Born in Athens, Greece, Angelica began her musical studies at the age of five. A graduate of the "Athenaeum-Maria Callas" Conservatory, she received her piano soloist diploma and singing diploma with Honors, awarded unanimously in 1993.
With a scholarship from the A.S.Onassis Foundation she pursued further studies in Italy under the guidance of Arrigo Pola, Constantino Ego and Renata Scotto (Renata Scotto Opera Academy). She has attended singing courses and opera masterclasses under the guidance of: Luigi Alva, Ileana Cotrubas, Kostas Paskalis, Alexandrina Miltcheva, Vera Rosza, Nicola Zaccaria, Roberto Negri, Dante Mazzola, Antoine Palloc, Jory Vinikour as well as masterclasses in lied interpretation during the Internationales Jugend Festspieltreffen in Bayreuth, Germany. Angelica holds an MA in Music and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music (University of York).
Since her debut in 1997 as Mrs Quickly in Verdi's Falstaff with Rolando Panerai in the title role at the Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, she has sang a wide range of operatic roles in numerous performances including Euridice and Tragedia in J.Peri's L'Euridice, the title role in Bizet's Carmen, Dinah in Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, Mrs Peachum in Britten's Beggar's Opera, Camillo in Donizetti's Olivo e Pasquale, La Dame en Gris in Weill's Happy End, Bessie in Mahagonny Songspiel, La mère in Martinu's Les larmes de couteau, Hélène in Chabrier's Une education manquée, Maddalena (Rigoletto),Suzuki (Butterfly). She has also sang Britten's Phaedra, Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Respighi's Il Tramonto, Duruflé's Requiem,Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Stravinsky's Three Songs from W.Shakespeare, Ravel's Trois poèmes de Mallarmé and El Amor brujo by Manuel de Falla, at venues including New York's Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Opéra National du Rhin, Megaron Athens Concert Hall, The Pharos Arts Foundation (Cyprus), Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Freiburg's Konzerthaus, Lisner Auditorium (Washington DC), Fondation Royaumont, Théâtre National de Strasbourg, дом музыки (Moscow), Teatro Fraschini (Pavia), Teatro Grande (Brescia), Greek National Opera, York National Centre of Early Music, Budapest Spring Festival, Ancient Stadium of Delphi, Culturgest Hall (Lisbon), Kunsthistorishes Museum (Vienna), Auditorium of the Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporaneo "Reina Sofia" (Madrid), The Athens Festival (Odeon Herodes Atticus), Festival International de Marseille, Festival International de la Roque d'Anthéron, Cité de la Musique (Paris).
In 1998 she was awarded the "Premio Leoncavallo" Prize in Switzerland and in 2010 she was honored with the Special Music Award of the Euro-American Women's Council.
As a soloist Angelica has performed under the musical direction of: Claudio Abbado, Daniele Agiman, Pedro Amaral, Theodore Antoniou, Steuart Bedford, Roland Hayrabedian, Jan Latham Koenig, Alexandre Myrat, Jerôme Pillement, Michel Plasson, Tiziano Severini, Vladimiros Symeonidis, Roberto Tolomelli, Alberto Zedda, with the Athens State Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Picardie, I Pomeriggi Musicali, La Camerata, Thessaloniki State Orchestra, Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée, Orchestra of Colors, The Louisiana Sinfonietta, Manhattan Philharmonic, Grupo de Musica Contemporanea de Lisboa.
Angelica Cathariou also performs extensively as soloist in numerous concerts of contemporary music. Her appearances include, among others, Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Berio's Folk Songs and Sequenza III, Le Marteau sans Maître by Boulez, Arvo Pärt's Stabat Mater (ECM at "York Spring of New Music Festival"), Miss Donnithorne's Maggot by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children, T. S. Eliot Songs and Sinfonia N. 1 by J. Christou, as well as works by S.Sciarrino,S.Gubaidulina,C.Halffter,G.Pesson,I.Xenakis . Performances of contemporary opera include the creation of the leading female roles in four new operas by Greek composers at the Greek National Opera in Athens as well as the world premieres of N.Mamangaki's Opera of Shadows and Mikis Theodoraki's Lysistrata (on the occasion of the Olympic Games, Athens 2004) at the Megaron Athens Concert Hall.
