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Paul Ukena [SEP] voice type

Paul Ukena Paul Ukena (August 19, 1921, Lakota, Iowa - March 10, 1991, Mount Vernon, New York) was an American operatic baritone who had an active career during the 1950s through the 1970s. In the early part of his career, in November 1950 he was the baritone soloist in the American premiere of Frederick Delius's "Requiem". Although the work was completed in 1916, this was only its third performance (the first two, in London and Frankfurt, had occurred as far

as Sheriff Fox - Fritz Sperberg as Deputy Sheriff Joey - Radha Delamarter as Janie - John David Garfield as Photographer - Paul Ukena, Tom Eiden, Bo Gray, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as The outlaws - Forrie J. Smith, Steven G. Tyler, Massimiliano Ubaldi as The cowboys - Paloma von Broadley as Jessica - Samantha Waidler as Mary Lou - Kevin Barker, Brian Barker, Charlie Barker, Pilar O'Connell, Sarah Waidler, Lauren Myers, Natasha Goslow as The sons - Patrick Myers as Patrick

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Peter Barcza [SEP] voice type

Peter Barcza Peter Barcza (born 23 June 1949) is a Canadian operatic baritone who has had an active international career since the early 1970s. After studies at the University of Toronto, he became a member of the Canadian Opera Company in 1971. The following year he won the Metropolitan Opera regional auditions. He has since appeared with major opera companies throughout the world, including La Monnaie, the New Orleans Opera, the New York City Opera, the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Paris Opera, the Seattle Opera,

and the Vancouver Opera among others. Barcza has appeared in recital and with symphony orchestras across Canada, including the Montreal Symphony, Quebec Symphony, Toronto Symphony and the National Arts Center Orchestra (Ottawa). Sources. - Peter Barcza at thecanadianencyclopedia.com -

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Peter Mattei [SEP] voice type

Peter Mattei Peter Mattei (born 3 June 1965) is a Swedish operatic baritone, particularly known for his performances in Mozart's baritone roles. Biography. Peter Mattei studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. He debuted in Mozart's "La finta giardiniera" as Nardo at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre in Stockholm in 1990. In 1993 Peter Mattei starred as Pentheus in the Ingmar Bergman's TV-film "Backanterna". He sang the title role in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" for the first time

23 May 1622 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena) - Agostino Morosini (17 May 1621 Appointed – ) - Antonio Sotomayor, O.P. (16 Jul 1632 – 3 Sep 1648 Died) - Bernardino Rocci (9 Apr 1668 – 15 Jul 1675 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio) - Orazio Mattei (17 Jun 1675 Appointed – 30 Sep 1686 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna) - Sebastiano Antonio Tanara (28 Apr 1687 – 21 May

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Peter Seiffert [SEP] voice type

Peter Seiffert Peter Seiffert (born January 4, 1954, in Düsseldorf) is a German tenor. Biography. Seiffert studied at the Musikhochschule in Düsseldorf and made his debut in 1978 at the Deutschen Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf/Duisburg. In 1979, he was awarded a second place in the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb (German Music Competition), and appeared on the TV show "Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre" ("Anneliese Rothenberger has the honour" [of meeting ...]). In 1986,

terminated shortly after)) - Leon (Bill) Gardikiotis (Aug – Sep 2001) Records. - Biggest win: 8–1 v UTS Olympic, 5 January 1998, Seiffert Oval - Biggest loss: 0–8 v Wollongong City, 5 December 1997, Brandon Park, Wollongong - Highest scoring match: 5–5 v Newcastle Breakers, 16 February 1996, Breakers Stadium, Newcastle - Most Capped Player: Toplica Popovich (124 games) - All-time top scorer: Peter Buljan (21 goals

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Pierre de La Garde [SEP] voice type

Pierre de La Garde Pierre de La Garde (10 February 1717, Crécy-la-Chapelle – c.1792) was a French composer and baritone. He was music master to the daughters of Louis XV. His surviving compositions are mainly lightweight, composed for himself to sing and accompany himself on the guitar. His opéra-ballet "Aeglé" (1748), of which a copy survives in the Musée de l'Amérique française, has been revived in Canada, and his comic cantata "La Sonate," commencing "N’admirés

Anna Guédy of École Freudienne de Paris further influenced his academic career (lectures on film and voice in Paris), which led to a collaboration to critical theory journal La Cause Freudienne edited by Jacques Lacan and Jacques-Alain Miller. Early friendships with French avant-garde actor Serge Merlin and professor of declamation (in the tradition of Sarah Bernhardt) Pierre Spivakoff deepened his understanding of voice. He began contributing extensive articles on voice, opera and psycho-analysis, to leading journal "Avant-Scène Opera" (from 1977

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Pietro Spagnoli [SEP] voice type

Pietro Spagnoli Pietro Spagnoli (born 22 January 1964) is an Italian operatic baritone, born in Rome. In the 2013/14 season, he will be singing Sulpice Pingot in Donizetti's "La Fille du régiment" at The Royal Opera, having made his debut there as Figaro in "Il barbiere di Siviglia" and having since sung Rambaldo Fernandez in "La rondine".

as Giulia Castello (2015) - "Pietro Mennea - La freccia del Sud" as Manuela Olivieri (2015) - "Luisa Spagnoli" (2016)

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Prosper Dérivis [SEP] voice type

Prosper Dérivis Nicolas-Prosper Dérivis (28 October 1808 - 11 February 1880) was a French operatic bass. He possessed a rich deep voice that had a great carrying power. While he could easily assail heavy dramatic roles, he was also capable of executing difficult coloratura passages and performing more lyrical parts. Along with Nicolas Levasseur, he was one of the greatest French basses of his generation. Life and career. Born in Paris, Dérivis was the son of operatic bass Henri-Étienne Dérivis. He studied

-Blaze, his son Henri Blaze, and Émile Deschamps of Mozart's "Don Giovanni". The all-star cast included Falcon as Donna Anna and Nourrit as Don Juan with Nicolas Levasseur as Leporello, Marcellin Lafont as Don Ottavio, Prosper Dérivis as the Commandeur, Henri Dabadie as Masetto, Julie Dorus-Gras as Elvire, and Laure Cinti-Damoreau as Zerline. Berlioz, who must have attended a dress rehearsal, had some reservations about Falcon's performance, writing in "Rénovateur" (6 March 1834)

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Quinn Weng [SEP] voice type

Quinn Weng Quinn Weng (, born 20 April 1979) is a Taiwanese-Canadian mezzo-soprano singer and is the lead vocalist of the power metal band Seraphim. She joined the band replacing the singer Pay Lee in 2004. Discography. Discography With Seraphim. - "Ai (愛) (2004) - Japanese version, the bonus song "My" was recorded by Quinn Weng - "Rising (日出東方) (2007) Discography With Beto Vazueqz Infinity. - Flying Towards the New Horizon

An English version of the album was released in 2008. Rising is the first album to feature vocalist Quinn Weng. Lineup. Lineup Current members. - Kessier Hsu - guitars, backing vocals (2001-present) - Quinn Weng - lead vocals (2004-present) - Van Shaw - drums (2005-present) - Mars Liu - bass (2007-present) - Thiago Trinsi - guitars (2010-present) Lineup Former members. - Pay Lee - lead vocals (2001-2004; died 2011) - Simon

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Rachel Zeffira [SEP] voice type

Rachel Zeffira Rachel Zeffira (born Rachel Santesso) is a Canadian soprano, composer and multi-instrumentalist currently based in London, England. She is also one half of the duo Cat's Eyes, the other being Faris Badwan of the Horrors. History. History Early life. Zeffira studied voice and organ at the Conservatorio Di Musica F.E. Dall'Abaco di Verona and oboe at the University of Victoria in Canada. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and in 2001, founded the Capital Children's

- Jason Falkner – bass - Björn Yttling – synthesiser ; celeste ; piano - Christoffer Zachrisson – zither - Jim Hunt – flute ; saxophone - Rachel Zeffira – vocals, viola, violin ; backing vocals ; cor anglais - Deborah Chandler – cello - John Eriksson – drums - Sky Ferreira – vocals - Sophie Nevrkla – backing vocals - Grace Cockell – backing vocals Technical - Björn Yttling – production ; additional production - Andrew Innes – production ; engineering - Bobby Gillespie

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Raffaele Arié [SEP] voice type

Raffaele Arié Raffaele Arié (22 August 1920, Sofia - 17 March 1988, Switzerland) was a Bulgarian bass, particularly associated with the Italian and Russian repertories. Arié studied first in his native city with C. Brambaroff, making his stage debut at the Sofia Opera in 1945. He then left for Italy to further his studies, and was a pupil of Riccardo Stracciari, Apollo Granforte and Carlo Tagliabue. The bass made his debut at La Scala in 1947, as the King of Clubs in "The Love

, Irmgard Seefried, Hilde Gueden; 1953 revival conducted by Furtwängler and Paul Schöffler replacing London), a legendary "Don Giovanni" conducted by Furtwängler and designed by Clemens Holzmeister (1953, with Cesare Siepi, Elisabeth Grümmer, Anton Dermota, Schwarzkopf, Otto Edelmann, Walter Berry, Raffaele Arié, Erna Berger; revival 1954, with Dezsö Ernster replacing Arié; 1956 with Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting), Gottlob Frick replacing Ernster, Léopold Simoneau replacing Dermota, Lisa Della Casa replacing Schwarzkopf, Fernando Corena replacing Edelmann, Rita Streich replacing

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Raffaele Mirate [SEP] voice type

Raffaele Mirate Raffaele Mirate (3 September 1815 – November 1895) was a celebrated Italian operatic tenor who had an active career from the 1830s through the 1860s. Known for his intelligent phrasing and bright and powerful vocal timbre, he was regarded as an outstanding interpreter of the tenor roles in the early and middle period operas of Giuseppe Verdi. He notably created the role of the Duke of Mantua in the world premiere of Verdi's "Rigoletto" in 1851. He was also a highly regarded interpreter of bel canto roles,

Is her bestowing, No joy worth knowing Is there but wooing. "Refrain" Yes, heart of woman Ev'ry way bendeth Woe who dependeth On joy she spends./poem Popular culture. The tune has been used in popular culture for a long time and for many occasions and purposes. Verdi knew that he had written a very popular melody, so he provided the score to the singer at the premiere, Raffaele Mirate, only shortly before the premiere and had him swear not to sing

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Raimund von zur-Mühlen [SEP] voice type

Raimund von zur-Mühlen Baron Raimund von zur-Mühlen (sometimes "Raymond", "Raimund von Zur Mühlen") (10 November 1854 in Uusna Manor ("Neu-Tennasilm"), Viljandi Parish (now in Viiratsi Parish), Viljandi County, Governorate of Livonia – 11 December 1931 in Wiston, near Steyning, England) was a celebrated tenor Lieder singer who also became a famous teacher of singing, instructing many famous artists. His Lieder-interpretations are legendary. He was a student of

Hermann Weißenborn Hermann Weißenborn (10 September 1876 – 20 November 1959) was a German operatic baritone and voice teacher. Born in Berlin, Weißenborn was trained musically mostly by Raimund von Zur Mühlen. He began a career as a concert and oratorio singer. He turned early to music education. He became one of the most sought-after singing teachers of his generation in Germany. From 1920 he taught at the Musikhochschule Berlin. Since 1922 he was head of the singing department of this university. Among his many well

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Renato Cioni [SEP] voice type

