Maite Beaumont
Mezzo soprano Maite Beaumont was born in Pamplona (Spain).
Life & Work
Beaumont studied voice and violin at the Pablo Sarasate Conservatory. At the same time she studied sociology at Navarra University. She won many international competitions. Thanks to a scholarship of the Humboldt foundation Maite Beaumont completed her studies with Hanna Schwarz in Hamburg.
Initially she was part of the ensemble of the Hamburgische Staatsoper, where she regularly appeared in many important roles of her repertoire. In 2005 she gave her debut at the Salzburg Festival as Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte.
Concert Singer
Maite Beaumont is also a very ACTIVE concert singer and her repertoire includes works from baroque to contemporary music. She performed with orchestras like the Academy of Ancient Music, Bamberger Symphoniker, Bremer Kammerphilharmonie, Camerata Salzburg, Ensemble Resonanz, Il Complesso Barocco, the Mozarteum Orchester, Ensemble Intercomporain Paris and worked with conductors such as Ivor Bolton, Alan Curtis, Giovanni Antonini, Christoph Eschenbach, Adam Fischer, Emanuelle Haim, Martin Haselböck, Christipher Hogwood, Ingo Metzmacher, Sir Roger Norrington, Christopher Rousset, Simone Young and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Discography
DVD'S
- Mozart: Mozart – Da Ponte. Label: Opus Arte. Role: Dorabella
- Haydn: Il mondo della luna
- Giulio Cesare: Händel. Label:TDK. Role: Sesto
- L’ incoronazione di Poppea: Monteverdi. Label: Opus Arte. Role: Ottavia
CD's
- Flavius Bertaridus: Telemann 2012. Label: deutsche Harmonika Mundo. Role: Flavius Bertaridus
- Alcina. DG/Archiv 477 7374 (2007): Joyce DiDonato (Alcina), Maite Beaumont (Ruggiero), Karina Gauvin (Morgana), Sonia Prina (Bradamante), Kobie van Rensburg (Oronte), Vito Priante (Melisso), Laura Cherici (Oberto). Il complesso barocco, Dirigent: Alan Curtis. (DVD)
- Motezuma: Vivaldi 2006. Label:Archiv Produktion. Role: Fernando
- Radamisto: Virgin Classics 5456732 (2003), 1. Fassung: Joyce DiDonato (Radamisto), Maite Beaumont (Zenobia), Zachary Stains (Tiridate), Patricia Ciofi (Polissena), Dominque Labelle (Fraarte), Laura Cherici (Tigrane), Carlo Lepore (Farasmane). Il complesso barocco, Dirigent: Alan Curtis. (177 min)
- “Dolce mio ben”: Gasparini, Conti, Fedeli, Sarri & Magini. 2004 Label: Berlin Classics
- “Das Fest im Meer”: Jörn Arnecke 2003. Label: NCA, New Classics Adventure. Role: Ninon
- La Maga Abbandonata. Arien aus Rinaldo, Alcina und Amadigi. Mit Simone Kermes und Maite Beaumont, sowie Donna Leon (Narration), Il complesso barocco, Dirigent: Alan Curtis. DHM 2007
Links
- Opera Base, Operabase Professional
- Maite Beaumont, Official Website
- IMDb, Internet Movie Database
- Y outube, Official Profile with performances