23festivalinternacionaldr.alfonsoortiztirado 2007 / Boletín No. 308 / Enero 11, 2007

Dueto Contravoce

The Duet Contravoce, is integrated for soprano Angelica Uribe and counter-tenor Hector Sosa and accompanied for pianist Sergio Vazquez; they will perform on Saturday 20th at 20:00 hours at Alamos’ City Hall and on Saturday 21st at Itson’s Theater “Dr. Oscar Russo Voguel” in Cajeme, within the frame of the 23rd International Festival Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado 2007.

Program
Tempesta Vocale. Fragments of classic and baroque opera: “Or la tromba in suon festante” (Aria of Rinaldo), “Armida dispietata!... Lascia ch’io pianga” (Aria of Almirena) and “Adorato mio sposo... Scherzano sul tuo volto” (Duet), from G. F. Händel’s opera Rinaldo;  “Ah se il crudel periglio” (Aria of Giunia) from opera Lucio Silla, “Cielo!… Ah di si nobilalma” (Aria of Ascanio), from Ascanio in Alba and “Come ti piace imponi” (Duet) from W. A. Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito and “Giusto Dio…Ah d’amorin tal momento” (Aria of Amenaide), “Dove son io ?…Ah che scordar non so” (Aria of Tancredi) and “Fiero incontro…Lasciami!...” (Duet) G. Rossini’s opera Tancredie.

Contravoce
Integrated for soprano Luz Angelica Uribe and counter-tenor Hector Sosa, Contravoce is nowadays the best model in Mexico of the virtuous vocal that represents the baroque classic and romantic bel-canto repertoire. With more than eight years of artistic activity as a duet, they have release in Mexico important pieces from the operatic repertoire that for many years had been forgotten, like; Händel’s Giulio Cesare and Rodelinda and  Rossini’s Tancredi. The magnificent conjunction of voices, they refine musicality and the knowledge of the style they present in their imaginative programs, all of these made each of their presentations an enriched experience for the public anxious to enjoy an inusual repertoire, but which rescue is important. Their opera repertoire includes: Händel’s Rodelinda, Rinaldo, Giulio Cesare and Flavio; Gluck’s Orfeo Ed Euridice; Mozart’s Mitridate, La Clemenza Di Tito, Ascanio In Alba and Lucio Silla; Rossini’s Tandredi and Semiramide and Donizetti’s Linda De Chamounix.
The opinion from the critique has been unanimous applauding their work:

• “...it has to be stand out in the beautiful voice of Luz Angelica Uribe, the stylistic application that remits to the baroque sound…”     Raul Diaz / The Chronicle

 

• “...Luz Angelica Uribe is a beautiful woman that was born singing, she sings the intimate Mexico…”              Ricardo León Peña / The Press, N. Y.

 

• “...Hector Sosa not only is a worthy representative of the forgotten art of the castrati; he owns a special expressive strength and adds a new dimension to the singing with falsetto…”                             Radko Tichavsky / Millennium

 

• “...His interpretation of the “O patria” aria from opera Tancredo, it resulted overwhelming until fill up the capacity of surprise of the audience…”                                                                                Jose Vazquez P. / Diario de Xalapa

    
Luz Angélica Uribe, soprano
She studied in the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico and in the Oberlin Conservatory under the guiadance of Max Von Egmont. Her first appeareance was in the Palace of Fine Arts performing the role of Lauretta in Puccini’s opera Gianni Schicchi. Since then she has sung the main roles of Verdi’s opera Rigoletto; Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore; Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.

She has participated in the premieres in Mexico of operas Montezuma of Graun, the same she recorded for Capriccio label; Torrejon and Velasco’s La púrpura de la rosa, Bernstein’s Candide, and Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, this last one conducted by Eduardo Mata. Luz Angelica Uribe has been awarded in the National Contest of Singing Carlo Morelli, as a Young Value by the government of Mexico and with the pretigious Mozart Medal.

 

 

Héctor Sosa, counter-tenor
He studied in INBA’ Superior School of Music and reached perfection with maestros such Zeger Vandersteene, Charles Brett and Erika Kubacsek. He has participated in world premieres of operas Jimenez Mabarak’s La güera; Jose Antonio Guzman’s Ambrosio; Federico Ibarra’s  El pequeño príncipe and the national premiere of  Torrejón and Velasco’s La púrpura de la rosa.

He has been invited by the National Symphony Orchestra to performance the arias of the film Farinelli, Händel’s Dixit Dominus and  Messiah, and Orff’s Carmina Burana, under the conduction of Enrique Arturo Diemecke; as a soloist in the mentioned play he has performed with the main orchestras of Mexico. Hector Sosa was awarded with first place in the National Contest of Singing Carlo Morelli and the award “Emilio Portes Gil” given by the Cultural Fraternity of Tamaulipas.

 

 

 

Sergio Vazquez, piano
Was born in Torreon, Coahuila. He studied with Elizabeth Guerrero and Alberto Cruzprieto. His debut was as a soloist with Coahuila’s Cameratta.He has performed with recitals in the most important festivals of the country, in the Cervantino International, of the Historic Centre of Mexico City, of Coahuila, from the desert, in the Historic Centre of Campeche and in the International Forum of New Music “Manuel Enriquez”, among others

He has participated with Nuevo Leon’s Symphony Orchestra, the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra from the Palace of the Fine Arts, under the conducting of Francisco Savin, Jose Luis Castillo, Jorge Perez Gomez, Enrique Patron and Teresa Rodriguez. Sergio Vazquez has performed in Paris, London, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Zagreb, Pula, Sibenik, Pecs. Nowadays he is main pianist from the Chamber Choir of the National Centre of the Arts and collaborates in INBA’s National Coordination of Music and Opera. He has recorded three compact discs: La Melodie Mexicaine, Gustavo Campa and Ricardo Castro’s songs, with tenor Gustavo Cuautli, Soirées Musicale, Rossini’s songs with mezzo-soprano Carla Lopez Speziale and Album of Compposers from Jalisco with pieces of Moncayo, Rolon and Galindo.