Renato Cioni Renato Cioni (15 April 1929 – 4 March 2014) was an Italian operatic lyric tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. Born in Portoferraio on the Isle of Elba, the son of a fisherman, Cioni received his main musical education at the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence. In 1956, as a result of winning an international voice contest organized by the Rome Opera, he made his stage debut at Spoleto, as Edgardo in "Lucia di Lammermoor". Earlier that same year he had appeared as

Rolando Panerai and Piero Cappuccilli, yet his many recordings reveal a singer and musician of considerable distinction, with a handsome voice, a solid technique, and a fine sense of style. Sereni sang Germont in two famous performances of "La traviata". The first, with Maria Callas and Alfredo Kraus in 1958, became known as the "Lisbon Traviata". The second, from La Scala in 1964, with Anna Moffo and Renato Cioni, became known as the "Karajan Traviata". Mario Sereni retired

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René Kollo [SEP] voice type

René Kollo René Kollo (born 20 November 1937) is a German operatic tenor, especially known for his Wagnerian parts. In addition to Heldentenor roles, he performed in a wide variety of operas and operettas during his career. Kollo also made several operatic recordings. Biography. He was born René Kollodzieyski in Berlin, Germany and grew up in Wyk auf Föhr. He attended a photography school in Hamburg, although he had always been interested in music, particularly conducting. He did not begin to perform (as

Nürnberg" in a 1974 live recording from Bayreuth, conducted by Silvio Varviso, in a cast with Karl Ridderbusch as Sachs, Jean Cox as Stolzing and Anna Reynolds as Magdalene. A review noted: "Hannelore Bode as Eva has a somewhat light voice but for once spares us the maternal flavor that seems to affect many an Eva." She appears in the part again in 1975, with Norman Bailey as Sachs and René Kollo as Stolzing, and with Georg Solti conducting Wiener Philharmoniker. In 1970, she performed again a

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Rita Hunter [SEP] voice type

Rita Hunter Rita Hunter (15 August 193329 April 2001) was a British operatic dramatic soprano. Biography. Rita Hunter was born in Wallasey, Merseyside and lived in Limekiln Lane. During her childhood, her parents, both fans of music-hall, would take Rita to many of the final tours of the last music-hall artists. She studied singing in Liverpool with Edwin Francis and later in London with Redvers Llewellyn and Clive Carey. She joined the Sadler's Wells Opera Company in 1957, and

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Ronald Naldi [SEP] voice type

Ronald Naldi Ronald Naldi is an American lyric tenor who has sung on the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Arena di Verona, Salzburger Landestheater, L'Opéra Français, and New Jersey State Opera, under the baton of maestri James Levine, Valery Gergiev, James Conlon, David Robertson, Leonard Slatkin, Joseph Colaneri, Charles Mackerras, Christopher Keene, Alfredo Silipigni, Lukas Foss, Nello Santi, Vincent LaSelva, Thomas Booth, and Eduardo Müller, and alongside singers Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo

retiring. Despite having an acceptable voice, Naldi never made a “talkie”. Later life. Due to the financial reversals caused by her retirement from films, as well as the Depression, Naldi filed for bankruptcy in 1932. She went back to the stage with "Queer People" and "The Firebird" in 1933. The press had been critical of her weight since 1924, but reviews to her appearances in both plays were especially harsh this time around—so harsh in fact that Naldi filed suit against

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Rosario García Orellana [SEP] voice type

Rosario García Orellana Rosario García Orellana (October 2, 1905 Havana – November 3, 1997 New York City) was a Cuban coloratura soprano. Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona composed "Escucha al Ruiseñor" (Listen to the Nightingale) for her which she recorded, among other Cuban music, in New York City for RCA Victor. She was thereafter known as Cuba's nightingale. Her operatic debut came on November 25, 1933, courtesy of the Company of Opera of Chicago, at the New York Hippodrome,

Pérez as "Rosario Vega de García" - Víctor Montero as "Antonio Garcia" - Villain - Delfina Guzmán as "Victoria Edwards" - Verónica Soffia as "Ignacia Tobar Vidal" - Diego Ruiz as "Martín Vial" - Villain - Camila Hirane as "Dominga Velasco" - Felipe Orellana as "Rodrigo Campos" - María Luisa Mayol as "Soledad Vivanco" - María de los Ángeles López as "Jacinta Olavarria Tobar / Jacinta Spencer Tobar" - Franco Latorre as "

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Rosina Storchio [SEP] voice type

Rosina Storchio Rosina Storchio (19 January 1872 – 24 July 1945) was an Italian lyric coloratura soprano who starred in the world premieres of operas by Puccini, Leoncavallo, Mascagni and Giordano. Biography. Born in Venice in 1872, Storchio studied at the Milan Conservatory before making her operatic debut as Micaëla in Bizet's "Carmen" at Milan's Teatro Dal Verme in 1892. Three years later, she debuted at Italy's most famous opera house, La Scala, Milan, performing in Massenet's "Werther

, Latvia, Predit is described as having grown up in an upper class home in Riga, Latvia, before World War II. Interested in becoming an actress, she studied with Constantin Stanislavski in Moscow. After her singing voice was discovered by Feodor Chaliapin, a Russian bass, she studied with Salvatore Salvati in Switzerland and Rosina Storchio in Milan, Italy. She toured in Poland, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. In 1946 she sang the role of Ellen Orford in the first broadcast of Benjamin Britten's opera "Peter Grimes

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Roy Ashton [SEP] voice type

Roy Ashton Howard Roy Ashton (17 April 1909 – 10 January 1995) was an Australian tenor, associated for a while with Benjamin Britten's English Opera Group, and make-up artist who became particularly associated with his work on the Hammer Horror films. Background and early career. Ashton was born, the youngest of four sons, in Perth, and grew up in Menzies, Western Australia, where his father, Howard White Ashton, was in charge of the local bank, handling accounts of prospectors in

"[Manning's] songwriting is sincere and superbly crafted, her finger-picking skills are unmatched and her voice is truly unmistakable with a timbre that reminds one of Roy Forbes, Joni Mitchell and Dolly Parton all at once." Personnel. - Dayna Manning – write, co-produce, engineer and perform - Gavin Bradley – Engineer, Keyboards, Piano, producer, Programming - Ashton Price – Engineer, Guitar, producer - Siegfried Meier – Producer, engineer, mastering, mixing External

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Rubén Domínguez [SEP] voice type

Rubén Domínguez Rubén Domínguez was a Venezuelan lirico-spinto tenor. He is recognized for his work within the lirico-spinto repertory, as well as works by Bellini and Donizetti. He played many verismo roles such as Canio in "Pagliacci". He also played Otello, Mario Cavaradossi, Manrico, Radamés and Calaf. Early life. Rubén Domínguez was born on September 4, 1935 in Caracas, Venezuela. When Domínguez was pressured by a Venezuelan political party (AD) that he would never sing in Venezuela

the Opera Metropolitana de Caracas. In North America he has performed at the Metropolitan Opera House and the Teatro de Bellas Artes. Domínguez has performed in the opera companies of Edmondton, Baltimore, San Diego, New Orleans, Michigan Opera Theatre, and the Opera Pacific. In 1988, Domínguez was awarded the Luciano Pavarotti Award. In addition to his on-stage experience, Domínguez has been involved in teaching in the form of master classes in vocal production. Rubén Domínguez died in his native Caracas on September 11, 2015

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Russell Christopher [SEP] voice type

Russell Christopher Russell Christopher (12 March 1930 in Grand Rapids, Michigan – 9 November 2014) was an American operatic baritone who specialized in comprimario roles. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Michigan, where he was a soloist in the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club. His voice teachers included Philip Duey and Raymond McDermot. He made his professional opera debut in 1959 as the Emperor in Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot". In 1963 he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

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Ruth Falcon [SEP] voice type

Ruth Falcon Ruth Falcon (born November 2, 1942) is an American operatic soprano. Falcon graduated from Loyola University of the South (BM, in 1964) and Tulane University (MFA, in 1971) and appeared with the New Orleans Opera Association as Frasquita in "Carmen", in 1968, opposite Norman Treigle as Escamillo. She made her debut with the New York City Opera as Micaëla in that same opera, in 1974. She went on to appear as the Contessa Almaviva in "Le nozze di

her take up study, after an exam, under Ettore Campogalliani in Italy, aged 18, before moving to New York with a grant from the Provincial Government of Gipuzkoa, to study at the Actors Studio. In 2003 she reworked her voice under Ruth Falcon. She married baritone Dwayne Croft on 20 April 1998 with whom she had a daughter, Sarah. They divorced in 2003. She married showjumper Jesús Garmendia in secret on 1 July 2013 in Fuenterrabia. She gave birth to their son, Íker, in 2010.

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Ruth Packer [SEP] voice type

Ruth Packer Ruth Packer (22 October 1910 – 12 January 2005) was an English operatic soprano. Packer was born in London. In 1939, she made her operatic debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in "Die Walküre". During World War Two, she appeared frequently with Sadler's Wells Opera and the Carl Rosa Opera Company. After the war, she performed regularly with the newly formed Welsh National Opera. After her retirement from the stage, Packer taught voice at the Royal College of

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Ruxandra Donose [SEP] voice type

Ruxandra Donose Ruxandra Donose (born 2 September 1964 in Bucharest) is a Romanian operatic mezzo-soprano. Donose studied singing and piano at the Conservatorul Ciprian Porumbescu in Bucharest. In 1990 she was the runner up at the ARD contest in Munich. After this, she had her first engagement abroad, in Basel. In 1992 she became a member of the Vienna State Opera. From there, she developed a fast-paced international career, as an opera singer (Covent Garden, Opéra Bastille, Metropolitan Opera

only Ruxandra Donose for praise. Hers is a dusky mezzo, even in coloration, volume, and support across the registers. The voice is able to handle exacting coloratura without any aspiration or evidence of strain. Her forthright, focused attack in her final aria (""Non più mesta"") brought memories of Marilyn Horne in the 1970s; and like Horne, Donose builds her part from the text, not by working around it." (from "Fanfare Magazine") Donose lives with her husband and

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Sebastian Feiersinger [SEP] voice type

Sebastian Feiersinger Sebastian Feiersinger (5 May 1913, in Kirchbichl – 2 September 1984, in Nuremberg) was an Austrian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the German repertory. He studied at the Vienna Music Academy with Hans Duhan and Josef von Manowarda. He made his debut in Heilbronn in 1939, and then played in Gablonz (1940–41), Saarbrücken (1941–43), then the war interrupted his career which he resumed in Salzburg (1945–47) and Innsbruck (1947–49), he returned to Saarbrücken (1949–51),

until his retirement in 1976. Selected recording. - 1952 – Puccini – "Le Villi" – Maud Cunitz, Sebastian Feiersinger, Kurt Gester – Frankfurt Radio Chorus and Orchestra, Paul Schmidtz – Walhall (sung in German) - 1953 – Janáček – "Jenůfa" – Trude Eipperle, Aga Joesten, Franz Fehringer, Sebastian Feiersinger – Frankfurt Radio Chorus and Orchestra, Paul Schmidtz – Walhall (sung in German) - 1955 – Verdi – "Un ballo in maschera" – Birgit Nilsson, Sebastian Feiersinger

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Signe Amundsen [SEP] voice type

Signe Amundsen Signe Amundsen Finsland (9 June 1899 - 13 May 1987) was a Norwegian operatic soprano. She studied singing in her native country with the soprano Mimi Hviid before making her professional debut at the Gamle Logen in Oslo in 1920. She then pursued further voice studies in Rome with Rosina Storchia and made her Italian debut at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 1925 as Norina in Gaetano Donizetti's "Don Pasquale". She was heard at that house later that year as Rosina in Gioachino Rossini's "The Barber

1899 in Norwegian music The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1899 in Norwegian music. Births. - June - 9 – Signe Amundsen, classical violinist and orchestral leader (died 1987). - September - 23 – Odd Grüner-Hegge, orchestra conductor (died 1973). - October - 30 – Einar Fagstad, accordionist, singer, actor and composer (died 1961). - November - 29 – Arvid Kleven, composer and flautist

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Sigrid Onégin [SEP] voice type

Sigrid Onégin Sigrid Onégin (June 1, 1889 – June 16, 1943) was a Franco-German operatic contralto who enjoyed a major international career prior to World War II. Biography. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1889 to a German father and a French mother. This renowned contralto first sang professionally under her maiden name, Lilly Hoffmann. After her marriage to Russian pianist and composer Eugene Onégin (1870–1919), she sang briefly as Lilly Hoffmann-Onégin before settling on Sigrid Onegin,

now appeared under the name Sigrid Onégin. During the First World War, Overbeck had to hide as an alleged "Russian man" from the authorities until "he" was denounced and arrested in 1916. Sigrid Onégin was supposedly released because of her influence. What is preserved is a recording of the "Ave Maria", composed by Overbeck and sung by Sigrid Onégin. Overbeck died in Stuttgart at age 49. Work. - "Eleanore. Song, words by E. Mackay." London: C.

