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Sabina Puértolas This artist studied at the Conservatorio Superior de
Música de Navarra in Pamplona, as well as at the
Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Accademia
Verdiana in Busseto. She has won the following
competitions: R. Zandonai in Rovereto, L. Mariano
in Irún, J. Gayarre in Pamplona, Concurso Nacional
de Jóvenes Interpretes. Under the direction of
Riccardo Muti in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, she
debuted on the stage of Teatro alla Scala in Milan;
with the same ensemble, she later appeared as Gilda
(Verdi’s Rigoletto) in Belgrade, which contributed to
the development of her career. Puértolas feels right
at home on stage; her repertoire includes many
operatic roles, from Drusilla in C. Monteverdi’s
L’incoronazione di Poppea, through the protagonists
of Mozart operas, to Micaëla in Carmen and Léïla in
G. Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles, Oskar in G. Verdi’s
Un ballo in maschera and Musetta in G. Puccini’s La
Bohème. The singer appears as a guest artist in major
musical centers all over the world; she has performed
opposite Plácido Domingo at the Washington
Opera; under the direction of Christophe Rousset,
she debuted at Teatro Real in Madrid. More
rarely, one can hear her interpretations of solo
parts in oratorio works (G. P. Pergolesi’s Stabat
Mater in Rotterdam and Paris). Last season, with
José Carreras, she concertized in Italy (Teatro
alla Scala, Taormina in Sicily), Spain, Greece and
Mexico; she also prepared thirteen roles in various
operatic works, which she had the opportunity to
present at venues including Teatro de la Zarzuela in
Madrid and other opera theaters in Spain, Théâtre
des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Liège, Theater an
der Wien, and Teatro Argentino de La Plata. The
artist’s plans for the immediate future include
performances in productions of Rigoletto (Gilda)
at the Auditorio de Baluarte in Pamplonaand
A. Vivaldi’s Il Farnace (Gilade) at the Théâtre des
Champs-Elysées, as well as in zarzuelas: J. Serrano’s
La canción del olvido (Rosina) at Teatro Calderón
in Valladolid and P. Sorozábala’s La del manojo de
rosas at Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo and Teatro
Arriaga in Bilbao.
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