MARGACLOQUELL
Soprano
ABOUT
"Warm color and vocal elegance that makes her shine in the biggest Belcanto repertoire"
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OPERA ACTUAL
Born on the Island of Mallorca, Spain, Marga Cloquell completed her musical studies at the "Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears" with Antonio Aragón, Carmen Bustamante, Josep Ribot and Alejandro Zabala. She moved to Vienna where she was taught by Ruthilde Boesch and then continued her vocal training in Barcelona at the Conservatori Superior del Liceu with Dolors Aldea and Marta Pujol. She has attended Materclasses with Enrico Facini, Amelia Felle, Ana Luisa Chova, Ileana Cotrubas, Fiorenza Cosotto, Jaume Aragall, Matthias Veit, Rubén Fernández Aguirre, Giulio Zappa, Dalton Baldwin and Armando Krieger.
She won the 18th Mirna Lacambra Singing Competition organized by the Associació Amics de l'Òpera de Sabadell. She was also first prize winner in the 7th edition of the International Singing Competition "Germans Pla-Ciutat de Balaguer”, along with the Audience Award and a scholarship to the Opera Studio Sabadell.
In the opera field, she has performed both Pamina and Papagena from Die Zauberflöte and has been part of the Jove Companyia d'Òpera at the Conservatoir del Liceu, where she was Fanny in La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Mimi in La Bohème within the frame of Barcelona Opera Studio. She has participated as a soloist on several occasions in the “Jornades de Portes Obertes” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu within the frame of the European Opera Day. To be noted, her debut as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera de Sabadell in a production with the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallés, was acclaimed both by the audience and critics. She also performed twice at the Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, participating as Irene in Doña Francisquita conducted by Josep Caballé-Domenech and directed by Emilio Sagi, and in the production of Rigoletto as Il paggio, conducted by Daniel Oren. She also sung in Italy with Susanna in Il segreto di Susanna.
She has made her debut as Violetta Valery in La Traviata at the Palau de la Música Catalana where she has also sung as Francina in the zarzuela Cançó d'amor i de guerra.
Recently she made her debut as Matilda in the zarzuela El reloj de Lucerna in the production at the Teatre Principal de Palma de Mallorca, conducted by Jose Maria Moreno and directed by Carlos Martos.
Next performances includes her debut as Nannetta in Falstaff at Òpera de Sabadell and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Palau de la Música Catalana.
In the symphonic field, she has sung Händel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Gloria, Mozart's Exultate Jubilate and Krönungsmesse, Faure's Requiem and Messe Basse, and Bach's Johannes Passion and Mass in B minor. She regularly takes part in Lied and Art song cycles and concerts collaborating, amongst others, with the Jaume Aragall Foundation at the Cercle del Liceu.