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Margarita Zimmermann [SEP] voice type | Margarita Zimmermann
Margarita Zimmermann (born October 3, 1942) is an Argentine mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with the Italian and French repertories.
Life and career.
Born in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, she made her debut as a recitalist at the Teatro Colón of her native city. She then left... | PGPfone
PGPfone was a secure voice telephony system developed by Philip Zimmermann in 1995. The PGPfone protocol had little in common with Zimmermann's popular PGP email encryption package, except for the use of the name. It used ephemeral Diffie-Hellman protocol to establish a session key, which was then used to encry... | 130,300 | zeroshot-train |
Margherita Roberti [SEP] voice type | Margherita Roberti
Margherita Roberti (born 1925) is an American operatic soprano who had an active international career that spanned from 1948 to 1988. Although she performed throughout the world, Roberti achieved her greatest success and popularity in Italy. A dramatic soprano, Roberti drew particular acclaim for her... | - Janet MacLachlan (1955) – actress
- Julianne Nicholson – actress on "" (did not graduate)
- Rhea Perlman – actress
- Dascha Polanco – actress
- Daniel Ravner – writer, speaker, cross media creator
- Judy Reyes – actress
- DJ Ricardo! – DJ/producer
- Margherita Roberti – opera singer
- Esther Rolle – actress
- Ron Rot... | 130,301 | zeroshot-train |
Margherita de L'Epine [SEP] voice type | Margherita de L'Epine
Margherita de L'Epine (also Francesca Margherita de l'Épine; c. 1680 – 8 August 1746, London) was an Italian soprano of the Baroque era. She was among the most popular and successful of London's female singers in the years just before and after Italian opera became introduced to the city. Today, s... | .
Greber's date and place of birth are unknown, although the "Neue Deutsche Biographie" proposes an approximate date of 1673. He is presumed to have studied in Italy and arrived in London from there in 1702, accompanied by his mistress, the opera singer Margherita de L'Epine. He was to remain in London for the next thr... | 130,302 | zeroshot-train |
Marguerite Namara [SEP] voice type | Marguerite Namara
Marguerite Namara (November 19, 1888 – November 5, 1974) was a classically trained American lyric soprano whose varied career included serious opera, Broadway musicals, film and theater roles, and vocal recitals, and who counted among her lifelong circle of friends and acquaintances many of the leadin... | Duet from the Delibes opera, "Lakmé".
Early operatic career.
At 18, Marguerite began studying at the Milan Conservatory, debuting a year later in 1908 as Marguerite in Gounod's "Faust" at the Teatro Politeamo in Genoa. She fashioned her stage name of Namara from her mother's maiden name, McNamara. From then on, she was... | 130,303 | zeroshot-train |
Marguerite Piazza [SEP] voice type | Marguerite Piazza
Marguerite Piazza (May 6, 1920 – August 2, 2012) was an American soprano, entertainer and philanthropist from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Career.
Marguerite Clair Lucille Luft was born in 1920 to Albert William Luft, Jr. (c. 1897–September 12, 1923) and Margherita (née Piazza; c. 1900–1958, later known as... | (2013), "The Devil Made Her: Opera Star Marguerite Piazza and the Virgilians," The "Mardi Gras Guide" (pamphlet).
External links.
- Marguerite Piazza Collection at the Great American Songbook Foundation
- Marguerite Piazza Papers at Loyola University New Orleans | 130,304 | zeroshot-train |
Marguerite d'Alvarez [SEP] voice type | Marguerite d'Alvarez
Marguerite d'Alvarez (c. 1883 - 18 October 1953) was an English contralto.
d'Alvarez was born in Bootle, her father was Peruvian and her mother French. She studied at the Brussels conservatoire, and made her debut in Rouen in 1907, singing Delilah. After further studies in Paris she made her first ... | at the Manhattan Opera House under conductor Giuseppe Sturani as Radames to the Aida of Mariette Mazarin and Amneris of Marguerite d'Alvarez. He remained there until the company went bankrupt in 1910; singing such roles as Manrico in Verdi's "Il trovatore" and the title role in Verdi's "Otello". He also performed Radam... | 130,305 | zeroshot-train |
Marguerite-Louise Couperin [SEP] voice type | Marguerite-Louise Couperin
Marguerite-Louise Couperin (1675/76 or 1678/79 in Paris – 1728 in Versailles) was a French soprano singer and harpsichordist, who came from the musically talented Couperin family dynasty. The Frenchman Évrard Titon du Tillet, in his 1732 book "Le Parnasse françois," describes her as "one of t... | , both religious and secular, for the organ and harpsichord. The dynasties included several women who made their mark on Parisian music: François' daughter, Louise Couperin, was a celebrated singer, and his granddaughter Marguerite became the first woman harpsichordist attached to the royal orchestra. Elisabeth Blanche... | 130,306 | zeroshot-train |
Maria Duchêne [SEP] voice type | Maria Duchêne
Maria Duchêne-Billiard (1884 - ?) was a French contralto of the Metropolitan Opera from 1912 to 1916. She portrayed such roles as Amneris in "Aida", Giulietta in "The Tales of Hoffmann", Lola in "Cavalleria rusticana", Maddalena in "Rigoletto". She sang the role of the Old Woman in "L'amore dei tre re", R... | was in Amiens. Commanders were:
- At mobilization: Gen. Gérard
- 24 Jul 1915: Gen. Herr
- 10 Aug 1915: Gen. Duchêne
- 29 Dec 1916: Gen. Buat
- 2 Jan 1917: Gen. Cadoudal
- 11 Jun 1918: Gen. Philipot
2 Corps received credit for participation in these battles:
- Aug 1914: Battle of the Ardennes
- Aug 1914: Battle of the M... | 130,307 | zeroshot-train |
Maria Ivogün [SEP] voice type | Maria Ivogün
Maria Ivogün (18 November 1891 in Budapest – 3 October 1987 in Beatenberg, Switzerland) was a distinguished soprano singer of Hungarian origin. She was especially an outstanding interpreter of the works of Mozart: her recording of the aria of the Queen of the Night ("Die Zauberflöte") became legendary.
Bio... | Selected filmography.
- "The Loves of Casanova" (1927)
Discography (Selected).
- Maria Ivogün – The complete recordings – 17 unpublished items 1916–1919
- Die goldene Stimme – Maria Ivogün
- Ivogün – Prima Voce Nimbus 7832
Sources.
- Müller-Gögler, M Karl Erb. Das Leben eines Sängers, (Offenburg 1948)
- Kutsch, K. J./... | 130,308 | zeroshot-train |
Maria Labia [SEP] voice type | Maria Labia
Maria Labia (14 February 1880, Verona – 10 February 1953, Malcesine, Lake Garda) was an Italian operatic soprano who was particularly associated with roles of the verisimo repertoire.
Career.
Labia studied voice with her mother, Cecilia Labia, who was also an opera singer. She made her professional opera dé... | and Desh Pradesh artist/organizer, passes away in Toronto (Jun)
- "Awaz-e-Atish: Voice of Fire" publication by Atish Network Society (1995-1996)
- Sulaiman Mohammed, founding member of Atish passes away (Aug)
- South Asia lesbians and bisexual women at Beijing Women's Conference (Sep)
- Humsafar Center inaugurated in B... | 130,309 | zeroshot-train |
Maria Malibran [SEP] voice type | Maria Malibran
Maria Felicia Malibran (24 March 1808 – 23 September 1836) was a Spanish singer who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the best-known opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality and dramatic intensity, becoming a legendary figure after her ... | the Fontana Maggiore in Perugia, constructed by sculptors Nicola and Giovanni Pisano in 1277-1278. "Dealbh Athar" (Dublin, Coiscéim 2009) offers forthright treatment of the poet's sexual abuse by his father, its consequences, and the attendant family circumstances, with translations into Irish by Gréagóir Ó Dúill.
The ... | 130,310 | zeroshot-train |
Maria Murano [SEP] voice type | Maria Murano
Maria Murano (Suzanne Chauvelaud; July 4, 1918 in Nogent-sur-Marne – January 10, 2009 in Limoges) was a French lyric mezzo-soprano. She was most active postwar in the years between 1950 and 1970.
Career.
She started at the Paris Opera shortly after World War II, then joined the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, w... | ) with masterpieces of Gentile Bellini, Paolo Veneziano, Quirizio da Murano and others. Works of local masters, paintings of Blaž Jurjev Trogiranin [Blase, son of George from Trogir] or the 13th century polyptych of the cathedral's high altar are exhibited in the Pinacotheca.
