Born in Segovia, mezzo-soprano Cristina del Barrio is one of the most promising voices on the Spanish opera scene. She graduated with honours from Musikene under Ana Mar\u00eda S\u00e1nchez and has furthered her studies with Renata Scotto, Carlos Arag\u00f3n, Maciej Pikulski and Dale Fundling. She also trained in traditional dance and flamenco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Winner of the 2nd International Opera Competition Teatro Besostri di Mede (Italy, 2016), she has pursued an active operatic career in Spain and abroad. Her roles include Fenena (Nabucco<\/em>), Meg (Falstaff<\/em>), Tisbe (La Cenerentola<\/em>), Santuzza and Lola (Cavalleria rusticana<\/em>), Mercedes (Carmen<\/em>), Maddalena (Rigoletto<\/em>) and Mar\u00eda (Mar\u00eda de Buenos Aires<\/em>) at the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria. In the 2023\/24 season she made her debut at Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo as Frugola (Il tabarro<\/em>) and Zita (Gianni Schicchi<\/em>), and also sang Amneris (Aida<\/em>) at the Amman Opera Festival and Suzuki (Madama Butterfly<\/em>) in Jerez and Vigo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In zarzuela she has appeared as La Beltrana (Do\u00f1a Francisquita<\/em>), Paloma (El barberillo de Lavapi\u00e9s<\/em>), Se\u00f1\u00e1 Rita (La verbena de la Paloma<\/em>) and Mari Pepa (La revoltosa<\/em>) at venues including Teatro Villamarta, Teatro Manuel Segura in Lima and P\u00e9rez Gald\u00f3s Theatre in Las Palmas.Her symphonic repertoire includes collaborations with leading Spanish orchestras under Daniel Oren, Lorenzo Passerini and \u00d3liver D\u00edaz. She has sung El amor brujo<\/em> at the Auditorio Nacional and Liceu, Mahler\u2019s Second Symphony<\/em> and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Stabat Mater<\/em> in Bilbao and San Sebasti\u00e1n. In chamber music she has toured Mexico with Ensemble \u201cMar\u00eda de Pablos\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2521,"template":"","class_list":["post-3028","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n