Her Mozart is lyrical, lush, secure and dynamic, with a forceful top range and fluid technique that makes her vocality perfect for a role such as Donna Anna, which has challenged sopranos over the past two centuries. Yet soprano Vanessa Goikoetxea showed her versatility when she won immense kudos for her 2019 Seattle Opera debut in a much gentler role, that of Micaëla in Bizet s
Carmen.
A native of West Palm Beach, Florida, Spanish-American Goikoetxea s international cultural background serves her well in her chosen field. Among her awards are both the Deborah Voigt Foundation Prize and the Marcello Giordani competition. She is equally at home on the concert stage. This month, Goikoetxea takes on the role of Donna Anna in Seattle Opera s
SeAH Woon Hyung Lee Foundation to hold online concert
Posted : 2021-03-09 16:08
Updated : 2021-03-14 17:38
Promotional poster for a performance of the opera The Marriage of Figaro by the SeAH Woon Hyung Lee Foundation, March 20 / Courtesy of SeAH Woon Hyung Lee Foundation
By Kim Jae-heun
The SeAH Woon Hyung Lee Foundation will bring Mozart s comic opera The Marriage of Figaro to the stage without a live audience March 20 as part of its Opera Bucket series at the Seoul Arts Center. The concert will be aired online on Naver TV and YouTube starting from 7 p.m. on the day.
Opera Bucket concerts were first started in 2015 to inherit the will of Lee Woon-hyung, the late SeAH Group chairman and an avid opera fan. This year marks the sixth such concert to be held.