"The soprano Carmen Solís has a powerful voice and stage presence. Her totally refined technique converted her into musical, exquisite resonance..."
Opera World
Carmen began her singing classes with the soprano María Coronado Herrera in her native city of Badajoz, Spain and choral music with Carmelo Solís. She perfected her training with Teresa de Berganza, Ricardo Requejo, or Kevin Smith among others.
She won numerous awards and was a finalist in important international European competitions (Operalia, Francisco Viñas, Manuel Ausensi, Logroño Competition, Alfredo Catalani de Lucca Foundation, Pedro Bote, Villa de Abarán, New Voices of Seville, José A. Alegría) and began her operatic and concert career in France (Théâtre Chatelet de Paris, Royan, Sant Genís), Canada (Quebec Opera), Chile, Germany, Italy, Portugal as well as in leading venues and festivals in Spain with such renowned accompanists as Ricardo Estrada or Rubén Fernández Aguirre.
Carmen Solís substitutes for Carmela Remigio in "Pagliacci" at the Reggio Emilia
The soprano from Badajoz, Carmen Solís, sang the role of Nedda at the Romolo Valli Theater in Reggio Emilia (Italy) last Sunday, February 9th, substituting for the Italian soprano Carmela Remigio.
The Spanish soprano was called on Saturday afternoon to fly to the Italian city to sing on Sunday at the performance starting at 4:30pm which would be transmitted live on internet around the world...
Carmen Solís leads in Madame Butterfly with the Kingdom of Aragón Orquestra
I didn't intend to write a review of the Madame Butterfly performance... since I was invited by a friend and not accredited. But at the end... I felt obliged to evaluate the extraordinary work of a soprano in one of the most compromising and difficult roles in opera. Carmen Solís gave a lesson in song in the role of Cio-Cio-San. From the first, the beauty of tone was ascertained and increased as the work progressed. Her voice is expressive, well rendered, and fills the hall above the orquestra... She uses a broad palette of shades and degrees which express her moods, always confident in pitch, especially in beautiful high notes, emotionally broad and forlorn... Aside from the vocal aspect, her esteemed performance as an actress must also be noted and is again with total surrender...
...And above all, the enthusiastic applause of the evening for Carmen Solís as Liù, the Calaf's slave secretly in love with him, who totally surprised the audience with an exhaustive control of the character, the scene and the feeling (obviously aside from the vocal aspect where she clearly surpassed all her fellow singers). Brava!...
Memorable Performance of Carmen Solís, Pérez Floristán and Domingo Hindoyan.
G. Mahler - 2nd Symphony "Resurrection"
Soprano Carmen Solís is leading performer for the Extremadura Orchestra's Upcoming Season
22 May 2018. Badajoz. Soprano Carmen Solís will be the leading performer during the Orchestra of Extremadura's (OEx) 2018-19 season since she will perform as guest artist in three concerts...
NOTE: The performances will be 8,9 November 2018; 14,15 March 2019; 30,31 May 2019.
The soprano Carmen Solís has a powerful voice and stage presence. Her technique, totally refined, converted her into musical, exquisite resonance.Her spianato was splendid. Her fiato was overwhelming with notes left in the air with no intention of ever dissolving. The color of her voice, shifting as intended, generous in the inflections, never lost the point of authenticity, we always knew that she and only she was singing. Extraordinary. The volume that Verdi demanded of sopranos seems to have been made for Carmen Solís who even at the highest point of the performance showed no sign of fatigue.The sound of her lower notes and the discrete brilliance of the high notes made the spectator participate in her situations, enchantments, miseries and then move to despair, consternation of death, paroxysm. Can anyone still doubt about the "humanity" of her performance? Those with ears, listen...
"Carmen Solís, debuting in the Zarzuela, was precise in a very vocally risky role and showed great confidencein her stage performance..."
La Vanguardia, Concha Barrigós
"Lyric soprano with a very beautiful voice...a dramatic capacity which she relayed by playing the polyhedral side of her character: flirtation, sensuality, ambition, a certain tenderness and a lack of sensitivity towards the overwhelming passion of the two men that cross in her life.
