Rebecca Luttio - Sue Auclair Promotions
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Aliana de la Guardia<br />
Contemporary soprano and actor, Aliana de la Guardia has been recognized in the Boston area as “an anomalous player on the<br />
Boston music scene” (Stuff Magazine).<br />
The Cuban-American performer and New Jersey native began her training in theater and film at age fifteen, and completed<br />
professional studies in voice and oepra at The Boston Conservatory.<br />
As an avid performer of contemporary<br />
classical music, she has performed<br />
works by composers such as: Berio,<br />
Birtwistle, Gorecki, Harvey, Kurtág,<br />
Sciarrino, and Webern, as well as<br />
c o l l a b o r a t i n g w i t h m a n y l o c a l<br />
composers.<br />
As premiere soprano and General<br />
Manager of Guerilla Opera, a<br />
c o n t e m p o r a r y c h a m b e r o p e r a<br />
ensemble whose mission is to foster a<br />
new repertoire of progressive chamber<br />
o p e r a s a n d t o p e r f o r m t h e m<br />
unconducted in intimate settings, she<br />
has co-produced 6 operas and<br />
premiered 5 roles including “Sarah<br />
Palin/Diane Sawyer” in Hughes’s Say It<br />
Ain’t So, Joe, which received national<br />
attention in 2009, and most recently<br />
revived the role of the “Dog” in Rudolf<br />
Rojahn’s Heart of a Dog, a production<br />
which traveled to Memphis in February<br />
2011, as well as premiering the role in 2007. Additional Guerilla Opera credits include Estelle in No Exit, by Andy Vores; June<br />
Jackson in We Are Sons, by Rudolf Rojahn; and the title role in Rumpelstiltskin, by Marti Epstein.<br />
Operagasm writes: “De la Guardia’s work in new opera is proof of the genre’s viable potential as entertainment. By working directly<br />
with composers, she is a part of the creative process of inventing new styles and techniques for singing. Her contemporary music<br />
projects are able to connect young audiences with music about the cultural fascinations of our times.”<br />
De la Guardia’s experience extends to traditional opera theater as well. She “Triumphed” (Scene and Heard International) as Flora<br />
in Granite State Opera’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata and was deemed “Likable and pleasing” (The Boston Globe) as Helena in<br />
Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.<br />
In November 2009 de la Guardia founded Dirty Paloma with a mission to engage and expose innovative artists, and to explore<br />
intimate programing with an emphasis on works for small ensemble. The first season of Dirty Paloma saw the world premier of 3<br />
new works by Boston area composers, in concerts whose programming spanned repertoire from Baroque to Contemporary. The<br />
Boston Musical Intelligencer wrote: “Aliana de la Guardia is be commended for inventing Dirty Paloma and for presenting such a<br />
stunning first performance.”<br />
Since 2004, the Ludovico Ensemble, a contemporary chamber ensemble that dually promotes rarely heard works of the European<br />
avant-garde as well as works by Boston-area composers, has engaged de la Guardia to perform and premiere contemporary<br />
chamber works. Composer Jonathan Harvey praised de la Guardia’s and the ensemble’s performance of his Cantata X: Spirit<br />
Music as “a splendid rendition!” The ensemble received international attention in February 2009 when de la Guardia and violinist<br />
Gabriela Diaz were invited to perform Kurtág’s famous cycle for violin and soprano, Kafka Fragments, for Public Radio<br />
International.<br />
Upcoming performances include: Cape Cod Opera’s 2011 “First Night” concert series and 2012 production of Candide;<br />
premiering two new opera during Guerilla Opera’s 2011-2012 season; singing Schönberg’s Book of the Hanging Gardens during<br />
Ludovico Ensemble’s 2011-2012 season; and as a guest star on ABC’s Body of Proof.