【Date&Time】

Mar. 16, 2025 (Sun.) 10:30-12:30

【Venue】

Auditorium 364, Teaching Building

School of Music, CUHK-Shenzhen

Admission Free.

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【Biography】

Norah Amsellem

Soprano Norah Amsellem has created a unique place for herself in the world of opera through her sense of dramatic intensity and emotion, which she confers in her roles. Right from the start of her career, she has sung in the most prestigious theatres all over the world: debut at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, Milan's La Scala, San Francisco Opera, London's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Munich State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Paris's Opéra Bastille, the Liceo of Barcelona, Madrid Teatro Real among others. She is also a striking concert artist, displaying exceptional artistry and musicianship, and has performed with the most well-known orchestras and famous conductors such as James Levine, Marco Armiliato, Daniel Barenboim, James Conlon, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Daniele Gatti, James Levine, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Sir Charles Mackerras, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Kent Nagano, Daniel Oren, Seiji Ozawa, Antonio Pappano, Michel Plasson, Georges Pretre, Leonard Slatkin, Pinchas Steinberg, Robert Spano, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Mareck Janovsky. Her repertoire includes a large number of Heroines. Amongst them, Violetta in La Traviata, Manon in Massenet, Mimi of La bohème, Michaela in Carmen, and Liu in Turandot remain staple roles not to be missed. The DVD of La Traviata by BBC Opus Arte, recorded in Madrid in 2005 and staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi immortalized her presentation in a production of reference recompensed by the Gramophone Award. This recording earned spectacular reviews, and according to L'Opera, "A triumphant success. Norah Amsellem is an exceptional Violetta, a complete and fascinating artist." She has also recorded the role with the Atlanta Symphony conducted by Roberto Spano for TELARC, CD.

Amsellem is regularly invited to give master classes in France, Italy, Canada, the United States of America, Colombia, and China. She is an alumnus of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist and got her BA at the Westminster Choir College in Princeton. Amsellem has won prestigious awards in several international vocal competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions at 19 years old, the NATS competition, the Marian Anderson Competition, and the Veronica Dunn International Voice competition.