Núria Rial
Núria Rial (born 1975 in Manresa, Catalonia) is a Spanish soprano. In recent years, Rial has specialized in the music of the renaissance and baroque eras, such as the works of Handel and Monteverdi. Her repertoire also includes Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart opera roles, and German, French, Catalan and Castillian art songs.
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Núria Rial

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- Name
- Núria Rial
- Birth Name
- Núria Rial (Catalan)
- Born
- 1975
- Birthplace
- Manresa, Catalonia
- Occupation
- Operatic soprano
- Nationality
- Spain
- Fields
- Renaissance music · Baroque music
- Education
- Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu · City of Basel Music Academy
- Languages
- Catalan
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Biography
Biography
Núria Rial studied at Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu and City of Basel Music Academy. The recorded working language is Catalan. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are Renaissance music and Baroque music. Residence is recorded at Basel.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Núria Rial • Birth Name — Núria Rial (Catalan) • Born — 1975 • Birthplace — Manresa, Catalonia • Occupation — Operatic soprano • Years Active — 1997–present • Website — http: www.nuriarial.com/
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Núria Rial (born 1975) is recorded as a soprano and musician. Núria Rial was born in 1975 in Manresa.
Education
Education
She began her musical studies in 1995 at the Barcelona Conservatory, finishing with a diploma in both voice and piano. From 1998 to 2002, she was a member of the Konzertklasse of Kurt Widmer at the Music Academy of Basel, where she received a diploma as a soloist.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Nuria Rial. Her recorded language was Catalan.
Work and production
Work and production
Her recorded genres are Renaissance music and Baroque music.
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Manresa.
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Recordings
• Francisco Guerrero: Motecta. Musica Ficta. Cantus (1997) • Miguel de Fuenllana: Orphenica Lyra 1554 (1999) • The Spanish Album (compilation 2 CD 1999, 2000) Glossa • Claros y Frescos Ríos – Songs and Instrumentals from the Spanish Renaissance (2000) • Memorial Duke Ellington: Live concert (2001) • Francesco Corselli: El Concierto Español (2002) • George Frideric Handel: Lotario (2004) • Orphénica Lyra: Música en el Quijote (2004) • Emilio de' Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo (2004) • Bach/Handel (2005) • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (2005) • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (2006) • Luigi Rossi: Oratorio per la Settimana Santa. Cantalupi (2006) • Roberto Cacciapaglia: Quarto tiempo. (2007) • George Frideric Handel: Riccardo Primo (2007) • Elemér Balázs Group and Núria Rial: Early Music (2007) • George Frideric Handel: Duetti Amorosi (2008) • Ave Maria, various composers, with Bell Arte Salzburg, Annegret Siedel (2008) • Claudio Monteverdi: Teatro d'Amore (2008) with Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble L'Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar • George Frideric Handel: Aminta e Fillide - Le Cantate Italiane di Handel, La Risonanza, GLOSSA (2008) • Joseph Haydn: Arie per un'Amante (2009) • George Frideric Handel: Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle (2009) • Via Crucis: Works of Claudio Monteverdi, Tarquinio Merula, Biber (2010) with Ensemble L'Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar • Monteverdi Vespers • George Frideric Handel: Athalia (2010) • George Frideric Handel: Judas Maccabaeus (2010) • Joaquín Rodrigo: La Obra Vocal – Antoni Ros Marbá, director (6CD 2010) • Georg Philipp Telemann: Opera arias DHM (2011) • Marianna Martines: cantatas "Il Primo Amore" DHM (2011) • Bach Arias, Kammerorchester Basel, Julia Schröder DHM (2013) • Sospiri d'amanti, Hasse, Fux, Gasparini etc., Artemandoline DHM (2014) • Baroque Twitter, Leonardo Vinci, Gasparini, Vivaldi, etc., - With Maurice Steger, DHM (2017)
Awards
In 2009, Rial won the ECHO Klassik Award, Germany's major classical award, in the category Young Female Artist of the Year. In 2012 she won the award for the Opera Recording of the Year, arias by Georg Philipp Telemann accompanied by the Kammerorchester Basel. In 2021 she received the Traetta Prize (Italian: Premio Traetta), an award assigned by the Traetta Society in recognition of achievements in the rediscovery of the roots of European music.
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- 11.NURIA RIAL, soprano. Auditorio ciudad de León Accademia del Piacere.
- 12.Gran Teatre del Liceu. Núria Rial soprano.
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Núria Rial studied at Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu and City of Basel Music Academy.
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