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Reinald Werrenrath [SEP] voice type | Reinald Werrenrath
Reinald Werrenrath (August 7, 1883 – September 12, 1953) was an American baritone opera singer, who also recorded popular songs and appeared regularly on radio in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Biography.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of George Werrenrath, an operatic tenor ... | elsewhere. He also ran a regular summer music school at Chazy Lake, New York.
He was married three times. He died on September 12, 1953 in Plattsburgh, New York, after suffering a heart attack while at Chazy Lake.
His home on Chazy Lake, Werrenrath Camp, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Ex... | 130,400 | zeroshot-train |
Riccardo Stracciari [SEP] voice type | Riccardo Stracciari
Riccardo Stracciari (June 26, 1875 – October 10, 1955) was a leading Italian baritone. His repertoire consisted mainly of Italian operatic works, with Rossini's Figaro and Verdi's Rigoletto becoming his signature roles during a long and distinguished career which stretched from 1899 to 1944.
Life an... | Giuseppe Pacini, Antonio Scotti, Eugenio Giraldoni, Riccardo Stracciari, Titta Ruffo, Domenico Viglione Borghese, Pasquale Amato and Carlo Galeffi.
He taught singing after retiring from the stage and died in Milan.
Recordings.
Sammarco possessed a strong voice with a powerful upper register; but of all the celebrated s... | 130,401 | zeroshot-train |
Richard Bonelli [SEP] voice type | Richard Bonelli
Richard Bonelli (February 6, 1889 – June 7, 1980) was an American operatic baritone active from 1915 to the late 1970s.
Life and career.
Bonelli was born George Richard Bunn to Martin and Ida Bunn of Port Byron, New York. His family later moved to Syracuse and soon George preferred to be called Richard.... | James Shomate
James Shomate (November 13, 1914 in Bakersfield, CA – October 13, 2001 in Manhattan) was an American pianist and voice teacher. He was particularly known for his work as an accompanist; notably playing in concerts and recitals for famous singers like Pierre Bernac, Richard Bonelli, Brenda Lewis, Anna Moff... | 130,402 | zeroshot-train |
Richard Kubla [SEP] voice type | Richard Kubla
Richard Kubla (11 February 1890 – 9 July 1964) was a Czech tenor who had an active international career in operas, concerts, and recitals from 1910-1945. He had a particularly lengthy association with the National Theatre Prague where he was heard annually from 1924-1945.
Professional career.
Born in Ostr... | Traill's analysis of Coleridge in the "English Men of Letters", an anonymous reviewer wrote in 1885 "Westminster Review": "Of 'Kubla Khan,' Mr. Traill writes: 'As to the wild dream-poem 'Kubla Khan,' it is hardly more than a psychological curiosity, and only that perhaps in respect of the completeness of its metrical f... | 130,403 | zeroshot-train |
Richard Muenz [SEP] voice type | Richard Muenz
Richard Muenz (born March 9, 1948) is an American actor and baritone who is mostly known for his work within American theatre. Muenz has frequently performed in musicals and in concerts. He has also periodically acted on television.
Biography.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut and grew up in the Ridgewood, Ne... | Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story is a 1995 American drama miniseries directed by Karen Arthur and written by Cynthia A. Cherbak. The film stars Patsy Kensit, Dennis Boutsikaris, Richard Muenz, Robert LuPone, Gina Wilkinson and Frances Helm. The film aired on Fox in two par... | 130,404 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Holl [SEP] voice type | Robert Holl
Robert Holl (born 10 March 1947 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch bass-baritone classical singer. Holl studied first in the Netherlands, then, after winning the first prize at the 1971 International Vocal Competition ´s-Hertogenbosch (IVC) in the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, he went to study with Hans Hotter in Munich.... | - "Lucky in Love" from The Voice of the Philippines (Sep 23, 2013)
Discography Compilations.
- "The Voice of the Philippines the Final 16" (Jan 1, 2013) - Skyfall
- "The Voice of the Philippines the Final 4" (Oct 14, 2013) - Lucky in Love
- "The Crossover Cafe II" - Which Way, Robert Frost?
Discography Studio albums.
-... | 130,405 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Massard [SEP] voice type | Robert Massard
Robert Massard (born August 15, 1925) is a French baritone, primarily associated with the French repertory. He is one of a number of outstanding French opera singers of the postwar era.
Career.
Massard was born in Pau, France, and was mainly self-taught. After singing in his native province, Massard made... | , Albert Lance, Robert Massard, Andréa Guiot), Philips Classics (446118)-2.
- Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana", with Alain Vanzo, Suzanne Sarroca, Andréa Guiot, Robert Massard, Francine Arrauzau, Chœurs et Orchestre, dir. Reynald Giovaninetti, recorded in 1965, Mondiophonie MSA 1.OO4, Mondiophonie MSA 7.004, Adès 13.0... | 130,406 | zeroshot-train |
Roger Bourdin [SEP] voice type | Roger Bourdin
Roger Bourdin (14 June 1900 in Paris – 14 September 1973 in Paris) was a French baritone, particularly associated with the French repertory. His career was largely based in France. His daughter is Françoise Bourdin.
Life and career.
Born in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, Bourdin studied at the Conserva... | was in the making, Suzanne Juyol retired from the stage in 1960, aged only 40. She was married to Victor Serventi, a voice teacher at the Paris Opera.
Selected recordings.
- 1951 - Bizet - "Carmen" - Suzanne Juyol, Libero de Luca, Janine Micheau, Julien Giovannetti - Choeur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique, Albert Wolff... | 130,407 | zeroshot-train |
Rolando Panerai [SEP] voice type | Rolando Panerai
Rolando Panerai (born 17 October 1924) is an Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. He was born in Campi Bisenzio, near Florence, Italy and studied with Frazzi in Florence and Armani and Giulia Tess in Milan. Panerai made his stage debut in 1947 in Naples at the Teatro di ... | 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... | 130,408 | zeroshot-train |
Rolando Villazón [SEP] voice type | Rolando Villazón
Rolando Villazón Mauleón (born February 22, 1972) is a French/Mexican tenor. He now lives in France, and in 2007 he became a French citizen.
Villazón has published several books, including the novels "Malabares" and "Paladas de sombra contra la oscuridad" which have been translated into French and Germ... | DG)
- 2018: "Diva – The Very Best of Anna Netrebko" [compilation, DG]
Discography Recital discs, concerts and compilations DVDs.
- 2004: "The Woman – The Voice" (2003 documentary)
- 2005: "Gala Concert: 300 years of St. Petersburg"
- 2006: "The Berlin Concert – Live from the Waldbühne" (with Rolando Villazón and Plácid... | 130,409 | zeroshot-train |
Ron Bottcher [SEP] voice type | Ron Bottcher
Ron Bottcher (11 May 1940 – 12 April 1991) was an American operatic baritone who was actively performing with both the New York City Opera (NYCO) and the Metropolitan Opera during the 1960s. A native of Sandpoint, Idaho, he earned music degrees from the University of Montana and the Curtis Institute of Mus... | Artificial Invagination
Artificial Invagination is an EP by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.
Personnel.
- Masami Akita – electronics, tape manipulation
- Reiko Azuma – voice
- Abtechtonics – cover
- Tetsuo Sakaibara – tasuki photo
Notes.
- Mixed Oct '91
- Included live recordings at Webo, New York City 23/Sep/90 & ... | 130,410 | zeroshot-train |
Rosalind Elias [SEP] voice type | Rosalind Elias
Rosalind Elias (born March 13, 1929) is an American mezzo-soprano who enjoyed a long and distinguished career at the Metropolitan Opera.
Life and career.
Rosalind Elias was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the 13th and youngest child of a Lebanese-American family. She received her first singing lessons in ... | Gladys Childs Miller
Gladys Childs Miller (married Demeter Zachareff; May 5, 1902 – March 3, 1979) was a highly influential voice teacher at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston for over fifty years. She helped launch the careers of several international opera stars in the 20th century, including Rosalind El... | 130,411 | zeroshot-train |
Rosanna Carteri [SEP] voice type | Rosanna Carteri
Rosanna Carteri (born 14 December 1930) is an Italian soprano, who was primarily active from the 1950s through the mid-1960s.
Rosanna Carteri was born in Verona and raised in Padua. She studied with Cusinati and started singing in concert at the age of twelve. She won a RAI singing contest in 1948 which... | Roma – Decca
Opera films.
- 1954 – Verdi – "La traviata" – Rosanna Carteri, Nicola Filacuridi, Carlo Tagliabue – Rai Milan Chorus and Orchestra – BELCANTO
- 1956 – Mozart –º "Le nozze di Figaro" – Heinz Rehfuss, Marcella Pobbe, Rosanna Carteri, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Dora Gatta – Rai Milan Chorus and Orchestra – VAI
Sour... | 130,412 | zeroshot-train |
Rosina Brandram [SEP] voice type | Rosina Brandram
Rosina Brandram (2 July 1845 – 28 February 1907) was an English opera singer and actress primarily known for creating many of the contralto roles in the Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Brandram joined the D'Oyly Carte company in 1877 as a chorister and understudy. By 1879, she was orig... | was too ill to attend the dinner in December 1906 at the O.P. Club celebrating the first London repertory season of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, at which she had been scheduled to speak, along with George Grossmith and Rutland Barrington. In his remarks on that occasion, W. S. Gilbert gave this tribute to Brandram:... | 130,413 | zeroshot-train |
Rosina Raisbeck [SEP] voice type | Rosina Raisbeck
Phyllis Rosina Raisbeck MBE (28 July 191623 December 2006) was an Australian opera and concert mezzo-soprano singer. Her fine voice was basically a dramatic mezzo, with a warm middle register supporting strong top notes.
Early life.
Rosina Raisbeck was born Ballarat, Victoria on 28 July 1916 but grew up... | seasons were cancelled.
She sang at the memorial concert for Rosina Raisbeck in early 2007. That year she appeared in a straight acting role in the Melbourne season of John Misto's "Harp on the Willow", a play with music about the life of the Irish singer Mary O'Hara, starring Marina Prior as O'Hara. In the play, Carde... | 130,414 | zeroshot-train |
Ruby Helder [SEP] voice type | Ruby Helder
Ruby Helder (March 3, 1890 – November 21, 1938) was a British opera singer known for her powerful contralto voice.
Early life and family.
Helder was born Emma Jane Holder in 1890 in the Easton district of Bristol. Her father, Thomas, a dairyman at the time, became landlord of a nearby public house where a y... | , at which point she changed her name to avoid confusion with a classmate. Her aunt, who was housekeeper to the music hall star Harry Lauder, made arrangements for Helder to train at the Guildhall School of Music with Charles Tinney. Helder also later trained with Charles Santley.
Santley described her voice as a "natu... | 130,415 | zeroshot-train |
Ruggero Galli [SEP] voice type | Ruggero Galli
Ruggero Galli was an Italian operatic bass who had an active career during the late 19th and early 20th century. He created roles in several world premieres, including Menico in Antonio Smareglia's "Nozze istriane" (1895), Cesare Angelotti in Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" (1900), and Pantalone De' Bisognosi i... | Vanity (1947 film)
Vanity (Italian:Vanità) is a 1947 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Walter Chiari, Liliana Laine and Dina Galli. The film is based on a play by Carlo Bertolazzi. Chiari was awarded a Nastro d'Argento for best debut performance. It was made at the Icet Studios... | 130,416 | zeroshot-train |
Ruggero Raimondi [SEP] voice type | Ruggero Raimondi
Ruggero Raimondi (born 3 October 1941) is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer who has also appeared in motion pictures.
Life and career.
Life and career Early training and career.
Ruggero Raimondi was born in Bologna, Italy, during World War II. His voice matured early into its adult timbre, and at t... | teaching. He taught piano at the Liceo Musicale of Piacenza and singing at the conservatories of Parma and Milan. He then went on to coach vocal technique and interpretation at the opera school of La Scala in Milan.
Campogalliani was the voice teacher of Renata Tebaldi, Renata Scotto, Mirella Freni, Ferruccio Furlanett... | 130,417 | zeroshot-train |
Sally Bradshaw [SEP] voice type | Sally Bradshaw
Sally Bradshaw is a British high mezzo-soprano who made a career principally as a Baroque specialist in opera and concerts. As a solo artist she has made a number of recordings and performed worldwide. She has also collaborated with many artists in classical and popular genres.
Background and career.
Bra... | " – 4:09
- "The Subject Has Moved Left" – 1:46
- "Closer (to the Edit)" – 6:23
- "Resin" – 3:20
Personnel.
- Featured artists
- Anne Dudley - Keyboards, Orchestral Arrangement, Voice, Piano
- Trevor Horn - Bass, Voice, Keyboards
- Paul Morley - Keyboards, Voice
- Lol Creme - Guitar, Keyboards, Voice
- Guest Personnel
-... | 130,418 | zeroshot-train |
Salvatore Licitra [SEP] voice type | Salvatore Licitra
Salvatore Licitra (10 August 1968 – 5 September 2011) was an Italian operatic tenor.
Early life and debuts.
Born in Bern, Switzerland, to Sicilian parents, Licitra grew up in Milan. He fell into opera by accident. As many tenors before him, he was not altogether confident about his vocal capabilities ... | Terfel.
