OPERA & CLASSICAL CROSSOVER
ARSYSS
KEVIN
TENOR
Light tenor, he began his musical career in 2011 in the animation group of the organization SHK Soluciones. Since he was 9 years old he had an inclination towards music and his musical influence comes from artists such as Ricardo Montaner, Luis Miguel, Steve Perry, Stevie Wonder, among others.
In 2014 she started singing classes with Andrea Ramírez Carranza.
In December 2019, he was invited by the ARSYSS group to participate in their Christmas concerts.
In 2020 he began his musical career with the group ARSYSS, providing a balance that the group needed to better combine the lyrical with the popular, managing to connect with the group, both musical, as an adventure partner.
Mónika
SOPRANO
Light soprano. She studied singing with the soprano Mary Peck Hoffman (qDg), with the Contra-alto Karen Esquivel at the Opera Nova Academy, with the soprano Rebeca Viales and with the soprano Guadalupe Gonzaléz Kreysa (qDg). He also studied Dance at the National Dance Workshop and received theater with the actors Mauricio Astorga, Magdiel Ramírez and Ricardo Jiménez in the Triciclo and theatrical advice with the actress Arabella Salaberry. In addition to master classes with singers and directors, such as the Italian director Elio Orciuolo, Irena Sylya, Iride Martínez, Mattew Lata, Federico Longi, among others.
In 2012, he began in the Vocal Improvement Workshop of the National Lyric Company under the direction of the baritone Fitzgerald Ramos and later by the soprano Guadalupe González.
He has participated in several productions such as Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell at the Bach Academy Theater. The Magic Flute as The First Lady by WA Mozart at the Mozart Theater. The zarzuela “Adiós Julian” directed by the Spanish Marina Bollain at the National Auditorium. In La Bohème de Puccini of Lyrical Voices and Latin American Plastic Arts, Teatro Mélico Salazar. With Costa Rican Chamber Opera in Mozart's Don Giovanni, National Children's Museum Auditorium, Costa Rica and at the Rubén Darío National Theater in Managua, Nicaragua. Like The Queen of the Night in Peter Schafer's play Amadeus at the Espressivo Theater. In November 2015 she participated in the Zarzuela Luisa Fernanda in the role of La Condesa Carolina, in the National Theater with the Workshop of the National Lyric Company of Costa Rica and in tours of cultural extension. Tribute concerts to Verdi at the National Theater. In addition to galas and concerts at the theater where he has performed arias by operatic characters such as: Violetta, Gilda, Blonde, Cunegonde, La Muñeca among others and appearances on television.
She played the role of Lucy in the opera The Telephone by Giancarlo Menotti and in 2019 the role of Madame Herz in the opera The Entrepreneur (The Producer) or known in German as Der Schauspieldirektor, both with Nueva Voz productions.
He has participated in record productions such as "Sacro", "Opera Sesiones" and "Sogno di Natale".
Vice-president of the International Arsyss Association, which promotes Costa Rican art and Lyrical Singing.
Co-founder of the International Opera Festival Costa Rica.
Co-founder of the ARSYSS group.
CARLOS
BARÍTONO
He began his involvement in lyrical singing collaborating as a guest by the National Lyric Company in June 2000 during the Gala to commemorate the 20th anniversary of said institution. Later he began his formal singing studies under the tutelage of the MM. Karen Esquivel within the Opera Nova project, where she has performed the roles of “Æneas” in Dido & Æneas (Purcell) and “Papageno” in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) and “Don Giovanni” in the montage of scenes from the homonymous opera.
He has participated in other productions both in private companies such as Chamber Opera in productions such as La Gran Vía (Chueca Goitia) and the opera La Traviata (Verdi), Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein), Don Giovanni (Mozart) and La Zarzuela, III Lyrical Gala, La Viuda Alegre (Lèhar), with Lyrical Voices and Latin American Plastic Arts in La Bohéme (Puccini) and Luisa Fernanda (Moreno T.), with Asociación Pro Lírica in Don Pasqualle and with the Compañía Lírica Nacional in Madama Butterfly and in the opera Il Pagliaci, produced in 2013.
She received singing lessons with Lic. Rebeca Viales M. and with the soprano Guadalupe González Kreysa. He has also received master classes with the baritone Federico Longi, the soprano Iride Martínez, with the artistic director Mattew Lata from Florida State University and with the North American reviewer Joan Kulesza, with the director of the Fundación Ópera Panamá, the soprano Irena Sylya and with the Italian director Elio Orciulo.
