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Christoph Prégardien [SEP] voice type
Christoph Prégardien Christoph Prégardien (born 18 January 1956) is a German lyric tenor whose career is closely associated with the roles in Mozart operas, as well as performances of Lieder, oratorio roles, and Baroque music. He is well known for his performances and recordings of the Evangelist roles in Bach's "St John Passion" and "St Matthew Passion". Born in Limburg an der Lahn, Germany, he began his musical education as a choirboy at the cathedral's boys' choir, the Limburger Domsingknaben.
Ruth Ziesak Ruth Ziesak is a German soprano in opera and concert. Career. Ruth Ziesak studied voice at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts with Elsa Cavelti and Christoph Prégardien. She has been a member of the Municipal Theatre Heidelberg since 1988 and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in 1990. She appeared in roles of Mozart's operas, such as "Pamina" in "The Magic Flute" (at the Salzburg Festival 1991 and recorded with Georg Solti), "Servilia" in "La clemenza
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Christopher Maltman [SEP] voice type
Christopher Maltman Christopher Maltman is a British operatic baritone. Maltman grew up in Lincolnshire, attending King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, and studied music at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1994 he won the Great Elm Festival Vocal Award (now the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards). During The Royal Opera 2013/14 season, he played both Count Almaviva in "Le nozze di Figaro" and Lescaut in Puccini's "Manon Lescaut".
Clayton, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Daneman, Bernarda Fink, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Christiane Karg, Jonas Kaufmann, Yvonne Kenny, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Joan Rodgers, Kate Royal, Toby Spence, Bryn Terfel, Ailish Tynan, Roderick Williams and Catherine Wyn Rogers. He has also performed with instrumentalists including Julian Bliss, David Garrett, Tine Thing Helseth, Andrej Bielow, Daniel Hope and with several chamber ensembles. Christopher Glynn has also performed and recorded as a pianist with The Sixteen choir. Glynn has performed at
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Claire Croiza [SEP] voice type
Claire Croiza Claire Croiza (14 September 1882 – 27 May 1946) was a French mezzo-soprano and an influential teacher of singers. Career. Claire Croiza (née Conelly, or O'Connolly) was born in Paris, the daughter of an expatriate American father and an Italian mother, and as a child she excelled at piano and singing. She was taught singing privately at first and then went to the Polish tenor Jean de Reszke for further study. She made her opera début in Nancy in 1905 in "
mostly French songs and opera extracts. They have been collected in a 2-CD set by Marston Records: "Claire Croiza: champion of the modern French mélodie". Bibliography. - Bannerman, Betty. "Recollections of Claire Croiza", in "Bulletin of the Institute of Recorded Sound", (1956), no.1, p. 12, [with discography]. - Bannerman, Betty, (ed. & trans). "The Singer as Interpreter: Claire Croiza's Master Classes". (
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Claire Dux [SEP] voice type
Claire Dux Claire Dux (2 August 1885 – 8 October 1967) was an operatic and concert soprano with a successful career in continental Europe, England, and the United States. Early life. Clara Auguste Dux was born in the village Witkowo in the county of Gnesen (today Gniezno); that area was part of the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of Posen from 1815 until 1920. Alan Blyth calls her Polish, other sources call her German, "The New York Times" called her Swiss in 1920
Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic - "Dux", the lead melody in a canon - Dux, the highest-ranking pupil in academic, arts or sporting achievement ("Dux Litterarum", "Dux Artium" and "Dux Ludorum" respectively) in each graduating year. - "Dux", biography of Benito Mussolini written by Margherita Sarfatti in 1925 - Oregon Ducks, the name of the University of Oregon sports teams People with the surname. - Claire Dux (1885–1967),
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Clare Shore [SEP] voice type
Clare Shore Clare Shore (born 1954) is an American composer, music educator mezzo-soprano, and conductor. Biography. Clare Shore studied composition with Annette LeSiege, voice with Donald Hoirup, and oboe and saxophone with Davidson Burgess, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University in 1976. She continued her studies in composition with Charles Eakin and Cecil Effinger, and voice with Louis Cunningham, graduating with a Master of Music degree in 1977 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She studied
- England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 1892 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Page 319; Mary Clare Absalom - England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1837-1983 1915 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Page 1171; Mary Clare Absalom & Lionel P. Mawhood - England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983 1970 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Entry reads; "MAWHOOD Mary Clare b 17th Jy 1892 Harrow 5b 1903" - England & Wales, Birth
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Claron McFadden [SEP] voice type
Claron McFadden Claron McFadden (born 1961) is an American soprano. McFadden studied voice at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, finishing her degree in 1984. She gained international fame when making her Glyndebourne Festival Opera debut in the title role of the opera "Lulu", conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. As well as singing many of the major oratorio works, McFadden became particularly world-famous for her interpretation of modern and contemporary music. McFadden is currently based in Amsterdam, the
Muldowney NMCD003 - Harrison Birtwistle White and Light Claron McFadden/Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw Teldec Classics 3984-26867-2 - Harrison Birtwistle Tenebrae Claron McFadden/Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw Teldec Classics 3984-26867-2 - Harrison Birtwistle Night Claron McFadden/Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw Teldec Classics 3984-26867-2 - Gavin Bryars The Adnan Songbook No.5 Valdine Anderson/Gavin Bryars Ensemble Philips - Lou Harrison Vestiunt Silve Patrice Maginnis/The California Parallèlle Ensemble
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Clémentine Delauney [SEP] voice type
Clémentine Delauney Clémentine Delauney (born 11 February 1987) is a French mezzo singer from Lyon. She was the female backing vocalist for Austrian symphonic metal band Serenity, currently Visions of Atlantis and French opera metal band Melted Space. She was previously the vocalist of French philharmonic metal band Whyzdom from late 2010 to early 2012. In 2017, Clémentine formed the band Exit Eden with three other female singers from the rock/metal scene: Amanda Somerville (Avantasia, Trillium, HDK), Marina La Torraca (
Track listing. Lyrics by Clémentine Delauney and Siegfried Samer except "The Book of Nature", "The Last Home" and Prayer to the Lost by Clémentine Delauney. All music by Frank Pitters except "Prayer to the Lost" by Clémentine Delauney. All arrangements by Frank Pitters. All vocal lines by Frank Pitters except "The Book of Nature", "The Last Home" and Prayer to the Lost by Clémentine Delauney. Personnel. - Band members - Clémentine Delauney - lead vocals
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Cristoforo Caresana [SEP] voice type
Cristoforo Caresana Cristofaro or Cristoforo Caresana (ca. 1640–1709) was an Italian Baroque composer, organist and tenor. He was an early representative of the Neapolitan operatic school. Born in Venice, his precise birthday is not known. After studying under Pietro Andrea Ziani (uncle of Marc'Antonio Ziani) in Venice, he moved to Naples late in his teens, where he joined the theatre company of Febi Armonici which produced early examples of melodrama. Later, in 1667, he became an organist and singer in the Chapel Royal
- "Triumph of the Archangel Michael" by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, lunette from chapel in San Giovanni Pedemonte - "Miracle of the Eucharist" (1629) by Cristoforo Caresana, canvas from the chapel of San Pietro Martire of San Giovanni Pedemonte "St Peter healing a Young Man" (1629) by Giovanni Paolo Ghianda, canvas from the chapel of San Pietro Martire of San Giovanni Pedemonte - "Madonna Assunta with Saints Roch, Catherine, and Agnes" by a young Giulio Cesare Procaccini - "St
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Daniel Ochoa [SEP] voice type
Daniel Ochoa Daniel Ochoa (born 17 August 1979) is a German baritone. Biography. Daniel Ochoa was born in 1979 and studied with Anthony Baldwin, Hans-Joachim Beyer, and Thomas Quasthoff. Among his additional teachers are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Matthias Goerne, Rudolf Piernay, Christa Maria Ziese, and Michael Rhodes. In 2003 Ochoa received the 1st prize at the "Albert Lortzing Competition" in Leipzig, and the following year was awarded a Richard Wagner Award scholarship. As an opera singer
when Ramos "gets his head underwater a little bit". - Rachel Ticotin as Mariana Garcia Guerrero, a reporter for the "Diario Reforma" - Roberto Sosa as Daniel Sanchez, "The Voice". He is based on a real kidnapper, Daniel Arizmendi López. - Jesús Ochoa as Victor Fuentes, a lieutenant in the Anti-Kidnapping Division of the Federal Judicial Police and the head of the criminal “La Hermandad” syndicate - Gero Camilo as Aurelio Sanchez. Based on Aurelio Arizmendi López,
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Daniel Sans [SEP] voice type
Daniel Sans Daniel Sans (born 1975) is a German tenor. Career. Daniel Sans was a boy soprano in the choir of the Mainz Cathedral. He studied at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. He specialized in oratorio and lied. Sans has performed in the Wiener Konzerthaus with Michael Schneider, the Teatro Colon with Karl-Friedrich Beringer, at the Feldkirch Festival with Thomas Hengelbrock, the Kölner Philharmonie with , the Berliner Philharmonie with Hans-Christoph Rademann, the Dresdner Kreuzkirche with Roderich Kreile, the Leipziger Thomaskirche with
, Daniel Silverberg, Tikva S Jacobs, Alfio Carroccio, Victoria J Teodorescu, Michael L Marin, J Vasc Surg. 2006 Oct ;44 (4):718-24 17011997 (P,S,E,B,D) - "An 8-year experience with type II endoleaks: Natural history suggests selective intervention is a safe approach." Daniel Silverberg, Donald T Baril, Sharif H Ellozy, Alfio Carroccio, Savannah E Greyrose, Robert A Lookstein, Michael L Marin, J Vasc Surg. 2006 Sep ;44 (
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David Ffrangcon-Davies [SEP] voice type
David Ffrangcon-Davies David Ffrangcon-Davies (11 December 1855 – 13 April 1918) was a Welsh operatic baritone. Early life and education. David Thomas Davies was born in Bethesda, Gwynedd. He later adopted the name "Ffrangcon", an early variant spelling of the nearby valley "Nant Ffrancon", as part of his new surname (Ffrangcon-Davies). He attended Friars School, Bangor and Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating in 1876 and graduating with a BA in 1881. His time
on vocal training, "The Singing of the Future", in 1905. Family. In 1889, he married Annie Francis Rayner. His daughter was actress Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies (1891–1992), whose career spanned more than seven decades. External links. - Welsh Biography Online - "The Singing of the Future" by David Ffrangcon-Davies (excerpted) Books. - Books by David Ffrangcon-Davies (at the Internet Archive)
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David Wilson-Johnson [SEP] voice type
David Wilson-Johnson David Wilson-Johnson (born in Northampton on 16 November 1950) is a British operatic and concert baritone. Career. David Wilson-Johnson was educated at Wellingborough School, and studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. As a singer he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he won the Dove Prize for most distinguished student. In 1976, Wilson-Johnson made his operatic debut in Henze's ""We Come to the River
as Queen Isabel Johnson) and a West Indian woman in a comedy routine titled "Christopher Columbus", appearing on his 1967 album "Cowboys and Colored People". Wilson worked at developing his own version of the voice, imagining a black Southern woman living in a rural area. He performed embryonic Geraldine-type routines at stand-up comedy clubs, but not wearing women's clothing, and not with the name Geraldine. Wilson said he got the name Geraldine from a friend he had when he was eight or
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Davis Cunningham [SEP] voice type
