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Marita Kvarving Sølberg (born March 22, 1976) is a Norwegian soprano.
Education edit
Sølberg studied at the "National College of Operatic Art" in Oslo and at the "Norwegian Academy of Music" in Oslo.
Career edit
Sølberg has worked with Marc Minkowski, Zubin Mehta, Michel Plasson and other conductors. From 2006 to 2008 Solberg was a principal singer at the Staatsoper, Stuttgart. Other opera engagements include Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Teatro Real, Madrid, Komische Oper, Berlin and the Norwegian National Opera.
Operatic roles edit
- Michaela in Carmen
- Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (2008, 2009)
- Servilia in La clemenza di Tito
- Title role in Zaide (2008)
- Zerlina in Don Giovanni
- Celia in Lucio Silla
- Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel (2008)
- Marzelline in Fidelio
- Charmion in Massenet's Cléopatre
- The angel in Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise.
- Bellezza in George Frideric Handel's Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (Rinaldo Alessandrini.)
Orchestral and chamber music edit
- Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 (Zubin Mehta).
- Una voce dal cielo from Don Carlo
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arias (Norwegian National Opera gala concert)
- Handel, Messiah, in Moscow (Peter Neumann)
- Felix Mendelssohn, Elijah, with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos)
Awards edit
In August 2001, Solberg won first prize at the Queen Sonja Singing Competition in Oslo. In July 2004, Solberg won third prize as well as the "International Media Jury Award" at the "International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition" in Vienna.
Discography edit
- Grieg - Peer Gynt (The Complete Incidental Music), BIS, (June, 2005)
- Grieg - Olav Trygvason / Orchestral Songs, 2006
External links edit
- Marita Kvarving Sølberg official WWW
- Solberg's biography at Artefact Artists Management (AAM) website
- Solberg singing Solveigs Sang (Solveig's Song), YouTube