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Eunice Alberts [SEP] voice type
Eunice Alberts Eunice Alberts (1927–2012) was an American contralto who had an active career as a concert soloist and opera singer during the 1950s through the 1980s. Early life and education. Born in Boston, Alberts attended the Girls' Latin School in her native city during her youth; earning her diploma in 1940. Subs...
Alberts (politician) (b. 1970), South African lawyer and politician - Bruce Alberts (b. 1938), American biochemist; President of the National Academy of Sciences 1993–2005 - Bryan Alberts (b. 1994), American–Dutch basketball player - Butch Alberts (b. 1950), American baseball player - David S. Alberts (b. 1942), Americ...
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Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa [SEP] voice type
Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa (7 May 1836 – 21 January 1874) was a British operatic soprano who established the Carl Rosa Opera Company together with her husband Carl Rosa. Parepa's aristocratic father died soon after her birth, and her mother turned to the stage to support them. Parepa made her operati...
of king Géza II of Hungary - Euphrosyne Löf (1772–1828), Swedish actor - Euphrosyne of Polatsk (1110–1173), Belarusian saint - Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa (1836–1874), 1872 recipient of the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society - Saint Euphrosyne of Moscow (died 1407), Grand Duchess of Muscovy - Julia Nyberg (1784–18...
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Eva Likova [SEP] voice type
Eva Likova Eva Likova (21 December 1919 – 15 March 2004) was an American operatic soprano of Czech descent. She was notably one of the major sopranos at the New York City Opera during the company's early years. She also made guest appearances with a number of opera houses in North America and Europe, enjoying a particu...
Evangelista - Edith Evans - Giulio Gari - Joann Grillo - Frank Guarrera - Andréa Guiot - Thomas Hayward - Laurel Hurley - Herva Nelli - Norman Kelley - Flaviano Labò - Albert Lance - Bruno Landi - Brenda Lewis - Eva Likova - Thomas Lo Monaco - Chester Ludgin - Jean Madeira - Elaine Malbin - Andrew McKinley - Michael Mi...
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Eva Lind [SEP] voice type
Eva Lind Eva Lind (born 14 June 1966) is an Austrian operatic soprano. Career. Lind was born in Innsbruck, where she started singing as a teenager. While studying philosophy at the University of Vienna she continued her professional training as a singer. Her teachers were Marta Lantieri, Ruthilde Boesch and Wilma Lipp....
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 (Phi...
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Evelyn Tubb [SEP] voice type
Evelyn Tubb Evelyn Tubb is a soprano, and long-time member of The Consort of Musicke and one of the world's greatest early music specialists, known for her innovative and original performances. Life. She originally comes from the Isle of Wight and studied piano, trumpet, violin and singing. She continued her vocal trai...
for Evelyn Tubb - artist's page for Evelyn Tubb - New Trinity Baroque: artist's page for Evelyn Tubb - audio & video clips of Evelyn Tubb - Vox Animae official site - Ordo Virtutum DVD
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Farinelli [SEP] voice type
contains an aria for soprano with trumpet "obbligato". Career in Europe. In 1724, Farinelli made his first appearance in Vienna, at the invitation of Pio di Savoia, director of the Imperial Theatre. He spent the following season in Naples. In 1726, he also visited Parma and Milan, where Johann Joachim Quantz heard him ...
Sallé's performance "en travesti" as Cupid in the ballet sections. Origins The Farinelli phenomenon. Farinelli's impact on London opera-goers was without precedent: his singing gave rise to wild adulation verging on hysteria. Horace Walpole recorded that Lady Rich (1692–1773) expressed her rapture in 1735 with the word...
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Faustina Bordoni [SEP] voice type
Faustina Bordoni Faustina Bordoni (30 March 1697 – 4 November 1781) was an Italian mezzo-soprano. In Hamburg, Germany, the Johann Adolph Hasse Museum is dedicated to her husband and partly to Bordoni. Early career. She was born in Venice and brought up under the protection of the aristocratic brother composers Alessand...
elector's taste for the operatic genre was no secret either. For church music the Neapolitan mass came closest to that genre, so this was the preferred Mass type at the Hofkirche. Bach was no doubt aware that apart from the excellent instrumentalists, the Dresden Hofkapelle ("court chapel") also had vocal soloists at i...
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Fedora Barbieri [SEP] voice type
Fedora Barbieri Fedora Barbieri (4 June 1920 – 4 March 2003) was an Italian mezzo-soprano. Barbieri was born in Trieste. She made her official debut in Florence in 1940, but retired in 1943 because of her marriage. She re-emerged in 1945. She was one of the first performers to investigate and perform in early operas by...
- Fedora Barbieri (1920–2003), Italian mezzo-soprano - Fedora (KGB agent), the codename for the Soviet Cold War double agent Aleksei Kulak Other uses. - Fedorah, Alberta, a locality in Canada - Fedora, South Dakota, United States - Trilby, a type of fedora
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Filippo Coletti [SEP] voice type
Filippo Coletti Filippo Coletti (11 May 1811 – 13 June 1894) was an Italian baritone associated with Giuseppe Verdi. Coletti created two Verdi roles: Gusmano in "Alzira" and Francesco in "I Masnadieri". Verdi revised the role of Germont in La traviata for Coletti, whose interpretation re-defined the role as it is known...
- Coletti, Filippo, "La Scuola di Canto in Italia : pensieri dell'Artista / Cav. Filippo Coletti", Roma : Forzani e C., - Coletti, Filippo, "L' Arte melodrammatica italiana : patrocinata dall'onorevole Bovio nella Camera dei Deputati : considerazioni / dell'artista Filippo Coletti", Roma : Forzani e C., 1883 - Coletti,...
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Filippo Colini [SEP] voice type
Filippo Colini Filippo Colini (21 October 1811 – June 1863) was an Italian operatic baritone. Debuted with the Accademia Filarmonica Romana in 1831. He is best known today for creating roles in the world premieres of several operas by Giuseppe Verdi, including Giacomo in "Giovanna d'Arco" (1845), Rolando in "La battagl...
Callionymus colini Callionymus colini, the Tiny New Guinea longtail dragonet, is a species of dragonet endemic to the Pacific Ocean waters around Papua New Guinea. The specific name honours Dr Patrick L. Colin, of the University of Papua New Guinea's Motupore Island Research Station in Port Moresby, who collected the t...
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Florence Quivar [SEP] voice type
Florence Quivar Florence Quivar (born March 3, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano who is considered to be "one of the most prominent singers of her generation." She has variously been described as having a "rich, earthy sound and communicative presence" as "always reliable" and as...
, Carlos Montane, Licia Albanese, and Florence Quivar. In 1991 he became a member of the voice faculty at the University of Northern Iowa, where he taught until his death. Pinto died in his home in Cedar Falls of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in 2006 at the age of 66.
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Florencio Constantino [SEP] voice type
Florencio Constantino Florencio Constantino (April 9, 1869 – November 19, 1919) was a Spanish operatic tenor. Biography. He was born as Florencio Constantineau on April 9, 1869 in Ortuella. He moved to Argentina in 1889. He had a nervous breakdown and died on November 19, 1919 in Mexico City.
Hammerstein was bought out in 1910, Renaud joined the Met, making his debut as Rigoletto on 25 November opposite Melba and Florencio Constantino. He sang with the company for two seasons, making his final appearance in March 1912 as Valentin in Gounod's "Faust". Later years. Maurice Renaud occasionally performed with t...
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Frances Greer [SEP] voice type
Frances Greer Frances Greer (12 January 1917 – 28 June 2005) was an American soprano. A leading performer at the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Opera Company, she recorded 13 albums, mostly musical operettas with RCA Victor, and made several concert appearances at Carnegie Hall. For many years she was the feat...
's father) - Faye Grant: (Tattie McKee, Grace's mother) - Jason Blicker: (Uncle Heschie, Hannah's uncle) - Erica Yohn: (Grandma Ida, Hannah's grandmother) - Frances McDormand: (Narrator, voice of adult Hannah) Cast and characters Guest stars. - Bryan Neal (Walker Adams, Grace's older half-brother) - Bonnie Bailey-Reed ...
