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Barbara Hannigan

Singer details:

Voice: Soprano
Nationality: Canadian
Year of Birth: 1971

About Barbara Hannigan:

Barbara Hannigan CM (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and conductor, known for her performances of contemporary opera.

Hannigan's initial musical education came from music teachers in her hometown of Waverley, Nova Scotia in Halifax.

After growing up in Waverley, Hannigan moved to Toronto at the age of 17. She studied music at the University of Toronto, where her teachers included Mary Morrison. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1993 and a Master of Music degree in 1998. She continued her studies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Steans Institute for Young Artists at the Ravinia Festival, and the Centre d'arts Orford. She also studied for one year at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

Hannigan is known for her performances of contemporary music. Her advocacy of contemporary music began in her youth, and she sang her first world premiere at the age of 17. As of 2011, she has premiered approximately 75 contemporary compositions. These include One by Michel van der Aa (2002), the song cycle Auf der Suche nach meinem Gesicht by Friedrich Cerha (2007), and La plus forte by Gerald Barry (2007), which the composer wrote specifically for Hannigan. Hans Abrahamsen wrote the symphonic song cycle let me tell you for Hannigan.

She is particularly noted for her performances of György Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre (a concert version of a scene from his opera Le Grand Macabre), and in 2011, she began to conduct the work in addition to singing the vocal part. Her work in contemporary opera has included singing in the premieres of Louis Andriessen's Writing to Vermeer, Gerald Barry's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and The Importance of Being Earnest, Jan van de Putte's Wet Snow, Kris Defoort's House of the Sleeping Beauties, and George Benjamin's Written on Skin. She has worked with choreographer Sasha Waltz on productions of Toshio Hosokawa's Matsukaze and Pascal Dusapin's Passion. Hannigan received critical acclaim for her performance in Alban Berg's Lulu, which included dancing on pointe. In 2014, Hannigan sang the role of Marie in Bernd Alois Zimmermann's opera Die Soldaten at the Bavarian State Opera, a production that was streamed live on the internet. For her performance as Marie, she won the 2015 Der Faust (award) in Germany.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Lascia ch'io pianga Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
2Cara sposa Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
3Venti turbini prestate Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
4Or la tromba Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.02

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
5No word from Tom Popularity:

Opera: Rake's Progress, TheComposer: StravinskyAct: 1.19-1

Type: recitative,ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: English

Roles: Anne Trulove
6Lost in the stars Popularity:

Opera: Lost in the StarsComposer: WeillAct: 1.11

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: English

Roles:
7Vo' far guerra Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Armida
8Augelletti che cantate Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Almirena
9Cor ingrato Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.02

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
10Bel piacere Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Almirena
11Vivan los que rien Popularity:

Opera: Vida Breve, LaComposer: FallaAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Spanish

Roles: Salud
12Adorata Almirena Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2.10-1

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Argante/Armida
13Molto voglio, molto spero Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.05-3

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Armida
14Questi saggi consigli Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.01-5

Type: recitativeVoice: cA Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Eustazio/Rinaldo
15Qual incognita forza Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2.03-3

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz/cT T cA SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo/Goffredo/Eustazio/A woman
16È un incendio Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.04-4

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
17Di quei strani accidenti Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.07-1

Type: recitativeVoice: T S Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Goffredo/Almirena/Rinaldo
18Per fomentar lo sdegno Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.06-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Armida/Argante
19Adorato mio sposo Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.06-2

Type: recitativeVoice: S Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Almirena/Rinaldo
20Combatti da forte Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.01-4

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Almirena
21Di speranza un bel raggio Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.09-1

Type: recitativeVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
22In quel bosco di strali Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.06-3

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Argante/Armida
23Dunque i lacci d'un volto Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2.08-1

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Armida
24Ch'insolito stupore Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.08-1

Type: recitativeVoice: T cA Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Goffredo/Eustazio/Rinaldo
25Mori svenata Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.03

Type: recitativeVoice: S S Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Armida/Almirena/Rinaldo
26A quel sasso bramato Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2.02

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz/cT T cALanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo/Goffredo/Eustazio
27Goffredo, ecco il superbo Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.12

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz/cT B TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo/Argante/Goffredo
28Vinto è sol della virtù Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.13-2

Type: ensembleVoice: cA B S Mz/cT S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Eustazio/Argante/Armida/Rinaldo/Almirena/Goffredo
29Il vostro maggio Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2.03-2

Type: ariaVoice: S SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Two mermaids
30Scherzano sul tuo volto Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.06-3

Type: duetVoice: S Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Almirena/Rinaldo
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