Inese Galante was born on 12 March 1954 and is a Latvian soprano opera singer.
12 Facts About Inese Galante
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Inese Galante entered the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga in 1977.
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From 1991 until 1999, Inese Galante was soloist at National Theatre Mannheim and Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf.
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Inese Galante's voice has been heard at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees and the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, at the St Denis Festival, the Newport Music Festival and the Gibson Hall, at the Barbican Centre, the Royal Albert Hall, the Wigmore Hall and Kensington Palace, at the Royal Swedish Opera, and at the Kremlin and the Bolshoi Theatre, where she made her debut as Adriana in Cilea's opera Adriana Lecouvreur in the La Scala production.
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In 2001 Inese Galante appeared in concert in Rotterdam together with Jose Carreras.
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Inese Galante has worked with such conductors as Yehudi Menuhin, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Evelino Pido, Myung-whun Chung, Miguel Angel Gomez Martinez, Neeme Jarvi, Carl Davis, John Mauceri, Stefan Soltesz, Eric Klaas, Antonio Pappano, Steven Mercurio, Alexander Vedernikov, Dmitri Kitayenko, Vassily Sinaisky, Alexander Rahbari, Lawrence Renes and Vladimir Fedoseyev.
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The first major operatic role of Inese Galante was Violetta in Verdi's La traviata at her graduation exam at the Music Academy.
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Since that time Inese Galante has performed this role more than 100 times on various stages of the world.
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In 2008 Inese Galante performed Richard Strauss's The Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra which was at the same time premiere of this work in Russia.
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Inese Galante has been awarded The Order of the Three Stars by the President of the Latvian Republic.
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Inese Galante is described as one of the most notable followers of the legendary singer.
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Inese Galante's concerts are recorded by Classic FM and BBC.