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 August 2011
"La Guerra de los Gigantes" de Sebastián Durón at Donaufestwochen    all Photographs © Reinhard Winkler Eva Juárez Jupiter · Camilla de Falleiro Hercules · Anna Freivogel Minerva · Maria Weiss Palante A Corte Musical & Int. Opernakademie Grein Rogério Gonçalves, musical director · Manuela Kloibmüller, director · Isabella Reder scene & costumes top: (left) Eva Juárez, Anna Freivogel, (right) Maria Weiss left: (left) Camilla de Falleiro, (right) Maria Weiss right: (left) Anna Freivogel, (right) Maria Weiss July 2011 June 2011
Interview by Dr. Anselm Hartmann about the role "Baiana" and the opera "Pedro Malazarte" European Premiere of the
Brazilian Opera "Pedro Malazarte" by Mozart Camargo Guarnieri
 Pedro Malazarte | Illustration: © Maria Weiss             (1) With Eric Herrero (Alamao), Baiana's husband. (2) The Malazarte Team after performance: Homero Velho, Eric Herrero, Maria Weiss, Domingo Hindoyan. (3) With Homero Velho, the dangerous Malazarte Second line: (2) Maria with Domingo Hindoyan, musical director of "Pedro Malazarte" (1) and (3): having fun after the Premiere with Philippe Arlaud, fantastic alround artist: director , stage and lights. Working with Philippe Arlaud is just what you dream of as a singer and actress: going deep into the subject, intellectual discussions, music analyses mixed with fun, jokes and good coffee in the breaks. Thirth line: (1) Before Premiere: getting ready for Baiana. (2) After rehearsal discussing details with always caring and organizing Petra Klose (production leader) and inspiring Andrea Uhmann (costumes) | Photograph: © Engelbert Walch (3) After the last performance, finally embracing the family again - Paul Weissbacher Fourth line: the best and most inspiring costume assistant ever: Lena (in the middle: Pedro Malazarte | Illustration: © Maria Weiss) Mai 2011 FELDKIRCH FESTIVAL 2011
Rehearsing for the European Premiere of the Brazilian Opera "Pedro Malazarte" from Mozart Camargo Guarnieri   My dear colleagues: left with tenor Eric Herrero, singing Baiana's husband Alamao. Right: THE MALAZARTE TRIO: Bariton Homero Velho alias dangerous Malazarte, Maria - Baiana, wife going towards emanzipation, and Eric Herrero, Baiana's husband Articles for Malazarte (CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO READ)  Photo © Hofmeister (Vorarlberger Nachrichten) 21th of mai: LIFE BALL 2011 Spread the Wings of Tolerance! Flying as NIKE at the Life Ball Opening 2011 on the wings of G. F. Händels music.          up: (from left to right):
With Mister Karl, especially hired to put the more than 2 kg heat on my head ;-) - With Matthias Haid after our rehearsal. Susi – the superprofessional Hair and Make Up Angel. - In the wardrobe with Karina Sarkissova. down (from left to right): With dear mezzo-colleague Ida Aldrian. - Finally having WINGS! - With Nathalie Penas Comas at the rehearsal - The whole Händel – Group after the opening! - With Monika Milde, true Life Ball Angel helping us in every way! Maria in Wien live for LIFE
BALL Opening
 April 2011 Maria on cover as NIKE, Goddess of Victory,
for Life Ball in the battle against Aids:
Spread the Wings of Tolerance!  Montag, 25. April 2011 19:00 Uhr PSALM 2011 Graz: Helmut-List-Halle Alleluia mexicana Schätze zur Osterzeit aus der Kathedrale von Oaxaca (Mexiko) Musik von Gaspar Fernández (1566–1629) und Manuel de Sumaya (1678–1755) Traditionelle argentinische Musik auf Barockinstrumenten Yetzabel Arias Fernández, Sopran Katrin Wundsam, Mezzosopran Maria Weiss, Mezzosopran Gernot Heinrich, Tenor Günter Haumer, Bariton Bach Consort Wien Rubén Dubrovsky, Leitung  After the concert with Bach
Consort at Psalm 2011:
(left
to right) Mirko Arnone, Martin Bruhn, Daniele Caminiti, Yetzabel Arias,