Davis Cunningham Thomas Davis Cunningham (May 7, 1916 – June 19, 1984) was an American tenor who had prominent career in operas, musicals, concerts, and on television from 1949 through 1973. Biography. Cunningham was born in the Philippines, the son of an American doctor serving in the United States military. He studied singing at Wooster College and the Juilliard School before making his professional stage debut in the 1939 musical "Stars In Your Eyes" where he portrayed a handful of small roles. He
the 2011 Diane Von Furstenberg "People's Voice Award" Diane Von Furstenberg Temp - sources. - http://www.americanwidowproject.org - http://abcnews.go.com/WN/WoodruffReports/story?id=7159852&page=1 - https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96844953 - http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/29/in-their-boots/ - http://cbs11tv.com/seenon/American.Widow.Project.2.763522.html - http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4368447 - http://www.military.com/military-report/organization--helps-military-widows?ESRC=miltrep.nl - http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/19/army-widow-helps-heal-the-wound/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20110717174834/http://content.usaa.com/mcontent/static_assets/Media/dotcom_fall_2009.pdf?cacheid=2562377476 - https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175013/https://content.usaa.com/mcontent/static_assets/Media/USAA_Mag_winter_2009.pdf?cacheid=764885672 - http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/08/local/me-widow8 - http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2009/06/25/912419 - https://web.archive.org/web/20110927145056/http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/local/x1169223054/Tearful-journey - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taryn-davis/american-widow-project-6_b_127424.html - https://web.archive.org/web/20110723003325/http://www.afneurope.net/Home/ArticleDisplayDD/tabid/649/aid/7879/Default.aspx - http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/story.php?id=626 - https://web.archive.org/web/20100304064331/http://www.humyo.com/F/9318175-1961825229 - http://jezebel.com/5083060/american-widow-project-helps-military-wives-work-through-grief - http://www.lemondrop.com/2008/11/11/young-iraq-widows-project-helps-others-grieve?icid=sphere_wpcom_inline - https://web.archive.org/web/20090805232002/http://www.blogtalkradio.com/youserved/2009/07/16/Episode-20 - http://soldiersangelsforum.com/newsletters/1009.pdf - http://www.intheirboots.org/episodes/season-1/we-regret-to-inform-you.html - http://www.womenofworth.com/honorees/Honorees_2010.aspx - https://web.archive.org/web/20110203065844/http://inside.dvf.com/awards/ External links
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Dezső Ernster [SEP] voice type
Dezső Ernster Dezső Ernster (23 November 1898 – 15 February 1981) was a Hungarian opera singer who sang leading bass roles with the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1946 to 1963. In 1929, he created the role of Baron d'Houdoux in Hindemith's "Neues vom Tage". Biography. Dezső Ernster was born in Pécs, the son of a cantor, and studied in Budapest and Vienna. He made his debut in Plauen in eastern Germany, as Hermann in "Tannhäuser" in the 1924–1925 season. From
H. and Warrack, J. "Ernster, Dezső", "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera", 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 1979, pp. 155–156. - Further reading - Imre, Fábián, "Ernster Dezső", Zeneműkiadó, 1969 (in Hungarian with an introduction by Otto Klemperer) - Di Cave, Luciano, "Mille voci una stella: il contributo degli esecutori vocali ebrei o di origine ebraica alla musica operistica e classica", Carucci Editore, 1985 (in Italian)
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Diana Montague [SEP] voice type
Diana Montague Diana Montague (born 8 April 1953) is a British mezzo-soprano known for her performances in opera and as a concert singer. Biography. She was born in Winchester and educated at the Testwood School, the Winchester School of Art and the Royal Northern College of Music. She made her professional debut as Zerlina in "Don Giovanni" with Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1977 and went on to sing leading mezzo-soprano roles in opera houses throughout Europe and as well as in the United States.
Dublin 2011–2012 - Ashley Montague (1905–1999), British-American anthropologist and humanist - Ben Montague, British musician and singer-songwriter - Bruce Montague (born 1939), British actor - Charles Edward Montague (1867–1928), British journalist and author - Daniel Montague (1867-1912), United States Navy sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor (Spanish–American War) - Darrell Montague (born 1987), American mixed martial artist - Diana Montague (born 1953),
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Dietrich Henschel [SEP] voice type
Dietrich Henschel Dietrich Henschel (born 1967) is a German baritone. Life and career. Born in Berlin, Henschel grew up in Nürnberg where he attended high school and studied piano and conducting. He studied voice at the and made his stage debut at the 1990 Munich Biennale in Michèle Reverdy's "Le Précepteur". He made guest appearances in several opera houses and music festivals such as the Schubertiade in Vienna and Feldkirch, the and the Beethovenfest of Bonn. After this, from 1993 to 1995 he
viola and violoncello, texts: Wolfgang Bächler. premiere 13. November 1992 in Augsburg, Adelheid Maria Thanner, Bettina Fuchs, Gunter Pretzel, Anja Lechner, recorded in 1992 by BR - "Liederfolge" op. 54 (1992/97) for voice and piano, premiere nos 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 in Weilburg, 27 July 1995, Dietrich Henschel, Fritz Schwinghammer, recorded in 1998 in Brussels, premiere nos 4 and 6 in Prien am Chiemsee, 25 October 1998, Martina
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Dino Borgioli [SEP] voice type
Dino Borgioli Dino Borgioli (February 15, 1891September 12, 1960) was an Italian lyric tenor. Praised by critics for his musicianship, he was particularly associated with roles in operas composed by Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti. Life and career. Dino Borgioli was born and died in Florence, where he studied with Eugenio Giachetti. He made his operatic debut in 1914, as Arturo in "I puritani", at the Teatro Corso in Milan. He then sang the role of Fernand in "La favorite
, Middlesex, while pursuing post-graduate research at the University of London. Meanwhile, he played the piano and organ and studied voice with Dino Borgioli, Roy Henderson and Denis Dowling. While still teaching, Shovelton performed in amateur operatic productions and first played in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera in 1961 in "The Pirates of Penzance". In 1964 and 1965 he received awards in singing competitions at 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands and Verviers in Belgium, and these helped him to decide to pursue a career in opera
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Durward Lely [SEP] voice type
Durward Lely Durward Lely (2 September 1852 – 29 February 1944) was a Scottish opera singer and actor primarily known as the creator of five tenor roles in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas, including Nanki-Poo in "The Mikado". After studying singing in Italy, Lely began his opera career in 1878, at Her Majesty's Theatre, as Don José in "Carmen". After two years of touring in opera, he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1880, soon becoming their leading tenor
Durward Durward may refer to: People. - Alan Durward (died after 1264 or in 1275), effective ruler of Scotland at several times during the minority of Alexander III - Durward Gorham Hall, six-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri - Durward Kirby (1912-2000), American television host and announcer - Durward Knowles (born 1917), Olympic champion sailor from the Bahamas - Durward Lely (1852-1944), Scottish opera singer Places.
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Eglise Gutiérrez [SEP] voice type
Eglise Gutiérrez Eglise Gutiérrez is a Cuban-American coloratura soprano, currently making a worldwide operatic career. She studied voice in Cuba, in Miami with Manny Perez, and at the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from which she graduated in 2004. She presently works with the voice teacher, William Schumann. In 2004 she won the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition. She has also won the Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition and the Marian Anderson Prize for Emerging Classical Artists. She made her European
thanks to Lord Berners. In the post-World War II years, the opera has been seen in Brussels and Liege in 1982 (with Frederica von Stade, Ann Murray and Jules Bastin), Geneva in 1998, Strasbourg in 2003, at the Santa Fe Opera in 2006 (with Joyce DiDonato and Eglise Gutiérrez in Laurent Pelly's production), Brussels and Luxembourg in 2007, New York in 2008, Dresden, Montreal and Brisbane in 2010, Vancouver in February 2011, and the Juilliard School in New York City
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Eileen Farrell [SEP] voice type
Eileen Farrell Eileen Farrell (February 13, 1920 – March 23, 2002) was an American soprano who had a nearly 60-year-long career performing both classical and popular music in concerts, theatres, on radio and television, and on disc. NPR noted, "She possessed one of the largest and most radiant operatic voices of the 20th century." While she was active as an opera singer, her concert engagements far outnumbered her theatrical appearances. Her career was mainly based in the United States, although she did
program called The "Governor's School of North Carolina". This program was the first of its kind for gifted students in the United States. Every year students compete for one of the precious slots in their artistic or academic field. Richard received his formal education at North Carolina School of the Arts and Indiana University School of Music where he studied voice with Walter Cassel, a 25-year veteran of the Metropolitan Opera. Richard also studied vocal jazz styles with Eileen Farrell, and coached lieder with John Wustman. Opera roles performed
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Elena Gerhardt [SEP] voice type
Elena Gerhardt Elena Gerhardt (11 November 1883 – 11 January 1961) was a German mezzo-soprano singer associated with the singing of German classical lieder, of which she was considered one of the great interpreters. She left Germany for good to live in London in October 1934. Training, and first recitals with Nikisch. Elena Gerhardt was born at Connewitz near Leipzig, the daughter of a Leipzig restaurateur. She studied at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1899 to 1903, first with Professor Carl Rebling and then with Marie
was educated at the Salvatorian College, Harrow and studied optometry at Northampton Institute, graduating in 1949. He then studied voice at Trinity College of Music in London and abroad with Elena Gerhardt and Gerhard Hüsch. His concert debut was in 1955, with the UK premiere of Joseph Haydn's "L'anima del filosofo" (also known as "Orfeo ed Euridice") at the St Pancras Festival. Hammond-Stroud made his lieder recital debut in 1956 at the Wigmore Hall, accompanied by Gerald Moore. His stage debut came
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Eleonora Buratto [SEP] voice type
Eleonora Buratto Eleonora Buratto is an Italian soprano opera singer. Born and raised in Mantua, she is a graduate of the , the conservatory of Mantua. Reception. Andrew Patner in the "Chicago Sun-Times", reviewing Muti's performance of Bach's Mass in B minor in Chicago in April 2013, in which Buratto was a soloist, wrote of her that she failed to "demonstrate any personal connection with the essential poetry" of the music. Eduardo Benarroch found her to show "more than promise
by Philippe Jordan) - "Dialogues des Carmélites" (Isabel Leonard, Adrianne Pieczonka, Karita Mattila, Karen Cargill, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) Seasons 2019–2020. - "Turandot" (Christine Goerke, Roberto Aronica, Eleonora Buratto, James Morris, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) - "Manon" (Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano, Artur Ruciński, Carlo Bosi, conducted by Maurizio Benini) - "Madama Butterfly" (Hui He, Elizabeth DeShong, Andrea Carè, Plácido Domingo
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Elizabeth Inverarity [SEP] voice type
Elizabeth Inverarity Elizabeth Inverarity, later "Mrs. Charles T. Martyn" (born Edinburgh, 23 March 1813; died Newcastle-on-Tyne, 27 December 1846), was a Scottish opera soprano, popular singer and actress of the early 19th century, in England and in America. She also composed some ballads with her husband Charles Martyn, a bass from Bristol. After showing early promise as a singer in Edinburgh, she became a student of Sir George Smart, a prominent conductor and vocal instructor. She