Death.
On 27 August 2011, Licitra sustained severe head and chest injuries when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while riding his motor scooter and crashed into a wall in Donnalucata, Scicli, Ragusa Province, Sicily. He remained in a coma for nine days in the Garibaldi Hospital in Catania and was pronounced de... | 130,419 | zeroshot-train |
Sarah Crane [SEP] voice type | Sarah Crane
Sarah Crane (born 9 September 1972 in Brisbane) is an Australian operatic soprano.
Education.
After attending All Hallows' School in Brisbane, Crane graduated in 1997 from the Queensland Conservatorioum of Music and received the Brisbane Lord Mayor's Performing Arts Fellowship. That year, Crane sang in the ... | other type of fiction. However, he frequently encouraged new writers in whom he discovered new ideas or new fictional techniques, such as Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Hamlin Garland, Harold Frederic, Abraham Cahan, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Biography Later years.
In 1902, Howells published "The Fligh... | 130,420 | zeroshot-train |
Sarah Fox [SEP] voice type | Sarah Fox
Sarah Fox (born 19 September 1973) is an English operatic soprano who has performed at several of the world’s leading opera houses, notably the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
Fox was born in Giggleswick, Settle, North Yorkshire. She was educated at the Royal Holloway, University of London (BMus, 1995) and ... | Notre Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 12 Sep 1870 with Sarah Jane Lawson. Descendants are living in Canada.
5- Frederick William Fox (1837 – Gent, 25 Oct 1901) never married, dsp
6- Emily Josephine Fox (Billiter Street, Londen city, 16 Nov 1840 – Nijmegen, Netherlands, 23 Mar 1932) married Londen, 2 Oct 186... | 130,421 | zeroshot-train |
Saramae Endich [SEP] voice type | Saramae Endich
Saramae Endich (November 11, 1928 - June 12, 1969) was an American classical soprano who had an active performance career in concerts and operas during the 1950s and 1960s.
Life and career.
Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Endich was one of five daughters born to Abraham Endich. She began studying the piano a... | international church. Branches were eventually established in Miami, Chicago, Harlem (New York), Boston, and Cambridge, Massachusetts of the US, Canada, Barbados, Cuba, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, and elsewhere. The official organ of AOC, "The Negro Churchman", was an effective link for the far-flung organization, wit... | 130,422 | zeroshot-train |
Scipio Colombo [SEP] voice type | Scipio Colombo
Scipio Colombo (25 May 1910 – 13 April 2002) was an Italian dramatic baritone, and was known for his abilities as a musician and singing-actor.
Born in Vicenza, Italy, Colombo first studied philosophy at the University of Padua, before turning to music. He studied in Milan with Giuseppe Venturini and in ... | - Scipio Aemilianus, Roman politician and general who destroyed Carthage in 146 BC, and adoptive grandson of Scipio Africanus
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica, mostly known as Metellus Scipio, politician who notably opposed Julius Caesar
People Given names.
- Scipio Africanus Jones, African-American educ... | 130,423 | zeroshot-train |
Selma Ek [SEP] voice type | Selma Ek
Selma Ek (3 September 1856 – 3 May 1941) was a Swedish operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1870s through the 1890s. Like Lilli Lehmann and Lillian Nordica, she was one of those universally talented singers of the late 19th century who was able to master roles from the coloratura, l... | ), American actress
- Selma Chalabi, British filmmaker
- Selma Cronan (1913 – 2002), American aviator
- Selma Diamond (1917–2008), American actress
- Selma Dritz (1920–1985), American physician and epidemiologist
- Selma Ergeç (born 1978), Turkish-German actress and model
- Selma Ek (1856–1941), Swedish opera singer
- ... | 130,424 | zeroshot-train |
Sibyl Sanderson [SEP] voice type | Sibyl Sanderson
Sibyl Sanderson (December 7, 1864May 16, 1903) was a famous American operatic soprano during the Parisian Belle Époque.
Biography.
She was born in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Sibyl's father Silas Sanderson was a California politician and lawyer; after serving as Chief Justice of the Su... | gift for the opera singer Sibyl Sanderson, who rewarded them by making a personal visit and sang an excerpt from the opera Esclarmonde with the composer at the piano. "The students were spellbound...never had they enjoyed their professor's opera so much, and never had they heard such artistic singing." Although not men... | 130,425 | zeroshot-train |
Sigurður Bragason [SEP] voice type | Sigurður Bragason
Sigurður Bragason (born 16 August 1954) is an Icelandic baritone.
