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One of Classical music's most exciting duos, ¡Canto vivo!
features the stunning voice of Maltese soprano Claire Debono and virtuoso
playing of Scottish guitarist Simon Thacker. Guitar and voice is one of
the most intimate, sensuous and affecting combinations and ¡Canto vivo!
have been delighting audiences across Britain for over six years.
Performances include.....
sold out runs at the Edinburgh Festival;
BBC Radio 3, In Tune; BBC Northern Ireland, Arts Extra; Ambassadorial Concert, Malta's National Theatre;
Dundee Guitar Festival; Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke's, London;
Summer Music at Paxton House; Pittenweem Arts Festival; Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival; St James Piccadilly, London.
Press quotes.....
"Claire Debono and Simon Thacker are a consummate double act,
her beautifully clear, sweet toned soprano voice well matched by
his superb guitar playing."
Glasgow Herald
"I
have witnessed some marvellous musical combinations over the
years, but it would be hard to beat last night's brilliance."
Dundee Courier
"A privilege to hear"
The Scotsman
"Playing and singing of the highest
calibre"
Unlimited Media
"Dazzling selection of classical Spanish music"
The
List
"There were too many delights to be able
to single out more than a few"
edinburghguide.com
Claire Debono.....
has become a familiar face at many of the world's most
prestigious opera houses, festivals and concert halls.
Claire completed an MMus at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama, London in 2004, where she was awarded
a prestigious bursary by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust
for two years in succession. She studies with Laura Sarti.
Upcoming engagements include.....
Edinburgh International Festival, Handel's Israel in Egypt with Emmanuelle Haïm; Vespina in Haydn's 'L'infedelta`
delusa', Festival d'Aix en Provence; Minerva and Amore
in Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d’Ulisse In Patria at the Teatro Real, Madrid;
La Gloire, Phenice and Lucinde in Lully's Armide
for Théatre de Champs- Elysées; Mozart, Mass in C minor, with Paavo Järvi and
Orchestre de Paris; European tour of a programme of
Purcell sacred music with Les Arts Florissants.
Recent
operatic roles.....
European and New York tour of Ilia
Idomeneo
with Les Arts Florissants, including performances at the
Lincoln Centre, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Peralada
Festival and Teatro Filarmonico di Verona; Hanako in Hanjo by Hosokawa for Opéra
de Lyon; the
role of Anne Truelove in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress for Théâtre Royale de
la Monnaie in Belgium; Despina (Cosi Fan Tutte) for Opéra de Lyon;
concert performances as Zerlina
Don Giovanni
for Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie on their tour of Japan;
Barbarina Le Nozze di
Figaro for English National Opera and Opéra de
Lyon; Unzellman in Camilleri’s
The Maltese Cross
in St. Germain, Paris;
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and
Amore in Il Ballo Delle
Ingrate for Birmingham Opera Company.
Recent
concert performances.....
tour of Europe and New York with William Christie’s Le
Jardin des Voix, including acclaimed performances at the
Lincoln Centre, New York, and London Barbican in the Great Performers
Series; Mozart et Le Concert Spirituel tour of
Europe, Morocco and Turkey including performances at Théâtre du
Châtelet, and London Barbican in the Mostly Mozart
Series; a programme of Charpentier and Lully motets at the
Carnegie Hall, Ambronay and the Chapelle Royale de Versailles
with Les Arts Florissants; performance at Windsor Castle by
invitation of HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales; recitals
in France and Corsica for the Festival d’Aix en Provence; Unsuk
Chin’s Cantatrix Sopranica
for the Settembre Musica Festival (Milan and Turin) with The
London Sinfonietta.
Claire’s discography includes.....
Le
Jardin des Voix (EMI/Virgin Classics); Harmonia Sacra
(EMI/Virgin Classics).
"By far the best singing of the evening
was Claire Debono’s sensitive, colorful and gracefully
embellished account of Ilia’s music."
New York Times, Lincoln Centre performance
with Les Arts Florissants
"Claire Debono ....thoroughly charming
....had a masterly control of her vocal line, the words,
and the stage space."
The New York Sun
"The cast's delight is Maltese soprano
Claire Debono as Ilia. Besides cutting a figure that would catch
any prince's eye, she sang with shapely allure. Her warm,
piquant delivery is a fount of Mozartian style, and she
immediately set the opera's tone in her dramatic opening
recitative."
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
"...et surtout le colorature de Claire
Debono, d'une pureté exceptionnelle."
ConcertoNet.com
"The finest voice of the evening belonged
to Claire DeBono as Ilia. Hers is a burnished instrument, secure
in upper and lower registers and extremely well–managed in
little details like individual note dynamics and elongated
lyrical line. Her "Se il padre perdei" in Act II was
thrilling."
The New York Sun, Lincoln Centre performance
with Les Arts Florissants
"Claire Debono
...acted nimbly and produced a lovely, focused sound that
conveyed a clear sense of the text"
New York Times
"Claire Debono excels as Barbarina,
producing a consistently glowing legato sound".
The Opera Critic
"Claire
Debono, a versatile, silver-toned soprano from Malta, is
beginning to make headway in Britain’s crowded concert scene"
The Guardian
"It was obvious that the tonal quality and
flow of her voice was exceptional"
The Scotsman
"Keep an eye out for … the versatile Claire
Debono, a Maltese soprano of great focus"."
The Times (of London)
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