Joan Hartigan, Thelma Long (Coyne), Ken McGregor, Beryl Penrose, Fred Stolle, Horrie Rice, Mervyn Rose, Elizabeth Smylie (Sayers) and Wendy Turnbull. - Entries in the "Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket" (1996), Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Entries Ian Brayshaw, Derek Chadwick, John 'Sam' Gannon, Desmond Hoare, John Inverarity, Ernest Parker and Keith Slater. - Bi-annual Political Chronicles for Western Australia, for "The Australian Journal of Politics and History
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Elvira de Hidalgo [SEP] voice type
Elvira de Hidalgo Elvira de Hidalgo (December 28, 1891 – January 21, 1980) was a prominent Spanish coloratura soprano, who later became a teacher and vocal coach. Her most famous pupil was Maria Callas. Biography. She was born in Valderrobres, Teruel Province (Spain), as Elvira Juana Rodríguez Roglán. She was a pupil of Concepció Bordalba in Barcelona and later studied in Milan under Melchiorre Vidal, who also taught Maria Barrientos, Graziella Pareto, Julián Gayarre, Fernando Valero, Francesc Viñas,
1969 French television interview with on the program "L'invitée du dimanche", speaks of Callas's voice going to high F (he also talked about her lower register extending to C3), but within the same program, Callas's teacher, Elvira de Hidalgo, speaks of the voice soaring to a high E-natural but does not mention a high F; meanwhile, Callas herself remains silent on the subject, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with either claim. Voice Vocal registers. Callas's voice was noted for its three
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Emma Luart [SEP] voice type
Emma Luart Emma Luart (14 August 1892, Brussels – 26 August 1968, Brussels) was a Belgian operatic soprano. A graduate of the Brussels Conservatory, she made her official stage début at The Hague in 1914. She was committed to La Monnaie in Brussels from 1918–1922 where she excelled in lyric soprano roles like Louise, Mélisande, and Manon. She spent the remainder of her career as a member of the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Her career was disrupted by the outbreak of World War II, and she
with arrangements of Debussy's "Petite Suite", and of three movements of "Suite bergamasque" for the ballet "L'ange gris". Recordings. Cloëz worked extensively for the Odéon company in the 1930s, providing accompaniments to famous singers of the time: Emma Luart, Ninon Vallin, Germaine Cernay, Charles Friant, David Devriès, Arthur Endrèze and André Pernet. He also conducted excerpts from "Carmen" with Conchita Supervia in the title role, some Spanish popular song recordings with her, and excerpts from "
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Emmy Destinn [SEP] voice type
Emmy Destinn Emmy Destinn ( (); 26 February 1878 – 28 January 1930) was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera. Biography. Destinn was born Emílie Pavlína Věnceslava Kittlová () in Prague, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her voice teacher since age thirteen had been Marie Maria von Dreger Loewe-Destinn, and the young singer began using her teacher's surname
Destinn Destinn may refer to: - Emmy Destinn (1878–1930), Czech opera singer - 6583 Destinn See also. - Destin (disambiguation)
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Enrico Tamberlik [SEP] voice type
Enrico Tamberlik Enrico Tamberlik (16 March 1820 – 13 March 1889) was an Italian tenor who sang to great acclaim at Europe and America's leading opera venues. He excelled in the heroic roles of the Italian and French repertories and was renowned for his powerful declamation and clarion high notes. Career. Born in Rome, some sources claim that Tamberlik might have been of Romanian descent and that his real name was Nikita Torna. Nonetheless, his vocal training was entirely Italian. He studied first in Naples with Zirilli
, made his debut at the Teatro San Carlo, under the name Enrico Tamberlik (which he used henceforth). He appeared, too, in Madrid and Barcelona. In 1850, Tamberlik debuted at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden, as Masaniello in "La muette de Portici". He was to appear regularly at Covent Garden until 1870, enjoying star billing each time. Tamberlik sang often at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg from 1850 until 1863, creating the role of Alvaro in Verdi's "
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Eric Garrett [SEP] voice type
Eric Garrett Eric Garrett (10 June 1931 — Majorca, Spain, 7 May 2009) was an English operatic bass. Biography. Born in Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, Garrett was a member of the roster of singers at the Royal Opera, London at Covent Garden for forty years. He joined the opera company's chorus in 1956 and was promoted to principal in 1962. He sang more than fifty roles with the Royal Opera during his lengthy career, particularly excelling in comprimario roles. His deft
, and his powerful low voice." In the early 1990s, he was described as a . He is credited as being one of the soap opera world's leading stars. Jamey Giddens of Zap2it considers Braeden the soap opera's leading male. Tommy Garrett of "Highlight Hollywood" stated that Braeden "is known in the industry as the biggest daytime leading man of all time". In 1993, Nancy Reichardt of "The Los Angeles Times" stated: "Victor Newman is one of those characters. When Eric Braeden
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Erica Eloff [SEP] voice type
Erica Eloff Erica Eloff is a South African soprano specializing in opera, lieder and oratorio, currently residing in England. She made her professional debut in the UK during the summer of 2008 at Garsington Opera as Fiordiligi in Mozart's "Così fan tutte". She also made her Wigmore Hall debut in their 2008/09 season with the pianist James Baillieu as a Kirckman Concert Society Artist and made a critically acclaimed return in their 2009/10 season. Eloff graduated with distinction from the North-West University, Potchefstroom, where she earned
"Somerkersfees" - Christmas compilation with Singkronies Chamber Choir, 2000 - "Songs" – Lieder by Grieg, Wolf, Rachmaninov, Wilding and de Villiers, 2010 External links. - Official Website of Erica Eloff - Erica Eloff's Blog on Blogger
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Erlend Tvinnereim [SEP] voice type
Erlend Tvinnereim Erlend Tvinnereim (born 3 August 1981 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian tenor based in Zürich, Switzerland. He has in recent years been much used as a concert singer in Switzerland, Germany and Scandinavia, and in the season 08/09 he performed as "young artist" at the opera in Basel where he cased several significant roles. Career. Tvinnereim attended the Toneheim Folkehøgskole (2000–01), and continued his vocal studies at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen, and he earned a Bachelor
, Øyvind Skarbø, Petter Vågan, Simen Aanerud, Sondre Lerche, Stephan Meidell, Therese Birkelund Ulvo, and Torbjørn Schei; deaths of Jonas Brunvoll, Jr. and Radka Toneff. - 1981 in Norwegian music, births of Amund Maarud, Andreas Loven, Cato Sundberg, Erlend Slettevoll, Erlend Tvinnereim, Fredrik Mikkelsen, Gjermund Larsen, Hilde Marie Kjersem, Ingrid Olava Ivar Loe Bjørnstad, John Olav Nilsen, Julian Berntzen, Kim Myhr, Lars Fredrik Frøislie, Ola Kvernberg, Sigurd Hole, Solveig Heilo, and Todd Terje
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Esther Young [SEP] voice type
Esther Young Esther Young (also Esther Jones or Hester Jones) (14 February 1717 in London – 6 June 1795 in London) was an English operatic contralto and the wife of music publisher Charles Jones. She was part of a well-known English family of musicians that included several professional.singers and organists during the 17th and 18th centuries. Biography. Esther Young was born on 14 February 1717 in the Covent Garden area of London. Both her father, Charles Young, and her brother, Anthony Young, were
Penn as Clayton, Maria's co-worker - Dell Aldrich as Esther (voice) - Christina Childress as Jennifer - Jon Davis as Roger (voice) - Greg Dorchak as Pete - Chris Doubeck as Paul - Sean Elliot as Matthew - Krystal Morton as Young Esther - Kathryn Olsen as Young Apollonia - Steve Uzzell as Dean Denson - Cyndi Williams as Lisa (voice) Background. The film's story is told through a series of narratives from a fictional memoir
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Etelka Gerster [SEP] voice type
Etelka Gerster Etelka Gerster (25 June 1855, Košice20 August 1920, Pontecchio) was a Hungarian soprano. She debuted in Italy in 1876 and sang in London the following year. In 1878, she was performing in the Academy of Music in New York City where she was considered one of the leading singers of her time. Her daughter was wife to the conductor Fritz Reiner. Gerster lost her voice soon after her child was born and never sang again. From 1896 until 1917, she taught singing in Berlin
with Gustav Walter, a notable voice teacher of the time. About 1898, she moved to Berlin, where she studied with Emilie Herzog, Etelka Gerster and Lilli Lehmann. She performed Lieder by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, and Max Reger, among others, many of them written for her or dedicated to her. She married the Transylvanian engineer Ernst Mysz in Kronstadt in 1900. The couple had three daughters, two of whom died young, while the third, Susanne
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Eva Turner [SEP] voice type
Eva Turner Dame Eva Turner, (10 March 1892 – 16 June 1990) was an English dramatic soprano with an international reputation. Her strong, steady and well-trained voice was renowned for its clarion power in Italian and German operatic roles. Career. Eva Turner was born in Werneth, Oldham, Her first formal singing lessons were with Dan Rootham, the teacher of the contralto Clara Butt. From 1911 to 1914, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She began her career
lead chorister in the choir of the village church from age 15. She worked first as a nurse and midwife for 15 years. Beginning in 1993 she studied voice with Pamela Cook, who trained her until her death in 2013. Foster studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire from 1995. As a recipient of the Dame Eva Turner Awards, she studied on a scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music and completed her studies at the National Opera Studio in London in 1999. During her studies, she performed as the Queen of the
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Eva-Maria Westbroek [SEP] voice type
Eva-Maria Westbroek Eva-Maria Westbroek (born 26 April 1970) is a Dutch soprano opera singer. Training. Westbroek studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague from 1988 to 1995. Her vocal teachers included Iris Adami Corradetti and the American tenor James McCray. Career. Career 1990s. Westbroek made her operatic debut at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1994 as Mère Marie in Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmélites". She was a prize winner at an international competition in Rome, which allowed her to
-Maria Westbroek - Dutch Divas page on Eva-Maria Westbroek - Music Web International review of recording of Martinů's "Julietta" (VMS 106), 6 March 2006 - Opera Today.com review of Opus Arte OA0965D DVD recording of Shostakovich, "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District", October 2007 - "Antonio Livio Preis für Eva-Maria Westbroek", klassik.com, 29 December 2008
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Fanie de Jager [SEP] voice type
Fanie de Jager Fanie de Jager (born 8 April 1949) is a South African operatic tenor and singer of light classical music. Early life. Fanie de Jager was born to Christiaan Lodevicus and Frederika Stefina de Jager in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He completed his schooling in Pretoria in Gauteng, the former Transvaal. After his schooling, he studied classical music and singing from the age of 20 with maestro Albrecht Lewald and later the well known George Kok. During this time he joined the
Forever" (2009) See also. - List of Afrikaans singers - List of South African musicians - Music of South Africa References. - Fanie de Jager - Musiek co za Musiek Suid Afrika - Beeld Musiekfees by Carnival - Beeld Klipdrift - Beeld Tukkies 1958 External links. - Fanie de Jager - Noot vir Noot
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Fernando Carpi [SEP] voice type
Fernando Carpi Fernando Carpi (22 January 1876 – 3 August 1959) was an Italian operatic tenor and later professor of singing. Life and career. Carpi was born in Florence, Italy in 1876. and made his operatic debut in Lecce in 1898. In 1905 he was in the cast of Leoncavallo' "Zazà" of at the Teatro de Novedades in Barcelona and in June of that year sang the role of Ernesto in "Don Pasquale" at the Theatre of Liege. In 1907, he appeared as
