Béatrice Uria-Monzon
Mezzo-soprano Béatrice Uria-Monzon was born on December 28, 1963, in Agen Lot-et-Garonne, France. She developed her love of the arts thanks to her father, Spanish painter Antonio Uria-Monzon. She switched her attention to singing when she performed in her high school choir. She studied at the Bordeaux Conservatoire and the Centre National d’Artistes Lyriques (CNIPAL) in Marseille. She also took musical training at the l’École d’Art Lyrique from the Paris National Opera. She made her debut as a lyric singer in 1987, appearing in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro two years later at the Opéra national de Lorraine in Nancy, France. Béatrice Uria-Monzon came to prominence in 1993 when she made her debut as the title role in Bizet’s Carmen at the Bastille Opera. She continued to portray Carmen throughout her career, most notably at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, the Chorégies d'Orange, the Vienna State Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera of New York. Béatrice Uria-Monzon also performed German and Italian repertoires alongside French. Her acclaimed catalog includes Fauré: Mélodies (1993), Bizet’s Carmen (1994), Toreador & Les Grands Airs de Carmen (1995), Duruflé: Sacred Choral & Organ Works, Vol. 1 & 2 (1995), Berlioz: Cantatas (2003), Lalo: Fiesque (2011), Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust (2012), and her first arias recital, Assoluta (2021).
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Discography
4 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Assoluta
Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste, Fabrizio Carminati
Opera - Released by Aparté on 28 May 2021
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Franck: Rédemption & Le chasseur maudit
Lambert Wilson, Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Michel Plasson
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 23 Sep 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cantates
Michele Lagrange, Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Daniel Galvez Vallejo, Pas-de-Calais North Regional Choir , Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Naxos on 30 Jun 2003
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Beethoven - Les neuf symphonies
Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Gabriela Benackova, James McCray, Franz Grundheber, Alain Lombard, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
Classical - Released by Forlane-DN on 29 Jul 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo