Cynthia Makris Explained

Cynthia Makris is an American soprano opera singer as well as a voice and empowerment coach.

Early life and education

Makris was born in Sterling, Colorado, USA, and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Music Performance from Adams State College.[1] Cynthia also has a degree in Interior Design from Palm Beach State College.

Opera Singer and Voice Coach

Cynthia Makris brings 30 years of experience singing major operatic roles in the leading opera houses of the world to her voice coaching. Her vast repertoire ranges from bel canto to dramatic, from Bellini, Donizetti, and Mozart to Verdi, Richard Strauss, and Wagner. Her career brought her to the stages of the world, including La Scala, Covent Garden, and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. She has lived and worked in nearly every country in Europe, as well as Japan, Singapore, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Argentina. Makris has been praised not only for the beauty of her voice but also for the integrity, honesty, and depth of her portrayals of figures as diverse as Puccini’s fragile title heroine, Madama Butterfly, to Verdi’s Lady Macbeth or Strauss’ Salome, which she has performed over three hundred times on five continents.

Cynthia is multilingual and has sung in many languages. This, along with her knowledge of musical styles, makes her an ideal coach for the serious classical student. She also specializes in preparing young people for auditions and building the foundation for their vocal technique. Her students have been accepted into the prestigious Bak Middle School for the Arts and the Dreyfoos High School for the Arts, as well as receiving college scholarships to pursue degrees in vocal music.

Cynthia has been coaching singers since 2007. She has a B.A. in Music Performance and is a certified life coach and master practitioner of NLP. She is a very demanding teacher and expects her students to have a high demand of themselves. Understanding that the voice is a very intimate part of a person’s makeup, she is also very compassionate and positive and always on the side of the student, empowering at all times.Ms. Makris teaches a natural and healthy approach to developing the voice, using the body’s own resonance chambers. It is especially important for children, whose voices are still developing, to learn a natural style of singing which will support the still maturing voice and not put unnecessary strain on the vocal chords. Classical Italian techniques uncover the natural beauty of each voice. The goal is an instrument which is integrated in all registers, which is capable of a wide variety of expression and has both power and beauty throughout.

Life Coach

Cynthia is a Chopra® Certified Instructor of Primordial Sound Meditation, a Reiki Master and a Neurolinguistic Programming Master Practitioner.

Career

Makris has sung major soprano roles at La Scala and the Royal Opera House, the Finnish National Opera and many other opera houses. She has performed in Europe, South America, and Asia. Her repertoire ranges from coloratura to dramatic roles including the title role in Salome by Richard Strauss. For Opera Queensland she sang Abigaille in Verdi's Nabucco in 2007 and Turandot in 2008.

Her first professional role was as Tosca with the Denver Lyric Opera Company.

Awards

Makris won the Metropolitan Opera Regional award for young singers as well the San Francisco Opera Regional award two consecutive years during her graduate studies in vocal performance at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

She received an award in 1982 from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia for her performance of the three heroines in The Tales of Hoffmann.[2]

She was Artist of the Year of the Savonlinna Opera Festival in 2006, an award for her contribution to the festival since 1993, when she sang Lady Macbeth in 's televised production of Verdi's opera.[3]

Personal life

Cynthia is married to Finnish tenor, Raimo Sirkiä and has a son, Pete Makris, who lives in Colorado. She lives in Florida, USA, and in Helsinki, Finland.

Repertoire

ComposerOperaRoleOpera Company / Partial List
BeethovenFidelioLeonoreFinnish National Opera
BelliniNormaNormaFinnish National Opera

Opera of Philadelphia

Badisches Staatstheater

BergLuluLuluStaatsoper Hannover
BergWozzeckMarieTeatro Municipal de Santiago

Badisches Staatstheater

BrandMaschinist

Hopkins

NellTheater Bielefeld

ORF Concert & Recording, Wien

DonizettiAnna BolenaAnnaFinnish National Opera

Badisches Staatstheater

DonizettiLucia di LammermoorLuciaTheater Bielefeld

Opernhaus Dortmund

GiordanoAndrea ChénierMaddalenaAalto Theater Essen
KorngoldDie tote StadtMarie/MariettaDeutsche Oper am Rhein

Teatro Colón Buenos Aires

Royal Swedish Opera

Teatro Bellini Catania

Opera Antwerpen

KrenekJonny spielt aufAnitaTeatro Colón Buenos Aires
LeoncavalloLa BohèmeMimiTheater Bielefeld
MooreThe Ballad of Baby DoeBaby DoeTheater Bielefeld
MozartDon GiovanniDonna AnnaTheater Bielefeld

