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Agnes baltsa mezzo soprano.

Agnes Baltsa

Greek mezzo-soprano singer

Agnes Baltsa

BornNovember 19, 1944
NationalityGreek
Alma materGreek National Conservatoire
OccupationOpera Singer

Agni Baltsa[1] (Greek: Aγνή Mπάλτσα; also known as Agnes Baltsa; born 19 November 1944) is a leading Greekmezzo-soprano singer.

Baltsa was born in Lefkada. She began playing piano at the age of seven,[2] before moving to Athens in 1958 to concentrate on singing. She graduated from the Greek National Conservatoire in 1965 and then travelled to Munich to continue studying on a Maria Callas scholarship.

Baltsa made her first appearance in an opera in 1968 as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at Frankfurt Opera,[2] before going on to appear as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at the Vienna State Opera in 1970. Under the guidance of Herbert von Karajan, she became a regular at the prestigious Salzburg Festival. She became Kammersängerin of the Vienna St Agnes baltsa biography!