An actress and a singer..."
Opera World
"Carmen Solís has the voice of a spinto soprano which Rosa demands, and a beautiful and homogeneous instrumental experience. This young singer, who also adds temperament and musicality at difficult moments, easily overcomes any difficulty."
El Arte de la Fuga, Fernando Fraga
PAGLIACCI (NEDDA) en Santiago de Chile
"Carmen Solís sang a marvellous Nedda, attentive to the details of the score (especially in the famous "Balatella") and won over with her rich theatrical play."
El Mercurio, Juan Antonio Muñoz H.
MADAMA BUTTERFLY en Santiago de Chile
"The soloists were headed by the Spanish soprano Carmen Solís, who fully played the character of Butterfly with all the appropriate female Japanese aptitudes, such as her manner of walking, of sitting, holding her hands, etc. to which was added her beautiful and powerful voice..."
visionescriticas.cl, Gilberto Ponce
MADAMA BUTTERFLY en Gijón
"Carmen Solís, overwhelming, performed a moving Butterfly, gentle but with dramatic and above all, musical strength...especially outstanding in the second and third act where she gave the character all of her tragic profile. She was the great champion of the evening and the audience already burst into applause after her performance of the aria "Un bel vi vedremo"."
27 February - 2 March - INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF LYRIC INTERPRETATION
Mojácar (Almería), Valparaíso Foundation
Curro Carreres, director
Manuel Burgueras, piano
24 February - TOSCA (FLORIA)
Sabadell, Teatro La Farándula
Vallés Symphonic Orchestra
Sergi Roca, conductor
2019
31 May - MANUEL DE FALLA. SEVEN POPULAR SPANISH SONGS
Cáceres, Palacio de Congresos
Orchestra of Extremadura
Álvaro Albiach, conductor
30 May - MANUEL DE FALLA. SEVEN POPULAR SPANISH SONGS
Badajoz, Palacio de Congresos Manuel Rojas
Orchestra of Extremadura
Álvaro Albiach, conductor
24, 25, 26 May - TURANDOT (LIÚ)
Barcelona, L'Auditori
OBC
Kazushi Ono, conductor
7 April - REQUIEM: VERDI
Ibiza, Cathedral
Classical Orchestra of Mallorca
José María Moreno, conductor
5 April - REQUIEM: VERDI
Palma de Mallorca, Church of Santa Creu
Classical Orchestra of Mallorca
José María Moreno, conductor
15 March - W.A. MOZART "CH'IO MI SCORDI DI TE?...NON TEMER, AMATO BENE"
Cáceres, Palacio de Congresos
Orchestra of Extremadura
Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
Juan Pérez Floristán, piano
14 March- W.A. MOZART "CH'IO MI SCORDI DI TE?...NON TEMER, AMATO BENE"
Badajoz, Palacio de Congresos Manuel Rojas
Orchestra of Extremadura
Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
Juan Pérez Floristán, piano
3 March - MAHLER SYMPHONY No. 2 "RESURRECTION"
Pamplona, Baluarte
Reino de Aragón Orchestra
Donostiarra Chorus
Iñigo Pírfano, conductor
1 March - MAHLER SYMPHONY No. 2 "RESURRECTION"
San Sebastián, Kursaal Auditorium
Reino de Aragón Orchestra
Donostiarra Chorus
Iñigo Pírfano, conductor
28 February - MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 2 "RESURRECTION"
Zaragoza, Auditorium
Reino de Aragón Orchestra
Donostiarra Chorus
Iñigo Pírfano, conductor
23 February - GRANADA CONCERT
Granada, Manuel de Falla Auditorium
Rubén Fernández Aguirre, piano
4 February - TRIBUTE TO GUSTAVO TAMBASCIO
Madrid, Teatro Gran Vía
2018
5-8 July - COURSE IN SONG AND THEATRICAL INTERPRETATION
Mérida, La Octava Escuela de Música Creativa
David García, actor
5 July - CANCIONES DE VERDI Y PUCCINI
Mérida, Centro Cultural Alcazaba, 21:00
Rubén Fernández Aguirre, piano
23 June - REQUIEM: VERDI
Zaragoza. Auditorium.
