Miriam Cauchi is a firmly
established Maltese soprano, making a name for herself both
in her native country and overseas. Graduating with full
honours from the Sofia State Music Academy under the tuition
of Prof Blagovesta Dobreva in 1997, she furthered her studies
in Milan with Juliette Bisazza Zanni and attended master
classes with Magda Olivero in Barcelona. She is the recipient
of the Gheorghi Slatev Cherkin Competition and the Bulgarian
XIV National Competition Svetoslav Obretenov. Possessing
a rich, clear and velvety voice that enables her to tackle
a wide range of repertoire from Italian bel canto opera,
oratorio, to lieder and contemporary works; Miriam has performed
extensively in Malta, Germany, Slovenia, Spain, Bulgaria,
and the USA.
Miriam Cauchi is also very much in demand
for recitals with pianoforte and chamber ensembles. She
is a consummate interpreter of lieder by composers as diverse
as Rachmaninov, Dvořák, Fauré, Grieg,
Liszt, Gershwin, and Richard Strauss. She is a major ambassador
of Maltese vocal music singing and recording important
compositions by Abos, Camilleri, Isouard, Vassallo, Vella
and Zerafa.
Her operatic repertoire includes L’Elisir
d’Amore (Adina), Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia), Pagliacci
(Nedda), La Boheme (Mimi), Le Villi (Anna), Suor Angelica
(Suor Angelica), Turandot (Liù), Rigoletto (Gilda),
I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Gulietta). Oratorios and cantatas
include Abos’s Stabat Mater, Handel’s Messiah,
Mozart’s Mass in C, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater,
Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Vassallo’s Requiem and
Lloyd Weber’s Requiem.
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