Profiles

A versatile artist with exceptional vocal flexibility and improvisational skills, opera singer Maya Sapone performs both in the UK and internationally. Born in the Gabonese jungle of West Africa to a Thai mother and Italian father, Maya was raised in a multicultural environment and lived in several countries. A graduate of Trinity College of Music, London, Maya's area of activity ranges from opera to world music, from classical to contemporary, film music, improvisation and experimental theatre. 

Following her critically acclaimed performance as Lady Thiang at Curve Theatre’ spectacular production of The King and I directed by Paul Kerryson, Maya is next appearing as Lua in THE MOONFLOWER, an Amazonian Chamber Opera by Mario Ferraro and libretto by Eva Daníčkova, director of BOII THEATRE.

Journalist Geoff Cowart from the Hammersmith & Fulham Chronicle says in his preview: Hammersmith singer Maya Sapone trades the West End for two nights of letting loose at Riverside Studios during August’s mad laboratory of opera ... Living in Hammersmith Road, soprano Maya Sapone is already a veteran of the Tête à Tête madness as she marks her third festival appearance in the chamber opera, The Moonflower, on August 18th and 19th.

Presented at Tête à Tête The Opera Festival 2011 THE MOONFLOWER is a fusion of contemporary opera, theatre, circus and video art, inspired by the lives of two remarkable figures: Margaret Mee, a British botanist and artist explorer, and Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, environmentalist and activist.

Composed by Mario Ferraro (Brazil), written by Eva Daníčková (Czech Republic), directed byMaja Milatović-Ovadia (Serbia) and conducted by Andrew Morley (UK), this opera gathers an international team of artists from four continents in celebration of cultural diversity.

THE MOONFLOWER 18th & 19th August 2011 at 7:00pm, Riverside Studios (Studio 3), Crisp Road, Hammersmith, W6 9RL. Tickets: £6/4.

Wonderful singing - "The King and I" Curve Theatre Leicester, The Times

Beautifully sung by Maya Sapone - "The King and I" Curve Theatre Leicester, Totally Theatre

Fabulously hot-blooded - "Medousa a miniature opera" Riverside Studios, The Times

Wonderful, radiating baleful menace - "Medousa a miniature opera" Riverside Studios, The Daily Telegraph

Outstanding - "Clonic Mutations" Tate Modern, The Guardian

An awe inspiring sound - "The Magdalene Mysteries" Southwark Playhouse, MusicOMH