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Frances Yeend [SEP] voice type
Frances Yeend Frances Yeend (; 28 January 1913 – 27 April 2008) was an American classical soprano who had an active international career as a concert and opera singer during the 1940s through the 1960s. She had a long and fruitful association with the New York City Opera (NYCO) between 1948 and 1958, after which she jo...
concert performance of scenes from "Elektra" with the Chicago Symphony and Chorus under Fritz Reiner, where she sang Chrysotemis to Inge Borkh's Elektra. References. King records released two 78 rpm records by Frances Yeend on their 15000 series. Reference below: Singles Discography for King Records - 15000 series Thes...
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Francesca Vanini-Boschi [SEP] voice type
Francesca Vanini-Boschi Francesca Vanini-Boschi (died 1744) was an Italian contralto singer of the 18th century. She is best remembered for her association with the composer George Frideric Handel, for whom she sang both in Italy and in London. Vanini was born in Bologna. As well as singing for Handel, she also sang in...
Goffredo in "Rinaldo"; these roles use only a limited range and tessitura. After "Rinaldo" her voice began to decline, but earlier Giuseppe Felice Tosi had praised her for her ability to introduce "Graces without transgressing against Time". She died in Venice. References. Winton Dean: "Vanini [Boschi], Francesca", "Gr...
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Francesco Ceccarelli [SEP] voice type
Francesco Ceccarelli Francesco Ceccarelli (1752, Foligno – 21 September 1814, Dresden) was a castrato soprano known for his grace and excellent singing technique. After early opera appearances in his native Umbria, he sang mainly in the German-speaking countries and was thought better suited to church and concert music...
History of a Voice", John Potter refers to a type of voice with an extended register which he calls "tenor-bass" and notes that several other virtuoso singers of the 17th century who were described as tenors by their contemporaries could also sing in the bass register. A similar view on the existence of this voice type...
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Francilla Pixis [SEP] voice type
Francilla Pixis Francilla Pixis (15 May 1816 – ?1888) was a German mezzo-soprano. She was born Franziska Helma Göhringer in Lichtenthal near Baden-Baden. She was initially trained by the pianist and composer Johann Peter Pixis who adopted her when she was 15 but also studied with Henriette Sontag and Ferdinando Paer. S...
, Francilla married and not long after that retired from the stage. Pixis then turned his attention to the musical training of his nephew Theodor Pixis (1831-1856), who subsequently became concertmaster in Cologne and instructor in the Rheinische Musikschule but died suddenly. Johann Peter Pixis continued to teach the ...
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Frank Mullings [SEP] voice type
Frank Mullings Frank Mullings (10 March 1881 – 19 May 1953) was a leading English tenor with Sir Thomas Beecham's Beecham Opera Company and its successor, the British National Opera Company, during the 1910s and 1920s. Blessed with a strong stage presence and a voice that provoked varying reactions from critics, his re...
, John, "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera", second edition (Oxford University Press, London, 1980), under "Mullings, Frank". External links. - Mullings on Divineart.com - Mullings on Answers.com
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Franz Anton Spitzeder [SEP] voice type
Franz Anton Spitzeder Franz Anton Spitzeder (1735–1796) was a German tenor and keyboard teacher. Spitzeder was born in Traunstein and educated in Salzburg, where in 1759 he found employment as a court singer. He sang the part of Der Christgeist (The Christian Spirit) in the premiere of "Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebo...
(26 May 1631 Confirmed - 1 Apr 1639 Died) - Philipp Friedrich von Breuner † (5 Sep 1639 Confirmed - 22 May 1669 Died) - Wilderich von Walderdorff † (19 Aug 1669 Confirmed - 4 Sep 1680 Died) - Emerich (Johann Anton) Sinelli, O.F.M. Cap. † (3 Mar 1681 Confirmed - 25 Feb 1685 Died) - Ernst von Trautson zu Falkenstein † (1...
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Franz Crass [SEP] voice type
Franz Crass Franz Crass (9 March 192823 June 2012) was a German bass singer. A native of Wipperfürth, Rhine Province, Crass studied with Gerda Heuer in Wiesbaden and with Professor Clemens Glettenberg at the Hochschule für Musik in Köln. He won numerous competitions throughout Germany in the 1950s. In 1954, he made his...
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,...
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Franz Fehringer [SEP] voice type
Franz Fehringer Franz Fehringer (7 September 1910, Nussloch - 15 March 1988, Heidelberg) was a German operatic tenor, particularly associated with light lyric roles in the German, Italian, and French repertories. Fehringer studied in Karlsruhe with Jan van Gorkom and Dr. Zimmermann, and made his debut there in 1934, in...
Harald Stamm Harald Stamm (born 29 April 1938) is a German opera singer (bass) and voice teacher. Life and career. Born in Frankfurt, Stamm grew up in Bingen am Rhein. After the Abitur at the local Stefan-George-Gymnasium and subsequent sport studies, he worked as a teacher and took private singing lessons with Franz F...
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Franz Xaver Gerl [SEP] voice type
Franz Xaver Gerl Franz Xaver Gerl ( – ) was a bass singer and composer of the classical era. He sang the role of Sarastro in the premiere of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute". Life. Gerl was born on in Andorf (then Bavaria, since 1780 part of Austria). He sang as a chorister as a child in Salzburg; the "New Grove" asser...
Xaver Gerl. Vienna, 1790. - "Anton bei Hofe, oder Das Namensfest" ("Anton at Court, or The Name-Day") (Vienna, 4 June 1791). Mozart heard the work on 6 June. - "Der Stein der Weisen" ("The Philosopher's Stone or the Magic Isle"). Heroic-comic opera, Music by Benedikt Schack, Johann Baptist Henneberg, Franz Xaver Gerl, ...
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Franziska Gottwald [SEP] voice type
Franziska Gottwald Franziska Gottwald (born in Marburg) is a German mezzo-soprano singer in opera and concert. Career. Franziska Gottwald received her first voice training at the age of 16 with Eugen Rabine and studied voice at the Academies of Music in Saarbrücken, Hannover and Weimar. She has appeared at the Staatsop...
Yuichiro Shiina Competition by year 2002. Piano - 1 Martin Stadtfeld - 2 Andrew Brownell, Eric Fung Violin and Baroque violin - 2 Laura Vikman - 3 Sonja Starke Voice – female - 1 Franziska Gottwald - 2 Sigrid Horvath - 3 Barbara Tišler Voice – male - 1 Dominik Wörner - 2 Daniel Johannsen - 3 Seung-Hee Park Competition ...
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François Beaumavielle [SEP] voice type
François Beaumavielle François Beaumavielle (died 1688, Paris) was a French operatic bass-baritone. Trained in Toulouse, he was engaged at the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris by Pierre Perrin and Robert Cambert, where he created their opera "Pomone" in 1671. He went on creating all the first roles within his vocal ...
-Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon (4 Feb 1857 Appointed – 28 Feb 1873 Died) - Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. (21 Mar 1873 Appointed – 12 Sep 1885 Died) - François Xavier Gouthe-Soulard (2 Mar 1886 Appointed – 9 Sep 1900 Died) - François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy (5 Apr 1901 Appointed – 20 Apr 1920 Died) - Maurice-Louis-Marie ...
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François Le Roux [SEP] voice type
François Le Roux François Le Roux (born 30 October 1955) is a French baritone. Le Roux began vocal studies at 19 with François Loup, winning prizes in Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro. He was a member of the Lyon Opera Company from 1980 to 1985, before appearing in many international houses, making his Paris Opéra debut in...
Philibert-Joseph Le Roux Philibert-Joseph Le Roux (? – before 1735 Brussels) was an 18th-century French lexicographer. Le Roux is remembered for his "Dictionaire comique, satyrique, critique, burlesque, libre & proverbial" published in 1718. Le Roux was forced to leave France in 1693 after he published a pamphlet again...
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Frieda Hempel [SEP] voice type
Frieda Hempel Frieda Hempel (26 June 1885 – 7 October 1955) was a German soprano singer in operatic and concert work who had an international career in Europe and the United States. Biography. Frieda Hempel was born in Leipzig, Germany, and studied first at the Leipzig Conservatory and afterwards at the Stern Conservat...
Private vocal coaching with Frieda Hempel, New York, 1930. - Private vocal coaching with Povla Frijsh, New York, 1932–1940. - Private vocal study: Dr. Douglas Stanley, New York, 1934–1937. - Vocal coaching: Dr. Frederick Kurzweil. - Voice: Ruth Kirsch-Arndt. - Piano: Carl Werschinger, Professor Angela Weschler. - New Y...
