The soprano Mary Gougousi was born in Edessa, Greece. Her repertoire consists of iconic roles such as Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Contessa Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana) and Judith (Bluebeard’s castle).
At the age of seven she began studies in the Municipality Conservatory of Edessa (violin, piano, children’s choir). She continued her music studies at the National Conservatory of Athens in Heraklion, Crete studying piano and advanced theory and took the Degree in Harmony, the Degree in Counterpoint and the Degree in Fugue with honors. During the years 2012-2013 she wrote music for one local and one social documentary. Meanwhile she turned towards classical singing. In January2017 she took the Diploma in Classical Singing with honors and first prize (class of Anna-Maria Karkania, National Conservatory of Athens).
Ms Gougousi continued her studies in Accademia D’Arte Lirica in Osimo, Italy studying with: Raina Kabaivanska, Enza Ferrari, William Matteuzzi, Anna Vandi, Vincenzo De Vivo, Alla Simoni, Harriet Lawson, Carlo Morganti, Alessandro Benigni, Mirca Rosciani, Claudia Foresi, Matteo Mazzoni etc and has taken the Master di Alto Perfezionamento in Accademia Renato Bruson in Busseto of Italy studying with the great bariton Renato Bruson and with the maestro Roberto Barrali.
During the years 2019-2020 she was a member of the Opera Studio of the National Opera of Greece.
Mary Gougousi has participated as an active member in masterclasses with: Barbara Frittoli, Dennis O’Neill,Nucia Focile, Don Marrazzo, Dafni Evangelatou, Dimitri Platanias, Tassis Christoyannis, Aris Argyris, Aris Christofellis, Sofia Kondosi, Anna-Maria Karkania and Nikos Tsalikis.
She has also taken private lessons in classical singing with: Sylvia Sass, Patrizia Orciani, Marcin Habela, Celia Costea, Myrto Papathanasiou, Stamatis Beris, Massimo Morelli, Hara Savino, Nikolas Pagounis and Aris Christofellis.
In the years 2017 and 2019 Ms Gougousi was a prizewinner at Musical Odyssey Masterclasses and in October 2019 she took the 3rd prize at the International Competition Maria Labia Prize in Malcesine of Italy.
She hassung under the direction of international famed maestros such as Myron Michailidis, Michalis Economou, G.Pompeo, L.Bizzarri, D.Schlanger etc. Specifically, she has contributed with the Athens Philarmonia Orchestra performing the role of Tosca (Tosca -G.Puccini) and the role of Nedda (I Pagliacci – R.Leoncavallo) in Heraklion of Crete, as well as singing in an opera gala (Municipal Theater of Pireaus), with theNational Romanian Opera Craiova(Romania) and of Varna (Bulgaria) performing the role of Ciesca in the opera “Gianni Schicchi” – G.Puccini and the role of Saffi from the opera “Der Zigeunerbaron” – J.Strauss II at the Villingen- Schwenningen in Germany, with the orchestra “Città di Ferrara”in concerts at the “Teatro di Giuseppe Verdi” in Busseto, Italy and at the “Reggia di Colorno”in Colorno, Italy. In addition with the Greek National Radio and Television Orchestra singing in the concert of the Requiem of G.Fauré, in the 9th Symphony of L. van Beethoven, in the “Sommernachtstraum “ of F.Mendelssohn and for the recording of the greek Opera “The night of Pleioni” – G.Dousis, with theCity of Athens Symphony Orchestra at Benaki Museum for the production of “Le Nozze di Figaro”- W.A.Mozart, with A.S.O.Ν. orchestra in the production “Europeras 1&2” of J.Cage, with the Athens Academica Orchestra performing the roles of Ludmila, Fox and Mermaid at the “Frikadela” opera for kids – A.Baltas.
Mary Gougousi took the Mathematics Diploma and the Informatics Certificate from the University of Crete.
