Paula Morna Dória



In oratory Ms.Doria sang the Coronation Mass and Requiem (Mozart), The Messiah (Handel), Stabat Mater and Gloria (Vivaldi), Jubilate Deo (Purcell) Magnificat (Bach), Stabat Mater (Pergolesi), Elijah and 9th Symphony (Beethoven), Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini), Requiem (Bomtempo) and Dvorak's Stabat Mater.

In opera, she sang Mercedes and Carmen in Carmen, Venus in Tannhäuser, Madame Larina in Evgueni Oneguin, Mother Abadessa in Dialogues des Carmélites, Marcellina and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Inez in Il Trovatore, La Chatte, Le Patre and L' Écureil in L'Enfant et les Sortiléges, Meg Page in Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Emilia in the Otello de Verdi, Old Lady and Madame Podtotchina in The Nose of Shostakovitch, Joana in The Demolition, Ricarda in The Church of the Sea, Zulma in the L 'Italiana in Algeri, Giulia in Irene by Alfredo Keil, Second Maid in Elektra by Strauss and Grimgerde in Die Walkure.

She recorded Via Crucis (Liszt) for RTP and a CD with works by Portuguese composers Jorge Peixinho and Lopes-Graça for Numérica Label.

Ms.Doria was a finalist for “Search for a Star” competition (Indianapolis - USA) singing under the regency of Marvin Hamlisch and belonged to the Dicapo Opera Theater as a young artist in New York. Winner of the Bellini International Vocal Competition in Italy as "Best Chamber Music Singer", she performed at Carnegie Hall for this award, as well as at Avery Fischer Hall (Lincoln Center) as a soloist for Beethoven´s 9th Symphony and Choral Fantasy under the direction of Richard Aldron Clark.

She was also a soloist with all the Portuguese orchestras, including the Orquesta Filarmonia das Beiras, Orchestra of Cascais and Oeiras, Orquestra do Norte, Orquestra do Algarve, Lisboa Metropolitan Orchestra, Porto Classical Orchestra, Portuguese Symphonic Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Chicago Opera Orchestra, among others.

Ms.Doria holds a degree in Philosophy from FLUP, a Master's degree in Music from Indiana University (Bloomington - USA) and is a Doctor in Musical Arts from Rutgers University - USA, having been a Fellow of the Foundation for Science and Technology in order to pursue her graduate work in the USA.

She was a Voice teacher for the Theater department at the University of Évora, from 2006-2017 and belonged to the external jury for Music at the Direcção Geral das Artes – Ministry of Culture in 2020.

Future engagements include the role of Mrs.Grose in the Britten opera The Turn of the Screw at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon, conducted by Cameron Burns.

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