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Fritz Schaetzler [SEP] voice type
Fritz Schaetzler Fritz Schaetzler (May 13, 1898 – February 3, 1994) was a German baritone and "Kammersänger." He studied under Anna Bahr-Mildenburg. From 1919 to 1922, he was engaged at the Nationaltheater München; from 1922-1947, he was engaged at the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Concealing physical disabilities, including a...
, appearing in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's stage work "Das Salzburger große Welttheater", among other productions. After retiring from opera, she gave singing lessons in Munich. Among those she instructed in Munich were Lilian Benningsen, Fritz Schaetzler, and the renowned Wagnerian tenor, Lauritz Melchior, who consulted h...
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Gabor Carelli [SEP] voice type
Gabor Carelli Gabor Carelli (born as "Krausz", Gábor Pál) (1915 – 22 January 1999) was a Hungarian classical tenor who had an important career in operas and concerts in North America during the mid 20th century. He was notably committed to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1951 to 1974 where he gave a total ...
Metropolitanbe" [in Hungarian, 'My way to the Metropolitan'] Zeneműkiadó Budapest 1979 208 p. Sources. - Gabor Carelli, 83, Opera Singer, Allan Kozinn, "The New York Times", January 27, 1999 - Obituary: Gabor Carelli, Elizabeth Forbes, "The Independent", 29 January 1999 - Metropolitan Opera Archives
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Gabriella Gatti [SEP] voice type
Gabriella Gatti Gabriella Gatti (July 5, 1908 – October 22, 2003) was an Italian operatic soprano, primarily based in Italy and associated with the Italian repertory. Born Gabriella Pesci in Rome, where she studied voice and piano. She made her stage debut in 1934, at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in Monteverdi's "Orf...
- "Possibilità e realtà di un lavoro psichico di realizzazione, trasformazione e sviluppo", in “Il sogno della farfalla”, n.4, L'Asino d'oro edizioni, Rome 2001. - "Una depressione", in "Il sogno della farfalla", n.2, L'Asino d'oro edizioni, Rome 2002. - "Functional maturation of neocortex: a base of viability," with M...
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Gabriella Tucci [SEP] voice type
Gabriella Tucci Gabriella Tucci (born 4 August 1929) is an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. Born in Rome, Italy, Tucci trained at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia with Leonardo Filoni, whom she later married. She made her debut at Spoleto, as Leonora in "La forza del destino",...
's "Die Fledermaus" with Theodor Uppman as Eisenstein and Jeanette Scovotti as Adele, Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur" with Renata Tebaldi in the title role and Franco Corelli as Maurizio, "La sonnambula" with Sutherland as Amina and Nicolai Gedda as Elvino, "Tosca" with Gabriella Tucci in the title role and Anselmo Colzan...
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Geltrude Righetti [SEP] voice type
Geltrude Righetti Geltrude Righetti (1793–1862) was an Italian contralto closely associated with the operas of Gioachino Rossini. (Her name is also sometimes given as Giorgi-Righetti or Righetti-Giorgi, Giorgi being the name of her husband.) Life and career. Born in Bologna, she also studied and made her debut there in...
, Swiss architect - Geltrude Righetti (1793–1862), Italian opera singer - Joe Righetti (born 1947), former American football player - John Righetti, president and spokesman of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society - Leo Righetti (1925–1998), American baseball player, father of Dave Righetti - Mario Righetti (born c. 1590), Italia...
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Gemma Bosini [SEP] voice type
Gemma Bosini Gemma Bosini (1890 – 2 February 1982) was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active international performance career from 1909–1930. She is especially associated with the role of Alice Ford in Giuseppe Verdi's "Falstaff", a role which she performed more than 400 times on stage during her career. She is...
" – Giuseppe Danise, Ayres Borghi-Zerni, Carlo Broccardi, Ernesto Badini, Olga Simzis; Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan - 1917 Leoncavallo: "Pagliacci" – Luigi Bolis, Anita Conti, Giuseppe Montanelli; Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan - 1917 Puccini: "La bohème" – Gemma Bosini, Reno Andreini, Ernesto Badin...
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Georg Unger [SEP] voice type
Georg Unger Georg Unger (1837 – 1887) was a German operatic tenor most famous for playing Siegfried in "Der Ring des Nibelungen" written by Richard Wagner. Unger was born in Leipzig (Germany), and as a student studied Theology and music. He made his singing debut aged 37, going on to make appearances at Cassel, Zurich,...
Georg Christian Unger Georg Christian Unger (25 May 1743 – 20 February 1799) was a German architect who was a pupil of the architect Carl von Gontard and served Frederick II of Prussia. Among his works were the Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam and the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin. Further reading. - Wendland, Christian. "Georg ...
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Georges Thill [SEP] voice type
Georges Thill Georges Thill (14 December 1897 – 17 October 1984) was a French opera singer, often considered to be his country's greatest lyric-dramatic tenor. Born in Paris, his career lasted from 1924 to 1953, peaking during the 1930s. Career. A pupil of the Neapolitan tenor Fernando De Lucia (1860–1925), Thill made ...
Thill (surname) Thill is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Francis Augustine Thill (1893–1957), American Roman Catholic bishop - Georges Thill (1897–1984), French opera singer - Lewis D. Thill (1903–1975), American politician - Agnès Thill (b. 1964), French politician - Tom Thill (b. 1990), Luxembou...
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Georgette Leblanc [SEP] voice type
Georgette Leblanc Georgette Leblanc (8 February 1869, Rouen – 27 October 1941, Le Cannet) was a French operatic soprano, actress, author, and the sister of novelist Maurice Leblanc. She became particularly associated with the works of Jules Massenet and was an admired interpreter of the title role in Bizet's "Carmen". ...
is brought to Norsen's laboratory, where he, by means of his scientific inventions, restores Claire to life. Cast. - Georgette Leblanc as Claire Lescot - Jaque Catelain as Einar Norsen - Léonid Walter de Malte as Wladimir Kranine - Fred Kellerman as Frank Mahler - Philippe Hériat as Djorah de Nopur - Marcelle Pradot as...
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Georgine von Milinkovič [SEP] voice type
Georgine von Milinkovič Georgine von Milinkovič (July 7, 1913, Prague - February 26, 1986, Munich) was a Croatian operatic mezzo-soprano of Czech birth, particularly associated with Wagner and Strauss roles. After vocal studies in Zagreb and Vienna, she sang at the Zurich Opera from 1937 to 1940, and then in Hilversum ...
) - "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (1955): Conductor: Joseph Keilberth. Recorded live. (Testament, stereo) - "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (1956): Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch. Soloists: Wolfgang Windgassen, Ludwig Suthaus, Astrid Varnay, Gré Brouwenstijn, Georgine von Milinkovič, Jean Madeira, Hans Hotter, Gustav Neidlinger,...
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Geraldine Farrar [SEP] voice type
Geraldine Farrar Alice Geraldine Farrar (February 28, 1882 – March 11, 1967) was an American soprano opera singer and film actress, noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers". Biography. Farrar was born i...
its type in the United States. A group of singing teachers incorporated it in the state of New York on 27 November 1906 as the National Association of Teachers of Singing. The first annual meeting of the new organization was held on 7 January 1908, at Steinway Hall in New York City. The English music critic and voice t...
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Gerd Nienstedt [SEP] voice type
Gerd Nienstedt Gerd Nienstedt (10 July 1932 – 14 August 1993) was a German and Austrian opera singer, bass and bass-baritone. After an international career at major opera houses and the Bayreuth Festival, he was also a theatre director, stage director and academic voice teacher. Career. Karl Gustav Gerhard Nienstedt wa...
- "Die Piraten", a German-language version, was premiered on German television in 1968 and starred Arleen Auger as Mabel, Gerd Nienstedt as the Pirate King and Martha Mödl as Ruth, with Franz Marszalek conducting. Mabel falls in love with the Pirate King, among other plot changes. A 2-CD set of the broadcast was issued...
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Gerhard Unger [SEP] voice type
Gerhard Unger Gerhard Unger (November 26, 1916 – July 4, 2011) was a German lyric tenor. Born in Bad Salzungen, he studied in Berlin and began singing concerts and oratorios in 1945, once the war was over. Unger made his debut as an opera singer in 1947 in Weimar. From 1949 to 1961, he sang with the Berlin State Opera....
Mozart's "Entführung" with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, alongside Lois Marshall as Konstanze, Léopold Simoneau as Belmonte, Gerhard Unger as Pedrillo and Gottlob Frick as Osmin. She and Unger were the only soloists who also performed the spoken dialogue. A reviewer noted: "Her securit...