Opernhaus Dortmund

Donna ElviraUniversity of Colorado
MozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailConstanzeTheater Freiburg

Saarländisches Staatstheater

MozartLe Nozze di FigaroLa ContessaNiederlandse Reisopera
MozartDie ZauberflötePaminaTheater Freiburg
OffenbachLes contes d’HoffmanOlympia

Antonia

Giulietta

Theater Bielefeld

Niederlandse Reisopera

Opernhaus Dortmund

PucciniLa fanciulla del WestMinnieFinnish National Opera

Teatro Regio Torino

Grange Park Opera

PucciniMadama ButterflyCio-Cio SanOpéra de Rouen

Utah Opera

PucciniManon LescautManonTheater Bielefeld

Staatsoper Berlin

PucciniToscaToscaDenver Lyric Opera

Badisches Staatstheater

Finnish National Opera

Opéra-Comique Paris

Deutsche Oper Berlin

PucciniTurandotTurandotSavonlinna Opera Festival

Teatro Argentino de la Plata

Teatro Colón Buenos Aires

Auditorio National Mexico City

Esplanade Singapore

Queensland Opera

Welsh National Opera

SchrekerIrreloheEvaTheater Bielefeld
SmetanaThe Bartered BrideMarieTheater Bielefeld
SpohrFaustKunigundeTheater Bielefeld
Johann StraussDie FledermausRosalindeOpernhaus Dortmund

Staatsoper Berlin

Johann StraussDie ZigeunerbaronSaffiTheater Freiburg
Richard StraussArabellaArabellaOpernhaus Dortmund

New National Theatre Tokyo

Richard StraussAriadne auf

Naxos

NajadeTheater Freiburg
Richard StraussDie Frau ohne SchattenDie KaiserinTheater Bielefeld

Finnish National Opera

Richard StraussDer FriedenstagMariaConcert Version Germany
Richard StraussElektraElektraTiroler Festspiele Erl

Theater Freiburg

Richard StraussSalomeSalomeOpernhaus Dormund

Australian Opera

New National Theatre Tokyo

Opera of Philadelphia

Finnish National Opera

Opéra national du Rhin

Teatro municipal Rio de Janeiro

Staatsoper Berlin

Bayerische Staatsoper

Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

Royal Swedish Opera

Scottish Opera

VerdiAidaAidaEstonian National Opera
VerdiUn ballo in mascheraAmeliaOpernhaus Dortmund

Opéra de Rouen

Semperoper Dresden

VerdiFalstaffAlice FordUniversity of Colorado
VerdiLa forza del destinoLeonoraBadisches Staatstheater

Savonlinna Opera Festival

VerdiLuisa MilleLuisaTheater Bielefeld
VerdiMacbethLady MacbethSavonlinna Opera Festival

Teatro Colón Buenos Aires

Theater Bonn

Teatro alla Scala Milano

VerdiNabuccoAbigailleEstonian National Opera

Royal Opera Covent Garden

Queensland Opera

VerdiOtelloDesdemonaOpernhaus Dortmund
VerdiLa traviataViolettaOper Graz

Theater Freiburg

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Badisches Staatstheater

Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz

Theater Bielefeld

Opera Corpus Christi

Staatsoper Berlin

VerdiIl trovatoreLeonoraOpernhaus Dortmund

Finnish National Opera

Teatro Municipal de São Paulo

Teatro Colón Buenos Aires

Opera Leipzig

Royal Danish Opera

WagnerDer fliegende HolländerSentaTheater Bonn

Tampere Opera

Musikfestival Wels

WagnerDie Meistersinger von NürnbergEvaOpernhaus Dortmund
WagerDas RheingoldFreiaTheater Freiburg
WagerTannhäuserVenus, ElisabethVenusSavonlinna Opera FestivalTeatro Real Madrid
WeberDie FreischützAgatheTheater Bielefeld
WeillAufstieg und Fall der Stadt MahagonnyJennyTheater Bielefeld

Operahaus Dortmund

ZandonaiFrancesca da RiminiFrancescaTeatro Colón Buenos Aires

References

  1. Book: International Who's Who in Classical Music 2003. 24 April 2003 . 496. Routledge. 978-1-85743-174-2.
  2. http://www.datenbanksoftware.net/article/F%C3%B6rderpreis_des_Landes_Nordrhein-Westfalen_f%C3%BCr_junge_K%C3%BCnstlerinnen_und_K%C3%BCnstler "Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen für junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler"
  3. Web site: Cynthia Makris – Artist of the Year . 2010-11-04 . 2011-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714023641/http://www.makrismastercoaching.com/artist.php . dead .