Riki Guy
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Lyric soprano
A lyric soprano is a type of operatic soprano that has a warm quality with a bright, full timbre which can be heard over an orchestra. The lyric soprano voice generally has a higher tessitura than a soubrette and usually plays ingenues and other sympathetic characters in opera. Lyric sopranos have...
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Education
Riki Guy graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and DanceJerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance , founded in 1958 as the Rubin Academy of Music, is located on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.-History:...
in 1997. Master classes and private coaching include work with voice professionals such as William Woodruff, Joan Dorneman, Ileana Cotrubaş
Ileana Cotrubas
Ileana Cotrubaş is a Romanian opera soprano whose career spanned from the 1960s to the 1980s. She was much admired for her acting skills and facility for singing opera in many different languages.-Biography:...
, Silvia Sass, Vera Rozsa
Vera Rózsa
Vera Rózsa OBE , , was a Hungarian singer, voice teacher and vocal consultant. She had been living in Great Britain since 1954.-Education:...
, Mignon Dunn, Renata Scotto
Renata Scotto
Renata Scotto is an Italian soprano and opera director.Recognized for her sense of style, musicality and as a remarkable singer-actress, Scotto is considered one of the preeminent singers of her generation, specializing in the bel canto repertoire with excursions into the verismo and Verdi...
, Diana Soviero, Gabriel Bacquier
Gabriel Bacquier
Gabriel Bacquier is a French operatic baritone. One of the leading baritones of the 20th century and particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories, he is considered a fine singing-actor equally at home in dramatic or comic roles.-Life and career:Gabriel Bacquier was born in...
, Eliane Manchet and Sherrill Milnes
Sherrill Milnes
Sherrill Milnes is an American operatic baritone most famous for his Verdi roles. From 1965 until 1997 he was associated with the Metropolitan Opera....
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Awards
In 2002, Riki Guy won the International Media Prize, the Prize of the Chambre Professionnelle des Directeurs d’Opera, and the special prize of the Leipzig opera at the Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition in Vienna. In 2001, Ms. Guy won First Prize in the opera category, at the International Vocal Competition in Marmande, France.In 2000, Riki Guy won first prize in the Vera Rozsa
Vera Rózsa
Vera Rózsa OBE , , was a Hungarian singer, voice teacher and vocal consultant. She had been living in Great Britain since 1954.-Education:...
Vocal Competition, and later that year she won first prize in the "Lions" Vocal Competition, both in Israel. That year, Riki Guy also won the special prize granted by the chairman of the jury of the Romeo et Juliette competition in Budapest.
Scholarships and awards include the Israel Vocal Arts Institute scholarships (1996–2006), America Israel Cultural Foundation
America Israel Cultural Foundation
The America Israel Cultural Foundation was established in 1939 to support the growth and development of Israel. Originally established as the American Fund for Palestinian Institutions, after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 the name was changed to the American Fund for Israeli...
scholarships (1993–2002). Additional important awards include two New Israeli Opera awards – the "Grebov" Prize in 2000 and the "Basser" Prize in 1999.
Stage roles
- Giulietta, The Tales of Hoffmann: Zurich Opera House 2009/10, Lisbon Opera House 2007/08, Leipzig Opera House 2002/03/06
- Antonia, The Tales of Hoffmann: Graz Opera House 2005/06, International Vocal Arts Institute 2004
- Micaela, CarmenCarmenCarmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
: Aalto TheatreAalto TheatreThe Aalto Theatre is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Essen, Germany. It was opened on 25 September 1988 with Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg...
Essen 2002/03, Deutsche Oper am Rhein 2002/03, New Israeli Opera 2002 - Mimi, La bohèmeLa bohèmeLa bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
: Volkstheater Rostock 2002/03 - Second Niece, Peter GrimesPeter GrimesPeter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the Peter Grimes section of George Crabbe's poem The Borough...
: New Israeli Opera 2002 - Angelica, Suor AngelicaSuor AngelicaSuor Angelica is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an original Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is the second opera of the trio of operas known as Il trittico...
: International Vocal Arts Institute 2002 - First Soprano, St. Mattheus Passion: New Israeli Opera 2002
- Pallade Venus, L'incoronazione di PoppeaL'incoronazione di PoppeaL'incoronazione di Poppea is an Italian baroque opera comprising a prologue and three acts, first performed in Venice during the 1642–43 carnival season. The music, attributed to Claudio Monteverdi, is a setting of a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello...
: New Israeli Opera 2002 - Pamina, The Magic FluteThe Magic FluteThe Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
: Israel Philharmonic OrchestraIsrael Philharmonic OrchestraThe Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel. It was originally known as the Palestine Orchestra, and in Hebrew as התזמורת הסימפונית הארץ ישראלית The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit...
2001 - Angel & Nurse, Alfa and Omega: New Israeli Opera 2001
- Contessa & Ceprano, RigolettoRigolettoRigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851...
: New Israeli Opera 2000 - Adina, L'elisir d'amoreL'elisir d'amoreL'elisir d'amore is an opera by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. It is a melodramma giocoso in two acts...
: International Vocal Arts Institute 1999 - Princess, L'enfant et les sortilègesL'enfant et les sortilègesL'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first being L'heure espagnole...
: International Vocal Arts Institute 1998 - Musetta, La bohème: International Vocal arts institute 1997
- Gretel, Hänsel and Gretel: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 1997
- Dido, Dido and Æneas: Music Days Festival 1997
Orchestral engagements and recitals
- "Ah Perfido" (Beethoven): Easter Festival Warsaw 2006
- Coronation Mass/Lobgesang: Bochum Symphonic 2003/04
- Several works: Staatsorchester Kassel 2003/04
- Aria Concert: The Lions Club – Maggio Musicale; Fiorentino, Teatro Comunale 2001
- Aria Concert: Haifa Symphony 2000
- Bach Arias: Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra 1996
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn): Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra 1995
- Stabat Mater (Pergolesi): The Israel Sinfonietta Beer–Sheva 1991