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Simon-Max [SEP] voice type

Simon-Max Nicolas-Marie Simon (1852, Reims, France – 1923), known as Simon-Max, was a French tenor, mainly active in Paris in the field of opera-bouffe. After musical studies in Reims he made his debut in 1875 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance as Janio in "La reine Indigo" then on 9 September that year at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques as Anatole de Quillembois in "Les cent vierges" by Lecocq. At the Folies-Dramatiques he

Max Plummer *First starring in Drama City - Feb 2007, "The Case of Kogoro Akechi -Black Lizard-" Junichi Amamiya/"Tuxedo Jazz" - Jul 2007, "The Tale of Genji Asaki Yumemishi II" (Umeda Arts Theater) Time Spirit - Sep 2007, "Adeu Marseille" Simon Berard/"Love Symphony" Major stage appearances of Takarazuka Revue years Hanagumi Top era. - Feb 2008, "Melancholic Gigoro" Daniel/"Love Symphony II" (Nissay) - May 2008, "Ai to Shi no Arabia/Red

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Sofia Scalchi [SEP] voice type

Sofia Scalchi Sofia Scalchi (November 29, 1850 – August 22, 1922) was an Italian operatic contralto who could also sing in the mezzo-soprano range. Her career was international, and she appeared at leading theatres in both Europe and America. Singing career. Born in Turin in 1850, Scalchi studied voice with Augusta Boccabadati. In 1866, she made her stage debut in Mantua as Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera". Her first major international success came at the Royal

. Her death occurred in Rome in 1922. Personal life. In 1875–76 she wed Count Luigi Alberto Lolli, an aristocrat from Ferrara, thus becoming the Countess Lolli. After her marriage, she was often addressed privately and billed publicly on theatrical posters or programs as "Sofia Scalchi-Lolli." References. - David Ewen, "Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition"; New York, Hill and Wang, 1963. - Harold Rosenthal and John Warrack, editors, "The

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Stacey Tappan [SEP] voice type

Stacey Tappan Stacey Tappan (born June 13, 1973) is an American coloratura soprano. Tappan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Pasadena, California. Both her parents are instrumental musicians. She studied in the voice program at Chapman University (1991–1995) in Orange, California, the Manhattan School of Music (1995–1997), and Juilliard (1997–1999) in New York City. While at the Manhattan School and Juilliard, she studied with Cynthia Hoffmann. Tappan continued her professional training in the

at other venues in Bangkok. In 2013 Opera Siam International premiered S. P. Somtow's ballet-opera "Suriyothai" in honour of the birthday of Queen Sirikit. It starred Stacey Tappan and Winita Lohitkul, and was conducted by Trisdee na Patalung. See also. - Music of Thailand External links. - Official website of the Bangkok Opera - Somtow's World - Orpheus Choir - Siam Philharmonic - Michael Chance sings Ganesha's aria from "Ayodhya": audio

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Stanford Olsen [SEP] voice type

Stanford Olsen Stanford Olsen (born 1960) is an American tenor who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since 1983. He has sung with several of the world's leading opera companies, including the Deutsche Oper Berlin, La Scala and the Royal Opera, London. He was a regular performer at the Metropolitan Opera from 1986 until 1997 where he gave more than 160 performances. A specialist in light lyric tenor roles, he excelled in the operas of Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini.

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Stephen Mark Brown [SEP] voice type

Stephen Mark Brown Stephen Mark Brown is an American opera tenor. He has sung with Luciano Pavarotti on the television program "Pavarotti Plus," and has sung at La Scala. Brown is "emerging as one of today's leading tenors in the French and Italian repertories". Brown was born in Lansing, Michigan and grew up in Searcy, Arkansas, where he sang bass in the chorus directed by Craig Jones at Harding Academy. He went on to further his education at Harding University and Indiana University, where

was created by graphic designers Stephen Sorrell and Damon Murray of Fuel, who used Cyrillic and English type. Stephen explains: "This visual device echoes the mind games in the head of Raskolnikov as he battles with his voice of conscience. We want the design to form the shape and feel of the book as a whole not just its cover." They have screen printed the cover on the same brown craft paper used for the text. The book has a Perspex slipcase. - "The Idiot" was designed by

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Steuart Wilson [SEP] voice type

Steuart Wilson Sir James Steuart Wilson (21 July 1889 – 18 December 1966) was an English singer, known for tenor roles in oratorios and concerts in the first half of the 20th century. After the Second World War he was an administrator for several organisations including the Arts Council of Great Britain, the BBC and the Royal Opera House. Following service in the First World War, Wilson became known for singing tenor roles in oratorios by composers from Bach to Elgar, and was particularly admired both as the Evangelist

Blackpool Music Competition, judged by Sir Steuart Wilson. At this time, she was singing as a mezzo-soprano. The following year, as a soprano, she sang regularly in BBC broadcasts of songs by Walford Davies, Roger Quilter and others, and operatic arias by composers including Puccini and Massenet. She also performed in a series of concerts in Manchester. The critic Samuel Langford wrote of her, "Her voice has a decided freshness and purity, and her interpretations, though not greatly varied, have confidence, alertness

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Stéphanie d'Oustrac [SEP] voice type

Stéphanie d'Oustrac Stéphanie d'Oustrac (born 1974, in Rennes) is a French mezzo-soprano. Biography. Stéphanie d'Oustrac was born in Rennes in 1974. She is the great-niece of Francis Poulenc and Jacques La Presle. She was part of the "Maîtrise de Bretagne" children's choir led by Jean Michel Noël. Her ambition was to be an actress before she switched to opera. She was a student of Oleg Afonine for nearly a year. At the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et

) with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by George Benjamin, stage director Katie Mitchell, video director Margaret Williams. Opus Arte - Early Music – Marenzio, Primo libro di madrigali. La Compagnia del Madrigale. Glossa. - Instrumental – "Volodos plays Mompou", Arcadi Volodos (piano). Sony Classical. - Opera – Ravel, "L'heure espagnole" and "L'enfant et les sortilèges" (DVD). Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Alek Shrader, François Piolino, Elliot Madore

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Susan Gritton [SEP] voice type

Susan Gritton Susan Gritton (born 31 August 1965) is an English operatic soprano. She was the 1994 winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award and has sung leading roles in a wide ranging repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Britten, Janáček and Strauss. Life and career. Gritton was born in Reigate, Surrey. She was educated at the University of Oxford and the University of London, where she studied Botany. On the operatic stage, her roles include Ellen Orford "Peter Grimes" (La Scala,

, Charles Daniels, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 67298 - Purcell: The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs Volumes 1–8 (Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer, James Goodman, Susan Gritton, James Bowman, Nigel Short, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 44031/8 - Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music (Lynton Atkinson, Susan Gritton, Catherine Denley, Lisa Milne, David Wilson-Johnson,

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Suzanna Guzmán [SEP] voice type

Suzanna Guzmán Suzanna Guzmán (born in East Los Angeles, California) is an American mezzo-soprano and television host. Currently she is the host of KCET's weekly series "Open Call". As a singer she has performed with international and American opera companies as a principal artist: "La traviata" at the Metropolitan Opera, "La favorite" in Montpellier, France, and "Goya" at the Spoleto Festival in Italy. She is known for her portrayal of the title role in "Carmen" for

" ("Murder Sings the Blues") (2006) Madame Butterfly - Directed by Oz Scott - "Twilight of the Golds" (1997) Brünnhilde - Directed by Ross Kagan Marks - Written by Jonathan Tolins - "Courage: Profiles in Creativity" (1998 documentary) Herself - Directed by Deanna McDaniels - "Suzanna Guzmán – Native Angelena: Voice of an Angel" (2002) Herself - Associate Press Award Best Short Profile - Producer Gay Yee - Host Val

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Suzanne Juyol [SEP] voice type

Suzanne Juyol Suzanne Juyol (1 January 1920 in Paris – 20 July 1994 in Paris) was a French opera singer, the leading dramatic soprano of her era in France. Suzanne Juyol studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and made her professional debut at the Palais Garnier, in 1942, as Margared in "Le roi d'Ys", followed by Fauré's "Pénélope", Dukas's "Ariadne", Marguerite in Berlioz's "La damnation de Faust" and in Gounod's "Faust". Her debut at

was in the making, Suzanne Juyol retired from the stage in 1960, aged only 40. She was married to Victor Serventi, a voice teacher at the Paris Opera. Selected recordings. - 1951 - Bizet - "Carmen" - Suzanne Juyol, Libero de Luca, Janine Micheau, Julien Giovannetti - Choeur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique, Albert Wolff - DECCA - 1953 - Massenet - "Werther" - Charles Richard, Suzanne Juyol, Agnes Léger, Roger Bourdin - Choeur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-

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Tashi Dorje [SEP] voice type

Tashi Dorje Tashi Dorje (also known as Yuan Qu) (born 29 November 1966) is a Tibetan tenor trained in Italian opera. He performs as a soloist with Shen Yun Performing Arts under his Chinese name, "Yuan Qu." Dorje was born in Chamdo, Eastern Tibet. After getting a medical degree and practicing as a doctor in rural Tibet, he auditioned to join a performing arts group. He studied singing in Beijing, and became a soloist with the Chinese National Orchestra. Dorje subsequently went to

impeded from celebrating the annual Monlam festival during the occupation of Lhasa. Finally, in 1499, several officers under Donyo Dorje convened in Nêdong and decided to enthrone the Phagmodrupa heir Ngawang Tashi Drakpa. Tsokye Dorje appears to have handed over power without making trouble, and eventually died in 1510. He may have had an appeasing influence on political affairs, since his demise immediately triggered a violent conflict between Donyo Dorje and Ngawang Tashi Drakpa. A son of Tsokye Dorje, Ngawang Namgyal, later became the leader of the Rinpungpa faction.

