Itxaro Mentxaka [SEP] voice type
Itxaro Mentxaka
Itxaro Mentxaka Bengoetxea (Lekeitio, Bizkaia, Spain, 1964) is a Basque mezzo-soprano.
Her musical career started in her hometown with the Itxas-Soinua Choir. In 1983, she moved to Bourdeaux Conservatoire, where she studied with Monique Florence. Later she continued her studies in Valencia.
She made her operatic debut in the premiere of Leonardo Balada's "Cristóbal Colón" in the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in 1989.
Since then, she has participated regularly in the opera
, he was appointed conductor of the Banda Sinfónica de Madrid, which had been founded in 1909.
Jesús Arámbarri died in 1960 at the Parque del Buen Retiro while conducting the Banda Sinfónica de Madrid in concert.
Selected recordings.
- Jesus Arambarri "8 Basque songs" Itxaro Mentxaka (soprano), Bilbao SO, Juan José Mena. Naxos
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