He studied in Germany and Italy after graduating from the Conservatory of Music in Reykjavík. He is one of Iceland’s best-known singers and is much sought-after as interpreter of Icelandic, Russian, German and Italian songs. Sigurður Br... | Cantatas and Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi to name few of his musical roles. In 1995 Sigurður sang the lead role specially written for him in a new Icelandic opera “The Moonlight Island” by the Nordic Music Prize composer Atli Heimir Sveinsson on a tournee in Germany. Sigurður Bragason has appeared in severa... | 130,426 | zeroshot-train |
Simone Alaimo [SEP] voice type | Simone Alaimo
Simone Alaimo (born 3 February 1950) is an Italian bass-baritone. He is particularly known for his performances of the "bel canto" repertoire.
A native of Villabate, Alaimo studied at the Palermo Conservatory and then the L'Accademia di La Scala in Milan before making his début in 1977 at the Teatro Frasc... | . He sang the role of Mustafà in Gioachino Rossini's "L'italiana in Algeri" for his United States debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1987. He reprised the role the following year for his first performance in the United Kingdom at the Royal Opera, London.
His nephew, Nicola Alaimo, is a successful baritone, born in ... | 130,427 | zeroshot-train |
Sissel Kyrkjebø [SEP] voice type | Sissel Kyrkjebø
Sissel Kyrkjebø (; born 24 June 1969), also simply known as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano.
Sissel is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. Her musical style ranges from pop recordings and folk songs, to classical vocals and operatic arias. She possesses a "crystalline" voice and wide vo... | Gift of Love
Gift of Love is the first English album of Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø. Neil Sedaka sang ""Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"" with her. According to Neil Sedaka, when he first heard Sissel, he was speechless and had never been so excited with a female voice in the past thirty years. The first singer who brou... | 130,428 | zeroshot-train |
Sonia Prina [SEP] voice type | Sonia Prina
Sonia Prina (born 30 November 1975) is an Italian operatic contralto who has had an active career in concerts and operas since the mid-1990s. She is particularly known for her appearances in Baroque operas and for her performances of the Baroque concert repertoire. She has recorded works by composers George... | Prina
Prina may refer to:
People.
- Anna-Maria Prina (b. 1943), Italian ballet dancer and teacher
- Giuseppe Prina (1766–1814), Italian statesman
- Pier Francesco Prina (18th century), Italian artist
- Sonia Prina (b. 1975), Italian operatic singer
- Stephen Prina, American artist
Ships.
- , a Belgian cargo ship in ser... | 130,429 | zeroshot-train |
Sophie Stehle [SEP] voice type | Sophie Stehle
Sophie Stehle (15 May 1838 – 4 October 1921) was a German operatic soprano.
She was born in Sigmaringen and was a member of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich from 1860 to 1874. While there, she created the roles of Fricka in Richard Wagner's "Das Rheingold" on 22 September 1869 and Brünnhilde in Wagner's... | , Milan, 1895)
Recordings.
Stehle made a number of recordings for the Fonotipia Company in 1905 but only two recordings were published (both concerted pieces), which according to J. B. Steane "reveal little about her voice and art".
References.
- Steane, J B (1992), 'Stehle, Adelina' in "The New Grove Dictionary of Ope... | 130,430 | zeroshot-train |
Stanislava Součková [SEP] voice type | Stanislava Součková
Stanislava Součková (27 November 1923, Velim, Kolín District – 23 July 1997, České Budějovice) was a Czech operatic soprano and the sister of baritone Jaroslav Souček. Between 1951 and 1961 she was a member of the principal artists at the Hudební divadlo Karlín where she appeared in leading roles in... | Souček
Souček (feminine Součková) is a Czech surname, it may refer to:
- Andy Soucek, Spanish professional racing driver
- Apollo Soucek, American pilot
- Dan Soucek, American politician
- František Souček, Czech athlete
- Jan Souček, Czech canoer
- Jaroslav Souček, Czech opera singer
- Karel Soucek, Czech-Canadian stu... | 130,431 | zeroshot-train |
Stanisława Zawadzka [SEP] voice type | Stanisława Zawadzka
Stanisława Zawadzka, also known as "Zavaska" or "Stani", (5 February 1890 in Warsaw – 21 July 1988 in Skolimów) was a Polish soprano singer. She was a soloist at La Scala in Milan, Covent Garden in London (1923 to 1935) and Poznań Opera.