The "Santa Maria de Platea" belongs to the ... | 130,311 | zeroshot-train |
Maria Müller [SEP] voice type | Maria Müller
Maria Müller (29 January 1898 – 15 March 1958) was a Czech-Austrian operatic soprano.
Life and career.
Müller was born in Terezín, Bohemia ion 29 January 1898. She studied in Vienna with Erik Schmedes, and debuted in Linz in 1919 as Elsa in "Lohengrin". She also sang at the Deutsches Theater in Prague in 1... | the loyal private secretary of the Waldensteyck family and arrives together with Princess Luise (Mascha Müller) in Düsseldorf. She schedules every meeting for her and tries to groom her for her assignments as representative of her family. Maria can be very caring, but also very protective when it comes to Luise's indis... | 130,312 | zeroshot-train |
Maria Reining [SEP] voice type | Maria Reining
Maria Reining (August 7, 1903 in Vienna – March 11, 1991 in Deggendorf) was an Austrian soprano, honored with the title Kammersängerin.
At first, Reining worked as in a Viennese bank, and didn't commence her singing career until the age of 28, when she started to sing at the Vienna State Opera, mainly in ... | entered into any type of reining competition at that age and in some cases are prohibited from entering any performance class until at least 2-1/2 years old.
Both the NRHA and many breed associations offer "snaffle bit futurities," usually for three-year-old horses, which pay very large purses.
Reining competition.
Rei... | 130,313 | zeroshot-train |
Maria Theresia Löw [SEP] voice type | Maria Theresia Löw
Maria Theresia Löw (27 March 1809 – 30 December 1885) was a German operatic soprano and harpist. She was born in Heidelberg, Germany.
After her musical education in Frankfurt by . A childhood friend of Richard Wagner, she first appeared at the Court Theatre in Kassel under the conductor and composer ... | SMS Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia
SMS "Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia" ("Empress and Queen Maria Theresa") was an armored cruiser used by the imperial Austro-Hungarian Navy from 1895 to 1917; she was the first ship of that type built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The ship was a unique design, built by the St... | 130,314 | zeroshot-train |
Maria Waldmann [SEP] voice type | Maria Waldmann
Maria Waldmann (19 November 1845 – 6 November 1920) was an Austrian mezzo-soprano who had a noted association with Giuseppe Verdi.
She was born in Vienna in 1845 and studied with Francesco Lamperti. She dedicated herself to the Italian mezzo-soprano repertoire. She was heard with Teresa Stolz in Septembe... | Bispham, Italo Campanini, Virgilio Collini, Samuel Silas Curry, Franz Ferenczy, Friederike Grün, Teresa Stolz, Marie van Zandt, Maria Waldmann, Herbert Witherspoon, Tecla Vigna, and Lizzie Graham. His methods were very similar to older Italian methods, and he wrote a number of treatises on the subject.
Award.
Lamperti ... | 130,315 | zeroshot-train |
Marie Delna [SEP] voice type | Marie Delna
Marie Delna (Paris, 3 April 1875 - Paris, 24 July 1932) was a French contralto. A major singer in Paris, particularly at the Opéra-Comique, she enjoyed an international career in the 1890s through to the 1910s and left several recordings.
Life and career.
Born Marie Ledant to a working-class family in the M... | Costanzi in 1916 as Dalida.
Lyse Charny died in 1950. Her voice has been favourably compared to that of her predecessor Marie Delna. | 130,316 | zeroshot-train |
Marie Haupt [SEP] voice type | Marie Haupt
Marie Haupt (18 April 1849 – 1928) was a German operatic soprano who had an active career during the latter half of the 19th century. She is best remembered today for portraying several roles in the first complete presentation of Richard Wagner's "The Ring Cycle" at the very first Bayreuth Festival in 1876.... | piano and speaking voice)
- "Die Donau und ihr Geist" op. 78 (2002), fairy tale melodram for speaker, pantomimes and sextet (clarinet, Tenorhackbrett, accordion, celesta/piano, violin and double bass), libretto: Andrea Haupt and Elisabeth Verhoeven (after the book of Dorothea Rein), premiere 10 November 2002 in Stuttga... | 130,317 | zeroshot-train |
Marie Ismaël-Garcin [SEP] voice type | Marie Ismaël-Garcin
Marie Ismaël-Garcin (4 April 1858 - 6 December 1946), was a French opera singer who specialised in light soprano roles and sang leading roles in several French opera houses during the 1880s. She was married to the French baritone, Jean-Vital Jammes.
Life and career.
Marie Ismaël-Garcin was born Rose... | Destranges, writing in " Le Théâtre à Nantes", Marie Ismaël-Garcin had been a singer of great promise and achieved a considerable success there as Dinorah in Meyerbeer's "Le pardon de Ploërmel", but by 1889, her voice was already in decline. After a poor performance in Lalo's "Le roi d'Ys" in April of that year, she re... | 130,318 | zeroshot-train |
Marie Rappold [SEP] voice type | Marie Rappold
Marie Rappold, née Winterrath (17 August 1872 – 12 May 1957) was a German-born American operatic soprano. She sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1905 to 1920.
Early life.
She was born in Barmen, Germany on 17 August 1872.
She appeared on stage in London at the age of five before moving with her parents... | Channel's series "American Pickers".
External links.
- Marie Rappold at Historic Opera
- Marie Rappold at Library of Congress website (with photo) with links to historic recordings
- SilentEra entry for 1922 short film Rappold made in Phonofilm
- Link to Rappold singing "Smiles" (1919)
- photo of Rappold visiting Unive... | 130,319 | zeroshot-train |
Marie van Zandt [SEP] voice type | Marie van Zandt
Marie van Zandt (October 8, 1858 – December 31, 1919) was an American soprano.
Early years.
Born in Manhattan, New York City, van Zandt was the daughter of Jennie van Zandt, who had sung at La Scala and at New York's Academy of Music. She studied in Milan with Francesco Lamperti, making her debut as Zer... | Nelson and Merle Haggard, the pair taking "Pancho and Lefty" to number one on the country charts in 1983. Van Zandt had a small cameo appearance in the video for the song. In his later years he recorded less frequently, his voice and singing style altered in part because of his lifestyle and alcoholism. However, he con... | 130,320 | zeroshot-train |
Marie-Louise Gilles [SEP] voice type | Marie-Louise Gilles
Marie-Louise Gilles (or Marie-Luise Gilles, born 1937) is a German mezzo-soprano in opera and concert, also a professor of voice and stage director of opera.
Career.
Born in Düren, Gilles studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen with Hilde Wesselmann. After a first engament at the Stadttheater Oberhau... | Notable alumni.
- Suzanne Beaubien, pianist
- Pierre Beaudry, trombonist
- Marie Bédard, violinist
- Pierre-Michel Bédard, organist and composer
- Gilles Bellemare, conductor and composer
- Marie-Andrée Benny, flautist
- Danièle Bourget, flautist
- Murielle Bruneau, double bass player
- Gilles Carpentier, clarinetist
-... | 130,321 | zeroshot-train |
Marietta Alboni [SEP] voice type | Marietta Alboni
Marietta Alboni (6 March 1826 – 23 June 1894) was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. She is considered as 'one of the greatest contraltos in operatic history'.
Biography.
Alboni was born at Città di Castello, in Umbria. She became a pupil of of Cesena, Emilia–Romagna, and later of the composer G... | castrato, a male castrated before puberty with a very strong and high voice. As the practice of castrating boy singers faded, composers created heroic male roles in the mezzo-soprano range, where singers such as Marietta Alboni and Rosamunda Pisaroni specialised in such roles. (See "Xerxes" below.)
Currently, many cast... | 130,322 | zeroshot-train |
Marietta Marcolini [SEP] voice type | Marietta Marcolini
Marietta Marcolini (born c. 1780 – 26 December 1855) was an Italian operatic contralto.
Marcolini was born in Florence. The date of her stage debut is unknown, but she was appearing in Venice in 1800. She subsequently sang in Naples, Livorno, Pisa, Rome and Milan, singing in the premieres of Pietro C... | )
- Gillian Knight (born 1934)
- Anna Larsson (born 1966)
- Marie-Nicole Lemieux (born 1975)
- Gisela Litz (born 1922)
- Louise Kirkby Lunn (1873–1930)
M–Z.
- Adelaide Malanotte (1785–1832)
- Bernadette Manca di Nissa (born 1954)
- Marietta Marcolini (c. 1780–1855)
- Margaret Matzenauer (1881–1963), who sang mostly mez... | 130,323 | zeroshot-train |
Marilyn Horne [SEP] voice type | Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts (1992) and the Kennedy Center Honors (199... | Marilyn Horne Song Competition
The Marilyn Horne Song Competition is an annual competition for participants of the voice and piano programs at the Music Academy of The West.
