Aurora Peña
Soprano
Further engagements
BAROQUE ZARZUELA RECITAL | FIAS 2022
27/04/2022
Aurora Peña, soprano
Emilio Moreno, conductor
La Real Cámara
Madrid - Paular Monastery
GLORIA | VIVALDI
23/04/2022
Aurora Peña, soprano
Adriana Mayer, mezzosoprano
Juan Carlos Sempere, conductor
Ímpetu Barroca
Olleria Auditorium
HANDEL & VIVALDI HEROINES
Candlelight Recital
30/04/2022
Aurora Peña, soprano
Fernando Pascual, violin; Carlos Montesinos, cello
Francesc Gamón, harpsichord
L'ARCÀDIA - ARS MAGNA
Real Colegio de las Escuelas Pías (Valencia)
GALA LÍRICA
06/05/2022
Aurora Peña, soprano
Mavi Cortés, piano
Palma de Mallorca
ACIS & GALATEA
19/06/2022
Acis: Jorge Juan Morata
Galatea: María Hinojosa
Polifemus: Elías Arranz
Damon: Aurora Peña
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
22/07/2022
Aurora Peña, Adina
Maria Voronkova, stage director
Guerassim Voronkov, conductor
Barcelona
Reviews
Her voice was surprising (...), from her first aria, she showed a magnificent control of breathing and coloratura, and a very pleasant sonority.
Dani Cortés Gil, El Núvol, September 2021
Confident and communicative (...), with great savoir-faire on stage, she was the singer who gave more intention to the words. Well rounded voice endowed with a nice ring.
Codalario, September 2020
The young soprano Aurora Peña is one of the voices that stands out among the critics due to her extraordinary projection, her colorful and beautiful timbre and for her ductile singing line with a good stamina and a nice high register. Her interpretation [is] deeply expressive.
Revista Toda La Música, September 2020
Aurora Peña combined grace and self-confidence with extreme ease and precision in the high register.
Mercedes García Molina, Revista RITMO, October 2019
A soprano who uses her great vocal qualities to achieve an impressive expression of the text.
Aart van der Wal, OpusKlassiek, The Netherlands, July 2019
Aurora Peña with her distinctively overwhelming energy.
Eduardo Torrico, Scherzo, March 2019
Full of luminosity, (...) cheerfulness, rhythm and youth.
Ariegarda, Romania, September 2018
Effortlessly, she creates long coloraturas and thus fills the entire scenic space.
Online Merker, Germany, October 2018
Each of the interventions of the soprano Aurora Peña was delicious because of her great expressiveness.
Lluís Trullén, RevistaMusical.cat, July 2017
Her crystalline and sweet voice, but powerful and sharp at the same time, was one of the most pleasant surprises of the night.
Jesús Calderón, Diario de Sevilla, April 2016.
She has a voice with a superb projection and a particularly colorful timbre, and she also proves to be a sprightly actress.
Pierre Benveniste, ODB-Opéra, November 2016.
The young soprano Aurora Peña is one of the voices that stands out among the critics due to her extraordinary projection, her colorful and beautiful timbre and for her ductile singing line with a good stamina, a nice high register. and deeply expressive interpretation.
BIO
Aurora was born in Valencia, Spain. In her growing career she has been awarded the First Prize at the 17th International Lyrical and Instrumental Music Competition of les Corts (Barcelona 2021); First Prize and Audience Prize at the 10th International Singing Contest Balaguer 2021. Extraordinary Prize Ferrer-Salat at the prestigious International Singing Contest Tenor Viñas (Barcelona 2021). The 3rd Prize and Public Prize of Concours International de Chant de Froville (France 2015). Young Talent Award Levante-EMV 2016, and Special Prize in Martín y Soler International Singing Competition (2017).
She made her debut in Teatro Real and she has been a soloist in important venues such as Wiener Konzerthaus, Teatro Real de Madrid, Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Palau de la Música Catalana, Belém Auditorium of Lisbon, Beit Hatfutsot Auditorium (Tel Aviv, Israel), Palau de la Música de Valencia, National Museum of Colombia Auditorium, Teatro Verdi di Pisa (Italy), Teatro Colón A Coruña (Spain). Besides, she has sung under the musical direction of conductors such as Paul Agnew, Wolfgang Katschner, Aarón Zapico, Martin Gester, Juan Luis Martínez, Virginia Martínez, Karl- Friedrich Beringer, Luis Antonio González, Esteban Mazer, Emilio Moreno, Xavier Puig Ortiz, Pau Jorquera, Nicolae Dohotaru, Albert Recasens, Alberto Miguélez, Riccardo Serenelli, among others.
In the field of opera, she has performed prominent opera titles such as Verdi’s Rigoletto (Gilda, 2020); Donizetti’s Don Pasquale (Norina, 2021), Die Zauberflöte (Pamina); La Sonnambula (Lisa, Teatro Jovellanos 2016); Carmen (Frasquita, Palau de la Música Catalana); Rossini’s L’occasione fa il ladro (Berenice, Teatre de Sarrià). Aurora has performed numerous baroque operas, which form the core of her repertoire: Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas (Belinda, 2nd Woman, 1st Witch), Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona (Serpina, 2020); Händel’s Orlando (Angelica), Handel’s Acis & Galatea (Teatre Sant Cugat, 2021); Los Elementos de Literes (Agua, Teatro de la Zarzuela, 2019); Vendado es amor by Nebra (Teatro Colón, A Coruña 2020), Venus & Adonis (Auditorio Nacional Madrid 2018), Lidarti’s Esther (Beit Hatfutsot Auditorium, Tel Aviv, 2017).
