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She entered national and international voice competitions during this study period (Juventudes Musicales, Verviers (Bélgica), Sabadell, Toulouse, Valencia, Barcelona (F.Viñas) and Bilbao), and won prizes in all of them. As a result of the last of these, she made her debut in the title role of Bellini’s opera La Sonambula in 1987, in which she won the prize Urretxindor for the best actress of the season. She sang in the world premiere of Cesar Cano’s Te Deum, which was recorded on CD. She made her international debut (after winning the Verviers International Voice Competition) as Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann in Liêge, and toured the Soviet Union with the same company in 1988. She sang together with the leading Spanish lyric performers in the gala concert which took place in Madrid to honour the Spanish presidency of the E.E.C., accompanied by the New York Metropolitan Orchestra of soloists. |