Name.
The Competition was launched in 1997 as the "Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition" and held by the Marilyn Horne Foundation. In 2010 t... | 130,324 | zeroshot-train |
Marina Prior [SEP] voice type | Marina Prior
Marina Prior (born 18 October 1963) is an Australian soprano and actress with a career mainly in musical theatre. From 1990 to 1993, she starred as the original Christine Daaé in the Australian premiere of "The Phantom of the Opera", opposite Anthony Warlow and later Rob Guest.
Early life.
Prior was born i... | were overwhelming positive; “Marina Prior shows vocal power that has made her such a popular star” – The Age, “A force in Australian musical theatre” - Sydney Morning Herald, “Prior’s voice is both distinctive and timeless” - Adelaide Advertiser, "She had the crowd eating out of her hands”– The West Australian, “Musica... | 130,325 | zeroshot-train |
Mario Altéry [SEP] voice type | Mario Altéry
Mario Altéry (12 September 1892 – 13 March 1974) was a French operatic tenor who performed with the Opéra de Paris and Opéra-Comique as well as singing in numerous operettas. Born in Nice, his real name was Philippe Altare.
Life and career.
Altéry was born in Nice and made his debut at the Opéra-Comique on... | "Je te veux" was also recorded by Mathé Altéry, Régine Crespin, Gigliola Negri, Nicolaï Gedda, and Davide Bassino, and later by sopranos Jessye Norman, Marie Devellereaum and Angela Gheorghiu.
Jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant performed the song on Jacky Terrasson's 2012 album "Gouache".
John Cage instructs the perf... | 130,326 | zeroshot-train |
Mario Lanza [SEP] voice type | Mario Lanza
Mario Lanza (, ; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza ; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor of Italian ancestry, and an actor and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s.
Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16. After appearing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1947... | - 25 Jun – Sugar Ray Robinson
- 2 Jul – The Pentagon
- 9 Jul – James Thurber
- 16 Jul – Matthew Ridgway
- 23 Jul – David Sarnoff
- 30 Jul – King Baudouin I
- 6 Aug – Mario Lanza
- 13 Aug – John Foster Dulles
- 20 Aug – Vasily Stalin
- 27 Aug – Dick Savitt
- 3 Sep – Ava Gardner
- 10 Sep – King Farouk I
- 17 Sep – Kremli... | 130,327 | zeroshot-train |
Mario Petri [SEP] voice type | Mario Petri
Mario Petri (21 January 1922, Perugia – 26 January 1985, Città della Pieve) was an Italian operatic bass-baritone particularly associated with Mozart and Rossini roles.
Life and career.
Petri began his career after World War II, making his stage debut in 1947 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where he sang... | been admired for her performances in Baroque opera. Retired from the stage, she now devotes her time to teaching singing.
Biography.
Adani was born in Palanzano. She studied voice at the Parma Conservatory with Ettore Campogalliani and at the L'Accademia di La Scala with Giulio Confalonieri. In 1954 she made her profes... | 130,328 | zeroshot-train |
Marisa Galvany [SEP] voice type | Marisa Galvany
Marisa Galvany (born June 19, 1936) is an American soprano who had an active international career performing in operas and concerts up into the early 2000s. Known for the great intensity of her performances, Galvany particularly excelled in portraying Verdi heroines. She was notably a regular performer a... | in "Tosca," Enrico in "Lucia di Lammermoor," etc. He also made several appearances on CBC notably as Macbeth (opposite Marisa Galvany) in 1973. Quilico also sang at the Stratford Festival, the Vancouver Opera, and the Opéra du Québec. He
sang his last Rigoletto at the Opéra de Montréal in 1991.
Throughout the 1970s he ... | 130,329 | zeroshot-train |
Marius van Altena [SEP] voice type | Marius van Altena
Marius van Altena, born Marius Hendrikus Schweppe (10 October 1938) is a Dutch tenor. He was one of the pioneers of historically informed performance of Baroque and Renaissance music. He has also sung Baroque opera, worked as conductor and as an academic teacher.
Career.
Born in Amsterdam, Marius van ... | Petra Noskaiová
Petra Noskaiová is a Slovak classical mezzo-soprano, active in the field of Baroque music.
Career.
Noskaiová studied music at the conservatory of Bratislava from 1988 to 1994 and voice with Ružena Illenbergerová. She continued studies with Marius van Altena, Harry van der Kamp and Sigiswald Kuijken.
Nos... | 130,330 | zeroshot-train |
Marjorie Eyre [SEP] voice type | Marjorie Eyre
Marjorie Eyre (1897 – 3 December 1987) was an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in the soprano and mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. She married another D'Oyly Carte performer, Leslie Rands, in 1926.
Life and career.
Marjorie Eyre-Parker... | journalist and author
- Marjorie Deanne (1917–1994), American film actress
- Marjorie Housepian Dobkin (1922-2013), professor of English at Barnard College
- Marjorie Dodd, early 20th century amateur tennis player
- Marjorie Dunn, British horn player
- Marjorie Estiano (born 1982), Brazilian actress and singer
- Marjor... | 130,331 | zeroshot-train |
Mark Nicolson [SEP] voice type | Mark Nicolson
Mark Nicolson is an American tenor opera singer residing in New York City.
Mark Nicolson was born in Galesburg, Illinois and grew up in Peoria, Illinois, where he attended Bradley University. He subsequently studied at University of North Texas College of Music and Indiana University, where he studied wit... | that gives this album its curious appeal."
Barry Nicolson of "NME" commented: "The Sun Kil Moon frontman may revel in the role of indie-rock’s great white grinch, but as "Sings Christmas Carols" proves, he’s no more immune to the spirit of the season than his furry green counterpart was." Pitchfork critic Mark Richards... | 130,332 | zeroshot-train |
Marta Cunningham [SEP] voice type | Marta Cunningham
Marta Cunningham CBE (December 1869 - June 25, 1937), was an American-born European-based soprano-singer and philanthropist.
Born in 1869 in Brazos County, Texas, United States, her parents were Albert Baxter and Martha Minerva Tharp Cunningham, both from DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Marta was educated to... | on a picnic, unaware that as a snowman he will melt, and therefore his dream is in vain. The song is considered darkly comical large in part because every single thing that Olaf does is something that will only make him melt faster.
Background.
According to Josh Gad, since Robert Lopez had already co-written "The Book ... | 130,333 | zeroshot-train |
Marta Moretto [SEP] voice type | Marta Moretto
Marta Moretto is an Italian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano, who was born in Padua.
A graduate of the Conservatorio "Cesare Pollini," in her native city, Moretto made her formal debut in 1990, as Maddalena in "Rigoletto", in Mexico City. She has appeared in Berlin (Verdi Requiem, 1990), Lucca (Santuzza in "C... | et Mélisande" (as Geneviève), which was produced by Pierre Audi.
In 1993, Moretto recorded the role of the Princesse de Bouillon, in "Adriana Lecouvreur", opposite Magda Olivero in the name part. Excerpts from the recording were released on the Bongiovanni label.
Sources.
- Liner notes, "Adriana Lecouvreur", Bongiovann... | 130,334 | zeroshot-train |
Martha Sheil [SEP] voice type | Martha Sheil
Martha Sheil is an American operatic soprano who made her professional opera debut as the Contessa in "Le nozze di Figaro" at the New York City Opera under the baton of Julius Rudel. She went on to be a professor of voice at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance for over 30 years befo... | : Or, Anecdotes of Felix and his Sister Serena. A Tale"
- Barbara Hofland – "Emily and Her Friends"
- Mary Martha Sherwood – "The History of Little Henry and his Bearer"
New books Drama.
- Leigh Hunt – "The Descent of Liberty"
- René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt – "The Dog of Montarges"
- Richard Lalor Sheil – "Adel... | 130,335 | zeroshot-train |
Martial Singher [SEP] voice type | Martial Singher
Martial Singher (August 14, 1904 - March 9, 1990) was a French baritone opera singer born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Initially singing only as a hobby, he was encouraged by then French education minister Édouard Herriot to pursue singing professionally. He would go on to perform in th... | , Solo Piano, and Instrumental.
History.
The Music Academy of the West was founded in 1947 by Southern California arts patrons and musicians, including soprano Lotte Lehmann, conductor Otto Klemperer and composer Arnold Schoenberg. Among the first scholarschip funders where singer-actors Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson E... | 130,336 | zeroshot-train |
Martina Janková [SEP] voice type | Martina Janková
Martina Janková (born 1972, Orlová) is a Czech operatic soprano. She has been successful in a number of opera contests, including winning first prize at the competition Neue Stimmen in Gütersloh. She has been a member of the Zürich Opera since 1998. She is particularly known for her portrayals in operas... | Countess von Vliessen. Finally, Tilly and Simplicius as well as Hildegarde and Arnim find their happiness in each other.
