur (Swiss), Opera Festival of ancient Corinth, Opera of
Larissa, Megaron Athens, International Athens &
Epidaurus Festival, Festival of the Aegean, Embassy Festival (The
Hague), Greek National Opera, Onassis Cultural Center a.o.
in roles such as Micaela (Carmen), Drusilla (L‘ incoronazione di Poppea) ,
Despina (Cosi fan tutte), Gianetta (L’ elisir d’ amore), Clorinda
(Cenerentola), Pamina (Die Zauberfloete), Sylvia (L' isola disabitata),
Coryphee (Alceste), Laodice (Hasse's Siroe), Lola (Pic Nic, greek operetta),
Salome (Stradella's San Giovanni), Alceste (Th. Stathis). Valencienne (Die
Lustige Witwe) a.o. As a concert singer she has performed in Greece,
Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, Mexiko, England, Hungary, Belgium,
Holland. She sang in the official opening of the Greek Presidency in
Bozar, Brussels. In August 2014 she had her debut in the BBC
Proms with Armonia Atenea under George Petrou.
The music of baroque is a very important aspect of her
career. She has sung several operatic roles, oratorios and cantatas of
Haendel, Vivaldi, Bach, Buxtehude, Fux, Telemann, Stradella a.o.
and has worked with several specialized early music orchestras such as New
Dutch Academy, Armonia Atenea, New Dutch Academy, Lautten Compagney,
Haendelfestpielorchester Halle, Latinitas Nostra, New Gebew Concertino,
Salzburger Hofmusik with conductors such as Helmuth Rilling
(Bachakademie), Marcus Creed, George Petrou, Wolfgang Katschner, Markelos
Chryssicos, Simon Murphy a.o. Her interpretation in the recording of Handel's
Cantata Apollo e Dafne (Händelfestspielorchester Halle, Bernhard Forck,
Production: AVI -Music) received critical acclaim. In November 2013 the
cd "Claude Debussy: la musique `a moi" (UTOPIA RECORDS/MIKRI
ARKTOS) was released, while recently two new cds were added in her
Discography both works of the reknown greek composer D. Papadimitriou:
"Meres Epitafiou" and "Aesop's Fables" .