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Samuel Mariño Releases First Album On Decca Classics ‘Sopranista’

Extravagantly Talented - Male Soprano Samuel Mariño Signs with Decca Classics

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SAMUEL MARIÑO - Sopranista Cover

SOPRANISTA Samuel Mariño

Gluck: Le feste d'Apollo / Orfeo: Che farò senza Euridice?

Works by: Mozart · Gluck · Cimarosa Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Sopranista

SAMUEL MARIÑO - Sopranista

Decca Classics is thrilled to announce the signing of Samuel Mari&ntilde;o, the sensational Venezuelan male soprano.
As a teen, Mari&ntilde;o was bullied for his high speaking voice. Now his voice has taken him around the world with a sparkling opera career underway and his first album on a major label to be released on 27 May. With his music, Mari&ntilde;o hopes to spread a message of acceptance and self-expression.
Mari&ntilde;o is already becoming renowned for the beauty and brilliance of his remarkable voice, with Opera magazine commenting, &ldquo;Quite simply the most extravagantly talented male soprano I have yet heard&rdquo;. His gender-defying performances have helped him connect, not only to passionate opera lovers, but also with audiences new to the artform and those seeking representation. As Mari&ntilde;o explains,
&ldquo;Whether someone feels like a man, a woman, non-binary, I want people to make music. When I wear a dress and make-up on stage, I do it because I love fashion and it&rsquo;s a statement. I get messages from transgender people who say thank you so much for being on stage like this. This encourages me to continue to make this art that I love so much.&rdquo;
On his new album, entitled Sopranista (meaning male soprano), Mari&ntilde;o sings music that dates back to a time when gender norms in opera were in many ways more nuanced and fluid. Here Mari&ntilde;o performs arias written for the celebrated male "castrato" singers from the days of&nbsp;Mozart&nbsp;and&nbsp;Gluck, which have&nbsp;largely&nbsp;been sung by female&nbsp;voices&nbsp;in the centuries since castration was banned. The album opens with&nbsp;the famous Cherubino aria from Mozart's&nbsp;The Marriage of Figaro, with deliberate gender-blurring themes,&nbsp;in which a female singer sings the role of a boy.&nbsp;Many of these pieces have never been recorded by a male soprano until now. 
Mari&ntilde;o has been contacted by a number of musicologists eager for him to try his hand at arias written for male sopranos that had been neglected for centuries. On his debut Decca album Mari&ntilde;o gives works written in the 1780s, by Joseph Bologne and Domenico Cimarosa, their world recording premieres.
In his teenage years Mari&ntilde;o asked his mother to take him to a specialist voice doctor. The doctor offered him surgery to lower his larynx and deepen his voice, but he also suggested that Mari&ntilde;o consider forgoing surgery. He mentioned the value of a having a high male voice in the realm of classical singing, telling Mari&ntilde;o about the countertenor vocal tradition. Mari&ntilde;o took his advice, kept his unique voice, and went on to study singing at the National Conservatory in Caracas.
There, his singing teacher spotted his potential and insisted Mari&ntilde;o move to Europe to continue his vocal studies, supporting himself selling lemon pies in his mother&rsquo;s bakery in Caracas and then working at Disneyland in Paris. Mari&ntilde;o attended the Conservatoire de Paris before winning numerous opera awards and making his stage debut at the Handel Festival in Halle.
He makes his London debut with a highly anticipated recital at St Martin-in-the-Fields on 22nd April. This spring, Marino also makes his Japanese debut in a series of Gala Concerts for Cartier at Daigo-ji Temple in Kyoto with Xavier de Maistre on the 7th, 9th and 11th of April.
Laura Monks and Tom Lewis, co-presidents of Decca Records, say,
&ldquo;As a teenager and despite the bullies and crushing pressure to conform, Samuel found the strength to stand out. As a result, he has travelled the world, charmed the musical world and become a extraordinary inspiring role model for acceptance and understanding. When Samuel sings, he transports you to another world. He is quite literally one-of-a-kind!&rdquo;
Sopranista is out on 27 May on Decca Classics
The single &lsquo;Che far&ograve; senza Euridice from Le feste d'Apollois&rsquo; is out now (25 March). Listen <a href="https://SamuelMarino.lnk.to/SopranistaSo">here</a>.