Michelle-Marie Cook

 
Michelle Francis Cook.jpg

OPERA CAREER

Shortly after graduation, Michelle Marie performed the roles of Mimi, Giorgetta (Il Tabarro), and Anne Trulove in the Melbourne City Opera and Opera Australia (OzOpera). She has won several awards, including the Acclaim Award, which included singing the role of Madama Cortese, Il Viaggio a Reims, Rossini, for the Florence Opera, Italy. Michelle Marie performed Le Donne di Giacomo Puccini, Australia, and roles in the Puccini Festival, in Torre del Lago, Italy.

Michelle has recorded a CD with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and has sung at the Opera de Oviedo 'Alredador of' concert of Massenet and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Mozart. Since 2007 Michelle has sung roles in the Gran Teatre del Liceu: 4th Magd and Schleppträgerin of Elektra, Strauss, and later the returned with Pepa Tiefland and Prilepa in Pikovaya Dama, roles in Die Walküre with Placido Domingo, Der Rosenkavalier, Les Mamelles de Tiresias, and recently a Flower Maiden in Parsifal, Wagner. Her recent accomplishments include the role of Carmen for AOIST production in Catalunya Nov 2016 and Tosca for the Opera 2001 Production which toured Spain and France in 2017 receiving rave reviews.

www.michellefranciscook.com

MEDIA

A Production of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona. 2010 The Pastoral Scene with Prilepa, Milovzor, & Zlatogor Prilepa - Michelle-Marie Cook Milovzor - Elena Zaremba Zlatogor - Zlatogor Cor del Liceu Orchestra del Liceu Conducted by Mº Michael Boder
Hop!era - contemporary opera Directed by Jordi Purtí A scene portraying the life of Maria Callas in the span of the 7 minute aria, Casta Diva. All performers are acting in slow motion, recorded in real time.