Friday, 16 September 2011

2002: Annely Peebo & Marko Matvere

Annely Peebo (born 16 November 1971) is a mezzo-soprano from Estonia. She gained a diploma for choral conducting and completed vocal studies in song and opera. She studied at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Vienna in Vienna, Austria. In 1997, she became a permanent ensemble member of the Vienna State Opera, where she sang in Rigoletto and many other operas.
At the Vienna Festival in 2001, Peebo sang the role of Meroe in the first performance of the expressionistic opera, Penthesilea by Othmar Schoeck (after Heinrich von Kleist). At the Salzburg Festival in 2002, she performed works by Mozart and Gershwin. She also performed together with Plácido Domingo, Renato Bruson, and Stefania Bonfadelli.
Annely Peebo speaks five languages, a trait which allowed her to playing a leading role in the French movie les leçons des ténèbres as well as hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.
Annely Peebo is married and she has two children.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annely_Peebo

With her co-host in the 2002 ESC.

Marko Matvere (born February 4, 1968 in Pärnu) is an Estonian actor. He was the front actor of the Tallinn City Theatre since graduating from the Higher Theatre School of the Estonian Academy of Music in 1990, but was to go freelance in 2004. Matvere is one of the most famous and expensive Estonian actor.[1] He made his first movie appearance in Suflöör (1993). So far, Matvere has played or voiced in seven films and television series including foreign TV- series.[2]
Matvere is married to Tiina Matvere and they have daughter Matilde and son Oskar.[3]
Marko has played many roles, including the musical blockbusters of Les Misérables (Javiert), Tanz der Vampire (Chagal), The Sound of Music (Von Trapp) and Miss Saigon (Engineer). He has performed the main role in several films ("Georg) and television series. He hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with Annely Peebo. Also he has hosted TV-show Songs with Stars with Karin Rask.
He has been a member of the music group "Väikeste lõõtspillide ühing" ("Association of Little Accordions") since 1989.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marko_Matvere

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