Angelica has recorded the world premiere of N. Skalkotta's 16 melodies for BIS as well as the music of French composer Alexandre Desplat for the film 11'09"01 New York September 11 (directed by A.Gitai, K.Loach, Cl.Lelouch). She has also recorded Manuel de Falla's El amor brujo (Naïve), Schubert's Messe Es-Dur (L'Ippocampo) and N.Mamangaki's Opera of Shadows and the Erotokritos melodrama. Other recordings include vocal works by Portuguese composer Clotilde Rosa (La Ma de Guido), Michalis Adamis (Naxos), Dinos Constantinides (Centaur) as well as the live recording with guitarist Costas Cotsiolis at the Belgrade Guitar Art Festival 2007 (also featuring Pepe Romero, The Rene Aubry Ensemble, John Williams).
“…Angelica Cathariou sings them superbly, with a rich, creamy voice that is nevertheless capable of all the agility that Skalkottas demands, with no undue sense of strain…” Calum MacDonald, BBC Music Magazine ♫
“BIS continues its important and definitive Skalkottas series with a number of premiere recordings, most important that of 16 melodies, a substantial song cycle to text by Hrissos Esperas. The cycle composed during World War II, is a major work. It is especially welcome in mezzo soprano Angelica Cathariou’s moving performance…I had a happily unrealized premonition that Cathariou would be another worn and ragged “modern music voice”. …Cathariou uses her dark – hued voice with a great range of color and expression. She has no difficulty with Skalkotta’s wide tessitura…” Michael Fine, Fanfare magazine ♫
“Athènes fait profil haut..…la mezzo Angelica Cathariou redonnait aux Ancient Voices of Children de George Crumb, sur le textes de Garcia Lorca, leur rugissante puissance incantatoire.” Eric Dahan, Libération ♫
“…Angelica Cathariou, sings with emotional conviction and shapely phrasing…”
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“…Angelica Cathariou does a splendid job of transmitting the ultra-difficult vocal part of the 16 melodies; Marni Nixon, who sang so much music within this style effectively in the middle of the century, would be envious…” David Lewis, All Music Guide ♫
“...Du coup, galvanisé par l’enthousiasme du public, musiciens et chef avec la mezzosoprano Angelica Cathariou, offrent une version vigoureuse et réjouissante de l’Amour Sorcier de Falla.”
Frank Mallet, Le Monde de la Musique ♫
“... la mezzo-soprano Angelica Cathariou, impeccable et mystérieuse Dame en Gris…”
Frank Mallet, Le Monde de la Musique ♫
“…The songs make formidable demands on stamina and Angelica Cathariou is well equipped to deal with them…” Richard Whitehouse, The Gramophone ♫
“...Cathariou boasts a powerful, passionate voice full of richness which, coupled with an incredible stage presence, warmed the audience to her immediately. Ravel followed with the Kaddisch particularly moving and beautifully sung. Cathariou’s breath control and colouring were simply breathtaking…A wonderful evening with a charismatic personality who has a voice of penetrating richness and beauty mixed with a rare depth of expression.”
Saskia Constantinou, Cyprus Mail ♫
“…Angelica Cathariou – Carmen s’est montrée très espagnole, en concordance avec ses extractions méditerranéennes. Elle n’a pas hésité à bouger comme le veut le rôle, sans que sa très belle voix de mezzo n’en perde pour autant de la tenue.” N.A, L’ Echo ♫
“…Le moment fort de la soirée, la mezzo-soprano Angelica Cathariou interprétant Oikoumene…” François Tonneau, La Provence ♫
“….l’excellente Angelica Cathariou une surprenante mezzo soprano, en possession de riches qualités manifestes d’interprétation théâtrale….”
(Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot) C. Diamantopoulos, Jazz & Jazz magazine ♫
“… Buone prestazioni vocali sono arrivate dai giovani impegnati, dal nutrito cast delle allegre comari, prima di tutto Mrs Quickly di Angelica Cathariou, brillante e disinvolta….”
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