Jeremy Joseph, Maria Weiss
March 2011 New York: Lee Strasberg
Film & Theatre Institute
  CLASSES
Our acting class in Strasberg with Tim Crouse: (left to right:) Paul Radki, Tom Wardach, Stefanie Adami, Tim Crouse, Annabel Smith, Moniquita Gomez, Maria Weiss, Caroline Szymanski, Joanna Scala, Philip Dalenson     TEACHERS (left to right:) Camera Acting with Anthony Zaccaro, Acting Class with Ted Zurkowsky, Dancing Class with Madelina Jaye, and Acting with Tim Crouse     COLLEAGUES
(left to right:) with Annabel Smith, we played together the great and difficult play of Tennessee Williams "Hello from Bertha", also switching roles, unforgettable! Party after school with Caroline Szymansky, hughing with Monica Gomez and hanging out and having fun with Violante Placido. SPECIAL MEETINGS LEFT: With Victoria Krane Lee Strasberg Film & Theatre Institute: special school - special director: thank you Victoria for everything, but above all for your everlasting enthusiasm, for sharing the passion for "our dreams" and encouraging! RIGHT: Sitting with Anna Strasberg on the working desk of Lee - have been showered with presents in the Lee Strasberg Film & Theatre Institute, which has not lost one heartbeat of enthusiasm and offering tools to spread your wings of acting: Anna put it just in the right words: DREAM YOUR DREAM OF PASSION. Thank you!!!   February 2011 article
about maria in "KÄRNTERIN"
 attending: New York now online: STYLE BIBLE | Life Ball 2011 http://www.stylebible.org/ http://www.kleinezeitung.at/nachrichten/leute/style/2676832/life-ball-style-bible-2011-ein-vorgeschmack.story  January
2011
Premiere
Screening "Unseen" in Vienna
http://www.mariaweiss.at/mariaweiss_acting_news.htm Click here to watch the trailerl  December 2010 Merry Christmas to all of you!  Mischtechnik
auf Karton © Maria Weiss
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 September 2010  photograph©stefan schweiger trigonale concert 2010 at the Magdalenschurch in Carinthia with Gyoengy Eroedi (baroque-cello), Franco Pavan (theorbe) and Maria Weiss (mezzo-soprano). Bach makes happy! TV news on Gasparini in Kärnten Heute - 29.07.2010 Finally
in English:
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE about MARIA WEISS in "KLEINE ZEITUNG" for singing "Aurora" in "Oracolo del Fato" of Gasparini by DR. BARBARA EINHAUER click here    Interview and coffees with Dr. Mag. Barbara Einhauer for "Kleine Zeitung" sharing the passion for literature, Ancient Music and laughing. upcoming concert August 2010             "Paradis d'amour" - Music on the Court of Catherina de Medici Anna Kellnhofer, soprano - Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano Michael Spiecker, Geige & 'Amati'-Bratsche Dietrich Haboeck, Renaissance-Altgambe Erhardt Martin, Gambe, Orgel Johanna Steinborn, Blockfloete Liz Farrell, Renaissance-Traversfloete Maurice van Lieshout, Blockfloete Ingo Voelkner, Blockfloete Antonie Schlegel, Blockfloete/Dulzian Tasten (Cembalo und Orgel): Lu Wollny Alta capella: Jens Bauer, Posaune Ingo Voelkner, Schalmei Regine Haeussler, Pommer Antonie Schlegel, Dulzian Nora Thiele, Schlagzeug * Musikalische Leitung: Maurice van Lieshout http://www.kloster-michaelstein.de/institut/institut/details.php?id=377 July 2010
Some
photographs from "Oracolo del Fato"   photograph©andrej
kraev
photograph©carlo
pescatori
Cefalo (Armin Gramer),
Aurora (Maria Weiss)July 2010
Article
in "Kleine Zeitung"click here to read July 2010
