BIO
The Argentine-Austrian soprano lirico spinto Daniela Tabernig is one of the most prominent singers of her generation. Recognized by both the public and critics for the expressive capacity of her voice, she has had an outstanding international career. She was awarded the Best Singer Prize by the Association of Music Critics of Argentina and received the Diploma of Honor as one of the five best singers of the decade from the Konex Foundation (2019).
She has performed many leading roles in opera productions at the Teatro Colón in Argentina and has been invited to perform in productions in Uruguay, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Greece, and China. She has sung important works such as Gioacchino Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle and Stabat Mater, John Rutter's Requiem, Richard Strauss's Vier Letzte Lieder, Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Gustav Mahler's Symphonies No. 2, 4, and 8, Franz Joseph Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten, Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem, and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14.
Thanks to her vocal and acting versatility, she has been engaged on various operatic roles, including, Madama Butterfly, Suor Angelica, Tosca, and Minnie/La Fanciulla del West (G. Puccini), Magdalena in Andrea Chénier (U. Giordano), Nedda in Pagliacci (R. Leoncavallo), Micaela in Carmen (G. Bizet), Marguerite in Faust (Ch. Gounod), Margarita in Mefistofele (A. Boito), Desdemona in Otello (G. Verdi), Tatiana in Eugene Onegin (P. I. Tchaikovsky), Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (W.A. Mozart), Mimì in La Bohème.
Furthermore, she has been the protagonist in operas from the 20th and 21st centuries, such as Rusalka in Rusalka (A. Dvořák), Jenufa in Jenufa (L. Janáček), Amanda in Le grand Macabre (G. Ligeti), Beatrix in Beatrix Cenci (A. Ginastera), Aricia in the world premiere of Fedra (M. Perusso), Simona Fabien in Volo di notte (L. Dallapiccola), and Margaret Argyll in the Latin American premiere of Powder her Face (T. Adés).
She has been conducted by renowned maestros such as Christian Badea, Andrés Orozco Estrada, Marc Piollet, Julian Kuerti, Srba Dinic, Carlos Vieu, Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Mario Perusso, Alejo Pérez, Cristian Baldini, Baldur Brönnimann, Carmen Morales, Emilio Sagi, José Cura, Marcelo Lombardero, Pablo Maritano, Rita Cosentino, André Heller-Lopes, Alejandro Tantanian, and Rubén Szuchmacher.
Daniela Tabernig was born in Santa Fe, Argentina. She studied at the Constancio Carminio Institute in Paraná, at the Superior Institute of Art of the Teatro Colón, and at the National Conservatory of Athens, where she graduated with honors.