Zoila Muñoz
Peruvian-born Zoila Muñoz, mezzo-soprano, received her musical training
in Lima and at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where she received her
M.A. Following studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Paul Schilhawsky,
Erik Werba, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, she won first prize in the Mozart
Competition and the International Opera Competition. Ms. Muñoz's
European career has featured performances from the sacred and secular
baroque repertoire, including Monteverdi's Vespers and Orfeo
at the Holland Festival and Handel's Xerxes under Jean-Claude Magloire
in France. She has also received acclaim as Rossini's heroines Isabella and
Rosina, as Carmen, and Baba the Turk in The Rake's Progress.
In the U.S., Ms. Muñoz has sung with Portland Opera and Sacramento
Opera. With Apollo Opera her roles have included Dido, Gluck's Orfeo,
Dorabella, Poppea, and Ersibe in Cavalli's L'Ormindo. Ms. Muñoz
also sang Suzuki with great success in last year's production of Madama
Butterfly with Apollo Opera. Ms. Muñoz can be heard with the
American Bach Soloists in the recording of Bach's B-Minor Mass on the
Koch international Classics label.
8 Feb 1998
