Maria Weiss is an Austrian mezzo-soprano from Carinthia who sings
classical music from the Baroque period as well as more recent
compositions, including Spanish and Latin-American works. After
completing her studies under Joanna Borowska [de] at the University of
Music and Performing Arts in Graz in 2003, she received further
training from Angelika Kirchschlager and Teresa Berganza. In 2009, she
made her début at the Konzerthaus in Vienna singing Bach cantatas.
She released her first solo CD Favola in musica, alte neue musik
together with a hardcover book in 2015 as part of her award-winning
cultural project Favola in musica. In 2018, she participated in the
DonauFestwochen at Schloss Greinburg, playing the role of Irene in
Handel's rarely performed opera Atalanta.Educated in music from the
age of five, Maria Weiss sang works by Heinrich Schütz and J.S. Bach
as a 13-year-old soloist in various ensembles. After studying cultural
history at the Sorbonne, she received training in voice at the
Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence and at the Arts University
in Graz under Joanna Borowska, graduating in 2003. She later trained
under Jorge Sirena in Barcelona and attended master classes with
Angelika Kirchschlager and Teresa Berganza.Her opera roles extend from
Mozart to Renaissance and Baroque works as well as to operettas by
Offenbach. She has performed in Handel's Ottone, Re di Germania and in
Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade at the Donaufestwochen (2008). At the same
festival in 2018, she played Irene in Handel's rarely performed opera
Atalanta.She has sung both Baroque music and modern pieces at various
music festivals and in opera houses in Graz, Klagenfurt and Vienna. In
particular, in March 2009 she sang as the alto in Bach cantatas with
the Ensemble Claudiana under Luca Pianca at the Konzerthaus in Vienna.
classical music from the Baroque period as well as more recent
compositions, including Spanish and Latin-American works. After
completing her studies under Joanna Borowska [de] at the University of
Music and Performing Arts in Graz in 2003, she received further
training from Angelika Kirchschlager and Teresa Berganza. In 2009, she
made her début at the Konzerthaus in Vienna singing Bach cantatas.
She released her first solo CD Favola in musica, alte neue musik
together with a hardcover book in 2015 as part of her award-winning
cultural project Favola in musica. In 2018, she participated in the
DonauFestwochen at Schloss Greinburg, playing the role of Irene in
Handel's rarely performed opera Atalanta.Educated in music from the
age of five, Maria Weiss sang works by Heinrich Schütz and J.S. Bach
as a 13-year-old soloist in various ensembles. After studying cultural
history at the Sorbonne, she received training in voice at the
Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence and at the Arts University
in Graz under Joanna Borowska, graduating in 2003. She later trained
under Jorge Sirena in Barcelona and attended master classes with
Angelika Kirchschlager and Teresa Berganza.Her opera roles extend from
Mozart to Renaissance and Baroque works as well as to operettas by
Offenbach. She has performed in Handel's Ottone, Re di Germania and in
Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade at the Donaufestwochen (2008). At the same
festival in 2018, she played Irene in Handel's rarely performed opera
Atalanta.She has sung both Baroque music and modern pieces at various
music festivals and in opera houses in Graz, Klagenfurt and Vienna. In
particular, in March 2009 she sang as the alto in Bach cantatas with
the Ensemble Claudiana under Luca Pianca at the Konzerthaus in Vienna.
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