French mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti, who received international attention for performing in a heavy metal-classical crossover at the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics, revealed on Instagram she is a cancer survivor and that her next album, “In Darkness Through the Light,” will be a meditation on her experience fighting the disease.
Viotta wrote on Instagram, “I’m 100% recovered now, cancer free since several years, and so grateful about it. Most of you don’t know that part of my story because I kept it secret, mostly out of fear: fear of loosing my jobs as an opera singer, fear of being judged, fear of becoming ‘unreliable’ or ‘weak’ in the eyes of many (mostly professionally).”
She says her new album serves as a “track list” of her journey through cancer, adding: “It has been the only music I could sing, and in which I found a form of peace and acceptance, facing darkness through the light. This is why this album is so personal and dear to me.”
“In Darkness Through the Light” will be released by French label naïve on Oct. 11. The physical edition will include parts of Viotti’s personal diary as part of the album booklet.