Recordings.
- EMI Classics (2000): Conductor Franz Welser-Möst and the Zürich Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Michael Volle, Elizabeth Magnuson, Martin Zysset, Oliver Widmer, Cheyne Davidson, Piotr Becza... | 130,337 | zeroshot-train |
María-Luz Álvarez [SEP] voice type | María-Luz Álvarez
María-Luz Álvarez (born in Madrid) is a Spanish soprano known for performance and recording of early music. She currently resides in Thompson, Manitoba.
She studied with Max van Egmond and Peter Kooy, and has sung in the Capilla Real de Madrid, Huelgas Ensemble, Capella Figuralis of Jos van Veldhoven,... | A media luz los tres
A media luz los tres is a 1958 Mexican film directed by Julián Soler. It was written by Luis Alcoriza.
Cast.
- Arturo de Córdova
- Lilia Prado
- María Elena Marqués
- Martha Roth
- Sofía Álvarez
- Wolf Ruvinskis
- Guillermo Orea
- Pedro de Aguillón
- Luis Aragón
- Carlota Solares
- José Peña
- Rosa... | 130,338 | zeroshot-train |
Matthew Polenzani [SEP] voice type | Matthew Polenzani
Matthew Polenzani (born 1968) is an American lyric tenor. He has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, Royal Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vienna State Opera, and San Francisco Opera, among others. He has also sung with numerous symphony orchestras. His sis... | di Lammermoor" (2007).
Kwiecień has won awards in several international voice competitions, including the Vienna State Opera and Hamburg State Opera Prizes in the 1996 Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition, and the Mozart Interpretation Prize and Audience Choice Award in the 1998 Francisco Viñas Competition in Barcelona. He... | 130,339 | zeroshot-train |
Matti Salminen [SEP] voice type | Matti Salminen
Matti Kalervo Salminen (born 7 July 1945) is a Finnish operatic bass singer, now semi-retired, who has sung at the most important opera houses of the world, including the Metropolitan and Bayreuth Festival.
Salminen is distinguished by an imposing figure and height (6' 5"); a cavernous, heavy, dark voice... | - "Mies" (National Romantic, 20th century and contemporary works for male voice choir) (2006)
- "Kultakausi" (Finnish National Romantic works for male voice choir) (2008)
- "Joulu on meillä" (choral works for Christmas, sol. Matti Salminen) (2009)
- "Kuunteletko Sinä" (contemporary Finnish works commissioned by the cho... | 130,340 | zeroshot-train |
Mattia Battistini [SEP] voice type | Mattia Battistini
Mattia Battistini (27 February 1856 – 7 November 1928) was an Italian operatic baritone. He was called "King of Baritones".
Early life.
Battistini was born in Rome and brought up largely at Collebaccaro di Contigliano, a village near Rieti, where his parents had an estate.
His grandfather, Giovanni, a... | Mattia Battistini (born 1856), Mario Ancona (born 1860), Pol Plançon (born 1851), and Antonio Magini-Coletti and Francesco Navarini (both born 1855).
Quotations.
- "There are no registers in the human singing voice when it is accurately produced. According to natural laws of voice, it is made up of one register that co... | 130,341 | zeroshot-train |
Mattiwilda Dobbs [SEP] voice type | Mattiwilda Dobbs
Mattiwilda Dobbs (11 July 1925 – 8 December 2015) was an African-American coloratura soprano and one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international career in opera. She was the first black singer to perform at La Scala in Italy, the first black woman to receive a long-term performance contra... | voice dubbed by the Welsh bass Bruce Dargavel.
In 1953 Helpmann returned to the Old Vic, directing a new production of "Murder in the Cathedral" with Robert Donat as Becket. On Coronation night in June 1953 Helpmann returned to Covent Garden as a guest artist to dance Prince Siegfried in "Swan Lake". The following year... | 130,342 | zeroshot-train |
Max Meili [SEP] voice type | Max Meili
Max Meili, a Swiss tenor, was born 11 December 1899 in Winterthur and died 17 March 1970 in Zürich, Switzerland. He first trained as a painter then turned to singing, leading to lessons with Felix von Kraus.
Meili was mainly a concert singer, concentrating on music from the time of Bach and before, then just ... | Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, that focuses on early music and historically informed performance.
History.
Paul Sacher founded the school in 1933. Influential faculty included August Wenzinger (cello and viola... | 130,343 | zeroshot-train |
Melvin Franklin [SEP] voice type | Melvin Franklin
David Melvin English (October 12, 1942 – February 23, 1995) better known by the stage name Melvin Franklin, or his nickname "Blue", was an American bass singer. Franklin was best known for his role as a founding member of Motown singing group The Temptations from 1960 to 1994.
Early life and career.
Dav... | Mobile; he impregnated her through non-consensual relations. Following David's birth, Rose English married Willard Franklin and moved to Detroit, her grandmother insisting young David be left behind in her care. David English finally moved to Detroit with his mother and stepfather in 1952 at age ten.
Taking on his step... | 130,344 | zeroshot-train |
Mercedes Llopart [SEP] voice type | Mercedes Llopart
Mercedes Llopart (1895 - 2 September 1970) was a Spanish soprano who later became a notable singing teacher in Italy.
Mercedes Llopart studied in her native Barcelona and made her operatic debut there in 1915. She then went to Italy where she sang in many small theatres before making her debut at the R... | live on stage in Spain until the end of his career, and many of which he recorded complete for EMI Spain as well as for his own label, Carillon.
Technique.
Thanks to his superlative technique and careful husbanding of his vocal resources, Kraus sang onstage until his early 70s. He studied voice technique in Milan with ... | 130,345 | zeroshot-train |
Michael Chioldi [SEP] voice type | Michael Chioldi
Michael Chioldi (born May 24, 1969) is an American operatic baritone who has performed at many major American opera houses and festivals, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Palm Beach ... | Gaëlle Le Roi, Giuseppe Gipali, Stefano Antonucci, Michael Chioldi, Enrico Iori; Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National de Montpellier; Conductor: Friedemann Layer) Accord 476 7644 CD
- Stewart Wallace: "Harvey Milk" (Robert Orth, Jill Grove, Gidon Saks, John Relyea, Elizabeth Bishop, Bradley Williams, Michael Chio... | 130,346 | zeroshot-train |
Michel de Souza [SEP] voice type | Michel de Souza
Michel de Souza is a Brazilian operatic baritone.
Michel de Souza was born in Petrópolis, Brazil. He studied organ and singing at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
With The Royal Opera, de Souza is singing the role of Baron Douphol in Verdi's "La traviata" in 2014. | acid on George's face, disfiguring it. As he recovers in the hospital, Raquel and Oliver spend all his money. After months in the hospital, Dr. George comes home with a plan for revenge in mind.
Cast.
- Cristina Andréia
- Lirio Bertelli
- Virgínia Camargo
- Michel Cohen
- Oswaldo De Souza
- Luely Figueiró
- José Mojic... | 130,347 | zeroshot-train |
Michéal Castaldo [SEP] voice type | Michéal Castaldo
Michéal Castaldo (born September 25, 1962) is an Italian-born classical crossover tenor, music producer and composer.
Early life and musical career.
Castaldo started his voice studies with maestro Pisapia, a protégé of the Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. Castaldo graduated from Oakwood Collegiate... | - Alessia Cara — singer, songwriter
- Giulio Caravatta — football player
- Daniel Carcillo — ice hockey player
- Marco Carducci — soccer player
- Anthony Carelli — professional wrestler, best known as Santino Marella
- Jesse Carere — actor
- Pasquale Carpino (1936 – 2005) — chef
- Alfonso Caruana — mobster
- Pat Caruso... | 130,348 | zeroshot-train |
Milada Šubrtová [SEP] voice type | Milada Šubrtová
Milada Šubrtová (24 May 1924 – 1 August 2011) was a Czech operatic soprano who had a lengthy career at the National Theatre in Prague from 1948 through 1991. She was part of an instrumental group of the post-World War II Czech opera singers that was responsible for popularizing Czech opera international... | Milada Ježková, Czech actress
- Milada Karasová, holder of Czechoslovak Models
- Milada Emmerová, Czech doctor and politician ČSSD
- Milada Gabrielová, Czech painter
- Milada Součková, Czech writer
- Milada Šubrtová, Czech opera singer
- Milada Karbanová, Czech athlet
See also.