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Tatiana Borodina [SEP] voice type

Tatiana Borodina Tatiana Borodina is a Russian opera soprano. Biography. Borodina was born in Perm. She graduated from the Perm Musical College and Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 2000. She was a prize winner at the Young Voices of East: International Competition of Singers (Rome, 1997) and at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Vocal Competition (St. Petersburg, 1998). She joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 1998 and in 1999 made her debut there in the role of Elsa ("Lohengrin", Wagner)

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Teresa Brambilla [SEP] voice type

Teresa Brambilla Teresa Brambilla (23 October 1813 – 15 July 1895) was a celebrated Italian soprano most remembered today for having created the role of Gilda in Verdi's opera, "Rigoletto". During a career that spanned 20 years, she sang throughout Italy and in other European cities, including Paris, Barcelona and Odessa. Life and career. Teresa Brambilla was born in Cassano d'Adda to a musical family. Teresa was one of five sisters who all became opera singers. Her elder sister, Marietta (1807–1875

-born Canadian artist and filmmaker. - Maria Brambilla, Italian ballerina whose stage name was Sofia Fuoco. - Marietta Brambilla, Italian opera singer (sister of Giuseppina and Teresa Brambilla). - Massimo Brambilla, Italian football player. - Michela Vittoria Brambilla, Italian politician and businesswoman. - Paolo Brambilla, Italian journalist and economist - Pierre Brambilla, former French former professional road bicycle racer. - Teresa Brambilla, Italian opera singer (sister of Giuseppina and Marietta Brambilla). - Teresina

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Terry Wey [SEP] voice type

Terry Wey Terry Wey (born 15 September 1985) is a classical countertenor, specialising in historically informed performance. As a boy soprano, he was a soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben. Born in Bern in a Swiss-American family of musicians, Wey began his vocal training as a member of the Wiener Sängerknaben and also studied the piano. From 2003, he appeared internationally in concert- and opera. His love of Renaissance music made him join the vocal ensemble Cinquecento. Selected recordings. - Tommaso Albinoni:

Ellis for breach of contract. Rufftown owner Rene Moore is seeking $310 million from the group. Voice/range. Terry Ellis is a mezzo-soprano and has a three-octave vocal range which was displayed in the En Vogue song, "Don't Go". By her groupmates, Terry was credited as the member with the "ballad" type of voice. With En Vogue, she often shared leads, or lead the group songs that were funky, and soulful. In group harmonies, Terry

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Thomas Buckner [SEP] voice type

Thomas Buckner Thomas Buckner (born 1941) is an American baritone vocalist specializing in the performance of contemporary classical music and improvised music. In his work, he utilizes a wide range of extended (non-traditional) vocal techniques. Buckner also works as a concert promoter; in Berkeley, California, he founded the 1750 Arch Concerts, which presented over 100 musical events per year for eight years. He also founded the record label 1750 Arch Records, which released more than 50 LPs. Also in Berkeley, he

piano technique known as "The Shearing Sound", a type of double melody block chord, with an additional fifth part that doubles the melody an octave lower. With the piano playing these five voices, Shearing would double the top voice with the vibraphone and the bottom voice with the guitar to create his signature sound.(This piano technique is also known as "locked hands" and the jazz organist Milt Buckner is generally credited with inventing it.) In 1956, Shearing became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He continued

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Tiana Lemnitz [SEP] voice type

Tiana Lemnitz Tiana Lemnitz (26 October 1897 – 5 February 1994) was a German operatic soprano. Her major operatic career took place between the two world wars (1919-1939). Life and career. The youngest of 10 children, she was born in Metz to a musical family. Her father was a '. She began to sing at the age of seven and at 15 she entered the Metz Music School. Later, she studied voice with Antoni Kohmann at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt. Starting

Tiana Lemnitz died in Berlin in 1994 at the age of 96. Assessment. According to "Musical America", What more adjectives can do justice to the Elisabeth of Tiana Lemnitz! This beautiful voice, this superlative vocalism, this absolute supremacy of the technical and the interpretative in which the economy of gesture lent the whole a spiritual grandeur. It was wonderful ... Lemnitz remained unique in the perfection of her performance. An English reviewer wrote: "The greatest moment of the evening came in the quintet [of

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Tito Beltrán [SEP] voice type

Tito Beltrán Ernesto Beltrán Aguilar better known as Tito Beltrán (born 1 July 1965), is a Chilean-Swedish tenor. In October 2008, an appellate court in Sweden sentenced Beltrán to 2.5 years in prison for rape and sexual molestation of an underage child. Beltrán was released from prison in Sweden on 25 February 2010 and served the rest of his sentence under electronic surveillance at home. Upon completing his sentence, he returned to Chile where he has made some public performances, also taking part in a number of

Beltrán considered of filing a case at the European Court of Human Rights. He then was arrested by police. On 12 December 2008, the Swedish Supreme Court said it would not take up the case, and thus established Court of Appeal judgement against him. Beltrán returned again to court in August 2009 for the allegation of threatening a fellow inmate. A video was released showing Tito lashing out and flipping over a table. On 31 August, Beltrán was convicted for these threats in the District Court, but no sentence was added

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Toti Dal Monte [SEP] voice type

Toti Dal Monte Antonietta Meneghel (27 June 189326 January 1975), better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian operatic soprano. She may be best remembered today for her performance as Cio-cio-san in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly", having recorded this role complete in 1939 with Beniamino Gigli as Pinkerton. Career. Born in Mogliano Veneto, in the Province of Treviso, she made her debut at La Scala at the age of 23 as Biancofiore in Zandonai's "

Tino Folgar performing the leading male roles. She also provided the singing voice of the titular character in the original Italian dub of Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Pagliughi's fame spread throughout Italy and she was invited to sing at all the major opera centres, including Turin, Parma, Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples. Critics acclaimed her as the successor of Toti dal Monte (1893–1975) in the Rossini-Donizetti-Bellini repertory, in which her sweetly limpid voice, agile technique and

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Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi [SEP] voice type

Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi (born 14 February 1979) is a South African classical soprano who has an active international performance career. She first came to public notice as a member of the world-famous opera band Amici Forever. She has since appeared in concerts and operas at major performance venues internationally. Early life. Maswanganyi was born and grew up in a township in Soweto, where she lived with her grandparents for the first eight years of her life. Her grandmother worked as a schoolteacher and her

SS Great Eastern - Dame Cicely Saunders — founder of the modern hospice movement - Ernest Shackleton — the Antarctic explorer - Francis Pettit Smith — one of the inventors of the screw propeller - Charlene Soraia — alternative singer/songwriter, born and grew up in Sydenham - Jason Statham — film actor - David Wiffen — singer/songwriter, born in Sydenham in 1942 - Bill Wyman — member of The Rolling Stones, grew up in Sydenham - Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi — Opera singer, she first

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Tudor Davies [SEP] voice type

Tudor Davies Tudor Davies (12 November 18922 April 1958) was a Welsh tenor. Biography. Tudor Davies was born in Cymmer, near Porth, South Wales, on 12 November 1892. He studied in Cardiff and at the Royal College of Music in London. He served as an engineer in the Royal Navy during World War I. He toured the United States, Canada and Australia (where he shared the stage with Maggie Teyte) and then returned to Britain, where he sang with the British National Opera Company

in Australia and New Zealand, with her husband. In December 1928 Brunskill was in Beecham's Queen's Hall RPS presentation of Handel's "Hercules" with Dora Labbette, Lilian Stiles-Allen, Tudor Davies and Horace Stevens. Brunskill's operatic appearances were fewer in the 1930s, but in 1933 her Amneris at Covent Garden, conducted by John Barbirolli, won warm praise: "Miss Brunskill seemed to rejoice in having the Covent Garden stage as a sounding-board for her magnificent voice, and to find inspiration in

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Valentin Adamberger [SEP] voice type

Valentin Adamberger Valentin Adamberger, also known by his Italian name Adamonti, (22 February 1740 or 6 July 174324 August 1804) was a German operatic tenor. His voice was universally admired for its pliancy, agility, and precision, and several composers of note, such as Mozart, wrote music specifically for him. Biography. Adamberger was born either in Rohr, Bavaria in 1740 or in Munich in 1743. Beginning in 1755, he studied singing with Johann Walleshauser (also known as Giovanni Valesi) while at

Adamberger Adamberger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Antonie Adamberger (1790–1867), Austrian stage actress - Maria Anna Adamberger, (1752–1804), Austrian actress - Valentin Adamberger (1740–1804), German operatic singer

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Vasile Martinoiu [SEP] voice type

Vasile Martinoiu Vasile Martinoiu (born 2 April 1934) is a Romanian operatic baritone. A long-time member of the Romanian National Opera, in 2004 he was made a Commander of the Ordinul "Meritul Cultural" (Order of Cultural Merit) for services to Romanian music. Biography. Born in a family of musicians in Tirgu Jiu, Martinoiu discovered his vocal gift in his high school years, when he sang with various school choirs. After high school, he became a student at the Cornetti Conservatoire in

- Vika Jigulina K. - Dalma Kovács L. - Sanda Ladoşi - Nicolae Leonard - Pyotr Leshchenko - Anna Lesko - Gabi Luncă M. - Mădălina Manole - Radu Marian - Vasile Martinoiu - Delia Matache - Edward Maya - Alexandra Irina Măruță - Alex Mica - Ioan Luchian Mihalea - Adrian Minune - Vlad Miriţă - Marius Moga - Jean Moscopol N. - Dana Nălbaru - Nico - Mariana Nicolesco - George Nicolescu

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Verónica Villarroel [SEP] voice type

Verónica Villarroel Verónica Villarroel González is a Chilean soprano. In 1989 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She studied singing with Ellen Faull at the Juilliard School. Villarroel was born in Santiago, Chile to Gueraldo Villarroel and Luisa González. She went to school at 'Instituto Anglo Chileno' (now 'Colegio Anglo Maipu') and then she studied publicity at university, but pursued a career in music in Santiago and then in New York. She was apprenticed to the opera diva, Renata Scotto while studying

at the Royal Festival Hall in July 2000 with a cast which included Plácido Domingo (as Arrigo) and Anthony Michaels-Moore singing Rolando. Verónica Villarroel sang Lida. It was only on 28 February 1976 that this opera was given its US premiere by the Amato Opera in New York City. Two concert performances have been presented by the Opera Orchestra of New York; the first was in January 1987 with Matteo Manuguerra, Aprile Millo and Jerome Hines while the second was given on 19 November 2001. The Pittsburgh Opera presented

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Victor Ivanovich Nikitin [SEP] voice type

Victor Ivanovich Nikitin Victor Ivanovich Nikitin,(Russian: Виктор Иванович Никитин), was a Soviet tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble, born in Syzran 12 February 1911 and died in Moscow 6 January 1994. He is notable for being the first Mr Kalinka, and for being called "Ambassador Kalinka" by Erich Mückenberger after singing at the 1948 Berlin peace concert. He was buried at Pyatnitskoye cemetery in Moscow. Early career. He was a machine engineer in 1938, and joined the Alexandrov Ensemble in the same year. He

, contemporary Russian composer, singer and bard - Tatyana Nikitina, contemporary Russian singer and composer (wife of musician Sergey Nikitin) - Victor Ivanovich Nikitin, Soviet soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble - Yuri Nikitin (author), contemporary Russian sci-fi writer Athletes. - Larisa Nikitina, contemporary Russian heptathlete - Vera Nikitina, contemporary Soviet hurdling athlete - Yuri Nikitin (gymnast), Ukrainian trampolinist - Boris Nikitin, Georgian swimmer - Nikita Nikitin, Russian ice hockey player - Sarah

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Vilém Heš [SEP] voice type

Vilém Heš Vilém Heš (3 June 1860, Týnec nad Labem - 4 January 1908, Vienna) was a Czech operatic bass. He notably enjoyed a close artistic partnership with Gustav Mahler, singing in his opera company's in Hamburg and Vienna. He was blessed with a beautiful rich vocal tone, although at times his voice would take on a harsher quality in heavier repertoire. Heš studied singing with bandleader J. Hartl. From 1880 to 1984 he was committed to the Provisional Theatre. He joined the National Theatre in

in "Fidelio" among others. Sources. - Biography of Vilém Heš at operasingers.sweb.cz (in Czech)

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Vincenzo La Scola [SEP] voice type

Vincenzo La Scola Vincenzo La Scola (25 January 1958 – 15 April 2011) was an Italian tenor and flute player who had a successful international opera career for more than 25 years. He was particularly admired for his portrayals in operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini. He also achieved success as a crossover artist, particularly in his many collaborations with singer-songwriter Cliff Richard and for his solo crossover album for EMI, "Vita Mia" (1999). In 2000 he was

(I Do It For You) (Feat Hank Marvin) 28. Vita Mia (With Vincenzo La Scola) 29. Lucy (Barratt Waugh) 30. Human Work Of Art 31. Saviour's Day 32. The Millennium Prayer Personnel. Special Guests, Hank Marvin, Russell Watson, Barratt Waugh & Vincenzo La Scola Tour dates. Note: 31 December 1999 was a Millennium Concert, celebrating the Millennium.

