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Mary-Ellen Nesi is a Greek-Canadian operatic lyric-coloratura mezzo-soprano ^[1] ^[2]with a distinguished international career. She concentrates on baroque, classical and belcanto music. Especially recognised for her interpretation of Baroque music she has recorded extensively in this repertoire.

Recordings

Archetypon (Solo album)

with Armonia Atenea
Conductor: George Petrou
Opus Klassik "Singer of the year" 2019 nominated
Label: MDG

Germanico in Germania(Arminio)- Porpora

with Capella Cracoviensis,
Conductor: Jan Tomasz Adamus
Label: DECCA

Symphony No 9- Beethoven

with Tafelmusic Baroque Orchestra
conductor: Bruno Weil
Juno awards nominated
Label: Tafelmusik media

Baroque Divas

with Armonia Atenea
Conductor: George Petrou
Label: DECCA

Le Nozze di Figaro(Cherubino)

with MusicAeterna
Conductor: Theodor Currentzis
Label: SONY

Siroe (Emira)-Hasse

(World premiere recording)

with Armonia Atenea
Conductor: George Petrou

Label: DECCA

Farnace (opera) (Berenice) – Vivaldi_

(World premiere recording)
with I Barocchisti ,
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Label: VIRGIN

Tolomeo ed Alessandro ( Dorisbe)- Domenico Scarlatti

with Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Label: ARCHIV

Berenice (Arsace)-Handel

with Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Label:VIRGIN

Salve Regina (solo album)

with Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Label: Deutsche Armonia Mundi DHM

Christmas at San Marco

with Dresdner Instrumental-Concert
Conductor: Peter Kopp
Label: Berlin Classics

Il Trionfo di Clelia (Orazio)-Gluck

with Armonia Atenea
Cond: G.Sigismondi de Risio

(World premiere recording)

Label: MDG

Farnace (title role)-Vivaldi

with Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli
Label: Dynamic

Alessandro Severo (title role)-Handel

(World premiere recording)

with Armonia Atenea
Conductor: George Petrou
Label: MDG

Giulio Cesare (Sesto)-Handel

with Orchestra of Patras
Conductor: George Petrou
Label: MDG

Tamerlano (Andronico)-Handel

with Orchestra of Patras
conductor: George Petrou

Awarded with ECHO KLASSIK 2008 award

Label: MDG

Arianna in Creta (Teseo)-Handel

with Orchestra of Patras
Conductor: George Petrou
Label: MDG

Oreste (title role)

with Orchestra of Patras
Conductor: George Petrou
Label: MDG

==On DVD==

Farnace (title role)-Vivaldi

Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli
Label: Dynamic

Ercole su'l Termodonte (Antiope)-Vivaldi

with Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Label: Dynamic

Ariodante (Polinesso)-Handel

Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Label: Dynamic

Motezuma (Mitrena)

with Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Label: Dynamic

References

^ Classical CD review August 2018 "Canadian-Greek mezzo-soprano Mary-Ellen Nesi has firmly established herself in the world of baroque opera. Already she has made a number of superb recordings including operas of Handel and Gluck. On this new SACD she turns her attention to tragic heroines based on Greek tragedies . In addition to Handel and Gluck, we have three arias by Porpora as well as music of lesser-known composers: Andrea Stefano Fiore, Luigi Cherubini, Johann Adolf Hesse, and Giovanni Paisiello. Many of these never have been recorded before. Nesi has the technique for this florid writing, and her sound is consistently beautiful...
^ Opera News July 2018 Vol 82 No 12“Mezzo-soprano Mary-Ellen Nesi’s artistry, commitment and sure sense of style and drama always hit the mark. Taking the soprano role of the opposing ruler, Arminio, she brings power and vibrancy to dramatic moments, with majestic sound and handsome phrasing, particularly at the opera’s high point, “Parto, ti lascio.” Here, she shapes long, expressive lines with inventive ornaments and magnificent high notes both forte and piano”

Category:Greek operatic mezzo-sopranos Category:Canadian operatic mezzo-sorpanos Category:Living people Category:Singers from Greece Category:20th-century Greek opera singers Category:20th-century Canadian opera singers Category:21st-century Greek opera singers Category:21st-century Canadian opera singers

[1] Classical CD review August 2018 "Canadian-Greek mezzo-soprano Mary-Ellen Nesi has firmly established herself in the world of baroque opera. Already she has made a number of superb recordings including operas of Handel and Gluck. On this new SACD she turns her attention to tragic heroines based on Greek tragedies . In addition to Handel and Gluck, we have three arias by Porpora as well as music of lesser-known composers: Andrea Stefano Fiore, Luigi Cherubini, Johann Adolf Hesse, and Giovanni Paisiello. Many of these never have been recorded before. Nesi has the technique for this florid writing, and her sound is consistently beautiful...

[2] Opera News July 2018 Vol 82 No 12“Mezzo-soprano Mary-Ellen Nesi’s artistry, commitment and sure sense of style and drama always hit the mark. Taking the soprano role of the opposing ruler, Arminio, she brings power and vibrancy to dramatic moments, with majestic sound and handsome phrasing, particularly at the opera’s high point, “Parto, ti lascio.” Here, she shapes long, expressive lines with inventive ornaments and magnificent high notes both forte and piano”

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