- Mila (given name)
- Milan (given name)
... | 130,349 | zeroshot-train |
Milagro Vargas [SEP] voice type | Milagro Vargas
Milagro Vargas (born June 11, 1955) is an American mezzo-soprano known for her distinctive voice and stage presence. She has appeared as an international soloist in operatic, orchestral, chamber music and recital settings.
Family background and studies.
Milagro Vargas was born in New York, the daughter o... | "Milagro" (Santana album), by Carlos Santana
- "Milagro" (Jaci Velasquez album)
- "Milagro" (The X-Files), an "X-Files" episode
People:
- Milagro Sala (born 1964), Argentine activist
- Milagro Vargas (born 1955), American opera singer
Other uses:
- Milagro (experiment), a gamma ray detector at Los Alamos National Labor... | 130,350 | zeroshot-train |
Milena Kitic [SEP] voice type | Milena Kitic
Milena Kitic (born 1968 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian American operatic mezzo-soprano.
Biography.
She had finished her high school diploma at the Mokranjac Music School in Belgrade. Her first professor was Andjelka Obradovic.
Kitic began her professional career with the Belgrade Opera at the Nation... | Kitic teaches master classes at Chapman University, the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music and the University of California, Irvine. Kitic is married to entrepreneur and former Yugoslav prime minister Milan Panić. The couple has homes in Newport Beach and Pasadena, California.
Sources.
- Chapm... | 130,351 | zeroshot-train |
Mina Foley [SEP] voice type | Mina Foley
Mina Foley (9 March 1930 – 21 January 2007) was a New Zealand coloratura soprano, who rose to prominence in the 1950s. She was the first of many to study under the acclaimed singing teacher Dame Sister Mary Leo. Other prominent singers who studied with Mary Leo included the internationally renowned soprano D... | released in 1996 and is an eighteen track compilation of classics including 'Ave Maria', 'How Great Thou Art' and 'The Lord's Prayer'.
"Mina Foley and Michael Tarawhiti McGifford" (CDMANU2061) was released on compact disc for the first time in 2007. It features a selection of songs for solo voice and duets performed by... | 130,352 | zeroshot-train |
Mireille Delunsch [SEP] voice type | Mireille Delunsch
Mireille Delunsch (born 2 November 1962) is an opera soprano. She was born in Mulhouse, France, and studied musicology and voice at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. Her debut was at the Opéra du Rhin in Mulhouse, in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.
Her repertory is wide, from Baroque opera to 20th-century ... | Garry Magee, Malena Ernman, Kerstin Avemo, Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Kazushi Ono. BelAir, 2005.
- "Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne". Opéra National de Paris Mireille Delunsch and Yann Beuron. Cypres , 2011 Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling.
Filmography.
- "Julie". Garry Magee, Malena Ernman, Kerstin Avemo, Monnaie Ch... | 130,353 | zeroshot-train |
Miriam Gauci [SEP] voice type | Miriam Gauci
Miriam Gauci (born 3 April 1957) is a Maltese operatic soprano, particularly associated with lyric Italian roles.
Life and career.
Born in Malta, where she began her voice training, she completed her studies in the "Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi" of Milan, Italy. After winning a few international prizes, sh... | - Miriam Gauci (born 1957), Maltese opera singer
- Natalie Gauci (born 1981), singer in Australia of mixed Maltese and Italian descent
- Paul Gauci (fl. 1830s–1860s), Maltese-English lithographer
- Redento Maria Gauci (1920–1978), Maltese Carmelite bishop
- Reuben Gauci (born 1983), Maltese footballer
- Tony Gauci, Mal... | 130,354 | zeroshot-train |
Miriam Licette [SEP] voice type | Miriam Licette
Miriam Licette (9 September 188511 August 1969) was an English operatic soprano whose career spanned 35 years, from the mid-1910s to after World War II. She was also a singing teacher, and created the Miriam Licette Scholarship.
Career.
She was born as Miriam Lycett in the village of Over, Cheshire in 18... | the Blue Star Shipping Line.
She studied singing at Lowther College in Lytham. She was first noticed by Dame Nellie Melba, who advised her to go to Paris for further study with her own teacher, Mathilde Marchesi. She also studied with Melba herself, Jean de Reszke, and in Milan with Vincenzo Sabbatini. She made her deb... | 130,355 | zeroshot-train |
Miroslav Dvorský [SEP] voice type | Miroslav Dvorský
Miroslav Dvorský (born 16 May 1960) is a Slovak operatic tenor of international renown who has had an active career since the early 1980s.
Biography.
Born in Partizánske, Dvorský has a twin brother, Jaroslav Dvorský, who is also an opera singer. He has three more siblings, two of which also have opera ... | of shoes and employed around 10,000 people. However, after a failed privatisation in the 1990s, only a fraction is left now.
Demographics.
According to the 2001 census, the town had 24,907 inhabitants. 97.71% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.69% Czechs and 0.35% Roma. The religious makeup was 73.88% Roman Catholics, 18.0... | 130,356 | zeroshot-train |
Mirto Picchi [SEP] voice type | Mirto Picchi
Mirto Picchi (March 15, 1915, San Mauro, near Florence - September 25, 1980, Florence) was an Italian dramatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, and with contemporary works.
Picchi studied in Milan with Giulia Tess and Giuseppe Armani, and made his debut there as Radamès in "Aïda",... | in 1958, when the performance was cancelled after Callas sang Act I and felt unable to continue; she kept the role partnering Anita Cerquetti, who replaced Callas for the remaining performances.
She appeared at the Teatro alla Scala in 1951, as Maffio Orsini in "Lucrezia Borgia", opposite Caterina Mancini, Mirto Picchi... | 130,357 | zeroshot-train |
Mohammed El-Bakkar [SEP] voice type | Mohammed El-Bakkar
Mohammed El-Bakkar (; died in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States, September 8, 1959) was a Lebanese tenor, "oud" player, and conductor.
El-Bakkar was a noted tenor and appeared in several Arabic-language films. He moved to the United States in 1952 and lived in Brooklyn. He released several LPs o... | Najdi "(via Misr Lel-Makkasa)"
- 2012: Anas El Asbahi
- 2017: Zakaria El Hachimi
- 2018: Michael Babatunde
- Wydad then Raja
- Yashin Ludadthefi
- Abdelkader Jalal
- Jamal Bouzambou
- Mohamed El Sahrawi
- Mohammed Bakkar
- Mohammed Al-Tibari
- Mustafa Al-Batash
- Mustafa Hers
- Mustafa Al-Gharashi
- Mohammed Suhail
- H... | 130,358 | zeroshot-train |
Monica Groop [SEP] voice type | Monica Groop
Gerd Monica Groop née Riska (born 14 April 1958 in Helsinki) is a Finnish operatic mezzo-soprano. After graduating from the Sibelius Academy, she joined the Finnish National Opera in 1986 where she remains a member. She has sung leading roles as a guest artist with several important theatres internationall... | decides to enter a convent and the last scene shows her in prayer. But her words are ambiguous: it is not clear whether the "Love from afar" to whom she is praying on her knees is God or Jaufré.
Recordings.
- DVD: "L'Amour de loin" with Dawn Upshaw, Gerald Finley, and Monica Groop. Finnish National Opera, Helsinki prod... | 130,359 | zeroshot-train |
Monika Frimmer [SEP] voice type | Monika Frimmer
Monika Frimmer (born 1955) is a German soprano in opera and concert.
Career.
Monika Frimmer studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover in Hannover. She studied further in master-classes and worked with Birgit Nilsson, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Jörg Demus. In 1980 she was a winner in the nat... | Georg, Michael Ruhr, Monika Frimmer, Thomas Sehrbrock, Konzertchor Darmstadt, Philharmonisches Orchester Darmstadt, Wolfgang Seeliger, on: Christophorus, 2CD (1986). | 130,360 | zeroshot-train |
Muriel Dickson [SEP] voice type | Muriel Dickson
Muriel Dickson (12 July 1903 – 11 March 1990) was a Scottish soprano who was particularly known for her performances in the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. After performing with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company for seven years, she sang for four seasons with the Metropolitan Opera and went on to a concert c... | "Time" magazine wrote that she "exhibited a sure, clear voice, a pleasing professional stage presence and a diction so polished that it was difficult to believe that the D'Oyly Carte once frowned on her for a burry Scottish accent." Helen Noble wrote, "What a hubbub there was around the Opera House about Muriel Dickson... | 130,361 | zeroshot-train |
Nancy Fabiola Herrera [SEP] voice type | Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Nancy Fabiola Herrera is a Canarian mezzo-soprano opera singer. Born in Venezuela to Canarian parents, Herrera is the recipient of the "Best Zarzuela Singer of 2007" award presented by the Fundación Premios Liricos Teatro Campoamor, for her performance in Ruperto Chapí's "La Bruja".