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Flora Woodman [SEP] voice type
Flora Woodman Flora Woodman was a Scottish soprano singer popular for her London concert performances in the first decades of the twentieth century. She extensively performed in oratorios such as "The Messiah" and "Elijah". She sang at the Hallé in 1915. In 1920 she was featured soloist for the Hamilton Choral society, and "challenged criticism" at a Queen's Hall concert. She sang "The Messiah"' with the Scottish Orchestra in 1927, but it was her performance of the Mad Scene from "Lucia
in the Cotton South After the Civil War," "Journal of Economic History," Vol. 32, No. 3 (Sep., 1972), pp. 641–669 in JSTOR - Roger Ransom and Richard Sutch. " The "Lock-in" Mechanism and Overproduction of Cotton in the Postbellum South," "Agricultural History", Vol. 49, No. 2 (Apr., 1975), pp. 405-425 in JSTOR - Woodman, Harold. "King Cotton and His Retainers"
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Francesco Meli [SEP] voice type
Francesco Meli Francesco Meli (born 15th May 1980 in Genoa) is an Italian operatic tenor particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire. He began his vocal studies at age 17 with Norma Palacios at the Conservatorio di Musica "Niccolò Paganini" in Genoa. He later became a pupil of mezzo-soprano Franca Mattiucci. In 2002 he debuted in Verdi's "Macbeth" and as the tenor soloist in Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle" and Puccini's "Messa di Gloria", broadcast by RAI (the Italian state
in "Don Carlo", Santuzza in "Cavalleria Rusticana", Sinaide in "Mosè in Egitto", Suzuki in "Madame Butterfly", Ulrica in "Un ballo in maschera", and the title roles in "Carmen" and "Mignon". After retiring from the stage in 1987, Mattiucci embarked on a second career as a voice teacher. Her notable pupils include Marcelo Alvarez, Linda Campanella, Serena Gamberoni, Cho Kyoung, Natalia Lemercier Miretti, Francesco Meli, Monica Minarelli, Patrizia Patelmo, Matteo
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Francisco Araiza [SEP] voice type
Francisco Araiza José Francisco Araiza Andrade (born 4 October 1950), is a Mexican operatic tenor and lied singer who has sung as soloist in leading concert halls and in leading tenor operatic roles in the major opera houses of Europe and North America during the course of a lengthy career. Born in Mexico City, he studied singing at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México and later in Germany, with Mozartian tenor Richard Holm, and lieder interpretation with Erik Werba. He made his operatic debut in 1970 in Mexico City as
Xin Sui. Eva Lind regularly appears on German TV where she hosts various music programs. Andrew Lamb in "Gramophone" described her voice as "sheer delight, fresh, crisp, clear, beautifully agile and with superb trills." Discography. Solorecitals - "Frühlingsstimmen"– Wiener Volksopernorchester, Franz Bauer-Theussl (Philips, 1986) - "Coloratura Arias" – Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg (Philips, 1988) - "Operatic Duets" (with Francisco Araiza), Tonhalle
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Franco Corelli [SEP] voice type
Franco Corelli Franco Corelli (8 April 1921 – 29 October 2003) was an Italian tenor who had a major international opera career between 1951 and 1976. Associated in particular with the spinto and dramatic tenor roles of the Italian repertory, he was celebrated universally for his powerhouse voice, electrifying top notes, clear timbre, passionate singing and remarkable performances. Dubbed the "prince of tenors", Corelli possessed handsome features and a charismatic stage presence which endeared him to audiences. He had a long and fruitful partnership with the
breathing support/technique. In addition, coordination by the muscle in the vocal folds as it contracts creates the ability to sing in a chest voice (thyroarytenoid muscle), and the head voice (lengthening of the cricothyroid muscle) allows for the creation of the mixed voice. Examples. - Franco Corelli – "L'amour... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!" from "Roméo et Juliette" - Franco Corelli – "Vesti la giubba" from "Pagliacci" - Leontyne Price – "Chi
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Friedrich Weidemann [SEP] voice type
Friedrich Weidemann Friedrich Weidemann (1 January 187130 January 1919) was a German baritone who was a leading singer at the Vienna Court Opera () from 1903 until his death. Biography. Weidemann was born in Ratzeburg in 1871. He created the role of Kaspar in Alexander von Zemlinsky's opera "Es war einmal" on 22 January 1900, alongside Selma Kurz, under Gustav Mahler's baton. He came to the Vienna Court Opera in 1903, where he worked with Karl Weigl as vocal coach.
Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann or Wiedemann (1668, Osterburg - 25 December 1750, Berlin) was a German painter. From 1702 he worked as court painter to Frederick William I, prince and later king of Prussia. He also produced portraits of several other members of the Prussian royal family Life. Born in what is now Sachsen-Anhalt but what was then the Mark Brandenburg, Weidemann learned painting under the Dutch painter and architect Rutger van Langevelt, who had been working at Frederick William's court since
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George Perren [SEP] voice type
George Perren George Perren (1827 – 7 April 1909) was an English tenor active in both concert and opera. He was born in Camberwell, a district of London. After concert appearances in the provinces he studied in Milan with Lamperti and on his return to England made his debut in The Surrey Theatre on 28 May 1855 in "Faust and Marguerite" by Meyer Lutz. For several years he sang in the Italian Opera Company at Her Majesty's Theatre. He sang in the premiere of Edward Loder's "Raymond
at the Crystal Palace as Amina in Bellini's "La sonnambula" with George Perren and Richard Temple, conducted by August Manns. In 1872, she sang the role of Maid Marian in a concert version of G. A. Macfarren's opera "Robin Hood" at the Crystal Palace. "The Musical Standard" wrote of her "sweet cultivated voice" and opined that "the artistic intelligence which she brings to her work renders her performance very enjoyable, and thoroughly enlists the sympathies of the audience". She appeared at the
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Geraldine McMillian [SEP] voice type
Geraldine McMillian Geraldine McMillian is an American soprano who has had an active career in concerts and operas since the mid-1980s. Career. After graduating from the Juilliard School, McMillian made her professional opera debut in 1986 at the Houston Grand Opera as Annie in George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess". She repeated the role for her debut with the San Francisco Opera the following year, and in 1988 portrayed Clara in that opera for her debut with the Florentine Opera in Milwaukee. In 1989 she sang a program of
McMillian McMillian is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Audray McMillian (born 1962), American football player - Geraldine McMillian, American opera singer - Jerron McMillian (born 1989), American football player - Jim McMillian (1948-2016), American basketball player - Lennie McMillian (born 1959), Irish basketball player - Mark McMillian (born 1970), American football player - Michael McMillian (born 1978), American actor and writer - Rodney McMillian
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Germaine Cernay [SEP] voice type
Germaine Cernay Germaine Cernay, born Germaine Pointu (28 April 1900, Le Havre - 19 September 1943, Paris) was a French mezzo-soprano who was active both in the opera house and on the concert platform. Life and career. Cernay studied the piano before entering the Conservatoire de Paris for vocal studies under Albers and Engel, winning first prizes in 1925. She made her debut at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 16 May 1927 as la Bossue in the Paris premiere of Alfano’s "
Sedira, Emma Luart, Germaine Féraldy, Eidé Norena, Ninon Vallin, Povla Frijsh, Jane Bathori, Madeleine Grey, Germaine Martinelli, Suzanne Cesbron-Viseur, Suzanne Balguerie, Germaine Lubin, Germaine Cernay, Claire Croiza, Alice Raveau - Georges Thill, René Maison, José Luccioni, César Vezzani, René Verdière, Gaston Micheletti, Miguel Villabella, André d'Arkor, Giuseppe Lugo, Joseph Rogatchewsky, Jean Planel, Charles Panzéra, Pierre Bernac, Martial Singher, Roger Bourdin, Arthur Endrèze, Robert Couzinou, André Balbon
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Gianna D'Angelo [SEP] voice type
Gianna D'Angelo Gianna D'Angelo (18 November 1929 - 27 December 2013) was an American coloratura soprano, primarily active in the 1950s and 1960s. Born Jane Angelovich in Hartford, Connecticut, she studied first at The Juilliard School in New York City with Giuseppe De Luca. In the early 1950s, she moved to Venice, Italy, where she became a pupil of Toti Dal Monte, who also advised her to italianize her name. She made her debut in 1954 at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome as
Walter Berry (1954/1985), Anton Dermota (1955/1966), Gianna D'Angelo (1957/1965), (1957/1992), Fedora Barbieri, Margherita Carosio, Astrid Varnay (1955/1957), Gertrude Grob-Prandl, Birgit Nilsson (1957/1958), Régine Crespin (1958/1966), Carlo Bergonzi (1958/1982), Alfredo Kraus (1958/1994). - 1960s: Joan Sutherland (1960/1989), Piero Cappuccilli (1961/1994), Fiorenza Cossotto (1961/1994), Montserrat Caballé (1962/2007), Virginia Zeani (1963/1977), (1964/1989)
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Gianni Raimondi [SEP] voice type
Gianni Raimondi Gianni Raimondi (17 April 1923 – 19 October 2008) was an Italian lyric tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. Born in Bologna, Raimondi studied at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in his native city with Antonio Melandri, and Gennaro Barra-Caracciolo and in Mantua with Ettore Campogalliani. He made his stage debut in 1947 in "Rigoletto" at the Teatro Consorziale in Budrio, a small town near Bologna. The following year he made his debut at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, as Ernesto
Fedora Barbieri, Gianni Raimondi, Carlo Tagliabue, Giulio Neri - Coro e Orchestra della Rai Torino, Angelo Questa - Warner-Fonit (1955) - Donizetti - "Linda di Chamounix" - Margherita Carosio, Gianni Raimondi, Giuseppe Taddei, Giuseppe Modesti, Rina Corsi, Carlo Badioli - Coro e Orchestra della Rai Milano, Alfredo Simonetto - Walhall Eternity Series (1953) - Bellini - "I puritani" - Anna Moffo, Gianni Raimondi, Ugo Savarese, Raffaele Arié - Coro e Orchestra della Rai Milano,
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Giovanna Sestini [SEP] voice type
Giovanna Sestini Giovanna Sestini (6 April 1749 – 14 July 1814) was a soprano opera singer who performed in her native Italy, in Portugal, and from 1774 in London, where she lived for the rest of her life. For many years she was the popular "prima buffa" (or first woman) in comic opera at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket. In her later years, she was known by her married name, Joanna Stocqueler. Biography. Biography Youth. Giovanna Sestini was baptised
soloist at the Haymarket where she was supported by Margaret Martyr, Giovanna Sestini and Mrs Kennedy, although it was said that they never found a male singer of the same quality of voice and appearance to sing with her. Bannister married Charles Bannister's son John Bannister on 26 January 1783 who was a skilled and successful actor. Her new husband was concerned about the rise of John Philip Kemble as a competitor and his Elizabeth taught John to sing to help him compete. They had four daughters and his wife retired in 1792
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Giovanni Cesari [SEP] voice type
Giovanni Cesari Giovanni Cesari (25 June 1843 – 10 March 1904) was an Italian singer with a "soprano acuto", or high soprano voice. Together with Alessandro Moreschi, Domenico Salvatori and Domenico Mustafà, Cesari was a famous castrato singer of the late 19th century. Born in the town of Frosinone, he was dropped off at an orphanage in 1852 by his parents. Here he started his musical education under the direction of Gaetano Capocci, financed by the Sistine Chapel. He was then admitted, upon completing
of Alessandro Moreschi, together they often used to visit their contemporary Domenico Mustafà in his retirement. Salvatori died in Rome. He is buried in the Monumental Cimitero di Campo Verano in Alessandro Moreschi's tomb. He recorded, along with Giovanni Cesari and Vincenzo Sebastianelli, a few phonograph recordings together with Alessandro Moreschi; but these were only pure choral pieces, and none of them were solo. It is, however, possible to hear him clearly as the contralto voice audible in a SATB quartet recording of Palestrina's "La cruda
