Rita Filipe
mezzo soprano
Portuguese mezzo-soprano Rita Filipe is studying lyric singing with Elene Golgevit, after two years with Chantal Mathias at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, France.
Rita has performed roles such as Cherubino in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Maddalena in Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims, and Suor Enfermeira in Puccini’s Suor Angelica.
Since 2019, Rita has collaborated with Il Gardellino (Conductor Peter Van Heyghen), Real Câmara - Baroque Orchestra (Conductor Enrico Onofri), Ensemble Bonne Corde, Músicos do Tejo (Conductor Marcos Magalhães), Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Ensemble MPMP (Conductor Jan Wierzba), Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa (Conductor Pedro Carneiro), Orquestra Académica de Lisboa (Conductor Tiago Oliveira), Divino Sospiro (Conductor Massimo Mazzeo), in several concerts and recordings.
“(…) Riche dans le grave, ardent dans les aigus, son timbre chaleureux rivalise d’agilité et de ciselure sur les syncopes lascives de ces danses ibériques.“
Erwan Gentric - bachtrack