Sonia Theodoridou/Biography
The soprano
Sonia Theodoridou was born in Veria, Greece. She has studied at the Greek
National Conservatory “Manolis Kalomiris” in Mrs. Papalexopoulou class where
she was graduated with distinction as well as an “Excellent and Distinguished
Performance” award. She was awarded the “Maria Callas” scholarship which
enabled her to study at the Cologne Musical Academy and later on in London with
Vera Rosza. She also specialised in the German lieder repertoire with Elisabeth
Scharwarzkopf.
Sonia
Theodoridou has appeared in the most important lyric theatres of Europe
including Frankfurt Oper, Berlin Staatsoper unten den Linden, Deutsche Opera
Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Münich National Theatre, National Theatre
Stuttgart, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie - Bruxelles, Théâtre Chatelet de Paris,
Teatro Communale di Firenze, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Theatre Basel, Opera
de Lyon, Opera de Montpellier, Festspiele Schwetzingen, Maifestspiele
Wiesbaden, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, New York, Salt Lake City, Salzburg, Opera
House Budapest, Vienna, Athens Concert Hall, Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Herodus
Atticus Theatre, Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, Ancient Theatre of Delphi, etc.
As a soloist
she has performed numerous concerts and song recitals in Cologne (Kölner
Philharmonie), Budapest Franz Liszt Academy, Italy (Reggio Emilia, Israel (Tel
Aviv Philharmonie), Lisbon (Colosseum), Tokyo, Frankfurt (Alte Oper), Munich
(Gasteig) and has collaborated with famous conductors like: Wolfgang
Sawallisch, Zubin Mehta, Sir Neville Mariner, Antonio Pappano, Rene Jacobs,
Christoph von Dohnanyi, Gerd Albrecht, Garry Bertini, Ivan Fischer, Marcello
Viotti, Helmut Rilling, Andras Schiff, Frans Bruggen with the Orchestra of the
Age of the Enlightenment, Concerto Köln, Vienna Philharmonie and others. Her classical repertoire includes
some of the most important opera roles as: Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), Elvira
(Don Giovanni), Pamina (Zauberfloete), Alcina (Alcina), Violetta (La Traviata),
Gilda (Il Rigoletto), Angelica (Suor Angelica), Mimi (La Boheme), Euridice
(Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice), Salud (La vida breve), Fiorilla (Il Turco in
Italia), Corinna (Il viaggio a Reims), Giulietta (I Capuletti e i Montecchi),
Maria Stuarda (Maria Stuarda), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Jenny (Mahagonny),
Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana) etc. She has released two opera CDs, the
Cavalli's "La Calisto" (Harmonia Mundi) and Pericles Koukos
"Conrois and his copies". Also the CDs "Sonia Theodoridou
encounters Manos Hadjidakis" (Seirios) , "Recital" (Seirios),
Yannis Markopoulos "Renaissance" (Kinesis), Thanos Mikroutsikos
"Warna" (Arcardia), Charis Persides " Storie d'Amor "
(Eros), " Arie Antiche " (Legend Classics), " Sonia Theodoridou
sings J. Brel " (Etcetera), Thanassis Moraitis '' Pictures for the sadness
of the blond girls and of Eleni'' (EMI Classics),Yannis Constantinidis ''30
Songs'' (The Human Voice), ''Songs from the Big Screen'' (The Human Voice),
Athanasios Simoglou ''Cavafy - Shades of love...'' (The Human Voice), Mimis Plessas
''Anthology'' (The Human Voice).
Since April
2010 she is Singing Professor in the University of Fine Arts in Berlin (Udk).
In 2010 she founded together with her husband, Conductor Theodoros Orfanidis,
Orchestra Mobile ( www.orchestramobile.com) and one year later The Human Voice
(www.thehumanvoicemusic.com), their own record label.
Wikipedia
Σόνια Θεοδωρίδου -Σπουργιτάκι των δρόμων (Dedicated to Edith Piaf)
Sonia Theodoridou - Scena di Berenice (Joseph Haydn)
Sonia Theodoridou - Tatyana's Letter (Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin)
Sonia Theodoridou - God Abandons Antony/Απολείπειν ο Θεός Aντώνιον
God
abandons Antony
When suddenly,
at midnight, you hear
an invisible
procession going by
with exquisite
music, voices,
don’t mourn
your luck that’s failing now,
work gone
wrong, your plans
all proving
deceptive—don’t mourn them uselessly.