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Giacinta Toso [SEP] voice type
Giacinta Toso Giacinta Toso (1807–1889), (also Toso Puzzi or Puzzi Toso), Maman Puzzi, was an Italian operatic soprano who had a significant career in England during the 1820s and 1830s, before ill health forced her to retire from the stage. For over half a century thereafter, she and her husband maintained a musical s...
Toso (surname) Toso is a surname from Northern Italy, mainly Genoa and Veneto Notable people with the surname include: - Dino Toso, Italian-Dutch motorsport engineer - Luca Toso, Italian athletics competitor - Giacinta Toso, Italian opera singer - Ana Maria Toso, Italian paralympic athlete - Giovanni Pietro dal Toso, s...
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Giacinto Prandelli [SEP] voice type
Giacinto Prandelli Giacinto Prandelli (February 8, 1914 – June 14, 2010) was an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian and French repertoires. Life and career. Born in Lumezzane, Italy, Prandelli sang as a boy in a church choir. He studied in Rome with Fornarini, and in Brescia with Grandini, ...
Prandelli Prandelli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Cesare Prandelli (born 1957), Italian footballer and manager - Giacinto Prandelli (1914–2010), Italian opera singer - Matteo Prandelli (born 1988), Italian footballer
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Gilda Cruz-Romo [SEP] voice type
Gilda Cruz-Romo Gilda Cruz-Romo (née Gilda Cruz, born February 12, 1940) is a Mexican operatic soprano, particularly associated with dramatic roles of the Italian repertory, notably "Aida" and "Tosca". Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, she studied at the Mexico City Conservatory with Angel Esquivel. She made her debut in ...
- Verdi - "Luisa Miller" - Gilda Cruz-Romo, Luciano Pavarotti, Cristina Angelakova, Matteo Manuguerra, Raffaele Arié, Ferruccio Mazzoli - Coro e Orchestra della Rai Torino, Peter Maag. - Verdi - "Il trovatore" - Carlo Cossutta, Gilda Cruz-Romo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Matteo Manuguerra, Agostino Ferrin - Coro e Orchestra de...
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Ginamaría Hidalgo [SEP] voice type
Ginamaría Hidalgo Ginamaría Hidalgo (August 23, 1927 – February 10, 2004) was a light-lyric soprano Argentine singer.
, Celia Cruz, and Rocío Dúrcal, plus "hundreds of other voices including Libertad Lamarque, Marco Antonio Muñiz, Ginamaría Hidalgo, and Felipe Pirela. In 1999, Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís performed a live cover of the song during his concert in the Centro de Bellas Artes which was included on his live...
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Gino Bechi [SEP] voice type
Gino Bechi Gino Bechi (16 October 1913 – 2 February 1993) was an Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially in Verdi roles. Life and career. Bechi studied in his native Florence with Raul Frazzi and di Giorgio, and made his debut at Empoli, in 1936, as Germont in "La travi...
Sabata, 1951), "Cavalleria rusticana" (with Gigliola Frazzoni, conducted by Antonino Votto, 1955), and "Andrea Chénier" (opposite Franco Corelli, conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni, 1960). Saverese did not reached the fame of some of his contemporaries such as Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Valdengo, and Gino Bechi, but his recor...
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Gino Vanelli [SEP] voice type
Gino Vanelli Gino Vanelli (26 March 1896, Bergamo - 9 April 1969, Monza) was an Italian operatic baritone who had an active international career from 1917 until his retirement in 1955. He made several recordings for HMV and Columbia Records, including complete recordings of the operas "La boheme", "Pagliacci", and "Mad...
(Gino Vanelli) – 6:37 2. "Love Me Now" (Gino Vanelli) – 4:23 LP side B: 1. "Fight the Power" (Chris Jasper, The Isley Brothers) – 6:00 2. "They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play)" (Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons, Joseph Jefferson) – 3:55 3. "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" (Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yanc...
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Giorgio Ronconi [SEP] voice type
Giorgio Ronconi Giorgio Ronconi (6 August 1810 – 8 January 1890) was an Italian operatic baritone celebrated for his brilliant acting and compelling stage presence. In 1842, he created the title-role in Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco" at La Scala, Milan. Personal life. Ronconi was born in Milan and had been taught to sing b...
After his retirement from the stage in 1829, Ronconi founded a music school in Milan which became widely known. He became a famous teacher of singing, with his notable pupils including soprano Erminia Frezzolini and contralto Caroline Unger. He was also the teacher of three of his sons, Giorgio Ronconi, Sebastiano Ronc...
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Giorgio Tozzi [SEP] voice type
Giorgio Tozzi Giorgio Tozzi (January 8, 1923 – May 30, 2011) was an American operatic bass. He was a mainstay for many years with the Metropolitan Opera, and sang principal bass roles in nearly every major opera house worldwide. Career. Tozzi was born George John Tozzi in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at DePaul Univers...
born 1962),an Italian former athlete - Gianpiero Tozzi (b. 1994), an Italian footballer - Giorgio Tozzi (1923-2011), an American opera singer - Humberto Tozzi (1934–1980), a Brazilian international footballer - Jim Tozzi (b. 1938), an American lobbyist - Jim Tozzi (PFFR) (b. 1967), an American artist, commercial direct...
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Giovanni Battista Rubini [SEP] voice type
Giovanni Battista Rubini Giovanni Battista Rubini (7 April 1794 – 3 March 1854) was an Italian tenor, as famous in his time as Enrico Caruso in a later day. His ringing and expressive coloratura dexterity in the highest register of his voice, the "tenorino", inspired the writing of operatic roles which today are almost...
. Her voice was described as a dramatic soprano which, during her prime, was praised by music critics for its exceptional beauty, evenness and smoothness. Her career spanned 30 years in total. She was a noted actress, appearing regularly in London with such eminent singers as Luigi Lablache, Giovanni Battista Rubini an...
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Giovanni Manzuoli [SEP] voice type
Giovanni Manzuoli Giovanni Manzuoli (Giovanni Manzoli) (1720–1782) was an Italian castrato who sang as a soprano at the beginning of his career, and later as a contralto. History. Born in Florence, Italy, Manzuoli began singing there in 1731. After performing in Verona in 1735, he relocated and performed in Naples unti...
Marianino") (c. 1715–1758) - Giovanni Manzuoli (1720–1782) - Gaetano Guadagni (1725–1792) - Antonio Albanese (1729 or 1731–1800) - Silvio Giorgetti (1733–c. 1802) - Giusto Fernando Tenducci (ca. 1736–1790) - Giuseppe Millico ("Il Muscovita") (1737–1802) - Gasparo Pacchierotti (1740–1821) - Venanzio Rauzzini (1746–1810)...
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Giovanni Sbriglia [SEP] voice type
Giovanni Sbriglia Giovanni Sbriglia (June 23, 1832 – February 20, 1916), was an Italian tenor and prominent teacher of singing. A native of Naples, Sbriglia attended the city's music conservatory under Emanuele De Roxas before making his debut, aged 21, at the Teatro San Carlo. He then performed throughout Italy before...
Ada Adini Ada Adini (1855 – February 1924) was an American operatic soprano who had an active international career from 1876 up into the first decade of the 20th century. She possessed a large, expressive voice which enabled her to sing a broad range of roles that extended from the coloratura soprano repertoire to dram...
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Giulia Novelli [SEP] voice type
Giulia Novelli Giulia Novelli (1859-1932) was an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano. She was married to the famous Spanish dramatic tenor Francisco Viñas (1863-1933). Novelli studied singing in Rome before making her professional opera debut in that city in 1875 as Pierotto in Gaetano Donizetti's "Linda di Chamounix". In t...
, Bishop of Arezzo) - Giuseppe Chiaromanni (12 Apr 1847 – 29 Jul 1869 Died) - Giovanni Pierallini (22 Dec 1871 – 29 Sep 1876 Appointed, Archbishop of Siena) - Marcello Mazzanti (29 Sep 1876 – 27 Mar 1885 Appointed, Bishop of Pistoia e Prato) - Aloysius Traversi (27 Mar 1885 – Aug 1891 Died) - Alessandro Toti (14 Dec 18...
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Giuseppe Cremonini [SEP] voice type
Giuseppe Cremonini Giuseppe Cremonini (25 November 1866 – 9 May 1903) was an Italian operatic tenor who had a prominent opera career in Europe and the United States during the last decade of the nineteenth century. Cremonini was born and died in Cremona, Italy. Admired for his full lyric voice, he sang a wide repertoir...