In the summer ... | (born 1924), American socialite, fashion expert and author
- Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Venezuelan opera singer
- Napoleón Nassar Herrera, Honduran politician and military officer
- Nicolás Herrera (born 1983), Argentine footballer
O.
- Omar Torrijos Herrera (1929–1981), Panamanian "de facto" leader 1968 to 1981
P.
- Pablo... | 130,362 | zeroshot-train |
Natalia Rom [SEP] voice type | Natalia Rom
Natalia Rom, soprano, was born in Kazan, in the Soviet Union (also the city of Feodor Chaliapin's birth), on May 14, 1950, and graduated (as a conductor) from the Leningrad Conservatory. In late 1976, she emigrated to New Orleans, where she attended Loyola University's College of Music, and studied voice wi... | is the prototype Type XXI U-boat, which includes sonar and radar abilities as well as two kinds of torpedo types for its exclusive use.
Re-releases.
In 1995, there also was an updated Windows version released on CD-ROM called Command: Aces of the Deep. While the gameplay is unchanged it adds new textures, voice acting ... | 130,363 | zeroshot-train |
Natalie Ni Shi [SEP] voice type | Natalie Ni Shi
Natalie Ni Shi (; born 9 May 1983) is a Canadian lyric operatic soprano and film actress. She has received critical acclaim since her debut as Queen of the Night in "The Magic Flute".
Shi has performed in cities like Vancouver, Beijing, Hong Kong, New York, Rome and Vienna.
Early life and career.
Shi was... | study 2008
- Opera Nuova 2008
- 2007 Beijing Outstanding International Student Scholarship 2012
External links.
- Interview with Natalie Ni Shi on Phoenix North America Chinese Channel, 27 August 2014 | 130,364 | zeroshot-train |
Nathan Granner [SEP] voice type | Nathan Granner
Nathan Granner is an American tenor who performs in opera and oratorio, as well as more popular genres. He has toured the United States and into Russia and Ireland. He appeared on PBS as a member of Sony Masterworks "The American Tenors", a vocal trio created by Frank McNamara. In 2003, their album was N... | in a rock club for the first time at The Social in Orlando, FL with Mercy Machine and In 2006, he and classical guitarist, Beau Bledsoe (Granner/Bledsoe), performed a multi-city tour of their show "Mozart Was a Punk: How to Make Classical Music Not Suck". The programme draws from many genres, including opera, art song,... | 130,365 | zeroshot-train |
Neil Mackie [SEP] voice type | Neil Mackie
Neil Mackie (born 1946) is a Scottish tenor. During his career as a singer, he was associated with the works of 20th-century composers, particularly Benjamin Britten, and Peter Maxwell Davies. He created the title role in Davies's opera "The Martyrdom of St Magnus" and Sandy in his "The Lighthouse" and perf... | , Ian Wilson and Rosalind Coleman (recorder), Catherine O'Rourke (flute), Joe Houghton (oboe), Brian McGinley (trumpet) and Beccy Goldberg (horn).
Notable former tutors.
- Hugh Bean (violin)
- Gilbert Biberian (guitar)
- James Blades (percussion)
- John Carol Case (voice)
- Raimund Herincx (voice)
- Ifor James (horn)
-... | 130,366 | zeroshot-train |
Neil Shicoff [SEP] voice type | Neil Shicoff
Neil Shicoff (born June 2, 1949) is an American opera singer and cantor and known for his lyric tenor singing and his dramatic, emotional acting.
Beginnings.
Neil Shicoff was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music, with his father, the hazzan Sidney Shicoff and others, incl... | 1983; Lady Macbeth: Mara Zampieri; Macbeth: Renato Bruson; Banco: Robert Lloyd; Dama: Lucia Aliberti; Macduff: Neil Shicoff; Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Verdi: "Rigoletto", Philips 412 592-2 -or- 462 158-2, Rome, Sep 1984; Il Duca di Mantova: Neil Shicoff; Rigoletto:... | 130,367 | zeroshot-train |
Netania Davrath [SEP] voice type | Netania Davrath
Netania Davrath (Нетания Доврат) (12 August 193111 April 1987) was a Soviet-born soprano opera and concert singer.
Early life and study.
In 1948, Davrath moved to Israel with her family. There, she studied in Jerusalem with Edith Boroschek. She subsequently studied in Düsseldorf and later at the Juillia... | Yuval Zamir
Yuval Zamir (Hebrew: יובל זמיר; July 15, 1963 - December 21, 2011) was an Israeli actor, voice actor, singer, writer and director.
Biography.
Born in Givatayim to a shoemaker and a housewife, Zamir began acting in children's plays at age 11 and then studied at Thelma Yellin High School. He then joined the c... | 130,368 | zeroshot-train |
Nick Afoa [SEP] voice type | Nick Afoa
Nick Afoa (born 1986 in Auckland) is a New Zealand tenor and former New Zealand age grade rugby player of Samoan and Croatian heritage.
Early life.
He grew up in Mangere and Papatoetoe. He was educated at Calvin Christian School, St Peter's College and King's College. He was a prominent junior rugby player in... | in May, 1984 was the descent of Sespe Creek, which runs through the Los Padres National Forest. He was accompanied by Yvon Chouinard, Reg Lake, John Wasserman and Jackson Frischman. Robbins called this type of trip "flash boating", and later used the technique on the Fresno River, the Chowchilla River and the middle fo... | 130,369 | zeroshot-train |
Nico Castel [SEP] voice type | Nico Castel
Nico Castel (August 1, 1931 – May 31, 2015), born Naftali Chaim Castel Kalinhoff, was a comprimario tenor and well-known language and diction coach, as well as a prolific translator of libretti and writer of books on singing diction. Although Castel performed throughout Europe, North America and South Ameri... | voice teacher and stage director, taught on the faculty of the Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium in Spoleto, Italy. They also founded and operated the New York Opera Studio, which trained young singers. Castel annually presented the Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition, which accepted competitors up to age 40... | 130,370 | zeroshot-train |
Nikos Gounaris [SEP] voice type | Nikos Gounaris
Nikos Gounaris (; 1915 – 5 May 1965 in Athens) was a Greek tenor who was enormously popular as a "pop" singer in the 1950s.
Biography.
Gounaris began playing the mandolin at the age of four. He attended the musical Conservatory of Music in Athens.
Gounaris was a Greek elafró singer and among the foremost... | Discography.
- Ihografisis Stis Ipa 1958-1960
- Asteria Tou Ellinikou Tragoudiou - Gounaris
- Axehasti Epohi - Nikos Gounaris
- Ta Petalakia
- Ta Oreotera Mou Tragoudia No2
- Ta Oreotera Mou Tragoudia
- I Ellada Tou Gounari
- Back cover of LP - "Nikos Gounaris and the Trio Belcanto" (Hampshire records)
Sources.
- Biogr... | 130,371 | zeroshot-train |
Nino Martini [SEP] voice type | Nino Martini
Nino Martini (7 August 1902, Verona, Italy — 9 December 1976, Verona, Italy) was an Italian operatic tenor and actor. He began his career as an opera singer in Italy before moving to the United States to pursue an acting career in films. He appeared in several Hollywood movies during the 1930s and 1940s wh... | - "Vurria" - performed by Beniamino Gigli
- "Papillon" - performed by Nino Martini
- "Cuban Dance" - performed by Nino Martini
- "Tarantelle" - performed by Nino Martini
- "Ave Maria" - performed by Rosa Ponselle
- "Hacia un Mundo Mejor"
- "Radioteatro"
- "Contraespionaje"
- "Viva America"
- "Chapinita"
- "Divagando"
E... | 130,372 | zeroshot-train |
Noemí Carrión [SEP] voice type | Noemí Carrión
Noemí Carrión Pérez, is a Spanish singer (soprano and mezzo-soprano), dancer, and actress, known also as Naymi and Noemí. Her work encompasses studio recording, songwriting, live performance, and television presenting.
Biography.
Biography Background.
Noemí Carrión, who originates from Alicante, Comunidad... | Danish pop group Bluebeat (Virgin Records), also produced by East, which had reached number 4 in the MTV Europe video hit list.
Recordings.
Recordings Solo.
- 1997 Noemí Carrión "Fruta Prohibida" (Independent, España) CD single
- 1998 Noemí Carrión "Pachá Alicante" (Independent, España) CD single
- 2002 Naymi "Friday N... | 130,373 | zeroshot-train |
Norma Sharp [SEP] voice type | Norma Sharp
Norma Sharp (born July 20, 1943) is an American operatic soprano. She is known for singing Mozart and Richard Strauss, but also sang Wagner roles at the Bayreuth Festival. She worked mostly in Germany, made an international career, and has been a professor of voice at the from 1992.