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Virginia Guerrini [SEP] voice type

Virginia Guerrini Virginia Guerrini (20 February 1871, Brescia – 26 February 1948, Brescia) was an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano. She made her professional opera debut at the Garibaldi Theatre in Treviso as Elsa in Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" in 1889. The following year she made her debuts at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi as Laura in "La Gioconda", the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan as Adalgisa in Vincenzo Bellini's "Norma", the Liceu in Ortrud in "Lohengrin", and Loretta in Alberto

Orso Maria Guerrini Orso Maria Guerrini (born 25 October 1943) is an Italian film, television and stage actor and voice actor. Life and career. Born in Florence, Guerrini started his career with several small roles in spaghetti westerns and genre films. He became first known in 1970 when he was chosen to play the main character in Anton Giulio Majano's "E le stelle stanno a guardare". He then starred in dozens of films for cinema and television, as well as being active as a

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Virginia MacWatters [SEP] voice type

Virginia MacWatters Virginia MacWatters (June 19, 1912 – November 5, 2005) was an American coloratura soprano. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, MacWatters studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, and sang 611 Broadway performances of Adele in "Rosalinda" (an adaptation of "Die Fledermaus"), conducted by Erich Korngold, from 1942 to 1944. She made her formal operatic debut at the San Francisco Opera, as Musetta in "La bohème", in 1944. The soprano also appeared on Broadway in

Victoria de los Ángeles as Mimì. She returned to the Met in 1957, for Fiakermilli in "Arabella", with Lisa della Casa conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. MacWatters became Artist in Residence at Indiana University in 1957, and remained on the voice faculty until her 1982 retirement. She died in Bloomington, Indiana, at the age of ninety-three. References. - "Obituaries," "Opera News", June 2006. External links. - Virginia MacWatters in excerpts from "Die Fledermaus

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Walter Fredericks [SEP] voice type

Walter Fredericks Walter Fredericks (April 16, 1916 – July 24, 2000) was an American operatic tenor and concert singer active from the late 1940s until at least the 1980s. Biography. A native of Camden, New Jersey, Fredericks worked as a machinist before friends encouraged him to audition for the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, where he won a scholarship. While traveling with the Ice Follies, he started his operatic career in 1947, performing with the San Francisco Opera. Soon maestro Gaetano Merola of

Charles Fredericks Charles Fredericks (5 Sep 1918 in Columbus, Mississippi – 14 May 1970 in Sherman Oaks, California) was an American actor of stage, television, and film. He was particularly known for his highly prolific career in B-Western movies and television Westerns during the 1950s and 1960s. He was also a talented Baryton-Martin and starred as Gaylord Ravenal in the 1946 Broadway revival of "Show Boat" and as Captain Nicholas Gregorovitch in the original 1947 production of "Music in My Heart". In

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Wilhelm Strienz [SEP] voice type

Wilhelm Strienz Wilhelm Strienz (2 September 1900 in Stuttgart – 10 May 1987 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German bass operatic singer. Strienz made his debut in 1922 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as the hermit in Weber's "Der Freischütz". In subsequent years, he performed at the opera houses of Wiesbaden, Kaiserslautern and Stuttgart. His roles included Mephistopheles in Gounod's "Faust", van Bett in Lortzing's "Zar und Zimmermann", and numerous Wagnerian roles. Between 1926 and 1933,

kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern" (song from the 1939 film "Bachelor's Paradise" ("Paradies der Junggesellen") - Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Eugen Jochum: overture to the opera "The Marriage of Figaro" - Weiß Ferdl: "Bin ich froh, ich bin kein Intellektueller" (I'm so glad I'm no intellectual) - Paul Hörbiger: "Apoloner, Apoloner bist Du" - Wilhelm Strienz: "Gute Nacht, Mutter" National Socialist propaganda. "

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Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient [SEP] voice type

Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, born Wilhelmine Schröder (6 December 180426 January 1860), was a German operatic soprano. As a singer, she combined a rare quality of tone with dramatic intensity of expression, which was as remarkable on the concert platform as in opera. Today, she is remembered as the author of the most celebrated erotic novel in the German language. Biography. Schröder was born in Hamburg, the daughter of the actress Sophie Schröder and the tenor Friedrich Schröder. Her

Eduard Devrient (Philipp) Eduard Devrient (11 August 18014 October 1877) was a German baritone, librettist, playwright, actor, theatre director, and theatre reformer and historian. Devrient came from a theatrical family. His uncle was Ludwig Devrient and his brother Karl was the first husband of Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient. He was born and studied in Berlin and performed in a number of German opera houses between 1819 and 1834, when he lost his singing voice and turned his attention to writing and acting. From

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Wojciech Wentura [SEP] voice type

Wojciech Wentura Wojciech Wentura (born Wojciech Lewandowski) was born in Tczew, he is a musician, actor, composer, pianist, and Polish Operatic tenor. Early life & education. He began playing the piano as a five-year-old boy. He attended the School of Music in Tczew, where he was taught by the pianist Aurel Kędziorski. At the age of fifteen, he became the first prize winner of the National Sacred Music Festival in Tczew. For over five years, he was a

opera composed in polish opera history. The full title "Opera Avventura - Libertarian Human Adventure in Three Acts" will have short version "Opera Avventura" Career Film. Wojciech Wentura played the main title role in a film production directed by Artur Tomczak and entitled "The Revenge of Dr La Morte" (pol. "Zemsta dr. La Morte"). The film has been shown in cinemas in 2011 during 36th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Career Autobiography. Wentura singer has also finished his own biography book

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Yvonne Kenny [SEP] voice type

Yvonne Kenny Yvonne Kenny AM (born 25 November 1950) is an Australian soprano, particularly associated with Handel and Mozart roles. Biography. Born in Sydney, she first studied at the University of Sydney in science, hoping to become a biochemist, but decided to pursue a career in music instead. She studied first with Myra Lambert at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and later won a scholarship to study at the opera school at La Scala in Milan. After a year of studying there, she went to

American rock musician - Paul Hinson, Major League Baseball player - Roy Hinson, American professional basketball player - Unknown Hinson (Stuart Daniel Baker), musician and voice actor - The Hinsons (namely Ronny, Kenny, Larry, Yvonne, Eric and Bo), an American Southern Gospel group Places. - Hinson, Florida, United States - Hinson Mounds, a historic site near Miles City, Florida, United States - Hinson's Island, Bermuda

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Étienne Lainez [SEP] voice type

Étienne Lainez Étienne Lainez (or Lainé, Laînez) (23 May 1753 – 15 September 1822) was a French operatic tenor, and leading figure at the Paris Opera for over thirty years. In the course of his career there he created many tenor roles including Rodrigue in Sacchini's "Chimène", Énée in Piccinni's "Didon", Narcisse in Gluck's "Echo et Narcisse", and Licinius in Spontini's "La vestale". Lainez was born in Vaugirard in Paris, and died in Paris

Double Justice, Diego Laynez, and the Council of Trent,” "Church History", Vol. 48, No. 3 (Sep., 1979), pp. 269–278 External links. - Lainez photo

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Aaliyah [SEP] voice type

in "Vibe" magazine. "I breathe to perform, to entertain, I can't imagine myself doing anything else. I'm just a really happy girl right now. I honestly love every aspect of this business. I really do. I feel very fulfilled and complete." Artistry. Artistry Voice and style. Aaliyah had the vocal range of a soprano. With the release of her debut album "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number", writer Dimitri Ehrlich of "Entertainment Weekly" compared her

as hard and sexy. James Hunter from "Vibe" described Aaliyah as Lithe, substantial, confident and peaceful. He also felt that Back and Forth was a "leading candidate for the years best single" and that Aaliyah has "one of those who's that? voices". Elena Bergeron from "Complex" felt that Back and Forth was the perfect example with why Aaliyah could play coy with the media regarding her age. Bergeron also praised Aaliyah voice saying "Instead of over-emoting like a child singer,

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Aarne Viisimaa [SEP] voice type

Aarne Viisimaa Aarne Viisimaa (born as Arnold Peeter Visman; 25 November 1898, Sangaste – 2 October 1989, Stockholm) was an Estonian operatic tenor and opera director. He was notably the director of the Estonian National Opera from 1927–1944. As an opera singer, he performed such roles as Eisenstein in "Die Fledermaus", Lenski in "Eugene Onegin", Ottavio in "Don Giovanni", Pinkerton in "Madama Butterfly", Tamino in "The Magic Flute", and the title roles in "Faust"

Vello Viisimaa Vello Viisimaa (1 January 1928 – 14 February 1991) was an Estonian opera singer and stage actor who appeared mostly in operettas. Career. Vello Viisimaa was born in Tallinn, Estonia, the son of opera singer Aarne Viisimaa and Hilda Marie Viisimaa ("née" Hansen). He had one older brother, Uno Viisimaa. From 1944-80 he worked at the Estonia Theatre, from 1944 to 1949, he was a theater actor and stage manager, and from 1950–80 he was a soloist

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Abdylas Maldybaev [SEP] voice type

Abdylas Maldybaev Abdylas Maldybaevich Maldybaev (, "Abdılas Maldıbayev"/"Aвdьlas Maldьвajev"; July 7, 1906 – June 1, 1978) was a Kyrgyz composer, actor, and operatic tenor singer. Maldybaev was one of the composers of the state anthem of the Kirghiz SSR and is still renowned for his operatic composition. He helped popularize Kyrgyz music by skillfully using Western European techniques. The Kyrgyz one som banknote pictures him. Maldybayev provided folk melodies and composed music which was organized and prepared by Russian composers Vladimir Vlasov and Vladimir Fere

, politician and poet, first minister of education - Bubusara Beishenalieva – ballet dancer - Askar Akayev – politician, scientist, first President of Kyrgyzstan - Kurmanjan Datka – politician, former statesman - Abdylas Maldybaev – actor/musician - Orzubek Nazarov – former World Boxing Association lightweight boxing champion - Nasirdin Isanov – politician, first Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan - Roza Otunbayeva – politician, third President of Kyrgyzstan - Kurmanbek Bakiyev – politician, second President of Kyrgyzstan

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Adelaide Malanotte [SEP] voice type