Luigi Cremonini Luigi Cremonini (born 1939) is an Italian billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of Cremonini SpA and Inalca SpA, and the honorary president of the Chamber of Commerce ItalAfrica Centrale. Early life. Cremonini was born in 1939, into a poor farming family near Modena, Italy. He studied farming in B...
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Giuseppe Millico [SEP] voice type
Giuseppe Millico Vito Giuseppe Millico, called ""Il Moscovita"" (19 January 1737 – 2 October 1802), was an Italian soprano castrato, composer, and music teacher of the 18th century who is best remembered for his performances in the operas of Christoph Willibald Gluck. Biography. Millico was born at Terlizzi, near Bari....
the great castrati of the time, Giuseppe Millico, who, on his return in Italy, sponsored a second setting of the same libretto, by Giovanni Paisiello, in Florence in 1775. Sacchini moved from London to Paris in 1781, and made his debut at the Opéra in January 1783 with "Renaud". For his second French opera, he decided ...
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Giuseppe Sabbatini [SEP] voice type
Giuseppe Sabbatini Giuseppe Sabbatini (born May 11, 1957, Rome, Italy) is a lyric tenor, conductor, and double-bassist. His opera repertoire includes "Idomeneo", "Mitridate, re di Ponto", "Don Giovanni", "Linda di Chamounix", "La favorita", "L'elisir d'amore", "Anna Bolena", "Maria Stuarda", "Roberto Devereux", "Lucrez...
. Giuseppe Sabbatini has won several national and international voice competitions, such as the Jussi Björling Prize in 1987, the Caruso Prize and the Lauri Volpi Prize in 1990, the 1991 Abbiati Prize for Vocal Interpretation, and the 1996 Tito Schipa Prize. On April 25, 2003 Sabbatini received the title of Kammersäng...
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Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis [SEP] voice type
Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis (born Giuseppina Ronzi; Milan 11 January 1800 – died, Florence, 7 June 1853) was an Italian soprano opera singer famous for the roles written for her by the prominent composers of the 1820s and 1830s. Her father, Gaspare, was a prominent ballet dancer and choreograp...
all he sang Pollione in Bellini's "Norma" with Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis (his future wife) in the title role. In October he made his Venetian debut at the Teatro San Benedetto as Pollione and Roberto Devereux; the primadonna assoluta was Ronzi de Begnis. On 28 March 1840 he made his debut at La Scala in "Marino Falier...
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Glenn Kesby [SEP] voice type
Glenn Kesby Glenn Kesby (born 26 September 1970) is an Australian countertenor, specialising in baroque music. Opera. Glenn Kesby made his professional singing debut at the 25th Handel Festival in Karlsruhe, Germany, where he played Adelberto in "Ottone", conducted by Charles Farncombe CBE. Since then, he has played se...
Other. Kesby is a regular concert artist at London's Handel House Museum, and with the Artemis and Hanbarne baroque ensembles. He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and overseas in Germany, Hungary, Cyprus, Ireland, France and his native Australia. Now permanently settled in Britain, he is the recipient of ...
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Graciela Araya [SEP] voice type
Graciela Araya Graciela Araya (born May 16, 1962) is an Austrian mezzo-soprano of Chilean birth who has had a prolific international opera career since the early 1980s. Though her repertoire is extensive, her signature part is the title role in "Carmen" which she has performed over 400 times. Born in Concepción, Chile...
Amar fue su pecado Amar fue su pecado, is a Mexican telenovela that aired on Canal 4, Telesistema Mexicano in 1960. Directed by Rafael Banquells and starring Beatriz Aguirre. Cast. - Beatriz Aguirre - Magda Guzmán - Ramón Gay - Javier Guerrero - Consuelo Guerrero de Luna - Graciela Doring - Francisco Jambrina - Enrique...
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Graziella Pareto [SEP] voice type
Graziella Pareto Graziella Pareto (15 May 1889 – 1 September 1973) was a Catalan soprano leggiero, one of the leading sopranos of the inter-war years. She is considered one of the great coloratura sopranos of the "Spanish School" of the early 20th century, alongside Maria Barrientos, Maria Galvany and Mercedes Capsir. ...
(1906), Graziella Pareto (1906/1928), Giuseppe Anselmi (1907), Titta Ruffo (1908/1926), Riccardo Stracciari (1909/1939) - 1910s-1920s: Elvira de Hidalgo (1911), Ebe Stignani, Conchita Supervía (1912/1928), Hipólito Lázaro (1914/1945), Giovanni Zenatello, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1922/1945 and 1972) Miguel Fleta (1925/1933)...
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Gregorio Babbi [SEP] voice type
Gregorio Babbi Gregorio Babbi (16 November 1708, Cesena – 2 January 1768) was an Italian operatic tenor. He performed in the premieres of numerous operas, including works by Girolamo Abos, Pietro Auletta, Andrea Bernasconi, Giuseppe de Majo, Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio, Pasquale Cafaro, Gioacchino Cocchi, Nicola Confort...
1861, forms part of the Bologna–Ancona railway. It is situated at Piazza Giorgio Sanguinetti, to the northeast of the city centre. Neighbouring "comuni". - Mercato Saraceno - Cesenatico - Cervia - Ravenna - Gambettola - Montiano - Longiano - Roncofreddo - Meldola - Bertinoro - Sarsina Notable people. - Monty Banks [Mar...
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Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu [SEP] voice type
Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu Wu Pak Chiu (Pinyin: wǔ bó jiù; Yale Cantonese: ng5 ba3 jau6) (ca. 1913 – March 31, 1974), was a prominent Chinese tenor who sang in Europe under the name of Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu. Wu Pak Chiu was born in Guangzhou, China, and graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1937 where he studie...
Matta - Ugo d'Alessio: Di Sabato - Carlo delle Piane: Pecorino - Mario Castellani: Comm. Filippo Lancetti - Pietro Carloni : brother in law of Lancetti - Rossella Como: Wife of Lancetti - Dany París: Jacqueline - Ivy Holzer: Miss Durant - Moira Orfei: Miss Fiore - Nino Terzo: Agent Pappalardo - Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu : d...
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Greta Williams [SEP] voice type
Greta Williams Greta Williams was a celebrated English operatic soprano and contralto, and occasional pianist of the Victorian era. Born in London, she studied piano under Edwin Holland and Alberto Randegger at the Royal Academy of Music, and made numerous appearances, both as an instrumentalist and a singer, at the Ha...
being labelled traitors by the government and the citizenry alike as Djata works to discover the whereabouts of his father. Cast. - Lorenzo Allchurch as Djata - Olivia Williams as Sophia (voice) - Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Pickaxe - Jonathan Pryce as Colonel Fitz - Fiona Shaw as Kathrin Fitz - Greta Scacchi as General M...
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Grete Natzler [SEP] voice type
Grete Natzler Grete Natzler (19 June 1906 – 10 June 1999) was an Austrian actress and operatic soprano. Born in Vienna, she was the daughter of actress Lilli Meißner and actor and opera singer Leopold Natzler (1860–1926). Two of her younger sisters were also actors and singers. Her sister, Alice Maria (‘Lizzi'), perfo...
Dolly Gets Ahead Dolly Gets Ahead (German: Dolly macht Karriere) is a 1930 German musical film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Dolly Haas, Oskar Karlweis and Grete Natzler. The film's sets were designed by Heinz Fenschel and Jacek Rotmil. Cast. - Dolly Haas as Dolly Klaren - Oskar Karlweis as Fred Halton - Gret...
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Guillemette Laurens [SEP] voice type
Guillemette Laurens Guillemette Laurens (born 6 November 1957 in Fontainebleau, France) is a French operatic mezzo-soprano. Guillemette trained at the Academy of Toulouse and debuted as Baba in "The Rake's Progress" at Salle Favart. She took part in the premiere recording of Lully's "Atys" conducted by William Christie...
Antoine Sicot Antoine Sicot is a contemporary French soloist singer specialising in the baroque repertoire for bass voice. Biography. Born in Saint-Ouen-de-Sécherouvre in Orne, Sicot worked a lot during the 1980s with the Baroque music ensemble Les Arts Florissants, spearhead of the "baroqueux" movement directed by Wil...
