Agnes Baltsa
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Baltsa was born in Lefkada.
She began playing piano at the age of six, before moving to Athens in 1958 to concentrate on singing. She
graduated from the Greek National
Conservatoire in 1965
and then travelled to Munich to continue studying under a Maria Callasscholarship.
Baltsa made her first appearance in an opera
in 1968 as Cherubino in The Marriage of
Figaro at Frankfurt Opera, before going on to appear as
Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at the Vienna State
Opera in 1970. Under
the guidance of Herbert von
Karajan, she soon became a regular at the prestigious Salzburg Festival. She became Kammersängerin of the Vienna State Opera in 1980.
Her most well known performance is that of Carmen by Georges Bizet, which she has sung a number of
times with José Carreras. She has also sung works by Mozart (notably Così fan tutte), Rossini (Il Barbiere di
Siviglia, La Cenerentola, L'italiana in
Algeri), Mascagni(Cavalleria
Rusticana), Saint-Saëns (Samson et Dalila), Verdi (Aida, La forza del
destino, Il trovatore, Don Carlos), Bellini (I Capuleti e i
Montecchi), and Donizetti (Il
Campanello, Maria Stuarda).
She also starred in the Austrian film Duett in 1992, playing an opera singer.
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