He has participated in the Requiem by Verdi, Mozart and the Stabat Mater by Rossini with the Mozart Chorale, the Polyphonic Choir of Santa Teresita, the Choral Directing Workshops of the UNA and the University Choir of the UCR.
He is also a member of the board of the ARSYSS International Association and organizer of the International Opera Festival, the first of its kind in Central America.
As a member of the ARSYSS group, he has participated in the recording of the albums SACRO and Angel de la Navidad, concerts of the same name as well as arias and ensembles by Mozart.
GLENDA
MEZZOSOPRANO
She began her singing studies at the National University, with Lic. Douglas Gallagher. She continued her studies with MM Karen Esquivel Solís, with whom she obtained her Bachelor's degree in Singing Teaching and Interpretation, and obtained her BA with MM Elena Villalobos.
In 2000, he won the contest for Young Soloists of the National Symphony Orchestra, with whom he sings Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, under the direction of maestro Irwin Hoffmann. In 2002 he sang as a soloist excerpts from Handel's "Messiah" with the Camerata of the Bach Academy and the Café Chorale under the direction of Dr. William Belan. He has participated as a soloist with the National Lyric Company in various productions and concerts: Lyrical Gala, "Rigoletto" 2004, "Madama Butterfly" 2005, and "Alicia en el País de la Ópera" 2006, he also participated in the Lyrical Workshop directed by the Master Joan Koulezza graduated from the Mozarteum and at the "Opera Festival" in 2007, she has also participated in several lyrical galas of the National Lyric Company. He has participated in some private productions such as "La Gran Vía and" Don Giovanni with the Costa Rican Chamber Opera group, and "Adiós Julián" produced by the Spanish Cultural Center under the direction of the MM Marina Bollaín, the Opera Salsa "Ausencia" by Eddie Mora accompanied by the group La Solution, he also participated as a soloist with the choir and symphony orchestra of the Municipality of Cartago in the Christmas Oratory of Camille Saint-Säens. He participated with Mozart Choral as a soloist in the "Petite Messe Solennelle" by G. Rossini. In 2011, she played the character “Carmen” by Georges Bizet, under the direction of maestro Daniel Nazareth and maestro Íride Martínez as stage director. Also in August and November of this year he participates as a soloist in JS Bach's “Magnificat” with the UCRCoral Choir under the direction of the young director Didier Mora at the National Theater and at the Barroco Festival, Santa Ana, San José. In November 2011 she was invited to Panama where she participated as a soloist by the teacher Electra Castillo to interpret with the Polyphonic Choir of Panama the "Petite Messe Solennelle" by G. Rossini in Panama City. Participate in August at noon theater recital at the National Theater with the Fundación Jóvenes Cantantes MP
Graduated from the Young Singers MP Foundation, with teachers Íride Martínez and Siegmund Weinmeister, she does Vocal Improvement in 2008 and 2009 in Germany. Today she works as a vocal trainer for said foundation.
She participated as a guest of the Compañía Lírica Nacional in a recital with Maestro Luis Llaneza in the Foyer of the National Theater; and also with the UCRCoral on December 1 and 2, 2012 at the premiere of the work “Salmos Cotidianos” by the Costa Rican composer Marvin Camacho in the same venue. He participated in master classes with the soprano Irena Sylya and the director Elio Orciuolo in Panama City in February 2013. In April he presented a recital in the foyer of the National Theater, “Cantos de España y Costa Rica” together with the pianist Ifigenia Lejarza. In May he again participated with the UCRCoral in the presentation of two important works, The Last Seven Words of Christ, by Alejandro Monestel, and Stabat Mater by Marvin Camacho, both works by Costa Rican composers, and the second being a premiere. She participated in the opera Cavalleria Rusticana with the CLN, playing Mamma Lucia, under the baton of maestro Enrique Patrón de Rueda. Participate in the second international opera festival. Attend master classes with Maestro Elio Orciuolo in Palermo, Italy. He sang the role of Amneris of the opera Aida by G. Verdi in Panama with the Ópera Panamá foundation under the baton of maestro Elio Orciuolo. She participated in the concert "Homenaje a G. Verdi" with the teacher Alfredo Bonavera with a private company, and in the concerts "Viva Verdi" as a guest of the CLN Cultural Extension program with the teacher Gabriela Mora Fallas at the National Theater .
From 2006 to date he has been part of the ARSYSS group where he performs lyrical repertoire and contemporary music.