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{{Short description|Spanish soprano}}
{{Infobox person
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| image         = Maria Uriz, Soprano.jpg
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| birth_name    = María de la Asunción Uriz Mosquera
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1946|08|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place   = [[A Coruña]], Spain
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| occupation    = Soprano singer
{{Infobox musical artist
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| genre           = Opera
| associated_acts = {{Flatlist|
* [[Alfredo Kraus]]
* [[Plácido Domingo]]
* [[José Carreras]]
* [[Jaume Aragall]]
* [[Simon Estes]]
* [[Boris Christoff]]
* [[Marilyn Horne]]
* [[Montserrat Caballé]]
* [[Renata Scotto]]
* [[Elena Obraztsova]]
* [[Fiorenza Cossotto]]
* [[Éva Marton]]
* [[Ghena Dimitrova]]
* [[Edita Gruberová]]
* [[Sesto Bruscantini]]
* [[Rolando Panerai]]
}}
}}
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| spouse        = Klaus Dolle
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| alma_mater    = [[Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu]]
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'''María de la Asunción Uriz Mosquera''' (born 21 August 1946), better known as '''María Uriz''', is a Spanish [[soprano]].
==Biography==
María Uriz was born in [[A Coruña]]. While studying for her [[Spanish Baccalaureate|Superior Baccalaureate]], she began studying piano, chamber music, and dramatic art at the Conservatory of Music in her hometown. At the end of these courses, and influenced by her brother who was a member of the Echo Polyphonic Choir, she took her first steps in the world of [[opera]]. After that, she began her singing career, concluding her studies at the [[Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=704RAQAAMAAJq |title=Boletin informativo |publisher=[[Fundación Juan March]] |page=27 |language=Spanish |year=1985 |access-date=1 June 2018 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
In the 1970s she obtained the [[Fundación Juan March|March]] and Castellblanch scholarships, which allowed her to move to Italy to further her studies.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1972/08/03/034.html |title=Concesión de becas de la 'Fundación March' |trans-title=Awarding of the 'March Foundation' Scholarships |work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |page=34 |language=Spanish |date=3 August 1972 |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> Later she also obtained the Agustín Pedro y Pons scholarship and the Eugenia Kémeny singing prize. Shortly after this, she was required by the authorities to act in the reception that annually recognized the then head of state [[Francisco Franco]] and his ministers at the Municipal Palace of A Coruña. For four years, and under the direction of famous soprano [[Elvira de Hidalgo]], the teacher of [[Maria Callas]], she studied vocal and stage technique in Milan.
Since her debut in 1974, Uriz has become a regular singer at the [[Liceu|Gran Teatre del Liceu]] in Barcelona with a wide repertoire. She participated in special performances of ''[[Doña Francisquita]]'' directed by [[Plácido Domingo]]; ''[[La bohème]]'' with Plácido Domingo and [[Montserrat Caballé]], with [[Jeanette Pilou]] and Beniamino Prior, ''[[La favorite]]'' with [[Alfredo Kraus]], ''{{ill|Maruxa|es}}'', ''Medea'', and ''[[Roméo et Juliette]]''. She has also performed in [[zarzuela]]s and operas at the [[Teatro de la Zarzuela]] in Madrid, recitals at the [[Palau de la Música Catalana]], Teatro Colón, and Rosalía de Castro in A Coruña, and in cities such as Oviedo, Gijón, Ourense, Vigo, Santiago de Compostela, Düsseldorf, and Luxembourg.
==Television appearances==
Uriz has recorded several [[Televisión Española|TVE]] specials on opera, such as ''[[La saga de los Rius]]'',<ref name=eldia>{{Cite news |url=http://eldia.es/criterios/2014-01-20/7-Maria-Uriz.htm |title=María Uriz |work=[[El Día (Canary Islands)|El Día]] |language=Spanish |date=20 January 2014 |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jE5EDPjs8jYC&pg=PA140 |title=Fernando Guillén, un actor de hoy |trans-title=Fernando Guillén, an Actor of Today |first1=César |last1=Oliva |first2=Jesús |last2=García de Dueñas |publisher=Ediciones de la Universidad de Murcia |isbn=9788483710708 |page=140 |language=Spanish |year=1999 |access-date=1 June 2018 |via=Google Books}}</ref> playing Amelia in ''[[Un ballo in maschera]]'' ([[José Carreras]]) and Leonora in ''[[Il trovatore]]'' (with J. Aragall).
