margitta rosales’ combination of vocalism, musicianship, stage presence and theatrical ability has earned her enthusiastic praise: “ms. rosales singing was superb… she has a bright voluminous voice. this is a voice of molten chocolate. what a voice!” exclaimed the “operissimo” when describing rosales dark mahogany, deep soprano sound.

the soprano margitta rosales, was born in wuppertal, germany. under the tuition of the viennese baritone prof. horst gross. she commenced her studies at the ‘hogeschool voor muziek en dans enschede’ in the netherlands. awarded with the eligible ‘wedekind scholarship’ she continued her studies with the mezzosoprano prof. liliana stefanova at the state academy for music ‘pancho vladiguerov ‘ in sofia where she graduated and received with honors, the bachelor of arts in music, opera singing.

yes, people call me mimì, but my name is lucia. my story is a brief one: on linen and silk i embroider, at home or outside … i’m calm and happy, and it’s my pleasure to make lilies and roses.

i love those things which possess such sweet enchantment. things, that speak of love and spring, of dreams and visions, things that people call poetic. do you understand?

musetta « la bohème » (théâtre d’opera sofia)
mimí «la bohème» (toscana opera festival)
liú «turandot» (teatro delle muse, ancona)
antonia «contes d’hoffmann» (schillertheater)
micaëla «carmen» (canteatro, berlin)
pamina «die zauberflöte» (nymphenburg, munich)
susanna « figaro» (junge kammeroper, cologne)
lauretta «gianni schicchi» (rome opera festival)
belinda «dido and aeneas» purcell
prêtresse « aida » (opera guimera, santa cruz)
helena «midsummer night’s dream» (winterthur)
marie «prodadena nevesta» smetana…

giacomo puccini  (1858 – 1924)
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.margittarosales.com/audio/001.mp3″] vissi d’arte tosca

arrigo boito  (1842 – 1918)
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.margittarosales.com/audio/008.mp3″]   l’altra notte mephistofele

alfredo catalani  (1854 – 1893)
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.margittarosales.com/audio/009.mp3″] ebben! n’andrò lontana… la wally