Mezzo Mozart by Marina Viotti, Gli Angeli Genève, Stephan MacLeod

And Mozart created the mezzo?
In Mozart’s day, the vocal typologies that we know today were yet to be established. Women were sopranos, castrati were castrati, and Mozart wrote for personalities and vocal colours rather than for abstract voice types. Providing we set aside the labels that are used nowadays, a female singer can cover a whole range of expressive and dramatic possibilities in Mozart’s works, and take on the roles of many different characters, including those belonging to the rich repertoire that Mozart bestowed on castrato voices.
With the help of Stephan MacLeod, at the helm of his ensemble Gli Angeli Genève, Marina Viotti has put together a programme that embraces the diversity and versatility of Mozart’s vocalism.

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Et Mozart créa la mezzo ?
À l’époque du compositeur, les typologies vocales que nous connaissons aujourd’hui n’existent pas encore. Les femmes sont des sopranos, les castrats des castrats, et Mozart écrit plus pour des personnalités et des couleurs vocales que pour des tessitures abstraites. Dans son œuvre, et à condition de ne pas trop se soumettre aux étiquettes d’aujourd’hui, une même chanteuse peut ainsi traverser tout un kaléidoscope expressif et dramatique et se glisser dans la peau de multiples personnages, sans omettre de puiser dans le riche répertoire que Mozart légua aux castrats, aigus ou graves…
Avec la complicité de Stephan MacLeod à la tête de son ensemble Gli Angeli Genève, Marina Viotti élabore un programme qui embrasse la diversité et l’infinie richesse de la vocalité mozartienne

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Marina Viotti is a Swiss mezzo-soprano, born in 1989. She has won numerous awards and competitions, including the 2nd prize at the 2018 Operalia competition. Viotti has performed with many major opera companies and orchestras around the world, and is known for her powerful and expressive voice.