Donostiarra Chorus and Kingdom of Aragón Orchestra
14-17 May - MASTERCLASS
Salamanca, Conservatorio de Castilla y León
13 - 15 Abril - MASTERCLASS
Madrid, La Nave, Paseo de la Dirección 128
Irene Alfageme, piano
28 March - EASTER WEEK CONCERT
Pamplona, Baluarte Auditorium
16 March - L.V. BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY
Barcelona, L'Auditori
Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus
Fundación Excelencia
15 March - REQUIEM: VERDI
Jaén Cathedral
23 February - FORTUNY AND ROMANTIC OPERA
Prado Museum, Madrid
Manuel Lanza, baritone
Miguel Huertas, piano
2017
17 February - JUAN VAZQUEZ, MUSICO NATURAL DE LA CIUDAD DE BADAJOZ
Badajoz
Recital
Salón de Plenos de Diputación
Eduardo Moreno, piano
1, 3, 5 February - IL TROVATORE (LEONORA)
Valladolid, Teatro Calderón
Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Díaz, conductor
Gustavo Tambascio, director
2016
19 December - OPERA AND ZARZUELA BENEFIT RECITAL
Mérida, Mérida Roman Art Museum
José Miguel Torres, baritone
María Luisa Rojas, piano
16 December - L.V. BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY
Badajoz, Manuel Rojas Convention Hall
OEX Foundation Orchestra and Chorus
Alvaro Albiach, conductor
3 December - EL ESTUDIANTE Y LA ZARZUELA
Madrid, Carlos III University Auditorium
Manuel Lanza, baritone
Miguel Huertas, piano
7 November - LIED FESTIVAL VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES
Barcelona, Sant Pau Recinte Modernista
Ruben Fernández-Aguirre, piano
4 November - L.V. BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY
Barcelona, Auditori
Santa Cecilia Orchestra
Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor
6, 7 October - EDGAR (FIDELIA)
Madrid, Teatro Monumental
RTVE Orchestra and Chorus
Miguel A. Gómez-Martínez, conductor
24, 25 September - LA ROSA DEL AZAFRAN (SAGRARIO)
Pamplona, Teatro Gayarre
AGAO Orchestra and Chorus
Francisco Antonio Moya, conductor
José María López Ariza, director
15 September - A CANCION GALEGA DE CONCERTO
Santiago de Compostela, Teatro Principal
Alejo Amoedo, piano
11 July - L.V. BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY
Barcelona, Palau de la Música Catalana
Jove Orquestra Nacional de Cataluña
Pablo González, conductor
10 July - L.V. BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY
Barcelona, Vic Auditorium
Jove Orquestra Nacional de Cataluña
Pablo González, conductor
1-3 July - COURSE IN SONG AND THEATRICAL INTERPRETATION
Mérida, (Teacher) together with David Vázquez (Actor).