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Giovanni Guicciardi [SEP] voice type
Giovanni Guicciardi Giovanni Guicciardi (12 January 1819 – 4 October 1883) was an Italian opera singer who sang leading baritone roles in the opera houses of Italy and Portugal. He is most remembered today for having created the role of Count di Luna in Verdi's "Il trovatore", although he created several other leading roles in operas by lesser known Italian composers. He accumulated a considerable fortune during the course of his career. After his retirement from the stage, he taught without payment in music schools in his native city
18 Mar 1686 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento) - Jan Kazimierz Denhoff (10 Nov 1687 – 2 Jun 1697 Resigned) - Giovanni Fontana (bishop of Cesena) (3 Jun 1697 – 2 Mar 1716 Died) - Marco Battista Battaglini (8 Jun 1716 – 19 Sep 1717 Died) - Francesco Saverio Guicciardi (24 Jan 1718 – 18 Jan 1725 Died) - Giovanni Battista Orsi, C.O. (21 Mar 1725 – 15 Nov 1734 Resigned) - Guido Orselli (17 Nov 1734 – 18
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Giuditta Grisi [SEP] voice type
Giuditta Grisi Giuditta Grisi (28 July 1805 – 1 May 1840) was an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano, sister of soprano Giulia Grisi and cousin of ballerina Carlotta Grisi. She was born and studied in Milan, and made her debut in Vienna, as Faliero in "Bianca e Faliero", in 1826. She specialized in Rossini roles, which from 1827, she sang throughout Italy, also creating several roles in opera by composers such as Persiani, Coccia, Pacini, etc. Bellini wrote the role of
Curci (1882–1963), coloratura soprano - Giulia Grisi (1811–1869), operatic soprano whose brilliant dramatic voice established her as an operatic prima donna for more than 30 years - Claudia Muzio (1889–1936), operatic soprano, whose international career was among the most successful of the early 20th century. She brought drama and pathos to all her roles - Giuditta Pasta (1797–1865), soprano. She was famed for her roles in the operas of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti; acclaimed for her vocal range and expressiveness
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Giulio Gari [SEP] voice type
Giulio Gari Giulio Gari (September 9, 1909 - April 15, 1994) was a versatile and internationally known tenor who performed on both the opera and concert stages. He sang more than fifty-five lyric and dramatic roles. He performed with the New York City Opera from 1945 to 1952 and with the Metropolitan Opera from 1953 to 1961. Early life. Gari was born "Samu Gyula" in 1909 in Mediasch, Nagy-Küküllő County, Austria-Hungary (now Mediaş, Romania), the
In 1945, he made his official debut with a leading American opera company when he appeared at the New York City Opera for the first time as the Steersman in Richard Wagner's "Der fliegende Holländer". Composer Virgil Thomson, then music critic of the "New York Herald Tribune", wrote "the vocal treat of the evening was Giulio Gari, who sang with beauty of voice, easy command of the heroic style and no hesitancy about the high notes." He wed Lela Mae Flynn in New York
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Giuseppe Anselmi [SEP] voice type
Giuseppe Anselmi Antonio Giuseppe Anselmi (6 October 1876, Nicolosi - 27 May 1929, Zoagli) was an Italian operatic tenor. He became famous throughout Europe during the first decade of the 20th century for his stylish performances of lyric roles. He never sang in the United States. Life and career. Anselmi came from the Catania area on the east coast of Sicily. He studied violin and piano at the Naples Conservatory as a teenager, and then joined an operetta troupe with which he toured Italy and the Middle
25 Jul 1721 Died) - Giovanni Francesco Leonini (24 Sep 1721 – 16 Jan 1725 Died) - Giulio Cesare Compagnoni (21 Feb 1725 – 12 Apr 1732 Died) - Dionigi Pieragostini (7 May 1732 – 8 Dec 1745 Died) - Giuseppe de Vignoli (14 Jun 1746 – 19 Dec 1757) - Francesco Maria Forlani (19 Dec 1757 – 5 Jun 1765) - Domenico Giovanni Prosperi (27 Jan 1766 – 1 Dec 1791 Died) - Angelo Antonio Anselmi (26 Mar
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Gloria Lane [SEP] voice type
Gloria Lane Gloria Lane Krachmalnick (June 6, 1925 - November 22, 2016, Trenton, New Jersey) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active international performance career from 1949 to 1976. In her early career she distinguished herself by creating roles in the world premieres of two operas by Gian Carlo Menotti, the Secretary of the Consulate in "The Consul" (1950) and Desideria in "The Saint of Bleecker Street" (1954); both roles which she performed in successful runs on Broadway
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Gordon Wry [SEP] voice type
Gordon Wry Gordon Wry (1910–1985) was a Canadian tenor and conductor. His voice is preserved on a handful of recordings made with pianist Glenn Gould. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Wry studied singing with renowned contralto Nellie Smith and music theory with Healey Willan at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He was one of the original members of the Festival Singers of Canada and was instrumental in encouraging Elmer Iseler to form that choir. He performed with that ensemble during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He also
- 'Notes on a visit to Britain,' CanComp, 21, 22, Sep, Oct 1967 - 'Address' (25 Nov 1967), Report on the John Adaskin Project Policy Conference, CMCentre (Toronto 1967) - 'Writings by John Weinzweig,' eds R. and P. Henninger, CMB, 6, Spring-Sumer 1973 - 'Vancouver Symposium 1950,' Canadian League of Composers' Newsletter, 1, Sep 1980 - 'A wry look at our music,' CanComp,
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Graeme Danby [SEP] voice type
Graeme Danby Graeme Danby (born 23 May 1962 in Consett, County Durham, England) is an operatic bass who has performed at several of the world's leading opera houses, notably the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the English National Opera. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is known for his strong, dramatic portrayals of characters in the basso profondo repertoire. He is currently Professor of Practice in the performing arts department at the University of Cumbria. English National Opera
. - "The Pitman's Courtship" from the CD "Graeme Danby sings stories from the North East" and "The Pitman's Courtship" from the CD "Come you not from Newcastle? – Newcastle songs volume 1" – which is one of 20 CD's in the boxed set Northumbria Anthology (Listen on ) – both from Mawson Wareham Music, MWM Records, 14 Cobblestone Court, Walker Rd Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1AB Also - A sample to listen to by Graeme Danby –{Listen
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Grete Forst [SEP] voice type
Grete Forst Grete Forst (August 18, 1878 – June 1, 1942) was an Austrian soprano. Born Margarete Feiglstock to a Jewish family in Vienna, Forst made her operatic debut in Cologne in 1900 in the title role of "Lucia di Lammermoor" Three years later, made her Vienna State Opera debut in the same role and was made a member of the company by Gustav Mahler. In 1908 she sang in the premiere of Karl Goldmark's "Ein Wintermärchen" with Leopold Demuth. She remained in
links. - Photo of Henriette Gottlieb - Opera Nederland webpage, by Mark Duijnstee Article in Dutch with photo Article also has photos and short bios in Dutch of other victims of the Holocaust: Richard Breitenfeld, Grete Forst, Juan Luria, Theodore Ritch, and Ottilie Metzger. - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Henriette_Gottlieb.jpg
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Gustáv Papp [SEP] voice type
Gustáv Papp Gustáv Papp (28 September 1919 – 7 October 1997) was a Slovak operatic tenor who had an active international career during the 1940s through the 1980s. He was notably a leading artist at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava from 1948 through 1987. He made a number of recordings made on the Supraphon label and also worked for many years as a medical doctor. Biography. Born in Čierny Balog, Papp studied medicine at the University of Bratislava and passed his medical exams, becoming a Doctor of Medicine
IV - Dr. Gustáv Papp, class IV - Bernadeta Pánčiová, class IV - Prof. MUDr. RNDr. Bohumil Sekla, DrSc., in memoriam, class IV - Ester Šimerová, class IV - ThDr. Jan Šimsa, class IV - Jaroslav Werstadt, in memoriam, class IV - Dr. Ing. Peter Zaťko, in memoriam, class IV Recipients Czechoslovakia 1992. - JUDr. Ivan Dérer, in memoriam, class I - PhDr. Alfred Fuchs, in memoriam, class I
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Gérard Lesne [SEP] voice type
Gérard Lesne Gérard Lesne (; born 15 July 1956) is a French countertenor. He also the founder and artistic director of the baroque music ensemble, Il Seminario Musicale. Life and career. Gérard Lesne was born in Montmorency, France. His initial vocation was rock singer, but in 1979 the tenor Zeger Vandersteene introduced him to René Clemencic, a pioneer of work in the medieval repertoire, and at age 23, Lesne began touring with the Clemencic Consort. Lesne has made more than 70 recordings and has
bass parts in seventy cantatas in performance and recording. He has since contributed to the Bach cycle being recorded by the J. S. Bach-Stiftung with the conductor Rudolf Lutz. He also has founded his own group, the Magdalena Consort, which released its first commercial recording in 2014: it consists of Bach cantatas performed "one voice per part". Harvey has also collaborated with Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, with Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music, with Gérard Lesne and Il Seminario Musicale, the Orchestra of
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Gérard Souzay [SEP] voice type
Gérard Souzay Gérard Souzay (8 December 1918 – 17 August 2004) was a French baritone, regarded as one of the very finest interpreters of mélodie (French art song) in the generation after Charles Panzéra and Pierre Bernac. Background and education. He was born Gérard Marcel Tisserand, but later adopted the stage name of Souzay from a village on the river Loire. He came from a musical family in Angers, France. His parents had met at one of the first performances of "Pelléas et Mélisande"
James Shomate James Shomate (November 13, 1914 in Bakersfield, CA – October 13, 2001 in Manhattan) was an American pianist and voice teacher. He was particularly known for his work as an accompanist; notably playing in concerts and recitals for famous singers like Pierre Bernac, Richard Bonelli, Brenda Lewis, Anna Moffo, Lily Pons, Yvonne Printemps, Elisabeth Söderström, Gérard Souzay, Risë Stevens, and Jennie Tourel among others. For many years he served as a member of the voice faculty at the University of
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Hans Herbert Fiedler [SEP] voice type
Hans Herbert Fiedler Hans Herbert Fiedler (November 10, 1907 in Triest – February 14, 2004 in Munich) was a German operatic bass and actor. He is best known today for portraying the role of Moses in the original 1954 production of Arnold Schoenberg's "Moses und Aron". Biography. Fiedler studied Germanistics (German Studies) and acting at the University of Graz. He joined the Theater von Troppau in Opava in 1930 where he appeared in stage plays for one season. He joined the Stadttheater von
during his lifetime. However, the first public performance of music from the opera was of "Der Tanz um das goldene Kalb" in concert at Darmstadt on 2 July 1951, just 11 days before the composer's death. There was a concert performance of the two acts in Hamburg on 12 March 1954 with Hans Herbert Fiedler as Moses and Helmut Krebs as Aron, conducted by Hans Rosbaud. The first staging was in Zurich at the Stadttheater on 6 June 1957, again with Hans Herbert Fiedler as Moses and conducted by Hans
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Hector Dupeyron [SEP] voice type
Hector Dupeyron Hector Dupeyron (1861–1911) was a French operatic tenor who had a prolific opera career in Europe from 1887 through 1906. Possessing a powerful and dramatic voice, he particularly excelled in the works of Richard Wagner and Giacomo Meyerbeer. Biography. Dupeyron studied at the Conservatoire de Paris under Ernest Boulanger and Louis-Henri Obin. He made his professional opera debut in 1887 at the opera house in Nîmes as Eleazar in Halévy's "La Juive". He sang at that same house for the next two
from the opera stage in 1906, after which he worked in Paris as a singing teacher until his death. Among the first generation of musicians to be recorded, his voice is preserved on a handful of recordings made with Pathé in 1902 and Odeon Records in 1905. Sources. - Biography of Hector Dupeyron on Operissimo.com (in German). Accessed March 4, 2009.