Kleine Zeitung Shooting with Helmuth Weichselbraun  photograph©helmuth weichselbraun  photograph©helmuth weichselbraun Rehearsaling for Gasparini      top: Michaela Riener, Soetkin Elbers, Amor, Mario Checchetti, Maria Weiss, Armin Gramer top left: Mario Checchetti, Maria Weiss, Amor - top right: Mario Checchetti, Armin Gramer, Maria Weiss left: Maria Checchetti, Armin Gramer, Maria Weiss right: (from left to right:) Nicole Delle Karth (Regieassistenz/Dramaturgie), Elisabeth Moritz (Maske), Armin Gramer (Cefalo), Soetkin Elbers (Diana), Dominica Danner (costume), Mario Checchetti (Fato), Maria Weiss (Aurora), Elise (Amor), Sigrid T'Hooft (Regie/Choreographie), Michaela Riener (Endimione) Francesco Gasparini (1661 - 1727) L´Oracolo del Fato (1709)  photograph©detlef loeffler Diana: Soetkin Elbers Aurora: Maria Weiss 30., 31. Juli, 01. August 2010 20.00h Schloss Damtschach Anreise Schloss Damtschach Diana: Soetkin Elbers (Sopran) Aurora: Maria Weiss (Mezzosopran) Endimione: Michaela Riener ( Sopran ) Cefalo: Armin Gramer ( Altus) Fato: Mario Cecchetti (Tenor) Regie/Choreographie: Sigrid T’Hooft Musikalische Leitung: Ulli Nagy Projektionen: Studio GR Venezia Kostüme: Dominica Danner /Johanna Susicky Concertino Amarilli Harmony of Nations Baroque Orchestra http://concertino-amarilli.at/ http://www.harmonyofnations.org/ http://www.damtschach.at/2010/oper/oper2010.html Some rehearsal photographs from G. F. Händel "Alcina" in Teatru Manoel in Malta   photographs©jörg zwicker With Sharon Carty, Ruggiero rehearsaling in Teatru Manoel in Malta - left photograph with Barbara Angermeier, Amor.  Maria
C. Demicoli, wardrobe mistress and one of the many good souls of Teatru
Manoel.
 photograph©jörg zwicker Oronte's
great shoes!
  left: Belinda Loukuta as Alcina in a rehearsal with Ruggiero (Sharon Carty) and Bradamante (Maria Weiss). right: Capella Leopoldina of Jörg Zwicker with the conductor Maurice van Lieshout  photograph©jörg zwicker left to right: Anna Magdalena Auzinger (Morgana), Florian Ehrlinger (Oronte), Belinda Loukuta (Alcina), Philippe Spiegel (Melisso), Barbara Angermaier (Amor), Sharon Carty (Ruggiero), Maria Weiss (Bradamante) Georg Friedrich Haendel Alcina (1735) Libretto by Antonio Marchi based on Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso. BOV Opera Festival Teatru Manoel Malta 22.03.2010 to 24.03.2010 19:30h Conductor: Maurice Van Lieshout Capella Leopoldina Artistic Director, Set & Costumes: Axel E. Schneider & Johannes Poelzgutter Head of the Ensemble: Jörg Zwicker Tutor for singers: Jeremy Joseph Alcina: Belinda Loukota Ruggiero: Sharon Carty Bradamante: Maria Weiss Oronte: Florian Ehrlinger Morgana: Anna Magdalena Auzinger Melisso: Philippe Spiegel Amor: Barbara Angermaier http://www.teatrumanoel.com.mt/ http://www.capellaleopoldina.at/ Bach-Cantatas VI 8th of march 2010 19:30h Mozart-Saal Ensemble Claudiana Wiener Sängerknaben Chorus Viennensis Gudrun Sidonie Otto, soprano Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano Daniel Johannsen, tenor Georg Nigl, basso Luca Pianca, conductor Johann Sebastian Bach Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid BWV 58 (1727) Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen BWV 56 (1726) *** In allen meinen Taten BWV 97 (1734) http://konzerthaus.at/programm/00131c93  illustration©maria weiss Happy New Year ! May it be full of music, creativity and sharing.  illustration©maria
weiss
 Konzert im Rahmen des Zyklus "Bach XXI" Sonntag, 20. Dezember 2009, 19.00 Uhr, Mausoleum, Graz 18.00 Uhr Werkeinführung mit Klangbeispielen (live) "Sehet, welch eine Liebe" Kantaten zum 4. Adventssonntag und zum Weihnachtsfest BWV. 64, 132, 151 & 152 Capella Ferdinandea: Andrea Lauren Brown, Sopran Maria Weiss, Alt Daniel Johannsen, Tenor Wilfried Zelinka, Baß Grazer Domkantorei Capella Leopoldina Leitung: Josef M. Doeller http://www.capellaleopoldina.at/ http://www.kultur.graz.at/kalender/event/985940263       photograph©philipp
steiner
Concert with the ensemble Concertino Amarilli in the Museum Liechtenstein (Ulli Nagy, harpsichord and musical direction, Marie Orsini Rosenberg, baroque-cello)  
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