The After highly successful working sessions with the casting director at Theater and der Wien as well as with the conductor Bertrand de Billy, Mari Eriksmoen has been engaged to replace the pregnant star-soprano Diana Damrau as Zerbinetta in Richard Strauss opera ARIADNE AUF NAXOS at Theater and der Wien in October 2010.

Mari Eriksmoen, 27-years-old, graduated from the Opera Academy in Copenhagen in June 2010. Already during her studies Mari attracted much attention and she has appeared at opera houses and festivals such as the Norwegian National Opera, Royal Danish Opera, Opéra de Lille, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg and Festival d'Aix en Provence.

The sparkling, down-to-earth soprano is delighted for the vote of confidence and she very much looks forward to the assignment.

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The up-and-coming soprano Marita Solberg is quickly gaining reputation for the unusual beauty of her singing and touching interpretations.

Career highlights include performances at the Salzburg Festival, Baroque Festival Beaune, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatro Liceu Barcelona, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Norwegian National Opera and with orchestras such as Berliner Philharmoniker, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Les Musiciens du Louvre and Al Ayre Español.

She has worked with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Marc Minkowski, Neeme Järvi, Michel Plasson, Phillip Herreweghe, Rinaldo Alessandrini and Alessandro De Marchi.

Upcoming highlights include Zerlina in Don Giovanni at the Glyndebourne Festival, the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, Mimi in La bohème, Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia and  Pamina in Die Zauberflöte; all at the Norwegian National Opera, and concerts of Mozart’s Coronation Mass with Orchestre de Paris.

Marita on YouTube:

VIDEO

Grieg - Peer Gynt - "Solveig's song"

Bizet - Carmen - "Je dis que rien…"

AUDIO

Handel - Alessandro - "Solitudine amate"

Handel - Giulio Cesare - "Da tempeste"

Handel - Giulio Cesare - "Se pieta"