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Heidi Parviainen [SEP] voice type
Heidi Parviainen Heidi Parviainen (born 8 March 1979) is a Finnish lyric soprano, and best known as the former lead singer of Finnish power metal band Amberian Dawn. Before working with Amberian Dawn, she played keyboards and provided background vocals for a band called Iconofear. Shortly after leaving Amberian Dawn, Heidi launched her own musical project called "Dark Sarah". Early life. Heidi's musical history started quite early in a children's music playschool. Later on, at a primary school, she went to
Kainuu (1:516) People. - Aki Parviainen (born 1974), Finnish javelin thrower - Emmi Parviainen (born 1985), Finnish actor - Hannu-Pekka "HP" Parviainen (born 1981), Finnish snowboarder - Heidi Parviainen (born 1979), Finnish singer - Janne Parviainen (born 1973), Finnish drummer - Jouko Parviainen (born 1958), Finnish skier - Kaisa Parviainen (1914–2002), Finnish javelin thrower - Kalle Parviainen (born 1982), Finnish
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Helen Boatwright [SEP] voice type
Helen Boatwright Helen Strassburger Boatwright (November 17, 1916 – December 1, 2010) was an American soprano who specialized in the performance of American song, recorded the first full-length album of songs by composer Charles Ives and had a career that spanned more than five decades. Early life and career. Born as Helena Johanna Strassburger in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, she was the youngest of six children in a large German American family. After high school, she studied with Anna Shram Irvin and earned bachelor's and
featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. Harsanyi also sang for Albert Einstein during a dinner party in Princeton, New Jersey and husband Nikki played chamber music with Einstein. While at Princeton she became the head of the voice department at Westminster Choir College in the early 1950s. On February 17, 1969, Janice Harsanyi along with Helen Boatwright, Jenneke Barton and John Ferrante performed the opera Handel's Amadigi with the Princeton Chamber Orchestra under the direction of J. Merrill Knapp. She has performed the works of notable composers such as Roger
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Helge Rosvaenge [SEP] voice type
Helge Rosvaenge Helge Rosvaenge (born Helge Anton Rosenvinge Hansen, August 29, 1897June 17, 1972) was a Danish operatic tenor whose career was centred on Germany and Austria, before, during and after World War II. His last name is sometimes spelled Roswaenge or Rosvænge. Rosvaenge was born in Copenhagen. He made his debut at Neustrelitz as Don Jose in "Carmen" in 1921. Engagements followed at Altenburg, Basel, Cologne (1927–30) and the Berlin State Opera, where he was leading tenor from 1930
"Poetic Edda". It says that he was reborn as - Helgi Hundingsbane, a Scandinavian hero who figures in the "Völsunga saga" and who has two poems in the "Poetic Edda". It says that he was reborn as - Helgi Haddingjaskati, a Swedish hero from "Hrómundar saga Gripssonar". - Helge Jung - a Swedish General - Helgi the Sharp (disambiguation), multiple people - Helgi Tómasson (disambiguation), multiple people - Helge Rosvaenge – a Danish-German
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Henriette Méric-Lalande [SEP] voice type
Henriette Méric-Lalande Henriette Méric-Lalande (1798 – 7 September 1867) was a French operatic soprano, one of the leading sopranos of the early 19th century. She was born at Dunkirk, the daughter and pupil of the conductor Jean-Baptiste Lalande. She made her stage debut in Nantes in 1814. In Paris, Castil-Blaze was impressed by her, and introduced her to Garcia in 1823. She then went to Milan for further studies with Bonfichi and Banderali. Méric-Lalande sang at La
serio" and the "buffo" and the "semi-serio"." 19th century performances The opera was first performed at La Scala, Milan on 14 February 1829, with Henriette Méric-Lalande and Domenico Reina in the leading roles. Alessandro Sanquirico, the well-established set designer of the time, designed the sets, and the opera was presented on a triple bill, along with the ballets "Buondelmonte" and "L'avviso ai maritati". Within Italy it received performances in over 50 cities
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Hildegard Ranczak [SEP] voice type
Hildegard Ranczak Hildegard Ranczak (Vítkovice, 20 December 1895 - Vienna, February 1987) was a Bohemian operatic soprano, particularly associated with Richard Strauss roles, and largely based in Germany. She married and later divorced German baritone Fritz Schaetzler. She studied in Vienna with Irene Schlemmer-Ambros and made her debut in Düsseldorf in 1919, as Pamina. After engagements in Cologne (1923–25), Stuttgart (1926–28), she became a member of the Munich State Opera, where under the direction of Clemens Krauss she often
appeared in operas by Richard Strauss, creating Clairon in "Capriccio", other notable roles included Octavian, Zdenka, Aithra, Die Farberin. She made guest appearances in Vienna, Paris, London, Rome, Dresden. Her last performance was as "Carmen" in Munich, in 1950. Selected recordings. - "Die Boheme" - Trude Eipperle, Alfons Fugel, Hildegard Ranczak, Carl Kronenberg, Georg Hann, Georg Wieter - Munich State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Clemens Krauss - Cantus Classic (1940
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Igor Gorin [SEP] voice type
Igor Gorin Igor Gorin (October 26, 1904 – March 24, 1982) was an Austrian baritone and music teacher. Early life. Gorin was born Ignatz Greenberg on October 26, 1904, in the small village of Grodek (today Horodok, Lviv Oblast) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, Sholom Greenberg, was a rabbi and a Talmudist who taught religion in Grodek and in the neighboring provinces. Igor was not close to his father; it was his beloved mother, Yente Moritz Greenberg
studied voice with Igor Gorin at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Opera career. Between 1967 and 1977 Belen performed in multiple locations around the United States, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain. She sang for the Tucson Opera (now the Arizona Opera) and the San Francisco Opera. She sang the principal soprano role for "La Traviata", "Madame Butterfly", and "La Boheme", as well as performing in "La Sonnambula", "Daughter of the Regiment" (La fille du
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Ion Buzea [SEP] voice type
Ion Buzea Ion Buzea (born 14 August 1934) is a Romanian tenor who enjoyed a successful international career. Born in Cluj, Romania, where he studied geology and mining and played in the National Romanian Volleyball team while pursuing vocal training with Lya Popp. He made his stage debut in Cluj as Alfredo in "La traviata" in 1958. After winning first prize in the George Enescu International Singing Competition he became a member of the Romanian National Opera, Bucharest. After further studies with Luigi Ricci in Rome,
Ștefan Ruha and Ion Voicu, and the singers Alexandru Agache, Liliana Bizineche, Ion Buzea, Elena Cernei, Ileana Cotrubaș, Dan Iordachescu, Marta Kessler, Ionel Pantea, Emilia Petrescu, Ion Piso, Edita Simon and Julia Tözser-Varadi. Ferdinand Weiss also performed with world-famous guests on Romanian stages, such as Ayhan Baran, Lola Bobesco, Ivry Gitlis, Ruggiero Ricci, Henryk Szeryng, and Gioconda de Vito. Together with these remarkable artists, Weiss excelled in a wide-ranging repertoire enriched by a number
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Irene von Fladung [SEP] voice type
Irene von Fladung Irene von Fladung (1879–1965) was an Austrian operatic soprano. Her voice is preserved on a few recordings made with Odeon Records. Life and career. Fladung studied singing in Graz before making her professional opera debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1906. In 1907 she made her first appearances at the Bavarian State Opera (BSO) and the Bayreuth Festival. She sang annually with the BSO through 1925, during which time she also appeared as a guest artist at the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt,
in Zusammenarbeit mit Irene Meissner: Sep Ruf 1908–1982. Moderne mit Tradition. München 2008 - Sep Ruf 1908-1982: Leben und Werk Irene Meissner 2013 - Hans Wichmann: Sep Ruf. Bauten und Projekte. DVA, Stuttgart, 1986, - Der Bungalow, Paul Swiridoff, Wohn- und Empfangsgebäude für den Bundeskanzler in Bonn, Neske Verlag, Pfullingen 1967, Text von Erich Steingräber - Der Kanzlerbungalow, Edition Axel Menges GmbH, 2009 - 47 Seiten - Andreas Schätzke/Joaquín Medina Warmburg: "Sep
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Irra Petina [SEP] voice type
Irra Petina Irra Petina (April 18, 1908 - January 19, 2000) was an actress and singer, as well as a leading contralto with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. She was called the "floperetta queen" by critic Ken Mandelbaum. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Petina was the daughter of General Stephen Petin, Czar Nicholas II's personal escort, and a goddaughter of the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna. Her debut role with the Met was as Schwertleite in Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre
Bonelli - Richard Hageman as Richard Hegeman - Irra Petina as Irra Petine - Tandy MacKenzie as Tandy MacKenzie - Fay Helm as Miss Wilson - Esther Dale as Miss Clark - Deems Taylor as Deems Taylor
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Isabel Rey [SEP] voice type
Isabel Rey Isabel Rey (born in Valencia) is a Spanish operatic soprano who has performed leading roles in the opera houses of Europe and appears on many recordings. Discography. - Handel: "Semele" – Conductor: William Christie; Rey, Bartoli, Workman (DECCA 2009) - Donizetti: "Don Pasquale" – Conductor: Nello Santi; Rey, Flórez, Raimondi (DECCA 2009) - Mozart: "La finta giardiniera" – Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Mei, Rey, Schaschina
; Isabel Rey (Discmedi 1999) - Mozart: "Le nozze di Figaro" – Conductor: Harnoncourt; Rey, Hampson, Margiono, Bonney (Teldec 1994) - Various: "The Passion of Spain" – Rey, Carreras (Teldec 1993) - Various: "Opera Gala" – Rey, Caballé, De los Ángeles, Carreras, González, Pons (RTVE 1992). Sources. - Cummings, David (ed.), "Rey, Isabel", "International Who
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Isola Jones [SEP] voice type
Isola Jones Isola Jones (born December 27, 1949) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera for 16 seasons and has performed with many opera companies throughout the U.S. and abroad. Biography. Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is part African American, Native American (Cherokee) and also has European ancestry. She received her undergraduate degree at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Among her musical influences, she credits Leontyne Price. After college, she
published an extract. That was my first time in print. The magazine was influential, though, like most magazines of the kind, it was short lived... The extract in "X" attracted interest from a number of publishers. Fabers, among other publishers, wrote to me. T. S. Eliot was working at the firm then.” - Isola di Rifiuti - "Patrick Kavanagh: A Biography", Antoinette Quinn (author), Gill & Macmillan Ltd; 2nd Revised edition (Sep 2003)
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Jack Harrold [SEP] voice type
Jack Harrold Jack Harrold (June 10, 1920 – July 22, 1994) was an American operatic tenor and voice teacher. Admired for his comedic skills, he specialized in the tenor buffo repertoire. He had a particularly long association with the New York City Opera from the 1940s through the 1980s. He also appeared in several Broadway musicals. Danny Newman of the Lyric Opera of Chicago stated that, "Jack Harrold was one of American musical theater's most beloved and most versatile performers, possessing a clarion tenor voice that
- Vince Gill as Boomhauer's Singing Voice - Yakov Smirnoff as Himself - Randy Travis as Charles "Charile" Green - The Substitute Spanish Professor - Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Vayzosa - Lupe Ontiveros as Anne - Patricia Place as Betty - Unfortunate Son - Edward Asner as Stinky - Jack Carter as Irwin Linker - Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Hill - Kathryn Harrold as Mother Superior/Mrs. Bonter - Cynthia Stevenson as Mary Catherine/
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James Maddalena [SEP] voice type
James Maddalena James Maddalena (born 1954) is an American baritone who is chiefly associated with contemporary American opera. He gained international recognition in 1987 when he created the role of Richard Nixon at the premiere of Adams's opera "Nixon in China" at Houston. He has since reprised the role on many occasions, and recorded it for the Nonesuch Records release of the opera in 1987. In addition to Maddelena's role as Nixon, he has created two other Adams characters: the Captain in "The Death of Klinghoffer