Adelaide Malanotte Adelaide Malanotte (1785 – 31 December 1832) was an Italian operatic contralto who performed in major opera houses in Italy from 1806–1821. She is best known for creating the title role in the world premiere of Gioachino Rossini's "Tancredi" in 1813. After her marriage, she performed under the name Adelaide Montresor. Her son, Giovanni Battista Montresor, had a career as a tenor and impresario in the United States. From 1812 until her death 20 years later she carried on an extra-marital affair with

Montresor Montresor may refer to: People. - Adelaide Montresor, née Adelaide Malanotte (1785–1832), Italian opera singer - Beni Montresor (1926–2001), Italian artist and illustrator - Claude de Bourdeille, comte de Montrésor (c. 1606–1663), French aristocrat - Frederick Montresor (1811–1887), British admiral - Henry Montresor (1767–1837), British army general - James Gabriel Montresor (1704–1776), British military engineer - John Montresor (1736–1799), British military engineer and cartographer

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Agostino Rovere [SEP] voice type

Agostino Rovere Agostino Rovere (1804, Monza – 1865, New York City) was an Italian operatic bass. After studying singing in Milan, he made his professional opera debut in 1826 at the opera house in Pavia. In 1828 he portrayed Clemente in the world premiere of Vincenzo Bellini's "Bianca e Fernando" at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. In 1839 he sang the role of Pedrigo in the world premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's "Gianni di Parigi" at La Scala. He returned to that opera house

1982), to whom his father ceded the princedom of Campagnano by an Italian writ of acceleration issued 10 June 1929. Married Marian Berry (9 September 1901), daughter of Jakob Berry and Aileen Freeman on 16 July 1926. They had two children: - Prince Agostino, 10th Prince Chigi della Rovere-Albani (27 September 1929) - Princess Francesca Chigi della Rovere (6 November 1933) - Princess Laura Maria Caterina Chigi della Rovere (30 April 1898 - 4 November 1984) married Denis, Count

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Albert Reiss [SEP] voice type

Albert Reiss Albert Reiss also "Albert Reiß" (22 February 1870 – 19 June 1940) was a German operatic tenor who had a prolific career in Europe and the United States during the first third of the twentieth century. He spent much of his career performing at the Metropolitan Opera where he sang in more than 1,000 performances, including several premieres, between 1901–1919. Excelling in the tenor buffo repertoire, Reiss was particularly associated with the roles of David in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" and Mime in Wagner

Wirth/Reiss, Jr. Albert J. (ed.), Chicago/London - (1964): On Cities and Social Life. Reiss, A. J. (ed.), Chicago/London - Reiss, Albert J.jr. (1964): "Introduction", Sociology as a Discipline. In: Wirth, Louis (1964) See also. - Chicago school (sociology) - Robert E. Park - Minority groups - Marginalization Further reading. - Guide to the Louis

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Alice Cucini [SEP] voice type

Alice Cucini Alice Cucini (1870–1949) was an Italian contralto who had a prolific opera career in Europe and South America between 1891 and 1915. She was particularly associated with the role of Dalila in Camille Saint-Saëns's "Samson et Dalila", which she sang in numerous houses internationally. Among the first generation of musicians to be recorded, her voice is preserved on some of the very first Zonophone records ever made (1900), some Pathé recordings from 1902, and some HMV recordings made in 1906 and 1910

by Leroux (which he created in Montecarlo the same year), with Claessens and De Luca. In 1908, also at Teatro de la Opera, he sang Andreas again, Siegmund and Thesee in the B.A. première of Massenet´s Ariane. In 1910, at the Teatro Colón, he sang Licinio in a revival of Spontini La Vestale with Esther Mazzoleni, Alice Cucini, Francesco María Bonini and Giulio Cirino. He was that year the first Loge in Das Rheingold with Didur, De Luca and Lina Pasini Vitale. Also sang Siegmund

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Amy Shuard [SEP] voice type

Amy Shuard Amy Shuard CBE (19 July 192418 April 1975) was an English operatic soprano renowned in such dramatic roles as Elektra, Turandot and Brünnhilde. She created both title roles in Janáček's "Káťa Kabanová" and "Jenůfa" in their respective British premieres. She has been described as "the best English dramatic soprano since Eva Turner" (her teacher). Biography. Shuard was born in London. After studying at the Trinity College of Music, she had lessons from Eva Turner. In 1948

in October 1963, then in 1966 as Elektra, 1968 as Turandot, and finally as Brünnhilde in "Götterdämmerung" in 1969. Amy Shuard was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). She died in 1975, aged 50. Recordings. Amy Shuard made only a few studio recordings, but there are many live recordings of her performances. A complete list can be found here. Currently available recordings include: - Hector Berlioz: "The Trojans", under Rafael

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Anda-Louise Bogza [SEP] voice type

Anda-Louise Bogza Anda-Louise Bogza is a celebrated Romanian opera soprano. In 1994, she won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Vienna International Singing Competition. In 2007, she was honored with the Thalia Award. Biography. Anda-Louise Bogza studied music at the George Enescu Conservatory, the Academy Music of Bucharest and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague(piano, singing and harpsichord). She began her career performing at the State Opera and the National Theatre in Prague. She

Louise Bogza) - article - Xantypa (ANDA-LOUISE BOGZA - operní zpěvačka) - article - Scena.cz - 1. kulturní portál (Anda-Louise Bogza: Toscu jsem interpretovala 250 krát…) - article - Opera + (Anda-Louise Bogza: Pro mne je Praha stále srdcem Evropy) - Anda-Louise Bogza: Považuji Prahu za svůj druhý domov - Scena.cz - 1. kulturní portál - Anda–Louise Bogza: Pro těch pár okamžiků… - Anda–Louise Bogza, operní

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Andreas Karasiak [SEP] voice type

Andreas Karasiak Andreas Karasiak (born 1968) is a German classical tenor in opera and concert. Career. Andreas Karasiak studied voice at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz with Claudia Eder. He studied Baroque music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with René Jacobs in Basel. Starting in 1999, he sang at the National Theatre Mannheim Mozart parts such as Tamino, Ferrando and Belmonte. In the field of historically informed performance he has worked with Gustav Leonhardt, Marcus Creed and Philippe Herreweghe, taking part in the

's Singspiele "Der vierjährige Posten; Die Zwilingsbrüder". Andreas Karasiak has been teaching voice at the Hochschule für Musik Rheinland-Pfalz and in master classes. Selected recordings. - Hermann Suter: "Le Laudi", Zofia Kilanowicz, Pamela Pantos, Johann Werner Prein, Chor von St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden, Kinderchor von St. Bonifatius, Witold Lutoslawski Philharmonic Wroclaw, conductor Gabriel Dessauer, 1999 - Bach: "Matthäus-Passion", Elisabeth Scholl, Nathalie Stutzmann, Gerd Türk, Thomas Mohr, Hanno Müller

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Anita Cerquetti [SEP] voice type

Anita Cerquetti Anita Cerquetti (13 April 193111 October 2014) was an Italian dramatic soprano who had a short but meteoric career in the 1950s. Her voice was very powerful and pleasing to audiences. Career. Cerquetti was born in Montecosaro, near Macerata, Italy. She originally studied violin and trained eight years with Luigi Mori. After a mere year of vocal study at the Conservatory of Perugia, she made her operatic debut in Spoleto in 1951 as Aida. She sang all over Italy, notably in Florence as

title role in "Aida" in July 1958, but was forced to withdraw following an appendectomy in late June. She was replaced by Leontyne Price. Anita Cerquetti was thus destined never to sing at Covent Garden. Cerquetti sang relatively little in America. Her debut there was at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1955, as Amelia in "Un ballo in maschera" opposite Jussi Björling, under Tullio Serafin. She made only two commercial recordings, both for Decca in 1957, a recital of Italian opera arias and a

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Anna Christy [SEP] voice type

Anna Christy Anna Christy is an American soprano opera singer. She studied at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and made her debut in 2000 at New York City Opera as Papagena. Christy sings a variety of lyric roles, such as Susanna, Papagena and Cleopatra, but especially coloratura roles such as Cunegonde in "Candide" and Oscar in "Un ballo in maschera". She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2004/5 season, and has sung with the Santa

a minor concussion, Anna is uninjured. Sometime after the fall, Anna seems to no longer be affected by her illness. When Christy and Anna go to an appointment with Dr. Nurko, he tells Christy that Anna is miraculously cured. Anna then recounts with her parents the experience she had during the fall. She describes how her soul left her body during the fall, and God promised that she would be cured of her illness upon her return to Earth. At church, Christy shares the story of how God miraculously

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Anna Cymmerman [SEP] voice type

Anna Cymmerman Anna Cymmerman is a Polish operatic soprano. She studied at the Academy of Music in Łódź where she majored in Vocal Acting and Performance and graduated with honors in June, 2000. While a student, she debuted as a soloist in the Grand Theatre, Łódź. There, she performed in Polish as Blanche in Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites" directed by Christopher Kelm. Her performance was appreciated both by critics and viewers. She won a competition whose judges included Ewa Podleś and Andrzej Drabowicz. She has

Skalpel (nu jazz) Opera. - Irene Abendroth (1871–1932) - Piotr Beczała (1966–) - Ewa Biegas (1977–) - Grażyna Brodzińska (1951–) - Anna Cymmerman - Wojtek Drabowicz (1966–2007) - Ján Koehler (–1895) - Adolf Kozieradski (1835–1901) - Mariusz Kwiecień (1972–) - Bernard Ładysz (1922–) - Maria Mitrosz (1970–) - Aleksander Myszuga (1853–1922) - Jozef Michal

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Anna von Mildenburg [SEP] voice type

Anna von Mildenburg Anna von Mildenburg (November 29, 1872 – January 27, 1947) was an eminent Wagnerian soprano of Austrian nationality. Known as Anna Bahr-Mildenburg after her 1909 marriage, she had been a protégé of the composer/conductor Gustav Mahler during his musical directorship at the Hamburg State Opera. In 1898, Mahler took her to the Vienna Opera, where she established herself as one of the great stars during his celebrated tenure there as music director. Biography. Anna Bellschan von Mildenburg, to

1934-1944. Beginning in November 1934, Adolf Hitler, in his position as German Head of State, took over the awarding of the "Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft". Among them are the Nobel Prize winners Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Johannes Stark, Heinrich Wieland and Adolf Windaus, as well as five women: Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Agnes Bluhm, Isolde Kurz, and Lulu von Strauß und Torney. Under Hitler the Medal was generally awarded only on high birthdays or other

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Anton Dermota [SEP] voice type

Anton Dermota "Kammersänger" Anton Dermota (June 4, 1910 – June 22, 1989) was a Slovene tenor. He was born in a poor family in the Upper Carniolan village of Kropa in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire (and is now in Slovenia). He went to the Ljubljana Conservatory with the intention of studying composition and organ, but in 1934 he received a scholarship which sent him to Vienna. There, he devoted himself exclusively to vocal study with Marie Radó.

the Vienna Singverein (Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde) under Oswald Kabasta, with Franz Schütz at the organ. sang the Evangelist's recitative role, and the other vocal soloists were Erika Rokyta, Enid Szantho, Anton Dermota and Josef von Manowarda. The UK premiere was given on 24 May 1966, conducted by Bryan Fairfax. Recordings. - Anton Dermota (Evangelist), Walter Berry (God), Hilde Güden, Ira Malaniuk, Fritz Wunderlich (soloists): Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker, cond.

