Tribute to Sonia Theodoridou / Σόνια Θεοδωρίδου

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.

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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

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Sonia Theodoridou Facebook & Official Website & Here

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. 

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(Η φωτογραφία από το InfoKids)

16 Songs from the Album ''Sonia Theodoridou Arie Antiche''

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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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''Songs from the Big Screen''----->CLASSICAL RADIO

14 Songs of Mimis Plessas from album ''Anthology''
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Sonia Theodoridou , Plaza Ensemble - Agapi mou (My Love)-M.Theodorakis