Mary-Ellen Nesi is a Greek-Canadian operatic lyric-coloratura mezzo-soprano [1] [2]with a distinguished international career. She concentrates on baroque, classical and belcanto music. Especially recognised for her interpretation of Baroque music she has recorded extensively in this repertoire.
Recordings
- Archetypon (Solo album)
- Germanico in Germania(Arminio)- Porpora
- with Capella Cracoviensis,
- Conductor: Jan Tomasz Adamus
- Label: DECCA
- Symphony No 9- Beethoven
- Baroque Divas
- with Armonia Atenea
- Conductor: George Petrou
- Label: DECCA
- Le Nozze di Figaro(Cherubino)
- Siroe (Emira)-Hasse
(World premiere recording)
- with Armonia Atenea
- Conductor: George Petrou
Label: DECCA
- Farnace (opera) (Berenice) – Vivaldi_
- (World premiere recording)
- with I Barocchisti ,
- Conductor: Diego Fasolis
- Label: VIRGIN
- Tolomeo ed Alessandro ( Dorisbe)- Domenico Scarlatti
- with Il Complesso Barocco
- Conductor: Alan Curtis
- Label: ARCHIV
- Berenice (Arsace)-Handel
- with Il Complesso Barocco
- Conductor: Alan Curtis
- Label:VIRGIN
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- Salve Regina (solo album)
- with Il Complesso Barocco
- Conductor: Alan Curtis
- Label: Deutsche Armonia Mundi DHM
- Christmas at San Marco
- with Dresdner Instrumental-Concert
- Conductor: Peter Kopp
- Label: Berlin Classics
- Il Trionfo di Clelia (Orazio)-Gluck
- with Armonia Atenea
- Cond: G.Sigismondi de Risio
(World premiere recording)
- Farnace (title role)-Vivaldi
- Alessandro Severo (title role)-Handel
(World premiere recording)
- Giulio Cesare (Sesto)-Handel
- with Orchestra of Patras
- Conductor: George Petrou
- Label: MDG
- Tamerlano (Andronico)-Handel
Awarded with ECHO KLASSIK 2008 award
- Arianna in Creta (Teseo)-Handel
- Oreste (title role)
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==On DVD==
- Farnace (title role)-Vivaldi
- Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli
- Label: Dynamic
- Ercole su'l Termodonte (Antiope)-Vivaldi
- with Il Complesso Barocco
- Conductor: Alan Curtis
- Label: Dynamic
- Ariodante (Polinesso)-Handel
- Il Complesso Barocco
- Conductor: Alan Curtis
- Label: Dynamic
- Motezuma (Mitrena)
- with Il Complesso Barocco
- Conductor: Alan Curtis
- Label: Dynamic
References
- ^ Classical CD review August 2018 "Canadian-Greek mezzo-soprano Mary-Ellen Nesi has firmly established herself in the world of baroque opera. Already she has made a number of superb recordings including operas of Handel and Gluck. On this new SACD she turns her attention to tragic heroines based on Greek tragedies . In addition to Handel and Gluck, we have three arias by Porpora as well as music of lesser-known composers: Andrea Stefano Fiore, Luigi Cherubini, Johann Adolf Hesse, and Giovanni Paisiello. Many of these never have been recorded before. Nesi has the technique for this florid writing, and her sound is consistently beautiful...
- ^ Opera News July 2018 Vol 82 No 12“Mezzo-soprano Mary-Ellen Nesi’s artistry, commitment and sure sense of style and drama always hit the mark. Taking the soprano role of the opposing ruler, Arminio, she brings power and vibrancy to dramatic moments, with majestic sound and handsome phrasing, particularly at the opera’s high point, “Parto, ti lascio.” Here, she shapes long, expressive lines with inventive ornaments and magnificent high notes both forte and piano”
Category:Greek operatic mezzo-sopranos
Category:Canadian operatic mezzo-sorpanos
Category:Living people
Category:Singers from Greece
Category:20th-century Greek opera singers
Category:20th-century Canadian opera singers
Category:21st-century Greek opera singers
Category:21st-century Canadian opera singers