MARISSIA PAPALEXIOU

Greek mezzo-soprano, she studied law and singing at the Athens Conservatoire (under Kiki Morfoniou and Kostas Paskalis, diploma with honours). She completed her music studies in Paris and Dusseldorf under Jane Henschel. She was a member of the GNO Chorus (2000-2003). As a soloist she has sung in such works as Die Frau ohne Schatten (Athens Concert Hall), Madama Butterfly (GNO, Thessaloniki Concert Hall), La traviata (Thessaloniki Opera), Carmen (Nice, France, Thessaloniki Concert Hall), The Daughter of the Storm, Dido and Aeneas, La belle Hélène, as well as in concerts with works by young Greek composers. She has collaborated with the Athens and Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestras, Armonia Atenea, National Symphony Orchestra of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, Thessaloniki City Symphony Orchestra, Athens Philharmonia Orchestra. She sang in the world premiere of Samaras’ Tigra (Athens Concert Hall), in Orphée aux enfers (first performance at the Olympia Theatre “Maria Callas”), Elektra (first of the GNO at the SNFCC), and starred in Alkis Baltas’ Frikadela, the witch who hated carols.