Giordano, María del Rocío
No. 19
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Argentina
Date of birth: 14 September, 1985
María Del Rocío Giordano started her musical training at Alberto Ginastera Conservatory studying piano. She is currently regular student of the Instituto Superior de Artes del Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. She studied lyric repertoire with Susana Cardonnet and chamber music with Guillermo Opitz and vocal Technique with Gilda Giancaspro, Graciela Alperyn, Alicia Nafe and Catherine Mazzone. She has won the scolarship of Buenos Aires Chamber Music Foundation, Opera Studio of Teatro Argentino de la Plata, Teatro Colon´s Fundation and the National Endowment for the Arts among others.
She has performed at several music halls in Argentina, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Spain, USA and the UK and has portrayed the roles of Micaela in Carmen, Adina in L´elisir d´amore, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Wooglinde in Das Rheingold. Engagements for 2014 include Pamina, Papagena, Gilda, Donna Anna and several chamber music recitals.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt F.: O lieb, so land du lieben kannst (F. Feiligrath)
V. Bellini: I Capuletti e i Montecchi - Eccomi in lieta vesta… O quante volte…
G. F. Händel: Giulio Cesare - Piangerò la sorte mia
Semi-final
W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni - Crudele! Ah no, mio bene!… Non mi dir, bell 'idol mio
J. Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann - Elle a fui la tourterelle
Final
G. Bizet: Carmen - Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus - Klänge der Heimat
G. Puccini: La bohème - Quando me'n vo'