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Gustavo Adolfo Palma [SEP] voice type
Gustavo Adolfo Palma Gustavo Adolfo Palma (31 August 1920 – 1 December 2009) was a Guatemalan singer, actor, and lyric tenor between 1936 and 1970, nicknamed "the Tenor of Central America" by Guatemalan radio personality José Flamenco y Cotero. Early years. Palma's parents were lawyer Cecilio Palma y Palma and Piedad R...
of Guatemala External links. - Gustavo Adolfo Palma: Contigo - Gustavo Adolfo Palma: El caminante del Mayab - Gustavo Adolfo Palma: Historia de amor - Gustavo Adolfo Palma: Mi amor es un gitano - Gustavo Adolfo Palma: Españolerías
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Gustavus Waltz [SEP] voice type
Gustavus Waltz Gustavus Waltz (fl. 1732-1759) was a German bass opera singer who collaborated with Handel which began in 1732. Like Handel himself, Waltz was a naturalized Englishman, originally German, and worked for Handel as a cook. Charles Burney reports Handel as saying that "he (Gluck) knows no more of contrapun...
Waltz (surname) Waltz, as a surname, may refer to: People: - Christoph Waltz (born 1956), Academy Award-winning Austrian actor - David Waltz (1943–2012), American computer scientist and professor - Gustavus Waltz, (fl. 1732-1759) English opera singer - Ian Waltz (born 1977), American discus thrower - Jacob Waltz, the "...
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Guy de Mey [SEP] voice type
Guy de Mey Guy de Mey (born 4 August 1955) is a Belgian tenor from Sint-Niklaas. He studied with Stella Dalberg, Erna Spoorenberg, Peter Pears and Éric Tappy. It all began in 1975 when he won the first prize at the Belgian National Pro Civitate competition (now Axion Classics). Since then he can look back on an interna...
112, 111-124 (1991). - Degelos SD, Wilson MP, Chandler JE., Nanovid microscopy for assessing sperm membrane changes induced by in vitro capacitating and acrosomal reacting procedures, J Androl. 1994 Sep-Oct;15(5):462-7. - Geerts H, De Brabander M, Nuydens R, Geuens S, Moeremans M, De Mey J, Hollenbeck P., Nanovid track...
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Gwynne Geyer [SEP] voice type
Gwynne Geyer Gwynne Geyer is an American operatic soprano. A graduate of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, she has sung leading roles at major opera houses throughout the world, including La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. She played the role of Nedda in "Pagliacci" for the Ne...
Geyer, American opera singer - Gwynne Gilford (born 1946), American actress - Gwyn Griffin (1922–1967), English novelist - J. Gwyn Griffiths (1911–2004), Welsh poet - Gwynn ap Gwilym (born 1955), Welsh poet - Gwyn Headley (born 1946), British businessman - Gwynne Herbert, British actress - Gwynne Howell (born 1938), We...
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Göta Ljungberg [SEP] voice type
Göta Ljungberg Göta Ljungberg (October 4, 1893 - June 28, 1955) was a major Swedish Wagnerian soprano of the 1920s who sang throughout American and Europe and left an important recorded legacy. Biography. Born in Sundsvall, she studied at the Stockholm Opera School with the physician and vocal coach Gillis Bratt. She u...
important matter of style nor for beauty of voice or purity and breadth of declamation could [her colleagues in the recording] be compared with an IsoIde like Göta Ljungberg" 1933: Giacomo Puccini: "Tosca" arias with Joseph Schmidt. "Neither singer seems to have reached an adequate understanding of the dramatic signif...
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Hana Janků [SEP] voice type
Hana Janků Hana Janků (25 October 1940 – 28 April 1995) was a Czech operatic soprano of international renown. Born in Brno, she studied with Jaroslav Kvapil in her home city before making her professional opera début at the Brno Opera in Vítězslav Novák's "Lucerna". She became a principal singer at the Opéra national d...
Czechoslovakian-born British actress - Hana Ponická (1922–2007), Slovak writer and dissident - Hana Greenfield (née Lustigová; 1926–2014), Czechoslovak concentration camp survivor, later a writer in Israel - Hana Bobková (born 1929), Czech gymnast - Hana Hegerová (born 1931), Slovak singer - Hana Janků (1940–1995), Cze...
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Hanna Schwarz [SEP] voice type
Hanna Schwarz Hanna Schwarz (born 15 August 1943), is a German mezzo-soprano and contralto singer in opera and concert. In 1976 she performed the parts of Fricka and Erda in the centenary production of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" at the Bayreuth Festival, staged by Patrice Chéreau. Career. Schwarz studied psycho...
in two consecutive years. She then moved to Germany and studied voice with Klaus Häger at the Rostock University of Music and Theater, having graduated there in 2007. As a member of the Opera Studio she performed several roles, such as the main role in "Orfeo ed Euridice" from Christoph Willibald Gluck and "Zia Princip...
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Hanne Fischer [SEP] voice type
Hanne Fischer Hanne Fischer (born 3 March 1966 in Copenhagen) is a Danish operatic mezzo-soprano. In 1993 she made her professional opera debut at the Royal Danish Theatre as Cherubino in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro". From 1993-1997 she was a member of the Kiel Opera House, and since 1997 she has ...
work is represented by Konrad Fischer Gallery and Gallery Sprüth Magers. Exhibitions Selected exhibitions. - 1967/68: Hanne Darboven. Konstruktionen - Zeichnungen, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf - 1968: Div. Zeichnungen, 1967, DIN A 2, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf - 1969: Hanne Darboven: Ausstellung mit 6 Fil...
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Hans Jörg Mammel [SEP] voice type
Hans Jörg Mammel Hans Jörg Mammel (born in Stuttgart) is a German tenor in opera and concert. Mammel received first musical training as a member of the boys' choir Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben. After aborted legal studies, he studied at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Winfried Toll, Werner Hollweg and Ingeborg ...
Heinrich Schmelzer, Johann Fux, Marco Antonio Ziani Mirare, 2008. - Johann Sebastian Bach: "Aus der Tieffen". Carlos Mena, Katharine Fuge, Hans Jörg Mammel, Stephan MacLeod, Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort. Mirare, 2009. - Domenico Scarlatti: "Salve Regina". Carlos Mena, Nicolau de Figueiredo, Orquesta Barroca de Se...
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Helen Jepson [SEP] voice type
Helen Jepson Helen Jepson (November 28, 1904 – September 16, 1997) was an American lyric soprano noted for being a "stunning blond beauty" as well as for her voice. Early years. Jepson was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, on November 28, 1904, (Two sources give her birthday as November 28, 1906.) and raised in Akron, ...
Richard Aldrich of "The New York Times" described Mario's voice: "The voice is light, it has the grace and flexibility of a light voice, together with agreeable quality and much finished skill in vocalism." Queena Mario taught voice at the Juilliard School in New York and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. ...
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Helen Zerefos [SEP] voice type
Helen Zerefos Helen Zerefos OAM, is an Australian coloratura soprano. Her career has spanned more than 50 years on stage, television, in nightclubs, concerts and recordings. Zerefos was born in Australia of Greek parents, Paul and Katina. Her career was launched in 1961, at a time when musical variety shows were popula...
research into this illness. Zerefos' husband, Raymond, died in 2002 after a lengthy, debilitating illness. Her extravagant costumes earned her the nickname Helen Fairy Floss. She also made a number of LP recordings. Awards. Zerefos won the 2006 Mo Award for Classical/Opera Performer.
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Henri-Étienne Dérivis [SEP] voice type
Henri-Étienne Dérivis Henri-Étienne Dérivis (2 August 1780 – 1 February 1856) was a French operatic bass. For 25 years he was a leading singer at the Paris Opéra where he made his debut in 1803. He was born in Albi and died in Livry-Gargan at the age of 75. Life and career. Dérivis was born in Albi, a town in southern ...
first-rate cast and the luxury of the spectacle. Among the star singers were Madame Branchu, Henri-Étienne Dérivis and Louis Nourrit. The dancers included Émilie Bigottini and Pierre Gardel. By the end of the third act, 130 performers were on stage. Arthur Pougin calculated that the whole production cost 150,000 francs...
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Henry Herford [SEP] voice type
Henry Herford Henry Herford (born 24 February 1947 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish baritone singer. He read Classics and English at Cambridge University, and studied singing at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where he was awarded the Curtis Gold Medal. He is currently the RNCM's Tutor in French ...
Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany - 2010: Asta Gröting, Lentos, Linz, Austria - 2009: Asta Gröting Sculpture: 1987-2008 Henry Moore Sculpture Institute, Leeds, UK - 2006: The Inner Voice, MARTa, Herford, UK Group Exhibitions (Selection). - 2017: This is a Voice, Maas Museum, Sydney, Australia - 2017: Das Gesicht. E...
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Herbert Alsen [SEP] voice type
Herbert Alsen Herbert Alsen (sometimes Ahlsen) (October 12, 1906 – Some time in October, 1978 was a German operatic bass of formidable volume and stature. Biography. Alsen debuted as Rocco in "Fidelio" in Westfalen. In 1936, he performed as the Commendatore in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" under Bruno Walter, and as Pogner t...
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 ge...
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Herbert Heyner [SEP] voice type
Herbert Heyner Herbert Heyner (26 June 188218 January 1954) was a noted English baritone. Heyner appeared in a handful of operas, and a number of broadcast operas, but his stage appearances were predominantly in oratorio and songs. He sang in some notable performances of Sir Edward Elgar's oratorios under the composer'...
lies there alone. Her husband, Herbert Heyner, did not attend her funeral. In June 1931 he married Mary Louise Hamilton. Lewis is often cited as the greatest contralto in the history of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Her powerful voice (preserved on recordings), crisp diction and formidable stage personality were well...
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Hermann Schramm [SEP] voice type
Hermann Schramm Hermann Schramm (1871–1951) was a German tenor who sang at the Frankfurt Opera in the 1920s and made several recordings for HMV Germany. Although he was Jewish he escaped the deportation and subsequent fate of his colleagues at the Frankfurt Opera, Richard Breitenfeld, Magda Spiegel, bass Hans Erl and v...
department head of the vehicle fleet at the Eberswalde civil engineering combine. With the help of another former Buchenwald prisoner, Hermann Axen, who had been one of a group of Communist prisoners who protected Schramm, he started his own business in 1985, "Schramms Reisen," a taxi company now run by his son. Schram...
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Hilary Summers [SEP] voice type
Hilary Summers Hilary Summers is a Welsh dramatic contralto. She was trained at Reading University, the Royal Academy of Music, and the National Opera Studio in London. She has performed on soundtracks such as "", "The Libertine", and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". She has created roles for composers Péter Eöt...
Bob Beemer, and Richard Van Dyke - "Buena Vista Social Club" – Martin Müller and Jerry Boys - "" – Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort, John Midgley, Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, and Shawn Murphy 1998: "Saving Private Ryan" – Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, and Richard Hymns - "Hilary and Jackie" – Nigel Heat...
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Hillevi Martinpelto [SEP] voice type
Hillevi Martinpelto Hillevi Martinpelto (born January 9, 1958 in Älvdalen) is a Swedish lyric soprano. She made her debut in "Madama Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini in 1987. She is best known for her work with John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir. With Gardiner, she recorded Weber's "Oberon" and Mozart's "Le nozz...
- The most beloved opera choruses, 1996, Caprice : CAP 21520 - Operagala, 1996, Bluebell : ABCD 065 - Embrio, 2003, Phono Suecia : PSCD 141 - En galakväll på operan, 1999, Klassiska musikstunder : KM 036 ; SEP 6201 20 036 - "A dream play" : opera in a prelude and two acts / Ingvar Lidholm, Kjell Ingebretsen, dir. , Sto...
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Huseyngulu Sarabski [SEP] voice type
Huseyngulu Sarabski Huseyngulu Sarabski (), born Hüseynqulu Malik oğlu Rzayev (20 March 1879 – 16 February 1945), was an Azerbaijani opera singer (tenor), composer, playwright, stage actor, theatre director, and musician (tar). Early life. Sarabski was born to poor parents in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, now ...
other poems initially attributed to poet and gazel writer Azer Buzovnali. The opera premiered on November 12, 1910 in the H.Z.Taghiyev theatre in Baku, with Huseyngulu Sarabski as stage director and Hajibeyov as conductor. Huseyngulu Sarabski (Zohrab), Ahmed Agdamski (Tahmina), M. H. Teregulov (Keykavus) and others pl...
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Håkan Hagegård [SEP] voice type
Håkan Hagegård Nils Olov Håkan Hagegård (born 25 November 1945 in Karlstad, Sweden) is a Swedish operatic baritone. Hagegård studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and has performed on stages around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the London Royal Opera House, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Sydne...
also attended numerous masterclasses with such as Ileana Cotrubaş, Werner Güra, Jill Feldmann, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Susanna Eken, Håkan Hagegård, Anne-Lise Berntsen and was a student of the class Lied pianist Hartmut Höll. Tvinnereims repertoire ranges widely from lieder to church music and opera. Especially in sacred...
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Iain Paterson [SEP] voice type
Iain Paterson Iain Paterson (born 1973) is a Scottish bass-baritone singer who has appeared in opera and concert. He was born in Glasgow. His first study was the violin, but his voice was recognised as his more important calling by his teachers at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He sang in the chorus of ...
stories in the collection are the only ones he has published under his Iain M. Banks name, which is only usually used for his science fiction. Adaptations. "Piece" was adapted by Craig Warner for BBC Radio 5 and broadcast on 6 June 1991. It was directed by John York. The cast included: - Munro - Bill Paterson - Jack - ...
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Ibolya Verebics [SEP] voice type
Ibolya Verebics Ibolya Verebics (born in 1962) is a Hungarian soprano. Since 1986, she has been a member of the Hungarian State Opera.
palace of Appollidon. "The scene changes to the palace of Appollidon"br Amadis frees the prisoners and the opera ends with general celebration. Recordings. - "Amadis des Gaules" (sung in French) Martyn Hill, Bernadette Degelin, Felicity Palmer, Klein Omroepkoor, Radio Kamerorkest, conducted by Kenneth Montgomery (KRO, ...
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Inga Nielsen [SEP] voice type
Inga Nielsen Inga Nielsen (2 June 1946 – 10 February 2008) was a Danish soprano who had an active international opera career from 1971 to 2006. A child prodigy, Nielsen performed on American radio during the 1950s, beginning at the age of six, and also released some commercial recordings of Danish folk songs and Christ...
for advice on "what to do with this child" and, after hearing Nielsen sing, advised her to pursue a professional singing career. A number of years later, after the Nielsens had moved back to Europe, Inga enrolled at the Vienna Academy of Music. During this time Güden arranged for Nielsen to study with her own teacher i...
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Ingeborg Reichelt [SEP] voice type
Ingeborg Reichelt Ingeborg Reichelt (born 11 May 1928 in Frankfurt an der Oder) is a German soprano singer known for her interpretation of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Biography. Ingeborg Reichelt studied in Dresden and at the Musikakademie in Hamburg (singing, dancing and acting). She also studied physiology. She g...
Ingeborg i Mjärhult (1665-1749), Swedish natural healer, soothsayer and spiritual visionary - Ingeborg Møller (1878-1964), Norwegian playwright, novelist and biographer - Ingeborg Nyberg (born 1940), Swedish singer and actress - Ingeborg Pfüller (born 1932), Argentine discus thrower - Ingeborg Rapoport (1912-2017), Ger...
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Inger Dam-Jensen [SEP] voice type
Inger Dam-Jensen Inger Dam-Jensen (born 13 March 1964 in Fredriksberg) is a Danish operatic soprano. In 1993 she won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. For the last two decades she has appeared in leading roles at the Royal Danish Theatre on a regular basis. She has also appeared as a guest artist with Pa...
-Yves Thibaudet - violinists Midori Gotō, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Vadim Repin, Ning Feng, Tianwa Yang, James Ehnes, Akiko Suwanai, Maxim Vengerov, Renaud Capuçon and Frank Peter Zimmermann - cellists Jian Wang, Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Watkins, Sol Gabetta and Alban Gerhardt - oboist François Leleux - vocalists Hui He, Sumi Jo, Anna...
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Ingrid Schmithüsen [SEP] voice type
Ingrid Schmithüsen Ingrid Schmithüsen (born 1960) is a German soprano, specialising in concert music and Lied recitals. She recorded Bach cantatas with Masaaki Suzuki. External links. - Ingrid Schmithüsen konzertbuero-braun.de - Ingrid Schmithüsen SMCQ - Liedduo / Schmithüsen – Palm imzentrumlied.de - Ingrid Schmithüse...
