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Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Mezzo-soprano, Contralto

Alexandra Calado

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Portuguese Mezzo Soprano Alexandra Calado is a graduate in both Acting and Singing, having studied with highly distinguished artists. Her voice allows is suited to the Baroque repertoire as well as the great symphonic repertoire. This versatility has allowed her to perform on the most important stages of her home country and in the company of the best orchestras and performers. 
Her operatic repertoire includes Carmen in Bizet's opera, Annio in "La Clemenza di Tito", "Orfeo in "Orfeo ed Euridice", Cornelia in "Giulio Cesare", The Old Lady in "Candide", La Ciesca in "Gianni Schicchi", Dido and Sorceress in "Dido and Aeneas", Third Lady in "The Magic Flute", Amastre in "Xerxes", Zia Principessa, Badessa and Maestra delle Novizie in "Suor Angelica". She premiered the roles of Mãe in the Portuguese opera "A Árvore dos Sonhos" (J.M. Oliveira) which was especially written for her and Monstra in J. Salgueiro's opera "A Coragem e o Pessimismo". 
Very much in demand as a concert singer, Ms. Calado has sung "Requiem” (M. Duruflé), “Il Tramonto" (O. Respighi), "Oratorio de Nöel" (C. Saint-Saëns), J. C. Bach's Lament "Ach das ich Wassers g'nug hätte", "Stabat Mater" (G. B. Pergolesi), "Stabat Mater" and "Gloria" (A. Vivaldi), "The Messiah" (G.F. Handel), "Messe de Minuit" and "Te Deum" (M. A. Charpentier), "The Armed Man" (K. Jenkins), "Requiem", "Vesperae Solennes de Confessore" and "Coronation Mass" (W. Mozart), "Easter Oratorio", "Christmas Oratorio" and "St. Matthew Passion" (J.S. Bach), "Chichester Psalms" (L. Bernstein) and "Spanische Liebeslieder" (R. Schumann). She sang the role of David in Handel's "Saul", directed by Brian Mackay. 
Having studied English and German Literature, Alexandra specializes in the Lieder and Song repertoire of these languages, from Mahler and Schubert to Vaughan Williams and Quilter. In this field she has worked with baritone Wolfgang Holzmair and pianist Jaime Mota. She has performed in recitals alongside pianists João Queiroz, João Pontes Araújo and Bernardo Marques. 
Alexandra appeared as Miss Trufa in C. Buarque's musical "Os Saltimbancos", Babette in the Disney musical "Beauty and the Beast" and took part in the musical comedy "Porto em Directo", a new production from Argentinean stage director Claudio Hochman and composer Carlos Azevedo. She played the role of Ariel in W. Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in Teatro Nacional São João and was a member of the cast of "Porto São Bento" in Teatro Carlos Alberto. Alexandra premiered "A Dama Pé-de-Cabra" in Caminha and the production was received with great enthusiasm. She joined the cast of “Vida do grande Dom Quixote de la Mancha e do gordo Sancho Pança” in Porto’s Teatro do 
Bolhão. 
On stage Ms Calado has been directed by Mónica Garnel, David Pereira Bastos, Kuniaki Ida, Roberto Recchia, Eleonora Paternitti, Nuno Cardoso, Detlef Soelter, Guilherme Mendonça, Giulio Ciabatti, Christopher Cowell, Carleen Graham, Mário Moutinho, Jane Davidson, Gabriel Villela, Silviu Purcarete, Sandra Mladenovitch, António Capelo, Helen Parry and João Grosso and has worked with conductors Tiago Oliveira, Miguel Sepúlveda, Tiago Ferreira, Fernando Marinho, Nuno Areia, Ernst Schelle, Alba Bonfim, Pedro Amaral, Renata Oliveira, Miguel Jaloto, Luís Campos, Armando Vidal, António Sérgio Ferreira, Shioban O'Higgins, Christopher Bagan, João Paulo Janeiro, Egon Mijaihlovic, José Ferreira Lobo, César Freitas, António Vassalo Lourenço, Paulo Lourenço, Laurence Gowlan, Rui Pinheiro, Ernani Malleta and Kamen Goleminov.

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