As one long
prepared, and graced with courage,
say goodbye to
her, the Alexandria that is leaving.
Above all,
don’t fool yourself, don’t say
it was a dream,
your ears deceived you:
don’t degrade
yourself with empty hopes like these.
As one long
prepared, and graced with courage,
as is right
for you who were given this kind of city,
go firmly to
the window
and listen
with deep emotion, but not
with the
whining, the pleas of a coward;
listen—your
final delectation—to the voices,
to the
exquisite music of that strange procession,
and say
goodbye to her, to the Alexandria you are losing.
Constantine P. Cavafy (1911)
12 songs of Manos Hadjidakis - From the Album "Sonia Theodoridou encounters Manos Hadjidakis" / Playlist CLICK ---->HERE
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12 poems of Constantine P. Cavafy - From the Album "Cavafy II Return'' by Athanasios Simoglou
Σόνια Θεοδωρίδου/Βιογραφικό
Η
σοπράνο Σόνια Θεοδωρίδου γεννήθηκε στην Βέροια. Σπούδασε τραγούδι στο Εθνικό
Ωδείο Αθηνών στην τάξη της κ. Παπαλεξοπούλου απ’ όπου απoφοίτησε με Άριστα
παμψηφεί και Αριστείο εξαιρετικής επίδοσης. Της απενεμήθη το βραβείο των
υποτροφιών “Μαρία Κάλλας” και ως υπότροφος συνέχισε τις σπουδές της στην Ανωτάτη
Μουσική Ακαδημία της Κολονίας και στη συνέχεια στο Λονδίνο με την Vera Rosza.
Εχει εμφανιστεί στα σπουδαιότερα λυρικά θέατρα της Ευρώπης όπως: Frankfurt
Oper, Berlin Staatsoper unten den Linden, Deutsche Opera Berlin, Staatsoper
Hamburg, National Theater Muenich, Stuttgart, Theatre Royal de la
Monnaie-Bruxelles, Theatre Chatelet de Paris, Teatro Communale di Firenze,
Theatre Basel, Opera de Lyon, Opera de Montpellier, Festspiele Schwetzingen,
Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, στο Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών, στο
Ωδείο Ηρώδου του Αττικού, κ.α. Σαν σολίστ έχει τραγουδήσει στην Κολωνία
(Koelner Philharmonie), Βουδαπέστη (Franz Liszt Academy), Ιταλία (Reggio
Emilia), Λισσαβώνα (Colosseum), Τόκυο, Φρανκφούρτη (Alte Oper) και έχει
συνεργαστεί με μαέστρους όπως: Wolfgang Sawallisch, Zubin Mehta, Antonio
Pappano, Rene Jacobs, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Gerd Albrecht, Garry Bertini,
Ivan Fischer, Marcello Viotti κ.α. Το ρεπερτόριό της περιλαμβάνει τους
σημαντικότερους ρόλους της όπερας όπως: Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), Elvira
(Don Giovanni), Pamina (Zauberfloete), Alcina (Alcina), Violetta (La Traviata),
Gilda (Il Rigoletto), Angelica (Suor Angelica), Mimi (La Boheme), Salud (La
vida breve), Fiorilla (Il Turco in Italia), Corinna (Il viaggio a Reims),
Giulietta (I Capuletti e i Montecchi), Maria Stuarda (Maria Stuarda), Cleopatra
(Giulio Cesare) κ.α. Με τον μαέστρο σύζυγό της, Θεόδωρο Ορφανίδη, κάνουν
διαρκώς νέα σχέδια για την προώθηση της μουσικής φέροντας ταλαντούχους νέους
από όλο τον κόσμο στην Orchestra Mobile που δημιούργησαν μαζί επιχειρώντας να
υλοποιήσουν το όραμά τους για την τέχνη.
(Η φωτογραφία από το InfoKids)
16 Songs from the Album ''Sonia Theodoridou Arie Antiche''
Η Σόνια Θεοδωρίδου σε 30 τραγουδια του Γιάννη Κωνσταντινίδη στο ''Μουσικόραμα''
8 Τραγούδια του Γιάννη Κωνσταντινίδη
Λίστα Αναπαραγωγής (Playlist) ΕΔΩ/HERE
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14 Songs of Mimis Plessas from album ''Anthology''
CLICK HERE
Sonia Theodoridou , Plaza Ensemble - Agapi mou (My Love)-M.Theodorakis
You push me
around, you bully me, you kick me
like a stray dog, and you hang
yourself above me.
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