: Instrumental And Vocal Music. GWV 212, 323, 340, 1200. Performed by Ingrid Schmithüsen, Mathieu Lussier, Hélène Plouffe, Geneviève Soly and L'Ensemble des Idées Heureuses conducted by Geneviève Soly (Analekta 23162) - Graupner: Cantate, Sonate, Ouverture. GWV 426, 708, 1155/09b. Performed by Hélène Plouffe, Geneviève...
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Irena Petkova [SEP] voice type
Irena Petkova Irena Petkova (Bulgarian: Ирена Петкова) is a Bulgarian opera singer. The mezzo-soprano Irena Petkova was born in Bourgas, Bulgaria. She graduated from the Pancho Vladigerov State Music Academy, Sofia under professor Lilly Stefanova. Since 1990 she has solo performed for the Bourgas Opera, where she made ...
Petkov Petkov (), feminine Petkova () is a Bulgarian surname derived from the first name Petko. It may refer to: - Dimitar Petkov (1856-1907), Bulgarian politician, Mayor of Sofia, Prime Minister, assassinated - Dobrin Petkov, Bulgarian conductor - Irena Petkova, a Bulgarian singer - Ivaylo Petkov (born 1976), Bulgaria...
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Irena Troupová [SEP] voice type
Irena Troupová Irena Troupová (Irena Troupova-Wilke) is a Czech soprano and early music specialist. Biography. Born in České Budějovice, she made her first stage appearances at the Jihočeské divadlo in performances of "The Magic Flute" and "Bastien et Bastienne". During her studies of musicology at the Charles Universi...
Prague Spring competition and 1980 the Leipzig Bach competition. Through 1990 - 1993, he performed the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He records for Czech radio, Czech television, and numerous recording companies. His discography includes more than twenty solo recordings. He has collaborated with Giedré Lukša...
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Irina Iordachescu [SEP] voice type
Irina Iordachescu Irina Iordachescu is a Romanian soprano opera singer. Early life. Soprano Irina Iordachescu was born in Bucharest, into a family of musicians. Her father is Dan Iordachescu, a professional singer (baritone). Her sister, Cristina, is a mezzo-soprano. Career. Her repertoire is in the period extending fr...
Dan Iordăchescu Dan Iordăchescu (; 2 June 1930 – 30 August 2015) was a Romanian baritone. A native of Vânju Mare, he was the father of opera singers Cristina Iordachescu, Irina Iordachescu and Raluca Iordachescu. He was active in various countries for a number of years and has received awards. External links. - Iordach...
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Isa Quensel [SEP] voice type
Isa Quensel Isa Quensel (21 September 1905 – 3 November 1981) was a Swedish actress and operatic soprano who appeared in over 50 films, plays, operas, TV and radio shows. In 1939 she created the title role in the world premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "Die Kathrin" at the Royal Swedish Opera. Selected filmography....
Quensel Quensel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Carl-Erik Quensel (1907–1977), Swedish statistician and demographer - Conrad Quensel (1767-1806), Swedish naturalist - Isa Quensel (1905-1981), Swedish actress and opera singer - Nils Quensel (1894–1971), Swedish cabinet minister involved in the "...
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Itxaro Mentxaka [SEP] voice type
Itxaro Mentxaka Itxaro Mentxaka Bengoetxea (Lekeitio, Bizkaia, Spain, 1964) is a Basque mezzo-soprano. Her musical career started in her hometown with the Itxas-Soinua Choir. In 1983, she moved to Bourdeaux Conservatoire, where she studied with Monique Florence. Later she continued her studies in Valencia. She made her...
, he was appointed conductor of the Banda Sinfónica de Madrid, which had been founded in 1909. Jesús Arámbarri died in 1960 at the Parque del Buen Retiro while conducting the Banda Sinfónica de Madrid in concert. Selected recordings. - Jesus Arambarri "8 Basque songs" Itxaro Mentxaka (soprano), Bilbao SO, Juan José Men...
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Ivo Žídek [SEP] voice type
Ivo Žídek Ivo Žídek (4 June 1926 – 19 May 2003) was a Czech lyric tenor, known for his vivid portrayals of character roles in the operas of Smetana, Dvořák and Janáček. Early life. Ivo Zídek was born in Kravaře, Czechoslovakia near the Czech-Polish border in the region formerly known as Silesia. He was descended from a...
Jiří Zahradníček, Ivo Žídek, Václav Zitek, Vienna Philharmonic; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor (recording of original version) - Supraphon, 1979: Richard Novák, Vilém Přibyl, Jaroslav Horácek, Ivo Žídek, Jaroslav Soucek; Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra; Václav Neumann, conductor - Deutsche Grammophon (DVD), 2...
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Ivonne Haza [SEP] voice type
Ivonne Haza Sara María Ivonne Haza del Castillo (Ingenio Angelina, 25 December 1938) is a soprano from the Dominican Republic. Early life. Ivonne Haza was born in Angelina, a batey of a sugar mill in the San Pedro de Macorís Province; her parents were Luis Felipe Haza González, a Cuban immigrant from Matanzas, and Rita...
, was artistic director of the "National Theatre" for five years, and directed the "Lyric Singers of Fine Arts." She has been honored by the "Order of the Dominicos of Duarte of Sánchez and Mella" of Dominican Republic and the Order of the Merit of Italy. Family. Haza married architect Víctor Bisonó Pichardo and had 4 ...
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Jadwiga Rappé [SEP] voice type
Jadwiga Rappé Jadwiga Rappé (born 24 February 1952) is a Polish operatic contralto, born in Torun. In 1980 she was awarded first prize at the International Bach Competition in Leipzig. She made her professional opera debut at the Great Theatre, Warsaw in 1983 and has since remained a regular artist at that theatre. She...
Akiko Kanamaru Competition by year 1980. Piano - 1 Anaid Nersesjan - 2 Kei Itoh - 3 Irina Berkowitsch - 4 Bair Schagdaron - 5 Gerald Fauth Organ - 1 Zsuzsana Elekes - 2 Jaroslav Tůma - 3 Kristiane Köbler - 4 Bernhard Buttmann - 5 Matthias Süß Voice – female - 1 Jadwiga Rappé - 2 Liliana Bizineche - 3 Monika Straube - 4...
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James McCray [SEP] voice type
James McCray James McCray was an American operatic tenor and voice teacher. Life and career. Born in Ohio, McCray served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War before entering the Mannes School of Music in New York City where he was a pupil of Patricia Neway. In 1962 he won the Metropolitan Opera Natio...
as one of the Top 10 "Star Wars" fanfilms. Cast. - Robert Alley ... Darth Sidious - Robert E. Bean ... Darth Vader - Kristen Caron ... Darth Maul - Patrick McCray ... Count Dooku - Brandon Alley and James W. Williams... JarJar Binks - Brian Boling ... Boba Fett - Uncredited actor ... Jango Fett - Amy Earhart ... Pink F...
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Jan Kobow [SEP] voice type
Jan Kobow Jan Kobow (born 1966) is a German classical tenor in concert, Lied, and Baroque opera. Professional career. Jan Kobow was born and raised in Berlin. He was a singer and soloist of the "Staats- und Domchor, Berlin" with Christian Grube. He studied the organ at the Schola Cantorum in Paris and graduated in chur...
- 2 Renaud Déjardin - 3 Ophélie Gaillard Voice – female - 1 Asako Motojima - 2 Letizia Scherrer - 3 Konstanze Maxsein Voice – male - 1 Jan Kobow - 2 Andreas Post, Matthias Vieweg - 3 Marcus Niedermeyr Competition by year 2000. Harpsichord - 2 Wiebke Weidanz, Pieter-Jan Belder - 3 Philippe Leroy Organ - 1 Johannes Unger...
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Jana Sýkorová [SEP] voice type
Jana Sýkorová Jana Sýkorová (born 9 June 1973) is a Czech operatic contralto. She has been a leading soloist with the Prague State Opera since 1999. Since 2002, she has been a permanent guest at the National Theatre in Prague and was made a permanent guest at the National Theatre in Brno in 2006. Biography. Born in Kar...
(born 1993), Czech footballer - Jana Sýkorová (born 1973), Czech opera singer - Ken Sykora (1923–2006), British jazz guitarist - Marie Sýkorová (born 1951), Czech field hockey player - Michal Sýkora (born 1973), Czech ice hockey player - Peter Sykora (born 1946), German footballer - Petr Sýkora (born 1976), Czech ice h...
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