Paula Rosado started playing piano at the age of 7 years old in Lisbon with Irene Tiago as teacher. In 1997, with the help of her teacher Maria Amélia Abreu, she enrolled the voice course at Escola de Música do Conservatório Nacional (National Conservatory) in Lisbon. There she worked with Helena Pina Manique and Rute Dutra, finishing her studies in 2004. In that same year she was admitted to Roberta Alexander’s class at Codarts, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She got her bachelor’s degree in 2008 and worked further with Charlotte Riedijk until the end of 2010, time when she returned to her homeland, Portugal.

Paula attended several masterclasses by Claire Vangelisti, Carleen Graham, Isabel Alcobia, João Lourenço, Roberta Alexander, Carolyn Watkinson, Frans Huijts, Fred Jacobs and Marc Krone. She also follows choir conducting masterclasses by António Lourenço and Paulo Lourenço in Setúbal and Aveiro.

From 1994 to 2004 she sang with the choir Regina Coeli in Lisbon, which repertoire included “a capella” music (XVI to XX centuries) and symphonic choirs. During these years she worked with several conductors: António Lourenço, Paulo Lourenço, Vasco Pearce de Azevedo and Filipe Carvalheiro. She also performed in projects with the choir of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, where she was conducted by Sir Colin Davis and Claudio Abbado. In the Netherlands, between 2004 and 2010, she worked with the Laurenscantorij and Laurens Bachcollegium from Rotterdam and Groot Omroepkoor from Hilversum, under the direction of conductors Wiecher Mandemaker, Barend Schuurman, Simon Halsey and Jaap van Zweeden.

In 1997 she collaborated in the recording of the CD “Os Melhores Coros Amadores da Região”, Lisboa, Vol. III.

Na ópera já foi Cherubino (“Le Nozze di Figaro”, W.A. Mozart), Donna Elvira (“Don Giovanni”, W.A. Mozart), Dorabella (“Così fan tutte”, W.A. Mozart), tendo colaborado com Cilia Hogerzeil nas produções “(Un)Dressed – A Singing Catwalk Show” e “Monologen van aankomst en vertrek”.

 No estilo canção interpretou diversos compositores em concerto, dos quais se destacam Vianna da Motta, Francisco de Lacerda, Richard Strauss, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Francis Poulenc e Claude Debussy.

Paula has performed in several theaters, including De Doelen in the Netherlands and the Teatro Aveirense in Portugal, as well as the Casino in Figueira da Foz and the National Palace in Mafra, among others, in collaboration with the Orchestras Filarmonia das Beiras, Banda Sinfónica da P.S.P and Filarmónica Cultural da Ericeira.

In opera she was Cherubino (“Le Nozze di Figaro”, W.A. Mozart), Donna Elvira (“Don Giovanni”, W.A. Mozart), Dorabella (“Così fan tutte”, W.A. Mozart), and worked with Cilia Hogerzeil in the productions “(Un)Dressed – A Singing Catwalk Show” and “Monologen van aankomst en vertrek”.

She also sings lied from Vianna da Motta, Francisco de Lacerda, Richard Strauss, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Francis Poulenc and Claude Debussy, among other composers.

Paula has sung as choir member extensively, having in her repertoire Johannes Passion (Bach), Mathäeus Passion (Bach), Magnificat (Bach), B minor mass (Bach), La damnation de Faust (Berlioz), Messiah (Händel), Symphony n.º 2 in C minor (Mahler), Coronation mass (Mozart), Requiem (Mozart), Carmina Burana (Orff), Stabat Mater (Rossini), Gloria (Vivaldi). She has also performed small oratorio roles.

At the moment Paula Rosado sings solo concerts and is a teacher (voice, piano for beginners and music for children). She is also developing her career as music therapist.

She has a license degree in Management by Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG) from Universidade Técnica de Lisboa and a master in Music therapy by Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa.