==Awards==
* 1977 [[Radio Nacional de España|RNE]] gold medal – Gran Teatre del Liceu, given to the youngest singer in the operatic season<ref name=eldia/>
* Galician Disc Award (CBS-Columbia) on [[Galician Literature Day]] for ''Cantigas galegas dos seculos XIX e XX'' (1978)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1978/05/18/sociedad/264290416_850215.html |title=Conmemoración del Día das Letras Galegas |trans-title=Commemoration of Galician Literature Day |first=Perfecto |last=Conde Muruais |work=[[El País]] |location=Santiago |language=Spanish |date=18 May 1978 |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
* Great Cross of Humanitarian Merit (2006)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://meritohumanitario.blogspot.com/2006/05/palmars-2005-2006-institucin-del-mrito.html |title=Palmarés 2005–2006 – Institución del Mérito Humanitario |publisher=Institucion del Merito Humanitario |language=Spanish |date=14 May 2006 |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
==Selected repertoire==
* 1974 ''Sigfried'', ''Arabella'', ''Hänsel und Gretel''
* 1975–76 ''Carmen'' (with Plácido Domingo), ''Norma'', ''The Marriage of Figaro'', ''Don Gil'', ''La traviata'' (with Jaume Aragall), ''Macbeth'' (with Pedro la Virgen, Joan Pons)
* 1976–77 ''La bohème'' (with Plácido Domingo and Montserrat Caballe), ''Romeo'', ''Medea'' (with Montserrat Caballe), ''La traviata''
* 1977–78 ''Parisina d'Este'' (with Montserrat Caballe and Plácido Domingo), ''La bohème'' (with Montserrat Caballe)
* 1978–79 ''Maruxa'', ''La vida breve''
* 1980 ''Il trovatore'', ''Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra''
* 1981 ''Adriana'' (with Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, José Carreras, Mirella Freni)
* 1982 ''La chulapona'', ''La marchenera'' (anthology of Moreno Torroba), ''La favorite'' (with Alfredo Kraus)<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://elpais.com/diario/1982/02/02/cultura/381452409_850215.html |title=Versión desconcertante |trans-title=Disconcerting Version |first=Jordi |last=Cervello |work=[[El País]] |language=Spanish |date=2 February 1982 |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
* 1983 ''El asombro de Damasco'', ''La del Soto del Parral'', ''Luisa Fernanda'', ''Los gavilanes'', ''La fanciulla del West'' (with Plácido Domingo), ''Macbeth'', ''La traviata''
* 1984 ''Il turco in Italia'' (with Sesto Bruscantini), ''Curro Vargas'', ''La verbena''
* 1985 ''Doña Francisquita'', ''Macbeth''
* 1986 ''Manon'', ''La traviata'' (with Alfredo Kraus)
* 1987 ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (with Plácido Domingo, Elena Obratsova), ''Gianni Schicchi'' (with Rolando Panerai), ''Saffo'' (with Monteserrat Caballe), ''Adriana'', ''Mefistofele'' (with Monteserrat Caballe)<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://elpais.com/diario/1987/12/23/cultura/567212409_850215.html |title=Voces de verdad |trans-title=Voices of Truth |first=Agustí |last=Fancelli |work=[[El País]] |language=Spanish |date=23 December 1987 |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
* 1989 ''Manon Lescaut'' (with Mirella Freni, Renata Scotto), ''Adriana'' (with Mirella Freni, Monteserrat Caballe, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo), ''Tancredi'' (with Marilyn Horne)
* 1990 ''Elektra'', ''Die Walküre'' (with Simon Estes), ''Aida'', ''La fiamma'' (with Monteserrat Caballe), ''Suor Angelica''
* 1991 ''La traviata''<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/06/cultura/421020017_850215.html |title=El éxito sereno de los españoles |trans-title=The Serene Success of the Spanish |first= José Luis |last=García del Busto |work=[[El País]] |language=Spanish |date=6 May 1993 |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
* 1992 ''Maria Stuarda'' (with Daniela Dessi), ''La traviata''
* 1993 ''Carmen'', ''Il trovatore''
* 1994 ''La verbena'', ''La del Soto del Parral'', ''Sueños de Gloria''
* 1996 ''Macbeth''
* 1998 ''[[Jenůfa]]''
* 2001 ''Pan y toros''
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[[Category:Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu alumni]]
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[[Category:People from A Coruña]]
[[Category:Spanish operatic sopranos]]
[[Category:21st-century Spanish women opera singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Spanish women opera singers]]