Career.
Sharp was born i... | The Voice from the Minaret
The Voice from the Minaret is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Norma Talmadge, Eugene O'Brien, and Winter Hall. The film is based on the play of the same name by Robert Smythe Hichens (London, Sep 1919). The film is considered lost.
Plot.
Lady Ad... | 130,374 | zeroshot-train |
Norman Mittelmann [SEP] voice type | Norman Mittelmann
Norman Mittelmann (born 25 May 1932) is a Canadian operatic baritone. In 1959 he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He has sung leading roles with the Bavarian State Opera, the Berlin State Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, t... | e Corpo di ballo dell'Arena di Verona, Donato Renzetti – Dynamic
Source:
Recordings Film or video.
- 1979: Kirk Browning directed a television film with Renata Scotto (La Gioconda) – for which Scotto won an Emmy, Luciano Pavarotti (Enzo Grimaldo), Stefania Toczyska (Laura Adorno), Margarita Lilowa (La Cieca), Norman Mi... | 130,375 | zeroshot-train |
Nuccia Focile [SEP] voice type | Nuccia Focile
Nuccia Focile (born November 25, 1961), is an Italian operatic soprano.
Nuccia Focile was born in Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, studied in Turin under Elio Battaglia, and made her opera debut in 1983 as Serpina in "La Serva Padrona" by Pergolesi in Spoleto. In 1984 she sang her first Mimi in "La Bo... | in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" which she recorded for Philips.
She has made several recordings for the Philips, Opera Rara and Telarc labels, including three Mozart operas ("Le Nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte" and "Don Giovanni)" conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.
Nuccia Focile was awarded Artist of the Year 2013 fo... | 130,376 | zeroshot-train |
Octave Dua [SEP] voice type | Octave Dua
Octave Dua (28 February 1882, Ghent - 8 March 1952, Brussels) was a Belgian operatic tenor.
Biography.
He was born Leo van der Haegen on 28 February 1882 in Ghent. He had a successful career as a comprimario.
He made his professional debut at La Monnaie in 1907 as Jeník in "The Bartered Bride". From 1915-192... | "Woman" was released and the date for their new studio album "Homeless" was Sep. 15, 2017.
Appraisal.
In "" (1981), Robert Christgau wrote of the Savage Rose's 1970 LP "Your Daily Gift": "This band has a knack for combining funky riffs with persistent melodies (borrowed from where, this ignorant American wonders). But... | 130,377 | zeroshot-train |
Olga Averino [SEP] voice type | Olga Averino
Olga Averino (November 15, 1895 – January 17, 1989) was a Russian-born soprano and voice teacher. A white émigré to the United States in the wake of the Russian Civil War, she was prominent in the musical life of Boston for over 60 years, first as a singer and later as a distinguished voice teacher.
Biogra... | , the last pupil of Franz Liszt.
Olga Averino taught voice at the Longy School of Music, Middlebury College, Wellesley College, and The New School of Music. She also gave a lecture series at Harvard University. However, she is most closely associated with the Longy School, where she was the head of the voice department... | 130,378 | zeroshot-train |
Olimpia Boronat [SEP] voice type | Olimpia Boronat
Olimpia Boronat (1859 or 1867 – 1934) was an Italian operatic coloratura soprano, noted for her performances of the soprano roles in the bel canto repertory.
Boronat was born in Genoa, and made her debut either there or in Naples during 1885. She sang around the world, particularly the Spanish-speaking ... | . He returned to Russia and became a music critic with the "Novoye Vremya".
Many of his compositions were performed, but not published. Arias from his opera "Zabava Puytatishna" (1899) have been recorded by Olimpia Boronat, Eugenia Bronskaya and Leonid Sobinov. His liturgical piece "The Lord's Prayer" has been recorded... | 130,379 | zeroshot-train |
Orville Harrold [SEP] voice type | Orville Harrold
Orville Harrold (17 November 1877 – 23 October 1933) was an American operatic tenor and musical theatre actor. He began his career in 1906 as a performer in operettas in New York City, and was also seen during his early career in cabaret, musical theatre, and vaudeville performances. With the aid of Osc... | given an opportunity to portray a boy. The opera was adapted from a book by Rita Johnson Young.
The debut of "Naughty Marietta" was at the Bowery Theatre on November 7, 1910. Trentini and Orville Harrold appeared in 136 performances before the production was taken on the road. A dispute between Herbert and Trentini aro... | 130,380 | zeroshot-train |
Paolo Silveri [SEP] voice type | Paolo Silveri
Paolo Silveri (b. Ofena, 28 December 1913 – d. Rome, 3 July 2001) was an Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, one of the finest Verdi baritones of his time.
Biography.
Silveri studied first in Capestrano (L'Aquila) then in Milano with Perugini, and later in Rome with Ricca... | voice, however. Stabile was followed by Tito Gobbi, a versatile singing actor capable of vivid comic and tragic performances during the years of his prime in the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. He learned more than 100 roles in his lifetime and was mostly known for his roles in Verdi and Puccini operas, including appeara... | 130,381 | zeroshot-train |
Pari Zanganeh [SEP] voice type | Pari Zanganeh
Pari Zanganeh () (b. 1939, Kashan, Iran —) is an Iranian opera and folklore singer (Spinto soprano). She was taught by Evelyn Baghtcheban. She lost her eyesight during a car accident. | Zanganeh
Zanganeh may refer to:
- Zangana, a Kurdish tribe in western Iran and Iraq
- Zanganeh, a place in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
- Zangeneh (disambiguation), places in Iran
- Lila Azam Zanganeh, French writer
- Pari Zanganeh, Iranian singer
- Shahin Zanganeh, Docter | 130,382 | zeroshot-train |
Pasquale Amato [SEP] voice type | Pasquale Amato
Pasquale Amato (21 March 1878 – 12 August 1942) was an Italian operatic baritone. Amato enjoyed an international reputation but attained the peak of his fame in New York City, where he sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 until 1921.
Early career.
Amato was born in Naples and studied locally at the... | ", after Ezio Pinza had withdrawn from the production less than a month before the opening night. Damrosch had considerably re-written the opera since its 1913 premiere at the Met with Pasquale Amato as Cyrano. The revised version premiered in concert form at Carnegie Hall on 21 February 1941 with excellent reviews for... | 130,383 | zeroshot-train |
Patricia Neway [SEP] voice type | Patricia Neway
Patricia Neway (September 30, 1919 – January 24, 2012) was an American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress who had an active international career during the mid-1940s through the 1970s. One of the few performers of her day to enjoy equal success on both the opera and musical theatre stages, she ... | 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... | 130,384 | zeroshot-train |
Patrizia Ciofi [SEP] voice type | Patrizia Ciofi
Patrizia Ciofi (born 7 June 1967) is an Italian operatic coloratura soprano.
Career.
Born in Casole d'Elsa, Siena, she studied at the Istituto Musicale Pietro Mascagni in Livorno. She subsequently took part in master classes at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, with Carlo Bergonzi and Shirley Verre... | 1791" (2002); with Frans Brüggen conducting the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Glossa
- "Rossini: Stabat Mater" (2010); with Antonio Pappano conducting the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, EMI Classics
- "Homecoming: The Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato" (2012); Michael Stern condu... | 130,385 | zeroshot-train |
Paul Esswood [SEP] voice type | Paul Esswood
Paul Lawrence Vincent Esswood (born 6 June 1942) is an English countertenor and conductor. He is best known for his performance of Bach cantatas and the operas of Handel and Monteverdi. Along with his countrymen Alfred Deller and James Bowman, he led the revival of countertenor singing in modern times.
Lif... | words as the cantata text. The first line appears in four of five entries of the voice.
Recordings.
- "Les Grandes Cantates de J. S. Bach Vol. 14", Fritz Werner, Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn, Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra, Agnes Giebel, Claudia Hellmann, Helmut Krebs, Erich Wenk, Erato 1963
- "J. S. Bach: Das Kantatenw... | 130,386 | zeroshot-train |
Pavol Gábor [SEP] voice type | Pavol Gábor
Pavol Gábor (1 December 1932 – 28 August 2003) was a Slovak operatic tenor who had an active international career during the 1960s through the 1990s. He had a lengthy and fruitful partnership at the Slovak National Theatre which lasted for over three decades.
Biography.
