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.
Among her oratorio and concert performances stand out Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Saint-Saëns’s Christmas Oratorio at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao; Bach’s St Matthew Passion at the Príncipe Felipe Auditorium in Oviedo under the direction of Friedrich Haider; Gaetano Pugnani’s Betulia Liberata and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the Terras sem Sombra Festival (Portugal); Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Euskadi Orchestra; Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Córdoba Orchestra; and Mozart’s Requiem organized by the Teatro Real at Burgos Cathedral.
She has recorded Verdi’s Otello (Emilia) under the direction of Friedrich Haider.
Among her most recent performances are Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), La casa de Bernarda Alba and Carmen at the Villamarta Theatre in Jerez; Parsifal at the Liceu; Jenůfa at the Teatro de la Maestranza; La ópera de cuatro notas and La tabernera del puerto (concert version) at the San Sebastián Musical Fortnight; El Caserío and Mirentxu at the Teatro de la Zarzuela; Die Walküre and La Traviata at the Teatro Real; Carmen at the Alicante Auditorium; Adriana Lecouvreur at Oviedo Opera; and concerts with the Córdoba Orchestra (Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis), the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra (Rossini’s Stabat Mater), and the Córdoba Orchestra (Bach’s Christmas Oratorio). She has also performed Rigoletto at the Teatro Real and ABAO, Saturraran at the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao, and Carmen at the San Sebastián Musical Fortnight, among others.
Her recent and upcoming engagements include Anna Bolena at Oviedo Opera, Il Trittico with ABAO, Amaya (concert version) at the San Sebastián Musical Fortnight, La forza del destino in Bilbao (ABAO), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Euskadi Orchestra, among others.
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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.
Among her oratorio and concert performances stand out Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Saint-Saëns’s Christmas Oratorio at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao; Bach’s St Matthew Passion at the Príncipe Felipe Auditorium in Oviedo under the direction of Friedrich Haider; Gaetano Pugnani’s Betulia Liberata and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the Terras sem Sombra Festival (Portugal); Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Euskadi Orchestra; Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Córdoba Orchestra; and Mozart’s Requiem organized by the Teatro Real at Burgos Cathedral.
She has recorded Verdi’s Otello (Emilia) under the direction of Friedrich Haider.
Among her most recent performances are Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), La casa de Bernarda Alba and Carmen at the Villamarta Theatre in Jerez; Parsifal at the Liceu; Jenůfa at the Teatro de la Maestranza; La ópera de cuatro notas and La tabernera del puerto (concert version) at the San Sebastián Musical Fortnight; El Caserío and Mirentxu at the Teatro de la Zarzuela; Die Walküre and La Traviata at the Teatro Real; Carmen at the Alicante Auditorium; Adriana Lecouvreur at Oviedo Opera; and concerts with the Córdoba Orchestra (Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis), the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra (Rossini’s Stabat Mater), and the Córdoba Orchestra (Bach’s Christmas Oratorio). She has also performed Rigoletto at the Teatro Real and ABAO, Saturraran at the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao, and Carmen at the San Sebastián Musical Fortnight, among others.
Her recent and upcoming engagements include Anna Bolena at Oviedo Opera, Il Trittico with ABAO, Amaya (concert version) at the San Sebastián Musical Fortnight, La forza del destino in Bilbao (ABAO), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Euskadi Orchestra, among others.
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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)
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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Reviews
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)
"Marifé Nogales performed well in the role of Suzuki, Butter's maid..." Jesús Sánchez-Ferragut (Diario de Jerez)
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