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Antonio Denzio [SEP] voice type

Antonio Denzio Antonio Denzio (23 September 1689 – after 1763) was an Italian impresario, tenor, and librettist. Born in Venice to a family of musicians and operatic personnel, he pursued a career mainly as a singer until 1724, when he traveled to Bohemia as a member of the opera company of Antonio Maria Peruzzi, probably his uncle. Peruzzi had the idea of bringing an Italian opera company to central Europe to perform first in Prague, then Dresden and Leipzig. The company was first brought to Bohemia under the

the efforts of the Italian impresario Antonio Maria Peruzzi in founding the Prague theater, then Antonio Denzio, who soon supplanted Peruzzi, in continuing productions. There were also operatic productions for a few years at Kuks during the summer months. The Denzio company succeeded in attracting some of the most prominent singers in Italy to Prague, and used Antonio Vivaldi as a source of repertory and singers. Vivaldi himself visited Prague in the early 1730s as a result of his connections with the Sporck theater. Many creative operatic works were first performed in

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Antonio Poggi [SEP] voice type

Antonio Poggi Antonio Poggi (1806 – 15 April 1875) was an Italian operatic tenor who had an active international career from 1827–1848. He is best remembered for creating roles in the world premieres of operas by Gaetano Donizetti and Giuseppe Verdi. He was married to soprano Erminia Frezzolini from 1841–1846. Life and career. Born in Castel San Pietro Terme, Poggi studied singing with Andrea Nozzari and the cello with Maestro Coticelli. He made his professional opera debut in 1827 at the Paris Opera as Rodrigo in Gioachino Rossini's

March 1946) - Luigi Arrigoni (31 May 1946 – 6 July 1948) - Giovanni Panico (28 Sep 1948 – 14 November 1953) - Francesco Lardone ( 1953–1959) - Romolo Carboni (2 Sep 1959 – 26 April 1969) - Luigi Poggi (21 May 1969 – 1 August 1973) - Carlo Furno (1 Aug 1973 – 25 November 1978) - Mario Tagliaferri (15 Dec 1978 – 20 July 1985) - Luigi Dossena (30 Dec 1985 – 2 March 1994

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April Cantelo [SEP] voice type

April Cantelo April Cantelo (born 2 April 1928) is an English soprano. Life and career. She was born Rosemary April Cantelo in Purbrook, Hampshire. She attended Chelmsford County High School for Girls. She studied in London under Vilém Tauský, Joan Cross, Imogen Holst and others. She sang in the Glyndebourne Chorus and then made her debut in Edinburgh in 1950 as Barbarina and Echo. She played Rosetta in "Love in a Village", the pasticcio by Arne, at Aldeburgh in June 1952.

Oct 01, May 1998 – Aug 99 CINDERELLA, Jun – Sep 2000, Jan – Apr 1998 TYPE O NEGATIVE, Jan 2000 – April 00, Sep – Dec 1999, COAL CHAMBER, Jan 2000 – April 00, 1996 – 97, 1994 – 95 TYPE O NEGATIVE, Dec 1999 – April 20000, Nov 1996 – Mar 97 SKID ROW, 1995 MOTLEY CRUE, 1991 – 94, Assistant Tour Manager: 1987-91

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Arrigo Pola [SEP] voice type

Arrigo Pola Arrigo Pola (5 July 1919 – 3 November 1999) was an Italian tenor who had an active international performance career during the 1940s through the 1960s. After, he embarked on a second career, as a celebrated voice teacher in both Italy and Japan. Among his notable pupils were tenors Luciano Pavarotti, Giuliano Bernardi, Vincenzo La Scola and bass Michele Pertusi. He also served as the Artistic Director of the Fujiwara Opera from 1957 to 1965. Early life and education. Born in Finale Emilia,

, "Were it not for my dear teacher Arrigo Pola, I would not be what I am today." In 1957, Pola was offered a position on the voice faculty at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and the post of Artistic Director of the Fujiwara Opera, with the condition that he master the Japanese language. He accepted the offer, and moved to Japan after securing Pavarotti's further training with Ettore Campogalliani. Pavarotti continued to be mentored by Pola, through visits to Tokyo, while studying with Campogalliani

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Art Lund [SEP] voice type

Art Lund Art Lund (April 1, 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah – May 31, 1990 in Holladay, Utah) was an American baritone singer, initially with bandleaders Benny Goodman and Harry James, and was also a television and stage actor. Biography. Arthur Lund was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, and received his master's degree from the United States Naval Academy in aerological engineering. Lund was a high school math teacher in Kentucky who worked as a musician on the side. He

Ricebowl etc.) - Sep, 1994 "Japanese Design after 1950" (Philadelphia Museum of Art、USA) - Invited exhibits (G-type Soysauce Bottle, A-type Party Tray) - Sep, 1997 "10 Designers from all over the world" (Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Italy) - Invited exhibits (Test-B with Cylinder etc.) - Jun, 1998 "Masahiro Mori's Ceramic Design" (Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum) - Oct, 1998 "Product Designer Mori Masahiro Exhibition

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Artyom Melikhov [SEP] voice type

Artyom Melikhov Artyom Melikhov is a Russian tenor singer who was born in Saint Petersburg. He graduated from both the Glinka Choral School and Saint Petersburg Conservatory where he was under guidance from Yelizaveta Kudryavtseva till 2006. In 2008 under guidance from Valery Gergiev he played a role of one of the Japanese envoys in "Le Rossignol" opera and during the same year played a soloist role in "Chimes" at the Mariinsky Theatre. In 2009 he had his first appearance with Mariinsky Theatre where he played in an opera called "War

) - "" (2011) - Constantinople Vendor / Assassin Recruit / Civillian (voice) - "Diablo III" (2012) - (voice) - "" (2012) - Russian Leader (voice) - "" (2003) - Artyom (voice, uncredited) - "Metro 2033" (2013) - Artyom (voice, uncredited) Theatre. - "Goose-Pimples" - "Titanic" - "Sakharam Binder" - "Terrorism

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August Kindermann [SEP] voice type

August Kindermann August Kindermann (6 February 1817 – 6 March 1891) was a German bass-baritone singer and regisseur, particularly noted for his performances in the operas of Richard Wagner. He was born in Potsdam. He began his career singing in the chorus of the Berlin State Opera in 1836 and made his solo debut there in 1837 in a small role in Spontini's "Agnes von Hohenstaufen". He went on to sing bass and baritone roles with Leipzig Opera from 1839 to 1846. While at Leipzig,

27 Sep 1724 to 17 Jan 1734) - Johann Wilhelm von Twickel (27 Jun 1735 to 10 Sep 1757) - Ludwig Hatteisen, O.S.B. (2 Oct 1758 to 3 Apr 1771) - Johannes Bydolek (10 Sep 1949 to 18 Oct 1957) - Heinrich Pachowiak (27 May 1958 to 24 Aug 1992) - Adolf Kindermann (11 Jul 1966 to 23 Oct 1974) - Heinrich Machens (24 Mar 1976 to 11 Feb 1994) - Hans-Georg Koitz 24 Aug 1992 to

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Azer Zeynalov [SEP] voice type

Azer Zeynalov Azer Zeynalov (Azerbaijani: Zeynalov Azər Zeynalabdin oğlu) (born 13 December 1964) is an Azerbaijani opera singer, (tenor), film composer, actor, and music professor. He is a People's Artist of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Dagestan. Biography. Azer Zeynalov was born in Nakhchivan to an intellectual family. Living in Baku since 1969, Zeynalov started school in 1972 in No. 132 secondary school and No. 12 music school's fortepiano class. In 1982, he entered Azerbaijan

Azer (name) Azer may refer to the following people - Given name - Azer Aliyev (born 1994), Russian football midfielder - Azer Amiraslanov (born 1971), Azerbaijani economist - Azer Bušuladžić (born 1991), Bosnian-Danish footballer - Azer Bülbül (1967– 2012), Azerbaijani folk singer and actor - Azer Mammadov (born 1976), Azerbaijani football defender - Azer Mirzoev (born 1978), Azerbaijani chess player - Azer Zeynalov (born 1964),

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Bella Alten [SEP] voice type

Bella Alten Bella Alten (June 30, 1877 – December 31, 1962) was an operatic soprano who performed at the Metropolitan Opera House during the early 1900s. Bella Alten was born in Zaskaczewo, Poland. She studied with Gustav Engel and Joachim at the Imperial Conservatory in Berlin, and later with Aglaja Orgeni in Dresden. Her first appearance in opera was as Aennchen in Der Freischütz in 1897 after which engagements followed in Berlin, Brunswick, Cologne and London. She was singing Cherubino in Marriage of Figaro, Nedda in

Theatre and ran for 64 performances. The popular air from this work, Oh Promise Me, is still heard frequently at weddings today. During her Metropolitan career in 1912, Bella Alten married Hermann Deri, an Austrian State Banker, and became Bella Alten-Deri. She returned to Vienna and continued to sing at both the Wiener Hofoper and Volksoper. She gave concerts and radio broadcasts as late as 1936. When the Nazis came to power in Austria, she and her husband moved to London where she died December 31

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Benoît Haller [SEP] voice type

Benoît Haller Benoît Haller is a French conductor and tenor, born in Strasbourg in 1972. Biography. Benoît Haller studied choral and orchestral conducting with Hans Michael Beuerle at the Hochschule für Musik in Fribourg-en-Brisgau. He studied singing with Hélène Roth then Beata Heuer-Christen, Gerd Heinz (opera) and Hans Peter Müller (song repertoire) from 1992 to 2002. His repertoire includes baroque opera and classic and romantic oratorio. He is the founder and musical director of the French baroque musical

Haller Haller is a surname of English and German origin. It is the last name of: - Albin Haller (1849–1925), French chemist - Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777), Swiss anatomist and physiologist, also notable for his contributions to botany - Albrecht von Haller (1758–1823), botanist, son of Albrecht von Haller senior - Benoît Haller (born 1972), French baroque singer and conductor of La Chapelle Rhénane - Berthold Haller (c. 1492–1536), Swiss educator, preacher and church

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Bernard Ładysz [SEP] voice type

Bernard Ładysz Bernard Ładysz (born 24 July 1922, Wilno, then Poland) is a Polish opera singer (bass-baritone) and actor. His recordings include "Lucia di Lammermoor" (with Maria Callas) and "The Devils of Loudon" (with Tatiana Troyanos). Awards and Distinctions. - 1947 - First Prize, National Vocal Competition in Warsaw - 1951 - Gold Cross of Merit - 1956 - First Prize, International Vocal Competition in Vercelli (Italy) - 1974 - Order

Callas (Lucia), Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero Cappuccilli, Bernard Ładysz, Leonard del Ferro, Margreta Elkins (Alisa), Renzo Casellato, Philharmonia Chorus London, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Tullio Serafin, recorded 1959 – EMI - "Lucia di Lammermoor" – Joan Sutherland (Lucia), João Gibin (Edgardo), John Shaw (Enrico), Joseph Rouleau (Raimondo), Kenneth MacDonald (Arturo), Margreta Elkins (Alisa), Robert Bowman (Normanno), Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

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Bessie Abott [SEP] voice type

Bessie Abott Bessie Abott (1878 – February 9, 1919) was an American operatic soprano who had an active international career during the early 20th century. She was particularly associated with the Paris Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, and excelled in performances of Italian and French operas of the Romantic Period. Biography. Bessie Abott was one of twin daughters, Bessie and Jessie, born in Heuvelton, New York as Bessie Pickens to John Pickens, Jr., and his wife, Frances Josephine Button. She utilized her grandmother

shape, citing illness as the reason for his departure. Enrico Caruso, 23 years de Reszke's junior, took up his mantle as the world's most famous tenor. (Unlike de Reszke, however, Caruso did not choose to become an exponent of Wagnerian opera) He subsequently busied himself breeding racehorses in Poland and teaching singing in Paris and at Nice on the French Riviera. His pupils came from a variety of countries and included Bidu Sayão, Bessie Abott, Louise Edvina, Claire Croiza, Arthur Endrèze, Vladimir

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Birgit Nordin [SEP] voice type

Birgit Nordin Birgit Nordin (born 22 February 1934 in Sangis, Sweden) is a Swedish opera soprano. Education. Nordin attended the Stockholm Royal College of Music from 1956 to 1958, studying under Britta von Vegesack. Later she trained with Lina Pagliughi in Italy. Career. Nordin joined the company of the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm where she worked from 1958 to 1986. Nordin's debut was as Oscar in Verdi's "Masked Ball" on 21 October 1958 and she was part of the

. The opera was conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini at the Holland Festival in 1959, the production also being seen and televised from the Aix-en-Provence Festival in July the same year, where Luigi Alva, Michel Hamel and Mariella Adani were among the cast. Conducted by Sergiu Comissiona it was performed in a staging by Etienne Glaser at Drottningholm in August 1969, with Margareta Hallin, Birgit Nordin as the daughters, Erik Saedén as Ernesto, Jonny Blanc as Ecclitico, and Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö as Cecco.

