Born in Andoaín (Guipúzcoa), Marifé studied singing at a higher-education level at Musikene (Centro Superior de música del País Vasco), with Maite Arruabarrena, Alejandro Zabala, Ana María Sanchez and Maciej Pikulski among others. She has taken several advanced courses in voice and repertoire with prestigious teachers such as Ana Luisa Chova, Isabel Rey, Enrique Viana, Rubén Fernández Aguirre, Itziar Barredo, Ricardo Visus…
She performed in prominent festivals like that of la Quincena Musical de Donostia, Festival Internacional de Granada and Festival de Música de Peralada and in the seasons of Teatro Real, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Nacional São Carlos de Lisboa, Ópera de Oviedo, Teatro de la Maestranza, Teatro Arriaga, Teatro de la Zarzuela, ABAO and Teatros del Canal, under the baton of important conductors, including Patrick Fournillier, Marco Armiliato, Michele Mariotti, Teodor Currentzis, Alberto Zedda, Ottavio Dantone, Pietro Rizzo, Lionel Bringuier, Vasily Petrenko, Miquel Ortega, Pedro Halffter, Jesús López Cobos and Friedrich Haider, among others.
She performed Le nozze di Figaro (Cherubino) at the Palacio Euskalduna under the direction of Emilio Sagi and Eduardo López Banzo, La Traviata (Flora), Rigoletto (Magdalena), Die Zauberflöte (the second Lady), Don Giovanni (Zerlina) in the Luis Mariano opera season in Irun, Il Viaggio a Reims (Magdalena) at the Teatro Arriaga directed by Emilio Sagi and Alberto Zedda, Giulio Cesare (Nireno) in ABAO, Macbeth (Lady-in-waiting) at the Teatro Campoamor, the premier of the opera La casa de Bernarda Alba de Miquel Ortega in Santander and Peralada. She debuted at the Teatro Real in the opera L´italiana in Algeri under the baton of Jesús López Cobos and Joan Font, and she has also sung in the premiere of L´isola disabitata de Manuel García directed by Emilio Sagi and Rubén Fernandez Aguirre in the Teatro Arriaga and at the Teatro de la Maestranza, Carmen (Mercedes) at the Auditorio Baluarte of Pamplona, Mirentxu by Guridi at the Teatro Arriaga under the direction of Emilio Sagi and David Jiménez Carreras, Parsifal conducted by Vasily Petrenko, in Santiago de Compostela, Il Trovatore at the Teatro Campoamor, L´italiana in Algeri at the Palacio Euskalduna, Carmen (Mercedes) with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla and León, El Gato Montés at Teatro de la Zarzuela, Teatro Campoamor and at the Teatro de la Maestranza, the 25th anniversary concert of the re-inauguration of the Teatro Arriaga, Die Zauberflöte (Papagena) at Escorial and in the Quincena Musical Donostiarra, Macbeth at the Teatro Real, Thais at the Teatro de la Maestranza, Un Cuartito Lírico at the Teatro Arriaga, La forza del destino at ABAO, El Gato Montés in Lisbon, Il Viaggio a Reims at the Teatro Nacional São Carlos, El diablo en el poder at the Teatro de la Zarzuela. She has also taken part in a zarzuela gala at the Teatro Arriaga, a concert at the International Festival of Santander with the Orquesta de Bilbao, Carmen at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, La Traviata at the Teatro Real, Carmen in Mahón and L’isola disabitata at Los Teatros del Canal. She has also had important roles in the zarzuelas Luisa Fernanda and La Dolorosa at the Teatro Victoria Eugenia of San Sebastián.
Her oratorio and concert performances include Requiem by Mozart, Gloria by Vivaldi, Oratorio de Noël by Saint-Saëns at Bilbao's Palacio Euskalduna, Bach's St. Matthew Passion at the Auditorio Príncipe Felipe of Oviedo, with Friedrich Haider conducting, Betulia Liberata by Gaetano Pugnani and Stabat Mater by Pergolesi at the Festival Terras Sem Sombra (Portugal) and the Coronation Mass by Mozart with the Orquesta de Euskadi. She also recorded the opera Otello by Verdi (Emilia) under the direction Friedrich Haider.
Recent performances include Manon Lescaut and Il Barbiere di Siviglia as part of the ABAO season; Un avvertimento ai gelosi and Adriana Lecouvreur at the Teatro de la Maestranza; Le cinesi and Los Elementos at the Fundación Juan March; Carmen at the Kursaal in San Sebastián with Opus Lírica; Thaïs in a concert version at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Real and at the Festival de Peralada; La Cenerentola in San Sebastián; Madama Butterfly and Dead Man Walking at the Teatro Real de Madrid; La casa de Bernarda Alba at Teatro de la Zarzuela; a concert with the Orquesta de Córdoba with St. Matthew Passion; Otello at Teatro Cervantes of Málaga; Madama Butterfly (Suzuki) at Teatro Villamarta in Jerez; a concert with Mozart’s Requiem organized by Teatro Real at the Catedral de Burgos and La ópera de cuatro notas within the frame of Quincena Musical Donostiarra. Last season she performed El Caserío and Mirentxu at Teatro de la Zarzuela and Die Walküre and La Traviata at the Teatro Real.
Among her latest performances are Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), La casa de Bernarda Alba y Carmen at the Villamarta Theater in Jerez; Parsifal at the Liceu; Jenufa at the Maestranza Theater; The Opera of Four Notes and La Tabernera del Puerto (concert version) in the San Sebastian Musical Fortnight; El Caserío and Mirentxu at the Teatro de la Zarzuela; Die Walküre and La Traviata at the Teatro Real; Carmen in the Alicante Auditorium; Adriana Lecouvreur at the Oviedo Opera; and concerts with the Córdoba Orchestra (Beethoven's Misa Solemnis), Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra (Rossini's Stabat Mater) and Córdoba Orchestra (Bach's Christmas Oratorio), Rigoletto at the Teatro Real and ABAO and Saturraran at the Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao, among others.
Her upcoming engagements include Carmen at the Donostiarra Musical Fortnight, Anna Bolena at the Oviedo Opera and Il Trittico at ABAO.
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2024-2025 Performances
SATURRARAN 20 of June of 2024 Teatro Arriaga (Bilbao) 22 of June of 2024 Teatro Arriaga (Bilbao)
CARMEN 8 of August of 2024 Auditorio Kursaal (San Sebastián) 10 of August of 2024 Auditorio Kursaal (San Sebastián)
ANNA BOLENA 7 of September of 2024 Ópera de Oviedo 9 of September of 2024 Ópera de Oviedo 12 of September of 2024 Ópera de Oviedo 14 of September of 2024 Ópera de Oviedo
IL TRITTICO 23 of November of 2024 ABAO (Bilbao) 26 of November of 2024 ABAO (Bilbao) 29 of November of 2024 ABAO (Bilbao) 02 of December of 2024 ABAO (Bilbao)
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MADAMA BUTTERFLY. 2019
"This role [Suzuky] was performed by the soprano from San Sebastian Marifé Nogales, always demonstrating an excellent balance between lyricism and dramatic vis by her different interventions in recitato, serving as a balanced counterpoint to Maribel Ortega's performance, as was reflected in her duet of the flowers in the second act". José Antonio Cantón (Scherzo)
"Marifé Nogales performed well in the role of Suzuki, Butter's maid..." Jesús Sánchez-Ferragut (Diario de Jerez)