14-15) - Michelle Tillman as Alpha 6 (Episodes 29-44) - Julie Maddalena as the voice of D.E.C.A. - Tom Whyte as Commander Stanton - Jack Betts as Councilor Brody - Betty Hawkins as High Councilor Renier - Kerrigan Mahan as the voice of the original Magna Defender - Ryan James as Zika - Paul Schrier as Farkus "Bulk" Bulkmeier - Jack Banning as Professor Phenomenus Space Rangers - Christopher Khayman Lee as Andros, the Red Space Ranger -
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Jan Nepomuk Maýr [SEP] voice type
Jan Nepomuk Maýr Jan Nepomuk Maýr (sometimes spelled Mayr, Mayer, or Maier) (17 February 1818 – 25 October 1888) was a Czech operatic tenor, opera director, conductor, composer, and music educator. He is best remembered today for serving as the first director/principal conductor of the Provisional Theatre in Prague. Biography. Born in Mělník, Maýr began his career working as an opera singer at the opera house in Klagenfurt in 1839. From 1842-1844 he worked at various theatres in
the theatre, on 20 November 1862, was Cherubini's "Les deux journées". For the first year or so of its life, the Provisional Theatre alternated opera with straight plays on a daily basis, but from the start of 1864 opera performances were given daily. History. The first principal conductor (or musical director) of the Provisional Theatre, appointed in the autumn of 1862, was Jan Nepomuk Maýr – to the disappointment of Smetana, who had hoped for the position himself. Maýr held the position
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Jan van der Crabben [SEP] voice type
Jan van der Crabben Jan van der Crabben (born 1964) is a Belgian baritone singer. Born in 1964 in Genk, Belgium, van der Crabben studied music at the Etterbeek Academy under the direction of Aquiles Delle Vigne and subsequently at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He has performed in Belgium and internationally and has worked with the likes of Pierre Bartholomée, Shalev Ad-El, Andrew Lawrence-King, and Alexander Rahbari. He has recorded multiple CDs of the baroque and classical music of Johann Sebastian Bach,
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12", written in Weimar in 1714, recorded in 2009 together with Gerlinde Sämann, Christoph Genz and Jan van der Crabben. She appeared in a concert of Bach cantatas at the Rheingau Musik Festival in the Eibingen Abbey in 2005. She recorded with La Petite Bande also Bach's "St Matthew Passion" and "Mass in B minor", with Genz as the Evangelist and van der Crabben as the Vox Christi, the voice of Jesus. The ensemble, with the
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Javier Camarena [SEP] voice type
Javier Camarena Javier Camarena (born March 26, 1976) is a Mexican operatic tenor. Camarena was born in Xalapa, Veracruz. His father was a nuclear plant technician. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in October 2011 in "Il Barbiere di Siviglia," singing the role of Count Almaviva. On April 25, 2014, Camarena became only the third singer in the history of the Metropolitan Opera to perform an encore onstage, and on March 12, 2016 became the second singer to perform multiple
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Jean-Paul Fouchécourt [SEP] voice type
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt Jean-Paul Fouchécourt is a French tenor, mostly as an opera singer. He was born on 30 August 1958 at Blanzy in the Burgundy region. He is best known for singing French Baroque music, especially the parts called in French "haute-contre", written for a very high tenor voice with no falsetto singing. Life and career. Specialist in French Baroque repertory, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt has gained his international reputation with his portrayal of the title role "Platée" by
, and Rosenthal to Szymanowski. In 2000, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt was honoured with the distinction of 'Chevalier de l’ordre National du Mérite' by the French Government. He became the Artistic Director of the Studio de l’Opéra de Lyon (SOL) in 2011. Selected recordings. Solo recitals - Airs de Cour des XVI, XVII, XVIII Siecles. Éric Bellocq Among the many Baroque operas and vocal pieces that Fouchécourt has recorded are: - "Atys" by Jean-Baptist Lully,
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Jennifer Sowle [SEP] voice type
Jennifer Sowle Jennifer Sowle (born September 11, 1977) is a classically trained coloratura soprano. Sowle currently resides in Dallas, Texas, USA. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance from Auburn University and a Master of Music degree from the University of North Texas. In 2008 she was the featured vocalist in a rock opera by Timo Tolkki, "Saana – Warrior of Light Pt 1", which was released on March 14, 2008. Biography. At Auburn University, Sowle was a member
Sowle Sowle is a surname and may refer to: - Diana Sowle (born 1930), American actor - Jennifer Sowle (born 1977), American singer - Melvin L. Sowle, eponym of Sowle Nunatak in Antarctica
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John Fiorito [SEP] voice type
John Fiorito John Fiorito (born 4 September 1936 in New York) is a baritone opera singer. Career. Fiorito began his classical training in 1952, with Rita Kittain and her associate, Lydia Chaliapin. He made his professional debut in 1957, with the Toledo Choral Society and Symphony in the title role of Mendelssohn's "Elijah". Fiorito's operatic career began in 1961 with the New York City Opera. Later in 1965 he became a leading baritone in the Metropolitan Opera National Company, a touring
company of the Met, under the direction of Risa Stevens. Fiorito has appeared with the Wiener Staatsoper and Volksoper, L'Opera de Montreal, Spoleto Festival Charleston, SC, Milwaukee Florentine Opera, the Washington Opera (DC), and many other regional companies in the United States. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1990, in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore". Teaching. Fiorito has taught voice, for over twenty-five years, including several years on the voice faculty of George Washington University,now on
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John Relyea [SEP] voice type
John Relyea John Relyea (born 1972 in Toronto) is a Canadian bass-baritone opera singer and winner of the 2003 Richard Tucker Award. He was born in 1972 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Gary Relyea, one of Canada's well-known opera singers, and a native Estonian Anna Tamm-Relyea, also a professional singer. John Relyea is a 1998 graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He studied with his father, with renowned opera bass Jerome Hines, and with
He worked with director John Sturges as assistant director on the 1959 World War II film "Never So Few" and the 1960 western, "The Magnificent Seven." He also worked as an Assistant Director for John Wayne on "The Alamo" and Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins on "West Side Story." Wise was so impressed with Relyea he offered him a job running his production company as a partner but Relyea felt indebted to Sturges and joined his production company, Alpha Corp., in 1961. There, he worked
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John van Kesteren [SEP] voice type
John van Kesteren John van Kesteren (May 4, 1921 in The Hague – July 11, 2008 in Jupiter, Florida) was a Dutch operatic tenor. Career. Van Kesteren first worked as an electronic telex specialist for the Dutch Telegraph Company PTT. His very first appearance as a non-professional singer was in 1942 with an operetta company in Apeldoorn in the French operetta "The Bells of Corneville". During World War II he appeared in five French and German operettas. From 1946 on he studied at
Ingeborg Ruß Ingeborg Ruß was a German contralto, focused on concert singing, and an academic voice teacher. She record compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, including Bach cantatas such as "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied", BWV 190, with the Windsbacher Knabenchor conducted by Hans Thamm, alongside Teresa Żylis-Gara, Peter Schreier and Franz Crass. In 1967, she recorded his short masses with the Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart conducted by Helmuth Rilling, alongside Elisabeth Speiser, John van Kesteren, Gerhard
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Jonathan Battishill [SEP] voice type
Jonathan Battishill Jonathan Battishill (May 1738 – 10 December 1801) was an English composer, keyboard player, and concert tenor. He began his career as a composer writing theatre music but later devoted himself to working as an organist and composer for the Church of England. He is considered one of the outstanding 18th century English composers of church music and is best remembered today for his seven-part anthem "Call to Remembrance", which has long survived in the repertoires of cathedral choirs. Biography. Battishill was
under Samuel Champness for singing, and Charles Knyvett for the harpsichord. Subsequently he studied under Jonathan Battishill. In the summer of 1769 Busby was engaged to sing at Vauxhall Gardens at a salary of ten guineas a week. On his voice breaking, he was articled to Battishill for three years, and worked on both his musical and his general education. On the expiration of his training he returned to his father's house, and set himself to earn his living by music and literature. Early works. His
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Jongmin Park [SEP] voice type
Jongmin Park Jongmin Park (born 1986) is a South Korean opera singer who has sung leading bass roles in the opera houses of Germany, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Born in Seoul, he was the winner of the Song Prize at the 2015 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition Park also won First Prize (male singer) at the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition and the Birgit Nilsson Prize for the German Repertoire of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner at the 2011 Operalia Competition. Park studied singing at the Korea National
University of Arts and then at the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan before becoming a member of the Hamburg State Opera from 2010 to 2013. He made his Royal Opera House debut in 2014 as Colline in "La bohème" and sang at the Vienna State Opera in the 2013/2014 season where his roles included Zuniga in "Carmen", Don Basilio in "Le nozze di Figaro", and Colline. External links. - BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Profile: Jongmin Park - Park's schedule
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Josef Metternich [SEP] voice type
Josef Metternich Josef Metternich (2 June 1915, in Cologne – 21 February 2005, in Feldafing) was a German operatic baritone. Metternich also appeared at the Royal Opera House in London, La Scala in Milan, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in "La forza del destino", in 1953. He joined the Munich State Opera in 1954, where he created the role of Johannes Kepler in Hindemith's "Die Harmonie der Welt" (1957). Metternich was
Cornelia Kallisch Cornelia Kallisch (born 1956) is a German operatic mezzo-soprano who made an international career. She has participated in premieres of operas and in concert, and in award-winning recordings. Early life. Born in Marbach am Neckar, Kallisch first studied violin and piano. She studied voice with Josef Metternich and the opera studio of the Bavarian State Opera. She also studied with Siglind Bruhn and Anna Reynolds. Career. Kallisch joined the ensemble of the Zurich Opera in 1991, where
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Josef Witt [SEP] voice type
Josef Witt Kammersänger Josef Witt (17 May 1901 - 3 January 1994) was a tenor who was a regular performer at the Vienna State Opera before WW II. His name is sometimes spelt Joseph Witt. In 1923 Witt created the role of Li in Hans Gál's opera, "Die heilige Ente", in Düsseldorf. He performed the role of Palestrina in the production of Pfitzner’s opera "Palestrina" at the State Opera in 1937. He conducted opera classes at the Akadamie fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst
Recognition. Conductor Karl Böhm called her "the world's greatest tragedienne". In 1964 she was awarded the Mozartmedaille by the Mozart community of Vienna. Her voice has been described as "rich, beautifully formed, with dramatic delivery and strength and feeling for style exciting admiration" ("Umfangreiche, schön gebildete Stimme, deren dramatische Ausdruckskraft und deren Stilgefühl Bewunderung erregten"). Recordings. - 1943 - "Macbeth" - Mathieu Ahlersmeyer, Elisabeth Hongen, Josef Witt, Herbert Alsen - Vienna State
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Judith Malafronte [SEP] voice type
Judith Malafronte Judith Malafronte is an American mezzo-soprano currently on the faculty at Yale University. She is the winner of several top awards in Italy, Spain, Belgium and the US, including the Grand Prize at the International Vocal Competition in Hertogenbosch, Holland. Malafronte earned a B.A. with honors from Vassar College and the M. A. from Stanford University. Malafronte also studied at the Eastman School of Music, with Mlle. Nadia Boulanger in Paris and Fontainebleau, and with Giulietta Simionato in Milan as a Fulbright scholar.