Born in Varín, Gábor studied at the B... | - Chris Godsil
- Michael Golomb
- Ronald J. Gould
- Ronald Graham
- Sidney Graham
- Andrew Granville
- Peter M. Gruber
- Branko Grünbaum
- Hansraj Gupta
- Richard K. Guy
- Michael Guy
- András Gyárfás
- H
- András Hajnal
- Gábor Halász
- Haim Hanani
- Frank Harary
- Hans Heilbronn
- Pavol Hell
- Fritz Herzog
- Alan J. ... | 130,387 | zeroshot-train |
Peter Dvorský [SEP] voice type | Peter Dvorský
Peter Dvorský (born 25 September 1951) is a Slovak operatic tenor. Possessing a lyrical voice with a soft, elastic tone, and warm and melodious timbre, Dvorský's repertoire concentrates on roles from the Italian and Slavic repertories.
Dvorský was born in Horná Ves, then Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia.
Fami... | He received several distinctions, among others being a national artist and state prize-winner of the former Czechoslovakia. Since 2006, Dvorský has been the head of the opera house in Košice, then of the opera house of the Slovak National theater (SND) in Bratislava.
External links.
- Interview with Peter Dvorský, Octo... | 130,388 | zeroshot-train |
Philip Ritte [SEP] voice type | Philip Ritte
Philip Ritte (8 January 1871 – 14 December 1954) was a British tenor of the early 20th century. He made his stage debut in London's West End singing in Gilbert and Sullivan and other comic operas and musicals. He went on to enjoy great popularity as a concert singer of ballads during the Edwardian era and ... | The Ariel record catalogue from 1912 stated: [Stanley Kirkby is] the fortunate possessor of a rich and powerful baritone voice ...
Broadcasts.
During the 1930s Kirkby broadcast on BBC radio variety shows, for example in 1933 he took part in a "Memories" programme which included Fred Wildon and Philip Ritte among others... | 130,389 | zeroshot-train |
Phillip Joll [SEP] voice type | Phillip Joll
Phillip Joll is a Welsh operatic baritone known for his portrayal of Wotan in Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen".
Born 14 March 1954 in Merthyr Tydfil, Joll was a pupil at Cyfarthfa High School, before joining the Royal Northern College of Music. He graduated from the National Opera Studio in London. He ap... | unabridged – the "Hell" scene alone occupied three hours!
- 2 Sep "Geneva" at Federation Hall, 166 Phillip Street
- 14 Oct 1939 "The Doctor's Dilemma" all five acts
- 2 Dec 1939 "You Never Can Tell"
- 19 Apr 1941 "Major Barbara"
- 11 Apr 1942 "Fanny's First Play" at new theatre in Phillip Street
- 5 Sep 1942 "Arms and ... | 130,390 | zeroshot-train |
Pia Ravenna [SEP] voice type | Pia Ravenna
Pia Ravenna (born Hjördis Sophie Tilgmann; 25 October 1894 — 19 October 1964) was a celebrated Finnish coloratura soprano who specialized in operatic works and was known as "the Nightingale of Finland". Her artist name, Pia Ravenna, was based on her nickname "Pian" and Ravenna was found on the map of Italy.... | the couple founded a private singing school, Studio Ravenna-Costa, where they both taught. Pia Ravenna also taught at the Helsinki Music Institute. The longest engagement was at the Finnish National Opera from 1928 to 1940. At this Opera Pia Ravenna appeared in standard repertoire. Frequently she sang in "Il Pagliacci"... | 130,391 | zeroshot-train |
Piero de Palma [SEP] voice type | Piero de Palma
Piero de Palma (31 August 1925 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with comprimario roles.
After choral and concert work, he began his operatic repertoire career in 1948 by singing on Italian radio (RAI). He made his stage debut in 1952 at the Teatro di San Carlo in Nap... | -play version of 7 minutes while the third is 4 ½ minutes.
Tracks.
1. Yassassin *
2. Electrica danza
3. Yassassin *(radio edit)
"Yassassin" is a cover from David Bowie; it's a Turkish word meaning "long life".
Personnel.
1. Ghigo Renzulli - guitar
2. Gianni Maroccolo - bass
3. Antonio Aiazzi - keyboard
4. Piero Pelù - ... | 130,392 | zeroshot-train |
Piotr Beczała [SEP] voice type | Piotr Beczała
Piotr Beczała (born December 28, 1966) is a Polish operatic tenor.
Life.
Beczała was born in Czechowice-Dziedzice in southern Poland and initially trained in Katowice. He studied under Sena Jurinac in Switzerland. His first engagements were with the Linz State Theatre from 1992 to 1997, after which he bec... | partners were Elina Garanča, Anja Harteros, Piotr Beczała and Peter Schreier. In 2003 she returned Slovene National Theatre Opera in Ljubljana as the company's principal soprano. That same year she began her career as a vocal pedagogue. She is a professor at the Academy of Music in Zagreb and has served as the head of ... | 130,393 | zeroshot-train |
Rachel Willis-Sørensen [SEP] voice type | Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Rachel Willis-Sørensen (born 1984) is an American operatic soprano.
Studies.
She has a bachelor's degree and a masters, the latter in vocal performance and pedagogy, both from Brigham Young University. Among her professors at BYU was Darrell Babidge. She has also studied at the Houston Grand Oper... | in the 2009 Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers in Houston and the 2010 Sara Tucker Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation.
Personal life.
Willis-Sørensen was raised in Richland, Washington, and served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Germany Hamburg Mission. She i... | 130,394 | zeroshot-train |
Rachel Yakar [SEP] voice type | Rachel Yakar
Rachel Yakar (born March 3, 1938) is a French soprano.
Yakar was born in Lyon, France. She studied under Germaine Lubin at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1963, she made her debut at Strasbourg. For the next twenty years, she was associated with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. In the mid and late 197... | -3.
- Elevated levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I in serum rescue the severe growth retardation of IGF-1 null mice. Wu Y, Sun H, Yakar S, LeRoith D" "Endocrinology" 2009 Sep;150(9):4395-403. Epub 4 June 2009.
- Apolipoprotein E deficiency abrogates insulin resistance in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes mellit... | 130,395 | zeroshot-train |
Radmila Bakočević [SEP] voice type | Radmila Bakočević
Radmila Bakočević (, ; born January 5, 1933), is a Serbian operatic soprano who had a major international opera career that began in 1955 and ended upon her retirement from the stage in 2004. During her career, she sang at most of the world's important opera houses, including performances throughout E... | , Malcolm Sargent, sir Colin Davis, André Navarra, Karl Boehm, Leopold Stokowski, Kiril Kondrashin, Genady Rozhdestvensky, Lorin Maazel, Aaron Copland, Zubin Mehta, Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Isaac Stern, Henrik Schering, Leonid Kogan, Mstislav Rostropovich, Julian Lloyd Webber, Arthur Rubinstein, Sviatoslav Richt... | 130,396 | zeroshot-train |
Radmila Smiljanić [SEP] voice type | Radmila Smiljanić
Radmila Smiljanić is a Serbian classical and opera singer- soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since 1965. She has sung leading romantic roles opposite great artists like José Carreras, Mario del Monaco, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Plácido Domingo. She is particularl... | Nikola Mijailović (singer)
Nikola Mijailovic (born 1973) is a Serbian baritone who has a prolific international opera and concert career since the mid-1990s. He is particularly admired for his portrayals in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi. He sang on several complete opera recordings on a variety of music labels.
Born in ... | 130,397 | zeroshot-train |
Ralph Cato [SEP] voice type | Ralph Cato
Ralph Cato is an American baritone singer. Cato performs opera, oratorio, and musical theatre. He performs internationally, and currently serves as, a faculty member at University of California, Riverside teaching vocal studies.
Career.
Cato is a former member of the cast of Riverdance and the Albert McNeil ... | .
The "Daily Breeze" described his musical theatre program with the Torrance Symphony as "warm" and "mellow". In 2014, he performed with Symphony Silicon Valley, performing an oratorio of "Carmina Burana". "Mercury News" writer Richard Scheinin acknowledged Cato as being "charismatic" and having a "warmly rounded voice... | 130,398 | zeroshot-train |
Raymond Michalski [SEP] voice type | Raymond Michalski
Raymond Michalski (born 8 June 1933) is an American operatic bass-baritone.
Michalski was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. He studied voice with Rosalie Miller at the Mannes School of Music in New York City before making his professional stage debut in 1959 as Nourabad in Georges Bizet's "Les pecheurs de ... | , Raymond Michalski - Vienna Volksoper Orchestra - Stephen Simon - 1972 - RCA Red Seal Records
- Rossini - "La pietra del paragone" - José Carreras, John Reardon, Elaine Bonazzi, Anne Elgar, Andrew Földi, Justino Díaz, Raymond Murcell - Clarion Concerts Chorus and Orchestra - Newell Jenkins - 1973 - Vanguard Classics
-... | 130,399 | zeroshot-train |
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