(Non exhaustive list)

Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)

• Měsičku na nebi hlubokém (Rusalka, Ópera “Rusalka”)

Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)

• Che farò senza Euridice (Orfeu, Ópera “Orfeu”)
• O del mio dolce ardor (Paride, Ópera “Paride ed Elena”)

Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)

• Jewel song (Ah! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir) (Marguerite, Ópera “Faust”)
• Faites-lui mes aveux (Siebel, Ópera “Faust”)

Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)

• Piangerò la sorte mia (Cleopatra, Ópera” Giulio Cesare”)
• Lascia ch’io pianga (Almirena, Ópera “Rinaldo”)

Léhar, Franz (1870-1948)

• Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiß (Giuditta, Ópera “Giuditta”)

Massenet, Jules (1842-1912)

• Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux! (Chimène, Ópera “Le Cid”)
• Je suis encore tout étourdie (Manon, Ópera “Manon”)
• Adieu, notre petite table (Manon, Ópera “Manon”)
• Obéissons quand leur voix appellee (Manon, Ópera “Manon”)

Menotti, Gian Carlo (1911-2007)

• Monica’s Walz (Monica, Ópera “The Medium”)
• The Black Swan (Monica, Ópera “The Medium”)

Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)

• Lamento d’Arianna (Lasciatemi morire) (Arianna, Ópera “Arianna”)
• Ahi, troppo e duro (Una delle ingrate, Ópera “Il Ballo delle ingrate”)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)

• Una donna a quindici anni (Despina, Ópera “Così fan tute”)
• Ach, ich fühl’s (Pamina, Ópera “Die Zauberflöte”)
• Ah, chi mi dice mai (Donna Elvira, Ópera “Don Giovanni“)
• Ah, fuggi il traditor (Donna Elvira, Ópera “Don Giovanni“)
• Mi tradì quell’alma ingrata (Donna Elvira, Ópera “Don Giovanni“)
• Batti, batti o bel Masetto (Zerlina, Ópera “Don Giovanni“)
• Vedrai carino (Zerlina, Ópera “Don Giovanni“)
• Idol mio (Elektra, Ópera “Idomeneo”)
• Il padre adorato (Idamante, Ópera “Idomeneo”)
• Non ho colpa (Idamante, Ópera “Idomeneo”)
• Tu fosti tradito (Annio, Ópera “La clemenza di Tito”)
• Vorrei punirti indegno (Arminda, Ópera “La finta giardiniera”)
• Non so più cosa son (Cherubino, Ópera “Le Nozze di Figaro”)
• Voi che sapete che cosa è amor (Cherubino, Ópera “Le Nozze di Figaro”)
• Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro (Contessa, Ópera “Le Nozze di Figaro”)
• Dove sono i bei momenti (Contessa, Ópera “Le Nozze di Figaro”)
• Venite, inginocchiatevi! (Susanna, Ópera “Le Nozze di Figaro”)
• Deh, vieni, non tardar (Susanna, Ópera “Le Nozze di Figaro”)

Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)

• Elle a fui, la tourterelle (Antonia, Ópera “Les contes d’Hoffmann”)

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736)

• Stizzoso, mio stizzoso (Serpina, Ópera “La serva padrona”)

Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)

• O mio babbino caro (Lauretta, Ópera “Gianni Schicchi”)
• Sì, mi chiamano Mimì (Mimi, Ópera “La Bohéme”)
• Donde lieta uscì (Mimi, Ópera “La Bohéme”)
• Quando me’n vo’ (Musetta, Ópera “La Bohéme”)
• Ch’il bel sogno di Doretta (Magda, Ópera “La rondine”)
• Un bel dì (Cio-Cio San, Ópera “Madama Butterfly”)
• Vissi d’arte (Tosca, Ópera “Tosca”)
• Signore, ascolta! (Liú, Ópera “Turandot”)
• Tu che di gel sei cinta (Liú, Ópera “Turandot”)

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)

• Dido’s Lament (When I am laid) (Dido, Ópera “Dido and Aeneas“)
• Thrice happy lovers (Ópera “Fairy Queen”)
• The Plaint (Ópera “Fairy Queen”)

Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)

• Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen (Ännchen, Ópera “Der Freischütz”)

Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)

• An die Nachtigall (Op.46, n.º 4)
• Wiegenlied (Op. 49, n.º 4)

Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)

• Green
• Romance

Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)

• Zigeunermelodien (Ciclo) (Op. 55)

Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946)

• Siete canciones populares españolas (Ciclo)

Freitas Branco, Luís de (1890-1955)

• Aquela moça

Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)

• Ave Maria
• Prière

Granados, Enrique (1867-1916)

• Colección de tonadillas (Ciclo)

Heggie, Jake (1961-)

• Joy Alone (Connection) (Natural Selection, n.º 5)
• Once Upon a Universe (Of Gods and Cats, n.º 2)

Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)

• Four Songs for Voice and Violin (Ciclo) (Op. 35)

Lacerda, Francisco de (1869-1934)

• Desde que os cravos e rosas
• Quero cantar, ser alegre

Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)

• Das himmlische Leben (4. Sinfonie G-Dur, n.º 4)

Modinhas Luso-Brasileiras

• Em qualquer parte que esteja
• Erva mimoza do campo

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)

• Abendempfindung (K. 523)
• Dans un bois (K. 308)

Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)

• Métamorphoses (Ciclo)
• La Reine de cœur (La Courte Paille, n.º 3)

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)

• Music for a while (Z. 583, n.º 2)
• Sweeter than roses (Z. 585, n.º 1)

Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943)

• Сирень (Lilases) (Op. 21, n.º 5)
• Здесь хорошо (Aqui estou bem) (Op. 21, n.º 7)

Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)

• Shéhérazade (Ciclo)

Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)

• An die Musik (Op. 88, n.º 4, D. 547)
• Lied der Mignon (Op. 62, n.º 4, D. 877, n.º 4)

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)

• Liebeslied (Op. 51, n.º 5)
• Was will die einsame Träne (Op. 25, n.º 21)

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)

• Acht Gedichte aus ‘Letzte Blätter’ von Hermann von Gilm (Ciclo) (Op. 10)
• Vier letzte Lieder (Ciclo) (WoO. 150)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)

• Ten Blake Songs (Ciclo para canto e oboe)

Vianna da Motta, José (1868-1948)

• Lavadeira e Caçador (Op. 10, n.º 5)
• Olhos negros (Op. 10, n.º 4)

Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)

• Canção do poeta do Século XVIII
• Suite (Ciclo para canto e violino)

Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)

• Auch kleine Dinge (Italienisches Liederbuch, n.º 1)
• Das verlassene Mägdlein (Mörike-Lieder, n.º 7)

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

• Die Seele Ruht in Jesu Händen (Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott (BWV 127))
• Et exsultavit spiritus meus (Magnificat (BWV 243a))
• Quia respexit humilitatem (Magnificat (BWV 243a))
• Blute nur, du liebes Herz! (Mätthäus- Passion (BWV 244))
• Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt… Ich wil dir mein Herze schenken (Mätthäus- Passion (BWV 244))
• Er hat uns allen wohlgetan… Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (Mätthäus- Passion (BWV 244))
• Ich folge dir gleichfalls (Johannes-Passion (BWV 245))
• Zerfließe, mein Herze (Johannes-Passion (BWV 245))

Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)

• Ihr Habt nun Traurigkeit (Ein deutsches Requiem (Op. 45))

Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)

• Pie Jesu (Messe de Requiem (Op. 48))

Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)

• He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (Messiah (HWV 56))
• How beautiful are the feet (Messiah (HWV 56))
• I know that my Redeemer liveth (Messiah (HWV 56))
• Oh, that I on Wings could rise (Theodora (HWV 68))
• With darkness deep as is my woe (Theodora (HWV 68))

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)

• Hör’ mein Bitten (WoO 15)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)

• Agnus Dei (Krönungsmesse (K 317))
• Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore (K 339))
• Requiem (K 626)

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736)

• Cujus aninmam gementem (Stabat Mater)
• Vidit  suum dulcem natum (Stabat Mater)

Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)

• Petite messe solennelle

Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)

• Gloria (RV 589)

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