Aurora’s concert engagements included numerous renowned works such as Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Handel’s The Messiah; Bach’s Magnificat, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Dvorâk’s Stabat Mater, Mozart’s Requiem and Exsultate jubilate. As well as baroque works such as Duron’s Coronis at the Auditorio Nacional of Madrid; or Scarlatti’s L’Assunzione della Beata Vergine. She has also premiered contemporary works such as Salve Regina by Ciccolini; Kevin Houben’s The Lost Labyrinth, for soprano and wind orchestra or Blanco’s Besse Opera Trilogy.
She has released her first solo CD devoted to Spanish baroque music: Amoroso Señor - cantadas de José de Torres. She has also collaborated as a soloist in albums of international ensembles such as: Scarlatti: L’Asunzione della Beata Vergine with Ensemble Baroque de Monaco). La Guerra de los Gigantes (Orquesta Barroca de Granada).
In the academic field, after completing her Bachelor's Degree in Vocal Studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Valencia, she was awarded the Extraordinary Graduation Prize in 2015. She completed her Singing Master’s Degree on Historic Performance at Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona 2016) obtaining the Maximum Grade with Honours.
Full of luminosity, cheerfulness, rythm and youth.
Gallery
PORTRAITS
Opera
Concerts
Her voice, crystalline and sweet, but also powerful and sharp; was one of the most pleasant surprises of the night.
Multimedia
Aurora Peña sang with her distinctively overwhelming energy.
DISCOGRAPHY
A soprano who uses her great vocal qualities to achieve an impressive expression of the text.
Schedule
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11/01/2022
HOTEL FAVART
Rossini, Manuel García, Gomis, Viardot
Aurora Peña, soprano
Juan Songel, piano
Medical College Barcelona
04/02/2022
BAROQUE ZARZUELA RECITAL | CNDM
Works by Antonio Rodríguez de Hita
Aurora Peña, soprano
Francisco Fernández-Rueda, tenor
Emilio Moreno, conductor
La Real Cámara - Auditorio de León
12/03/2022
BAROQUE ZARZUELA RECITAL | FIAS 2022
Works by Antonio Rodríguez de Hita
Aurora Peña, soprano
Emilio Moreno, conductor
La Real Cámara
El Paular Monastery (Madrid)
31/03/2022
ALCINA | HANDEL
Lautten Compagney
Alcina: Aurora Peña
Morgana: Johanna Knauth
Oberto: Aline Wilhelmy
Ruggiero: Nicholas Tamagna
Bradamante: Julia Böhme
Oronte: Jorge Navarro-Colorado
Melisso: Elias Benito Arranz
Wolfgang Katschner, conductor
Theater Weingarten (Germany)
23/04/2022
GLORIA | Antonio Vivaldi
Aurora Peña, soprano
Adriana Mayer, mezzosoprano
Juan Carlos Sempere, conductor
Ímpetu Barroca
Goya Theatre, Valencia
30/04/2022
HANDEL & VIVALDI HEROINES
Aurora Peña, soprano
Fernando Pascual, violin
Carlos Montesinos, violoncello
Francesc Gamón, harpsichord
L'Arcàdia - Ars Magna - Candlelight concert
Real Colegio de las Escuelas Pías (Valencia)
6 and 7/05/2022
OPERA GALA
Aurora Peña, soprano
Mavi Cortés, piano
Palma de Mallorca
19/06/2021
ACIS & GALATEA
Acis: Jorge Juan Morata
Galatea: María Hinojosa
Poliphemus: Elías Arranz
Damon: Aurora Peña
22/07/2022
L'Elisir d'amore, Donizetti
Aurora Peña, Adina
María Voronkova, directora de escena
Guerassim Voronkov, director
Jardí dels tarongers (Barcelona)
23/07/2022
L'Elisir d'amore, Donizetti
Aurora Peña, Adina
María Voronkova, directora de escena
Festival Òpera amb Gràcia (Barcelona)
27/06/2022
RECITAL DE ZARZUELA BARROCA | FESTIMUVB
Works by Antonio Rodríguez de Hita
Aurora Peña, soprano
Francisco Fernández-Rueda, tenor
Emilio Moreno, conductor
La Real Cámara
Vélez Blanco, Almería
01/08/2022
CONCERT
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre Works
Estil Concertant
Festival de Música Antiga de Penyíscola
06/08/2022
ACIS & GALATEA
Acis: Jorge Juan Morata
Galatea: María Hinojosa
Poliphemus: Elías Arranz
Damon: Aurora Peña
24/09/2022
BAROQUE ZARZUELA RECITAL
Works by Antonio Rodríguez de Hita
Aurora Peña, soprano
Francisco Fernández-Rueda, tenor
Emilio Moreno, conductor
La Real Cámara
XIX Música Antigua Aranjuez
12/10/2022
CONCERT LÍRIC DE LES CORTS
Aurora Peña, soprano
22/10/2022
Winners of International Lyrical Singing Contest
“Germans Pla, Ciutat de Balaguer” Concert
Aurora Peña, soprano
Aina Martín, soprano
Yulia Safonova, mezzosoprano
Ferran Albrich, barítono
Auditori de Balaguer
06/11/2022
VENDADO ES AMOR, NO ES CIEGO
Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid
Anquises: Giulia Semenzato
Venus: Natalie Perez
Eumene: Alicia Amo
Brújula: Aurora Peña
Títiro: Yannick Debus
Diana: Ana Vieira Leite
Dirección: Alberto Miguélez-Rouco
Ensemble Los Elementos
26/11/2022
CONCERT
Obras de Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Estil Concertant
PROGRAMACIÓN PALAU DE LA MÚSICA DE VALENCIA
L'Almodí, Valencia
27/11/2022
CONCERT
Obras de Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Estil Concertant
Museu de Belles Arts, Castelló
Her crystalline and sweet voice, but powerful and sharp at the same time, was one of the most pleasant surprises of the night.
