MARIANNE BEATE KIELLAND
GRAMMY Nomination
The mezzo-soprano Marianne Beate Kielland has been nominated for a GRAMMY Award alongside some of the operatic scene’s biggest stars: Joyce DiDonato, Natalie Dessay, Andreas Scholl and Ian Bostridge.
Ms. Kielland is nominated in the category “Best Classical Vocal Solo” for the recording of Edvard Grieg/Olav Anton Thommessen: Veslemøy Synsk with the pianist Nils Anders Mortensen.
“It is a huge honour being nominated for such a prestigious award, not least considering the eminent fellow nominees; I am thrilled!” says Marianne Beate Kielland.
Marianne Beate Kielland has quickly made a name for herself as one of Scandinavia’s foremost and versatile singers. She is equally at home and equally skilled in opera, concert, oratorio and solo recital.
Forthcoming highlights include assignments with conductors such as Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi, Fabio Bonnizoni, Alan Curtis, Thomas Dausgaard, Marc Minkowski, Christophe Rousset and Jukka-Pekka Saraste, in repertoire that spans music from the 17th Century to contemporary, including composers such as Bach, Pergolesi, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz, Grieg, Elgar and Mahler.
The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb. 12 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Grammy Award Nominees - Best Classical Vocal Solo
* Grieg/Thommessen: Veslemøy Synsk -- Marianne Beate Kielland (Nils Anders Mortensen)
* Diva Divo -- Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L'Opéra National De Lyon)
* Handel: Cleopatra -- Natalie Dessay (Emmanuelle Haïm; Le Concert D'Astrée)
* Purcell: O Solitude -- Andreas Scholl (Stefano Montanari; Christophe Dumaux; Accademia Bizantina)
* Three Baroque Tenors -- Ian Bostridge (Bernard Labadie; Mark Bennett, Andrew Clarke, Sophie Daneman, Alberto Grazzi, Jonathan Gunthorpe, Benjamin Hulett & Madeline Shaw; The English Concert)
MARI ERIKSMOEN
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The soprano Mari Eriksmoen (born in 1983) has quickly established herself as one of the most exciting up-and- coming singers. One year after having finished her studies she has already had major successes in opera houses such as Theater and der Wien, Oper Frankfurt, Opéra de Lille, Theatre de ville Luxembourg, Royal Danish Opera, Norwegian National Opera and at Festival d'Aix en Provence.
Upcoming highlights include opera appearances at Theater an der Wien, Oper Frankfurt, Royal Swedish Opera, Norwegian National Opera, Festival d'Aix en Provence, Lucerne Festival and concerts with Orchestre de Paris, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
KEEP AN EYE ON:
MARIUS ROTH CHRISTENSEN
TENOR
The tenor Marius Roth Christensen turned to classical music relatively late but has recently received enormous attention in his native
Norway. After recent operatic debut at the Norwegian National Opera as
Tamino in
Die Zauberflöte as well as a number of other opera, concert, television and radio appearances he has quickly become one of the most sought after singers in
Norway.
In the summer of 2011 he will sing
Turiddu in
Cavalleria Rusticana and
Beppe in
I Pagliacci at Oscarsborg Opera Festival as well as concerts with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the conductor Mario Venzano.
Listen to Marius sing “Che gelida manina” from Puccini’s La bohème