Castro, Marta de
No. 8
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Spain
Date of birth: 18 April, 1989
She began her studies at the Conservatory of Music in Vigo, where she obtained the degree in Voice and Piano, later she joined the Escuela Superior de Canto in Madrid. In 2017, she obtained her master’s degree at the Conservatori Liceu in Barcelona. Between 2010 and 2013 she studied with Barbara Bonney in Salzburg, and since 2016, with Teresa Berganza. She won awards such as the Permanent Competition of Young Musicians, the 2nd prize at the Contest Città Conegliano (Italy), and in 2016 the First Prize at the Singing Competition of Municipio Valleseco, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. She has worked with stage directors and conductors as for example Emilio Sagi, Ron Daniels, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez and Paco Azorín. She performed in theaters in Europe and South America. In January and February 2020 she performed in Teatro Real of Madrid and the Barbican in London, in June at The Festival of Classical Music in Villanueva de los Infantes.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Freudvoll und leidvoll
Donizetti: Piangete voi?… Al dolce guidami – Anna’s aria from Anna Bolena
Massenet: Adieu notre petite table – Manon’s aria from Manon
Semi-final
Puccini: Un bel dì vedremo – Cio-Cio-san’s aria from Madama Butterfly
Mozart: In quali eccessi… Mi tradì, quell’alma ingrata – Donna Elvira’s recitative and aria from Don Giovanni
Final
Mozart: Temerari, sortite fuori... Come scoglio – Fiordiligi’s recitative and aria from Così fan tutte
Puccini: Addio, senza rancor – Mimì’s aria from La bohème
Verdi: D’amor sull’ali rosee – Leonora’s aria from Il trovatore