In 1955, she was a professor at the National Music School in W... | - Stanisława Przybyszewska (1901–1935), Polish writer
- Stanislava Součková (1923–1997), Czech singer
- Stanisława Umińska (1901–1977), Polish actress
- Stanisława Walasiewicz (1911–1980), Polish athlete
- Stanisława Wysocka (1877–1941), Polish actress
- Stanisława Zawadzka (1890–1988), Polish singer
See also.
- Stanis... | 130,432 | zeroshot-train |
Stella Roman [SEP] voice type | Stella Roman
Stella Roman (23 August 1904 – 12 February 1992) was a Romanian operatic soprano whose career brought her leading roles in Italy and the United States.
Background and training.
Stella Roman (née Florica Viorica Alma Stela Blasu) was born in 1904 in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania). She... | Of this performance, Alan Blyth has written: "Stella Roman ... yields few points to such notable interpreters as Ponselle, Milanov and Tebaldi ... she uses her warm generous voice to unerring effect".)
- "Otello", as Desdemona, with Torsten Ralf, conducted by George Szell. 1946.
In addition, a recording of assorted ope... | 130,433 | zeroshot-train |
Stephanie Novacek [SEP] voice type | Stephanie Novacek
Stephanie Novacek (b. Iowa City, Iowa, 31 August 1970) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano who has appeared at many of the world's opera houses. A regular performer at the Houston Grand Opera and Opera Atelier, Novacek is especially known for her performances in contemporary operas and in obscure op... | Asawa (1991)
- Christine Goerke (1993)
- David Daniels (1994)
- Stephanie Blythe (1995)
- Chad Shelton (1997)
- Stephanie Novacek (1997)
- Michael Maniaci (2002)
- Kate Lindsey (2007) | 130,434 | zeroshot-train |
Stephen Dickson [SEP] voice type | Stephen Dickson
Stephen Dickson (16 February 1951 – 18 October 1991) was an American baritone who had an active career in operas and concerts from 1972 through 1990. He was active with the United States's most important opera companies during the 1980s, sharing the stage with many notable singers like Luciano Pavarotti... | , with D'Anna Fortunato, 1994).
Garrison lives in Teaneck, New Jersey, and teaches voice and diction classes at Rowan University.
Bibliography.
- "The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia", edited by David Hamilton, Simon and Schuster, 1987.
External links.
- , with Stephen Dickson (1987). | 130,435 | zeroshot-train |
Steve Davislim [SEP] voice type | Steve Davislim
Steve Davislim (born 1967) is a Malaysian-born Australian operatic tenor. He is of Chinese and Irish ancestry and is based in Vienna, Austria.
Biography.
He was born Steven Lim in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, in 1967. His father David Lim is of Chinese ancestry, his parents having settled in Penang fro... | Gomes, Philip's Prime Minister
- Domingo, Don Quexada's servant
- Antonio, Brother Carlos' servant
- Jerome, Don Quexada's servant
- Don Ferdinand de Valdes, Grand Inquisitor
- Lords in Waiting, Officers, Alguazils, Monks and Attendants
Recordings.
- 1996: "Overture", "The days are gone when Judah's voice"
- 2011: (Com... | 130,436 | zeroshot-train |
Steve Thoreson [SEP] voice type | Steve Thoreson
Steve Thoreson is a tenor singer from North Bend, Washington. He is of Swedish and Native American ancestry.
He was second-place winner on Sweden's "Got Talent" TV show ("Talang") in 2011. He has performed at Seattle's Swedish Cultural Center, Kirkland Performance Center, Teatro ZinZanni's Mezzo Lunatico... | Simon Thoreson
Simon Thoreson (May 29, 1849 – March 20, 1918) was a merchant, businessman and elected official. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography.
Simon Thoreson was born in Norway in 1849. He moved with his parents as a child to Polk County, Wisconsin in 1862.
Career.
In 1876, Thoreson m... | 130,437 | zeroshot-train |
Susan Owen [SEP] voice type | Susan Owen
Susan Owen (married: Susan Owen-Leinert) is an American operatic soprano. Born in Salisbury, North Carolina, she earned a Bachelor of Music degree from East Carolina University in 1980 and a Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983. In 1990 she won the Metropolitan Opera National... | and Bratislava, Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder as well as the Vier letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss.
Teaching and Editing.