Malafronte Malafronte is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Judith Malafronte, American opera singer - Luigi Malafronte (born 1978), Italian footballer
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Julie Nesrallah [SEP] voice type
Julie Nesrallah Julie Nesrallah is a Canadian mezzo-soprano and radio host. Biography. Julie Nesrallah is a singer, actress and broadcaster. She has a rich and expressive voice. Miss Nesrallah is regularly engaged by opera companies, symphonies, festivals and chamber music ensembles across North America and abroad. In February, 2013, Nesrallah was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her cultural contribution to Canada as the host of CBC Radio 2's national classical music program, Tempo. She is also the host
the festival were Jan Lisiecki, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Simone Dinnerstein, Marc-André Hamelin, Julie Nesrallah, Yehonatan Berick, National Arts Centre Orchestra, The Swingle Singers, Nexus (ensemble), Trio con Brio Copenhagen, New Zealand String Quartet, TorQ Percussion Quartet and more. Past performers include Paul Merkelo, Patrick Wedd, Guy Fouquet, Musica Camerata, Stéphane Lemelin, the Borodin String Quartet, the Beaux Arts Trio, the Tokyo String Quartet, Martin Beaver, Penderecki Quartet, Paul Stewart, Martin Chalifour, Monica
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Karel Fiala [SEP] voice type
Karel Fiala Karel Fiala (born 3 August 1925, Hrušov (Ostrava), Czechoslovakia) is a Czech operatic tenor and film actor. He initially worked as a chimney sweeper before entering the Prague Conservatory in 1947. After earning his degree in 1952 he pursued further studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague for three years, graduating in 1955. While still a student, Fiala began performing in operas at the National Theatre in Prague in 1949. He was committed at that house through 1954 after which he joined
Count Valdemar Lomecký - Alfons Rasp as Son of Valdemar Lomecký - Julius Czonský as Innkeeper - Bronislava Livia as Lea - Karel Fiala as Administrator of a manor - Karel Schleichert as Old Veteran - Josef Sváb-Malostranský as Guest - Karel Faltys as Napoleon - Jirina Janderová as Countess Lomecká - Jindrich Edl as Presiding Judge - Frantisek Kudlácek as Priest Bibliography. - Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. "
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Karl Perron [SEP] voice type
Karl Perron Karl Perron, born Karl Pergamenter and also known as Carl Perron, (3 June 1858 – 15 July 1928) was a German bass-baritone. A Kammersänger of the Dresden State Opera, he created leading roles in three operas by Richard Strauss – Jochanaan in "Salome", Orest in "Elektra", and Baron Ochs in "Der Rosenkavalier". Biography. Karl Perron was born in Frankenthal to one of the city's prominent families. His father was an art collector and numismatist.
never married and lived with his sister, Käthe, who ran his household. Karl Perron died in Dresden on 15 July 1928 at the age of 70. References. Notes Sources - Kuhn, Laura (ed.), "Perron, Karl", "Baker's Dictionary of Opera", Schirmer Books, 2000, p. 602. - Warrack, John Hamilton and West, Ewan, (eds.), "Perron, Karl", "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera"
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Kate Aldrich [SEP] voice type
Kate Aldrich Kate Aldrich (born October 31, 1973, Damariscotta, Maine) is an American mezzo-soprano. She has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Hamburg State Opera, Teatro Regio (Turin), Rossini Opera Festival, Los Angeles Opera, Opéra de Montréal, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, National Theatre in Prague, and the New York City Opera. Her roles include Carmen, Antoine
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Kathleen Kim [SEP] voice type
Kathleen Kim Kathleen Kim is a Korean-American operatic coloratura soprano. Her repertoire includes roles in operas by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi and Offenbach, among others, as well as in oratorios such as the "Messiah" and sacred works such as Mozart's "Great Mass in C minor". Education. Kim is a graduate of the Ryan Opera Center of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. During her training
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Kim Borg [SEP] voice type
Kim Borg Kim Borg (August 7, 1919April 28, 2000) was a Finnish bass, teacher and composer. He had a wide-ranging, resonant, warm voice. Biography. Kim Borg was born in Helsinki. He studied voice with Heikki Teittinen at the Sibelius Academy (1936–1941 and 1945–1947), where he also received training in theory and composition with Leo Funtek and Aarre Merikanto, and then pursued vocal studies with Andrejewa de Skilondz in Stockholm (1950–1959). He also studied biochemistry at the Helsinki
temporal transmitter, Chakotay and Harry Kim manage to send information back in time to Seven to prevent the destruction of the ship. A little more of Seven's Borg history is revealed when, due to a modified Borg device planted by an alien species, she begins to exhibit the memories of some of the people she has assimilated. After B'Elanna Torres disables the device, Seven returns to normal. While investigating a damaged Borg sphere in "Dark Frontier", Seven hears the voice of the collective once more and refuses to
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Klesie Kelly [SEP] voice type
Klesie Kelly Klesie Kelly, or Klesie Kelly-Moog, is an American soprano and voice teacher at the Musikhochschule Köln and for international master classes. Career. Born in Kentucky, Kelly studied voice in Germany with Bettina Björgsten, Helmut Kretschmar and Günther Weißenborn. More active in concert than on the opera stage, she has collaborated with conductors such as Moshe Atzmon, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Erich Leinsdorf, Bruno Maderna and Hiroshi Wakasugi. In 1971, Kelly appeared at the Mozartsaal of the Konzerthaus in Vienna, singing
. Kelly has been a professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Köln from 1986. She has taught master classes in Europe and Korea. Her students have included Juan Carlos Echeverry, Julia Kleiter, and Christiane Oelze. Several of her students were awarded at international competitions and are members of leading opera companies. External links. - Abschlusskonzert Meisterkurs mit Klesie Kelly-Moog / Disziplin das oberste Gebot beim Bühnenauftritt Hersbrucker Zeitung, 28 June 2011 - Interview Natascha Jung, "Moderne Musik ist interessant, aber ich gehe lieber
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Krisztina Szabó [SEP] voice type
Krisztina Szabó Krisztina Szabó is a Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano opera singer who has performed in a number of operatic roles. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Szabó finished her postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She was awarded the Emerging Artist grant from the Canada Council. Ms. Szabó was a 1997 winner of the Mozart Competition, held under the auspices of the Canadian Opera Company, and in 1998 she joined the Canadian Opera's Ensemble Studio. It was with the Canadian
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Kurt Equiluz [SEP] voice type
Kurt Equiluz Kurt Equiluz (born 13 June 1929 in Vienna) is an Austrian classical tenor in opera and concert, known for recording works of Johann Sebastian Bach with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Helmuth Rilling, a member of the Vienna State Opera as a tenor buffo from 1957 until 1983. Career. Kurt Equiluz was an alto soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben. At the Austrian State Academy for Music and Art in Vienna he studied music theory, harp and singing with Adolf Vogel. He was a member of the Wiener Akademie
comic bass parts, such as the title role in Massenet's "Don Quichotte", Don Basile in Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia", Geronimo in Cimarosa's "Il matrimonio segreto", and Prince Gremin in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin". Villisech performed in 1965 the bass arias in the pioneering recording of Nikolaus Harnoncourt of Bach's "St John Passion", with Kurt Equiluz as the Evangelist and Max van Egmond as the vox Christi (voice of Christ). In the Harnoncourt recordings of Monteverdi
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Lilian Stiles-Allen [SEP] voice type
Lilian Stiles-Allen Lilian Stiles-Allen (28 July 189015 July 1982) was a British soprano of the mid 20th century. She was born Lilian Elizabeth Allen in Devonshire Street, Marylebone in 1890, and later added her mother's maiden name. Her musical education was at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she won the Sheriff's Prize for contraltos in 1909, and in Vienna undertaking an extensive study of Lieder. Her career was primarily on the concert stage, her physique being unsuited
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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Louise Gunning [SEP] voice type
Louise Gunning Louise Gunning (April 1, 1879 – July 24, 1960) was an American soprano singer popular on Broadway in Edwardian musical comedy and comic opera from the late 1890s to the eve of the First World War. She was perhaps best remembered as Princess Stephanie of Balaria in the 1911 Broadway production of "The Balkan Princess". During the war years Gunning began to close out her career singing on the vaudeville circuit. Early life and career. Gunning was born in Boston, Massachusetts and later lived
Gunning was forced to cancel a European tour and return to America when in 1914 war threatened the continent. In 1915 she began a series of vaudeville singing engagements that would continue into the early 1920s. Personal life. In October 1903 Gunning married Frederick Pitney, owner of a New York cab company, and almost to the day two years later, gave birth to a baby girl, Louise Adelaide Pitney. The marriage ended sometime before the midpoint of the following decade. By 1915 Gunning had purchased a ranch in Sierra
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Luciana Serra [SEP] voice type
Luciana Serra Luciana Serra (born November 4, 1946 in Genoa) is an Italian coloratura soprano. Career. Serra made her international debut in 1966 as Eleonora in Cimarosa's "" at the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest, but did not achieve general acclaim until the late 1970s, when she took on coloratura roles in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" and Bellini's "La sonnambula". In 1988, Serra debuted at the Vienna State Opera singing the Queen of the Night in a new production
academy, she studied with Luciana Serra, Leyla Gencer, and Luigi Alva and also attended masterclasses of Renato Bruson and Mirella Freni. In 2006 she debuted there as Naiad in "Ariadne auf Naxos" and won first prize in the Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Istanbul. International career. Nachaidze went on singing several roles at La Scala: Silvia in "Ascanio in Alba", Despina in "Così fan tutte", Lauretta in "Gianni Schicchi", Musetta in "La bohème", and Marie in "
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Lucilla Udovich [SEP] voice type
Lucilla Udovich Lucilla Udovich (September 7, 1930 – September 23, 1999) was an American soprano of Croatian ancestry. Life story. Life story Early years. Udovich was born in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in California. She studied singing, violin, piano and solfeggio at the Community Music School in San Francisco, later continuing her studies in New York at Columbia University and Hunter College. During this period Udovich sang church music and appeared in musical comedies. Life story Italian career. She
the Great Recordings of the Century by EMI (5 67765 2). There is also a brilliantly lively recording of "The Marriage of Figaro" from Glyndebourne on EMI Classics (Gemini), with Sena Jurinac as the Contessa. In 1954 he conducted Spontini's "Agnes von Hohenstaufen" at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with Franco Corelli, Lucilla Udovich and Giangiacomo Guelfi. External links. - Biography -
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