# Eva Mei > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eva_Mei > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eva_Mei.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Mei > Source revision: 1332695219 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Eva Mei** (born 3 March 1967) is an Italian [coloratura soprano](/source/Coloratura_soprano). ## Life and career Eva Mei was born on 3 March 1967 in [Fabriano](/source/Fabriano), Italy.[1] She graduated from the [Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini](/source/Florence_Conservatory) in Florence in 1989.[1][2] In 1990, at the Mozart Competition in Vienna, she won the [Catarina Cavalieri](/source/Catarina_Cavalieri) Prize for her interpretation of Konstanze in Mozart's *[Die Entführung aus dem Serail](/source/Die_Entf%C3%BChrung_aus_dem_Serail)*, an award which led to a contract with the [Vienna State Opera](/source/Vienna_State_Opera) where she performed later that same year.[1] She had previously made her professional opera debut in 1989 as Aspasia in [Antonio Salieri](/source/Antonio_Salieri)'s *[Axur, re d'Ormus](/source/Axur,_re_d'Ormus)* at the opera house in [Siena](/source/Siena).[3] Mei has performed the role of Donna Anna in *[Don Giovanni](/source/Don_Giovanni)* with the [Zurich Opera](/source/Zurich_Opera) and the [Dutch National Opera](/source/Dutch_National_Opera). She made her debut at the [Hungarian State Opera House](/source/Hungarian_State_Opera_House) as the Queen of the Night in *[The Magic Flute](/source/The_Magic_Flute)*, and her first performance at the [Teatro Carlo Felice](/source/Teatro_Carlo_Felice) in Genoa was as Musetta in *[La bohème](/source/La_boh%C3%A8me)*. At the [Berlin State Opera](/source/Berlin_State_Opera) she performed the role of Violetta in *[La traviata](/source/La_traviata)*, and at the [Bavarian State Opera](/source/Bavarian_State_Opera) she portrayed Norina in *[Don Pasquale](/source/Don_Pasquale)*.[3] In 1992 Mei appeared as the soprano soloist in [Ludwig van Beethoven](/source/Ludwig_van_Beethoven)'s *[Missa solemnis](/source/Missa_solemnis_(Beethoven))* at the [Salzburg Festival](/source/Salzburg_Festival). In 1993 she made her debuts at [La Scala](/source/La_Scala) as Amenaide in *[Tancredi](/source/Tancredi)*, and as the Queen of the Night at the [Royal Opera House](/source/Royal_Opera_House), [Covent Garden](/source/Covent_Garden). She returned to the latter opera house as Mozart's Konstanze.[3] Other theatres she has performed with on the international stage include the [Rossini Opera Festival](/source/Rossini_Opera_Festival) in Pesaro (1996) and the [Opera Nomori](/source/Opera_Nomori) in Tokyo.[1] In 1994, Mei performed in *[Norma](/source/Norma_(opera))* as Adalgisa alongside [Jane Eaglen](/source/Jane_Eaglen) in the title role conducted by [Riccardo Muti](/source/Riccardo_Muti) at the [Ravenna Festival](/source/Ravenna_Festival).[4] In February 2011, she sang the part of Pamina in a new production of *[The Magic Flute](/source/The_Magic_Flute)* premiered at the [Vorarlberger Landestheater](/source/Vorarlberger_Landestheater).[5] She has worked with the conductors [Roberto Abbado](/source/Roberto_Abbado), [Bruno Campanella](/source/Bruno_Campanella), [Nikolaus Harnoncourt](/source/Nikolaus_Harnoncourt), and [Zubin Mehta](/source/Zubin_Mehta).[1] Mei's discography includes the operas *[Don Pasquale](/source/Don_Pasquale)*,[1] *[I Capuleti e i Montecchi](/source/I_Capuleti_e_i_Montecchi)*,[1] *[Norma](/source/Norma_(opera))*,[1] *[Tancredi](/source/Tancredi)*,[1] and *[Il re pastore](/source/Il_re_pastore)*.[1] She has also recorded arias by [Bellini](/source/Vincenzo_Bellini), [Donizetti](/source/Gaetano_Donizetti) and [Rossini](/source/Gioachino_Rossini).[citation needed] He concert repertoire recordings include Beethoven's *[Missa solemnis](/source/Missa_solemnis_(Beethoven))*,[1] [Handel](/source/George_Frideric_Handel)'s [cantatas](/source/Cantata),[citation needed] and [Pergolesi](/source/Giovanni_Battista_Pergolesi)'s *[Stabat Mater](/source/Stabat_Mater_(Pergolesi))*.[1] ## Recordings - *[Thaïs](/source/Tha%C3%AFs_(opera))* by [Massenet](/source/Jules_Massenet): Eva Mei, [Michele Pertusi](/source/Michele_Pertusi). [La Fenice](/source/La_Fenice), Venice (2004) (video) ## References 1. Kutsch, K.-J. & Riemens, Leo (2003). ["Mei, Eva"](https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&q=Rost&pg=PA3045). *[Großes Sängerlexikon](/source/Gro%C3%9Fes_S%C3%A4ngerlexikon)*. 4th ed. [K. G. Saur Verlag](/source/K._G._Saur_Verlag). p. 3045. ISBN 9783598440885. – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books) 1. ["Eva Mei"](http://en.styriarte.com/de/kuenstler_archiv/eva_mei) [Archived](https://archive.today/20130203033319/http://en.styriarte.com/de/kuenstler_archiv/eva_mei) 3 February 2013 at archive.today, biography at [styriarte](/source/Styriarte) (in German) 1. [Elizabeth Forbes](/source/Elizabeth_Forbes_(musicologist)) (2001). "Mei, Eva". 41788. 1. Foletto, Angelo (18 July 1994). ["Muti ricrea *Norma*"](https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/07/18/muti-ricrea-norma.html) (in Italian). *[la Repubblica](/source/La_Repubblica)*. Retrieved 5 January 2021. 1. ["Großer Erfolg für die *Zauberflöte* am Vorarlberger Landestheater"](https://www.vol.at/groer-erfolg-fr-die-zauberflte-am-vorarlberger-landestheater/1466700) (in German). *Vorarlberg Online*. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2021. ## External links - [Interview with Eva Mei](http://www.bruceduffie.com/mei.html) by Bruce Duffie, 24 January 2000 - ["Mei, Eva"](https://web.operissimo.com/triboni/exec?method=com.operissimo.artist.webDisplay&id=ffcyoieagxaaaaabbjrb&xsl=webDisplay), [Operissimo](/source/Operissimo) (in Italian and German) - [Eva Mei](https://www.primafila-artists.com/kuenstler-detail_en.php?id_a=42), PrimaFila artists - [Eva Mei](http://www.inartmanagement.com/?page_id=9039&lang=en), In Art Management --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Eva Mei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Mei) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Mei?action=history)). 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