Associate Professor of Voice and Head of the Vocal Arts Division at the University of Memphis / Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music Susan Owen-Leinert founded the Memphis Opera & Song Academy, a su... | 130,438 | zeroshot-train |
Sylvia Stahlman [SEP] voice type | Sylvia Stahlman
Sylvia Stahlman (March 5, 1929 – August 19, 1998) was an American soprano, particularly associated with light, coloratura roles.
Career.
Stahlman was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and studied at The Juilliard School in New York City. She began her career on Broadway, in 1948-49, in Kurt Weill's "Love Li... | , then to . The City Center waived its rights to the first performance, which was given under the title "Panfilo and Lauretta" in the Brander Matthews Theatre at Columbia University in New York on May 9, 1957, under the baton of Howard Shanet. Stage direction was by Bill Butler, scenic design by Herbert Senn and Helen ... | 130,439 | zeroshot-train |
Sylvie Valayre [SEP] voice type | Sylvie Valayre
Sylvie Valayre (born 1964, Paris) is a French operatic soprano known for her versatile interpretations of lyric, spinto, and dramatic coloratura soprano parts. She sings grueling roles like Abigaille, Lady Macbeth or Turandot as well as lighter pieces like Giordano's Maddalena, Cio-Cio San (Madama Butter... | Le Château des Carpathes (opera)
Roles.
- La Stilla: Sylvie Valayre
- L'Aubergiste: Isabel Garcisanz
- Franz de Télek: Christer Bladin
- Baron de Garz: Marcel Vanaud
Recording.
- "Le Château des Carpathes," original cast: Sylvie Valayre, Isabel Garcisanz, Christer Bladin, Marcel Vanaud, Orchestre Philharmonique de Mont... | 130,440 | zeroshot-train |
Teresa Bertinotti [SEP] voice type | Teresa Bertinotti
Teresa Bertinotti (also known as Teresa Bertinotti-Radicati) (1776 – 12 Feb 1854) was a celebrated Italian soprano and voice teacher. She created leading roles in several operas, including Simon Mayr's "Ginevra di Scozia".
Biography.
Teresa Bertinotti was born in Savigliano in Piedmont, northern Italy... | "maestro di cappella" at the San Petronio Basilica. Following Radicati's death in 1823, Bertinotti retired from the stage and taught singing. Amongst her pupils were Carolina Cuzzani, who became a "prima donna" at La Scala, and Balbina Steffenone, who sang Leonora in the American premiere of "Il trovatore".
Teresa Bert... | 130,441 | zeroshot-train |
Teresa Żylis-Gara [SEP] voice type | Teresa Żylis-Gara
Teresa Żylis-Gara (born 23 January 1935) is a Polish operatic soprano who had a major international career during the 1950s through the 1990s. Although chiefly known for her portrayals in operas by Mozart, Puccini and Verdi, she sang a broad repertoire that encompassed a wide array of musical periods ... | 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,... | 130,442 | zeroshot-train |
Thorvald Lammers [SEP] voice type | Thorvald Lammers
Thorvald Lammers (15 January 1841 – 8 February 1922) was a Norwegian baritone singer, choral conductor, composer, and biographer.
Lammers was born in Modum, and made his stage début in Oslo in 1873. He founded the choir known as "Korforeningen" in 1879, and conducted it until 1909. By around 1900, Lamm... | singer and composer Thorvald Lammers. Her debut as an operatic singer came in 1881, in the "Musikforeningen", a forerunner of the Oslo Philharmonic. She studied with Désirée Artôt in Berlin in 1886 and 1887. She specialized in the romance song form, and made her concert debut as a mezzo-soprano romance singer in 1886. ... | 130,443 | zeroshot-train |
Tieste Wilmant [SEP] voice type | Tieste Wilmant
Tieste Wilmant (1859-1937) was an Italian operatic baritone. He made his professional opera debut in 1878 in Chiari. In 1896 he originated the role of Marcello in the original production of Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème" at the Teatro Regio Torino in 1896. He made his debut at La Scala in the 1893-1894 se... | the next decade including portraying the role of Alberich in the Italy's first performance of Richard Wagner's "Siegfried" and the role of Iago in Verdi's "Otello". Wilmant made four records on the Zonophone record label in 1904.
Sources.
- Operissimo.com | 130,444 | zeroshot-train |
Tino Folgar [SEP] voice type | Tino Folgar
Tino Folgar (1892–1983) was a Spanish operatic tenor, primarily active in Spain and Italy.
Born Juventino Folgar Ascaso in Barcelona, on 25 January 1892, he studied in his native city with Esteban Pasqual and made his stage debut at the Liceu as Rodolfo in "La bohème", in 1922. He made his debut in Italy in... | City where he worked as a teacher, later moving to Buenos Aires, where he remained until his death in January 1983.