La Octava Escuela de Música Creativa
María Luisa Rojas y Eloy Talavera, piano
29 April - ROUND TABLE/PRESENTATION OF THE CD "NANA SPANISH LULLABIES"
Badajoz
15, 16, 17 April - ZARZUELA! THE SPANISH MUSICAL
Valladolid, Teatro Calderón
Teatro Calderón Orchestra and Chorus
Jorge Rubio, conductor
11 March - REQUIEM: MOZART
Zaragoza, Auditorio de Zaragoza
Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus
Illia Korol, conductor
5, 7, 9, 11, 17, 19 February - JUAN JOSE (ROSA)
Madrid, Teatro de la Zarzuela
Comunidad de Madrid Orchestra
Miguel A. Gómez Martínez, conductor
José Carlos Plaza, director
2014
24 March - RECITAL OF ITALIAN SONGS, LIED SERIES
Bilbao, Teatro Arriaga
Rubén Fernández-Aguirre, piano
14 March - VERDI AND ZARZUELA LYRIC GALA
Badajoz, Convention Center
Extremadura symphony Orchestra
Alvaro Albiach, director
8 March - FESTIVAL MUSIKA-MUSICA. BEETHOVEN BRAHMS RECITAL LIEDER-ABEND
Bilbao, Palacio Euskalduna
Rubén Fernández-Aguirre, piano
7 March - FESTIVAL MUSIKA-MUSICA. BEETHOVEN BRAHMS EGMONT
Bilbao, Palacio Euskalduna
City of Granada Orchestra
Antoni Ros Marbá, director
28 February - EGMONT
Granada, Auditorio Manuel de Falla
Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
Antoni Ros Marbá, director
15 February - FESTIVAL CAMPUS LIRICO OPERA AND ZARZUELA RECITAL
Frutillar, Chile
Teatro del Lago
Andrés Dos Santos, piano
8 February - RECITAL NANA SPANISH LULLABIES
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Sala Matisse
Eduardo Moreno, piano
Bio
She has performed under the baton of Plácido Domingo, Thomas Sanderling, Ros Marbá, Pedro Halffter, Josep Caballé-Domenech, Daniel Lipton, Kazushi Ono, Adrian Leaper, Julian Kovatchev, Paolo Arrivabeni, José Ramón Encinar, Guerassim Voronkov, Miguel Angel Gómez Martínez, Oliver Díaz, Ramón Tebar, Manuel Coves, Alberto Veronesi and Alvaro Albiach among others. At the same time, she has collaborated with stage directors such as Emilio Sagi, Curro Carreres, José Carlos Plaza, Olivia Fuchs, Renzo Giacchieri, Fabio Sparvoli, Gustavo Tambascio, Hugo de Ana or Gilbert Defló together with ORTVE, Teatro Real Orchestra, Al Ayre Español, Staatskapelle de Halle (Germany), AGAO Orchestra, Quebec Opera Orchestra, ORCAM, O.P. Asturias, Extremadura Symphonic Orchestra, Teatro Liceo Orchestra, Toscana Orchestra, OSCYI, Granada Orchestra, OBC, and the Bilbao Symphonic Orchestra among others.
Her debut in Madrid's Teatro Real was in the role of Furie in the concert version of Ernst Krenek's opera Orpheus und Euridyke. Her principal stage performances, always in leading roles, began in 2009 with Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera) at the Oviedo Opera, where she later on sang the role of Leonora (Il Trovatore) and Madama Butterfly. She performed the latter role in the Municipal Theater of Santiago de Chile where she also sang Nedda (Pagliacci). She performed Tosca in Bilbao, Pamplona, the Giglio Theater in Lucca (Italy), and the Ephesus Theater (Izmir, Turkey); Suor Angélica in Badajoz; Mimi (La Boheme) in Barcelona; Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro) in ABAO Bilbao, Fidelia (Edgar) in the Monumental Theater in Madrid and Rosa (Juan José) in the Zarzuela Theater in Madrid.
Her extensive catalogue of zarzuelas includes: Moreno Torroba's Luisa Fernanda; Paloma (El Barberillo de Lavapiés); Reyes (Entre Sevilla y Triana) with performances in Oviedo, Bilbao and the Maestranza Theater in Seville; Aurora (La del Soto del Parral) in Alicante and Alcoy; Sagrario (La Rosa del Azafrán) in the Gayarre Theater in Pamplona; and María del Pilar in the Zarzuela Theater in Madrid, among others.
In the area of oratorio and choral symphonic works, she has performed Verdi's Requiem; Mozart's Requiem and Coronation Mass ; Vivaldi's Gloria; F. Schubert's Mass in G Major; G.B. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater; G. Fauré's Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; G. Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, as well as Liederabend and contemporary repertoire.
Her first solo CD (Nana) of Spanish song, together with the pianist Eduardo Moreno, was released in 2015 (Brilliant Classics). She also took part in the recording of a zarzuela recital with ORTVE and Adrian Leaper for the RTVE (Spanish Radio and Television) label as well as contemporary music with Ensemble XX-XXI.
