Ravel: Shéhérazade
Aspen Music Festival
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Ana María Martínez, soprano
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Grammy Award® winner Ana María Martínez is considered to be one of the foremost sopranos of her time. In addition to an international career that spans the world’s most important opera houses and concert halls, Ms. Martínez continues to explore her role as a leader in the industry and as an advocate and educator to the next generation of musicians. In 2019 she joined Houston Grand Opera as their first-ever Artistic Advisor, and following a two-year appointment as Artist-in-Residence at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, in July 2021 she became a Professor in their Department of Voice.
A winner of the 15th Annual OPERA NEWS Awards, Ana María’s repertoire encompasses opera’s most intriguing and diverse leading ladies, and she engages her audiences season after season with signature roles, spellbinding debuts, and a myriad of captivating recordings.
Photo: Jeff Fitlow Culminating in an encore performance of “Cumbanchero” with fellow faculty from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, Ana María Martínez’ “Noche Española” filled Morrison Theater at…
Great Performances at the Met presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni on Sunday, October 1 at 2 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Now in its 50th season on PBS, Great Performances is America’s preeminent performing arts…
“Martínez and Prudenskaya headed up a solo quartet that relished the Requiem’s theatrics and poetry alike. As a frequent presence at Houston Grand Opera, Martínez was the only familiar member of the group. In the…
“Ana María Martínez (as the scheming Despina) and Ferruccio Furlanetto (as a the scamming Don Alfonso) made a (literally) irresistible duo of master manipulators.” The Washington Post “They are assisted…
“As a child I was very fortunate to have my interests in the arts encouraged by those around me. Now as a singer, I want to see the next few generations of singers receive that same encouragement. When I’m not onstage, I love to give back by visiting students in the community, to connect with them regardless of their age, to find out what matters to them—from their existential angst to their curiosities—and to share with them my perspective of the wonder of the theatrical and operatic worlds. They are our future on all levels and we must reach out to them, in their environment, in order to bring them closer to the arts. It’s important that they understand the value that they each possess as an individual, and how important it is to discover their own gifts—that’s their birthright.”
— Ana María Martínez
