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Agnes Baltsa
Greek mezzo-soprano singer
Agnes Baltsa | |
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| Born | November 19, 1944 |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Alma mater | Greek National Conservatoire |
| Occupation | Opera 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!