URIA-MONZON, BEATRICE Béatrice Uria-Monzon, mezzo-soprano
Trained at the Paris Ecole d'Art Lyrique de l'Opéra Béatrice
Uria-Monzon was engaged very soon for Aix-en-Provence in The Love for Three
Oranges under Kent Nagano. After appearances as Cherubino and Mignon, she
moved to more dramatic rôles, Marie de l'Incarnation (Dialogues des
Carmélites), Charlotte (Werther), Béatrice (Béatrice
et Bénédicte), Marguerite (La Damnation de Faust), the title
rôle in Carmen, Princess Eboli (Don Carlo), and Léonore
(La Favorite). Her career has brought appearances throughout France in
leading opera houses and with major orchestras, and has included engagements
at the Teatro Colón, the Verona Arena, San Francisco Opera, the Metropolitan
Opera in New York, and the Vienna State Opera. With the Orchestre National de
Lille she has recorded the rôle of Charlotte.
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