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Björk [SEP] voice type

reshaped the language of music since 1988." Artistry Voice. Björk has a soprano vocal range spanning from E to D, which has been described as both "elastic" and "somersaulting" in quality as well as having been praised for her scatting ability, unique vocal stylings and delivery. In a review for her live performance at the 2011 Manchester International Festival, Bernadette McNulty of "The Daily Telegraph" commented, "the 45-year-old still uses electronic dance beats with a full-blooded raver's passion and

it “could have left (Björk) potentially vulnerable, but she fills the empty space with the full force of her voice… In the end, the renditions seem more assured and well-conceived…” than on both "Debut" and "Post Live". AllMusic wrote that “the relatively spare instrumentation allows Björk to take her songs down slightly different paths while retaining the heart of the studio recordings” and that “Björk’s voice shines throughout.” PopMatters criticized the slew of releases Björk was putting out at

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Brenda Boozer [SEP] voice type

Brenda Boozer Brenda Boozer (born January 25, 1948) is an American mezzo-soprano who has had an active international career performing in operas and concerts since the mid 1970s. She was a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for 11 seasons. Biography. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Boozer participated in beauty pageants in her youth and was crowned Miss Tallahassee in 1967. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Florida State University and completed graduate studies in vocal performance at the Juilliard School. At

Boozer (surname) Boozer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Allen Boozer (born 1944), American physicist - Bob Boozer (1937–2012), American former professional basketball player - Brenda Boozer (born 1948), is American singer - Carlos Boozer (born 1981), professional basketball player - Don Boozer (fl. 2007), American constructed language creator - Emerson Boozer (born 1943), professional American football player - John Boozer (1938–1986),

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Burak Bilgili [SEP] voice type

Burak Bilgili Burak Bilgili is a Turkish operatic bass-baritone who was born in Akşehir, a town in the Konya Province of Turkey. He has sung in leading opera houses in the United States and Europe. Initially, he studied at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul and later with San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program, and at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia from which he graduated in 2004. He also studied in Italy with Bonaldo Giaotti and Katia Ricciarelli at the "Accademia Lirica Internazionale "Katia Ricciarelli"

Bilgili Bilgili is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Burak Bilgili, Turkish opera singer - Serdar Bilgili, Turkish businessman

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Carla Martinis [SEP] voice type

Carla Martinis Carla Martinis (19 January 1922 – 9 August 2010) was a Croatian operatic soprano particularly associated with the Italian repertoire. Biography. Carla (Dragica) Martinis was born in the village of Danculovice (near Ozalj and Jastrebarsko) and studied at the Zagreb Music Conservatory with Marija Kostrenčić and Vicko Martinis, whom she married in 1942. She made her debut that same year at the Zagreb Opera House, singing the role of Mimi in "La bohème". She then sang at the Prague National Theatre

her powers. She died in Vienna. Recordings. - 1951 – "Otello" – Carla Martinis, Ramón Vinay, Paul Schöffler, Anton Dermota, Sieglinde Wagner, Josef Greindl, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler, recorded live at the Salzburg Festival (EMI) - 1952 – "La forza del destino" – Carla Martinis, Rudolf Schock, Josef Metternich, Martha Mödl, Gottlob Frick, Gustav Neidlinger – Chorus and orchestra of Radio Hamburg, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (Walhall Eternity

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Carlo Negrini [SEP] voice type

Carlo Negrini Carlo Negrini (24 June 1826 in Piacenza – 14 March 1865 in Naples) was an Italian spinto tenor and creator of Gabriele Adorno in Verdi’s opera "Simon Boccanegra". Early career. Born as Carlo Villa to a humble family in Piacenza, Negrini studied first in the Regia Scuola di Musica and then in Parma. A sponsor made it possible for him to study in Milan with Bartolomeo Prati. The impresario Angelo Boracchi advised him to change his name to Carlo Negrini, claiming it will bring

necessarie per poter eseguire con generale soddisfacimento le musiche del giorno, nelle quali vi vuole, non men che il cantante, l'attore. Cosi la sua voce non fosse un po' stanca dalle lunghe fatiche!”). "The Musical World" of 1854 reports on his Covent Garden performance: "Negrini is the most perfect Carlo that can be imagined; He excited the wonder and delight of the audience by the "fullness" of his tone, the "richness" of his voice, and still more by his "

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Carol Plantamura [SEP] voice type

Carol Plantamura Carol Plantamura (born February 8, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an American soprano specializing in 17th and 20th century music. She graduated from Occidental College and was an original member of the Rockefeller Foundation-funded Creative Associates at SUNY Buffalo, under the direction of Lukas Foss. She has collaborated with such composers as Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Vinko Globokar, Pauline Oliveros, Lukas Foss, Betsy Jolas, Will Ogdon, Bernard Rands, Frederic Rzewski, and Robert Erickson. Beginning in 1966

Musica Elettronica Viva Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV) is a live acoustic/electronic improvisational group formed in Rome, Italy, in 1966. Over the years, its members have included Alvin Curran, Richard Teitelbaum, Frederic Rzewski, Allan Bryant, Garrett List, Carol Plantamura, Ivan Vandor, Steve Lacy, and Jon Phetteplace. They were early experimenters with the use of synthesizers to transform sounds: a 1967 concert in Berlin included a performance of John Cage's "Solo for Voice 2" with Plantamura's voice transformed

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Catherine Naglestad [SEP] voice type

Catherine Naglestad Catherine Naglestad, born in San Jose of Scandinavian parentage, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an American soprano singer. She earned her Bachelor of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory, furthering her studies in Rome, Milan and New York. She has performed leading roles in opera houses and concert halls around the world, including the Royal Opera House in London, Paris Opéra Bastille, Berlin State Opera, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. She is particularly known for the roles of Norma

new staging concepts. Under Zehelein's direction the Stuttgart Opera was an ensemble based opera company, Catherine Naglestad, Eva-Maria Westbroek were members of his ensemble, Jonas Kaufmann a frequent guest artist. Music directors were Gabriele Ferro and Lothar Zagrosek, Nicola Luisotti conducted frequently during Zehelein's era. Zehelein was succeeded by Albrecht Puhlmann. Present. Jossi Wieler became Intendant (artistic director) of the company in 2011, succeeding Albrecht Puhlmann. The most recent Generalmusikdirektor was Manfred Honeck, from 2007 to 2011. In April

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Charles Hardouin [SEP] voice type

Charles Hardouin Charles Hardouin (born Brittany, fl. Paris 1694-1718) was a French operatic baritone ("basse taille"). Beginning his career as a cathedral singer, Hardouin was engaged by the Paris Opéra as a principal singer around 1693-1694, though from 1697 onwards he was eclipsed by the more powerful Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard. He was still singing in 1718 when he was acclaimed as Poliphème in Lully's "Acis et Galatée. Roles created. - The grand priest in Destouches

(Sep–Oct) 1962; pp. 460–465. - Gilbertson, R. L. Resupinate Hydnaceous Fungi of North America. I. Type studies of species described by Peck. Mycological Society of America. "Mycologia," Vol. 54, No. 6 (Nov–Dec) 1962; pp. 658–677. - Haines, J. H. Charles Peck and his contributions to American Myology. Mycotaxon. Vol. XXVI. (Jul–Sep). 1986; pp 17–27.

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Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild [SEP] voice type

Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild (born 28 November 1955) is a British soprano specializing in the recital and oratorio repertoire who is a member of the Rothschild banking family of England. Family. The second daughter of the four children of Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916–2009) and Elizabeth Edith Rothschild "née" Lentner (1923–1980), she is a twin to David Lionel de Rothschild. In 1990 she married Nigel S. Brown. Her grandfather built the world-famous Exbury Gardens in Hampshire where she

Ariane de Rothschild - Arthur de Rothschild (1851–1903) - Benjamin de Rothschild (born 1963, Paris) - Princess Béatrice de Broglie (born 1913) - Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild (1864–1934) - Bethsabée de Rothschild (1914–1999) - Carl Mayer von Rothschild (1788–1855) - Cécile Léonie Eugénie Gudule Lucie de Rothschild (1913–1995) - Charlotte de Rothschild - Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild (born 1955), British opera singer - Charlotte von Rothschild (1818–84) - Count

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Cheryl Studer [SEP] voice type

Cheryl Studer Cheryl Studer (born October 24, 1955) is an American dramatic soprano who has sung at many of the world's foremost opera houses. Studer has performed more than eighty roles ranging from the dramatic repertoire to roles more commonly associated with lyric sopranos and coloratura sopranos, and, in her late stage, mezzo-sopranos. She is particularly known for her interpretations of the works of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner. Early life and education. Studer was born in Midland, Michigan, to Carl W.

The 1978 inaugural performance of "La Traviata" included opera stars Delores Ziegler and Knoxville native Mary Costa, who garnered fame for creating the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney film "Sleeping Beauty". Among the many distinguished artists who have performed with the company, notable appearances include gala performances by Marilyn Horne, Cheryl Studer and Catherine Malfitano, in addition to leading roles performed by Rosalind Elias, Mary Dunleavy, Margaret Lattimore, Enrico Di Giuseppe, and Faith Esham. Directors who have appeared regularly with the company include

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Christian du Plessis [SEP] voice type

Christian du Plessis Christian du Plessis (born 2 July 1944) is a South African baritone, largely based in England, and particularly associated with the bel canto repertory. Born in Vryheid, South Africa, he studied in Johannesburg with Teasdale Griffiths and Esme Webb, and made his stage debut there, with the Transvaal Opera, as Yamadori in "Madama Butterfly", in 1967. Further studies followed in London with Otokar Kraus, making his debut there in 1970, as Mathieu in "Andrea Chénier".

Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d'Argentré Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d'Argentré (1 November 172024 February 1805) was Bishop of Séez, Normandy, from 17 Sep 1775 until his death. Jean-Baptiste was born in the in Argentré-du-Plessis in Brittany, from where the family took their name, to Pierre, former page of Louis XIV, and Marie-Louise Hindret de Ravenne. He was tutor to the "Enfants de France", the children of the French royal family, and the King

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