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Hailed by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as a “beautifully voiced singer-actor,” Argentinean Mezzo-soprano Raquel Winnica Young earned a Degree in Vocal Performance from the Colon Opera House in Buenos Aires and an Artist Diploma in Voice from Duquesne University. A winner of the 2010 Pittsburgh Concert Society Major Auditions, Ms. Winnica Young has participated in EPCASO Summer music program (Italy), Interharmony Music Festival, Oberlin Baroque Summer Institute, Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, Vancouver Early Music Festival and American Bach Soloists Academy.
Ms. Winnica Young's career has taken her to concert halls throughout the Americas and Europe. Equally comfortable performing early music, new music and chamber music, she performed in Handel’s La Resurrezione at the Bach Festival in Lausanne, Switzerland, the world-premiere opera Marianita Limenia by Valdo Sciamarella in Buenos Aires, the European tour of the opera Medeamaterial by Pascal Dusapin with Remix Ensemble and presented recitals for Festival Martha Argerich at the Colon Opera House and Festival Llao Llao.
Recent performances include a concert with The Newberry Consort in Durango, Mexico as part of the Festival Musica del Virreynato, C.P.E. Bach’s Die Israeliten in der Wüste and the title role of Orfeo ed Euridice in Argentina. Closer to home, she sang in Vivaldi’s Gloria at the Strings Music Festival (Colorado), Die Zauberflöte (Third Lady) with Apollo’s Fire in Cleveland, Artemisia (Alindo) with Helios Early Opera in Boston, and Durufle Requiem with Altoona Symphony. With Quantum Theatre she performed the principal role in Astor Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires and Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, where her portrayal of Federico García Lorca earned her a spot on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s “Best of 2012” lists. Ms. Winnica Young has performed as soloist with the Pittsburgh Camerata, Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh Baroque Ensemble and the Johnstown (PA) Symphony. She is also a founding member of the Living Room Chamber Music Project.
Ms.Winnica Young is Adjunct Faculty in the Voice Department of Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Winnica Young's career has taken her to concert halls throughout the Americas and Europe. Equally comfortable performing early music, new music and chamber music, she performed in Handel’s La Resurrezione at the Bach Festival in Lausanne, Switzerland, the world-premiere opera Marianita Limenia by Valdo Sciamarella in Buenos Aires, the European tour of the opera Medeamaterial by Pascal Dusapin with Remix Ensemble and presented recitals for Festival Martha Argerich at the Colon Opera House and Festival Llao Llao.
Recent performances include a concert with The Newberry Consort in Durango, Mexico as part of the Festival Musica del Virreynato, C.P.E. Bach’s Die Israeliten in der Wüste and the title role of Orfeo ed Euridice in Argentina. Closer to home, she sang in Vivaldi’s Gloria at the Strings Music Festival (Colorado), Die Zauberflöte (Third Lady) with Apollo’s Fire in Cleveland, Artemisia (Alindo) with Helios Early Opera in Boston, and Durufle Requiem with Altoona Symphony. With Quantum Theatre she performed the principal role in Astor Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires and Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, where her portrayal of Federico García Lorca earned her a spot on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s “Best of 2012” lists. Ms. Winnica Young has performed as soloist with the Pittsburgh Camerata, Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh Baroque Ensemble and the Johnstown (PA) Symphony. She is also a founding member of the Living Room Chamber Music Project.
Ms.Winnica Young is Adjunct Faculty in the Voice Department of Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
