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Photo: German Gonzalez Mena – Art Director Fernando Hernandez
Veronica Cangemi This artist was born in Mendoza, Argentina. Before
beginning her career as a singer, she was principal
’cellist of the Mendoza Symphony. After winning
1 st Prize at the National Singing Competition in
Argentina and the Francisco Viñas Competition in
Barcelona, Cangemi debuted in C. W. Gluck’s opera
Armida under the baton of Marc Minkowski with
Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble at Versailles.
Since then, her musical interests have focused
mainly on Baroque music and works by Mozart. She
has collaborated with such distinguished conductors
as Giovanni Antonini, Fabio Biondi, William
Christie, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, René Jacobs, Ton
Koopman, Sir Neville Marriner, Zubin Mehta et al.
She has performed at well-known opera theaters,
including the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich,
Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro La Fenice
in Venice, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and opera
houses in Vienna, Zürich and Brussels. Veronica
Cangemi’s achievements include numerous debuts
on the world’s stages: the title role in G. F. Handel’s
Ariodante (San Francisco), the roles of Musetta in
G. Puccini’s La bohème, Fiordiligi in W. A. Mozart’s
Così fan tutte and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro
(Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Washington
Opera), as well as Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen
(Japan). Among her numerous recordings, the
most noteworthy are Handel’s Ariodante for
Deutsche Grammophon, for which she received the
Diapason d’Or and Orphée d’Or in 1998, as well as
A. Scarlatti’s opera Griselda for Harmonia Mundi,
awarded a Diapason d’Or in 2006.
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