A stylish and refined artist, Folgar possessed a rather small but attractive voice, which he passed to posterity through his 1927 recording of the Duke of Mantua in a complete "Rigoletto", opposite Luigi ... | 130,445 | zeroshot-train |
Tito Gobbi [SEP] voice type | Tito Gobbi
Tito Gobbi (24 October 19135 March 1984) was an Italian operatic baritone with an international reputation.
He made his operatic debut in Gubbio in 1935 as Count Rodolfo in Bellini's "La sonnambula" and quickly appeared in Italy's major opera houses. By the time he retired in 1979 he had acquired a repertoir... | it more difficult for her to support her voice, triggering the vocal strain that became apparent later in the decade, while others believed the weight loss effected a newfound softness and femininity in her voice, as well as a greater confidence as a person and performer. Tito Gobbi said, "Now she was not only supremel... | 130,446 | zeroshot-train |
Toni Blankenheim [SEP] voice type | Toni Blankenheim
Toni Blankenheim (12 December 192111 December 2012) was a German operatic baritone. He notably sang major roles in the operas of Alban Berg: the title role of "Wozzeck", produced for television in 1970 (later issued on DVD), and the role of Schigolch in the 1981 recording of "Lulu" which won a Grammy A... | "
- Best Opera Recording
- Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris for "Berg: Lulu"
- Best Choral Performance, Classical
- Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master) &... | 130,447 | zeroshot-train |
Tony Poncet [SEP] voice type | Tony Poncet
Tony Poncet (December 23, 1918 - November 13, 1979) was a Spanish-born, French-raised opera tenor. The peak of his career spanned the 1956-to-1966 period, during which time he made a number of recordings and enjoyed a nationwide reputation as an exciting exponent of dramatic roles in the French and Italian ... | Poncet Platform
A Poncet Platform or Poncet mount is a type of equatorial platform (a telescope mount that adds an additional "polar axis" to non-equatorial mounts) that uses a simple polar pivot and an inclined plane. The motion of the mount allows any device sitting on that platform to track the apparent motion of th... | 130,448 | zeroshot-train |
Trebor Edwards [SEP] voice type | Trebor Edwards
Trebor Edwards (born 1939) is a Welsh tenor, best known to Welsh-speaking audiences.
Edwards was born in Denbigh and became a farmer at Corwen before beginning his recording career in 1974. He has won five gold discs and sold over 200,000 records - huge success for a Welsh language performer. He is now t... | Pwll a'r Pulpud"
Arts and literature Music.
- Malcolm Arnold - "Four Welsh Dances, Op. 138"
- Ffa Coffi Pawb - "Dalec Peilon"
- Trebor Edwards - "Goreuon Trebor"
- Bonnie Tyler - "Hide Your Heart"
Film.
- Peter Greenaway directs "Drowning by Numbers".
Film Welsh-language films.
- "Stormydd Awst"
Broadcasting.
Broadcast... | 130,449 | zeroshot-train |
Trond Halstein Moe [SEP] voice type | Trond Halstein Moe
http://onstageartists.com/trond-halstein-moe-uk/Trond Halstein Moe (born December 20, 1954, Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian operatic baritone.
He trained at University of Trondheim and the Norwegian Academy of Music, and in 1987 won First Prize in the International Hans Gabor "Belvedere" Singing Co... | 11 April 2010.
- Kristiansen, Kai, "Halstein Moe gjør comeback", "Adresseavisen", 8 May 2008 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- Norwegian National Opera, Curriculum Vitae: Trond Halstein Moe (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- Prague State Opera, Biography: Trond Halstein Moe and Trygve Madsen:" Circus T... | 130,450 | zeroshot-train |
Umberto Urbano [SEP] voice type | Umberto Urbano
Umberto Urbano (16 October 1885 in Livorno – 16 June 1969), was an Italian baritone opera singer. He made his debut in 1907 in Trieste. His career really picked up momentum in 1920, beginning as the Herald in "Lohengrin" at La Scala. He also appeared there in 1923 as Telramund in "Lohengrin" and Enrico i... | (26 Jan 1609 – 28 Nov 1611 Died)
- Tiberio Muti (19 Dec 1611 – 14 Apr 1636 Died)
- Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore) (14 May 1636 – 13 Sep 1638 Resigned)
- Francesco Maria Brancaccio (13 Sep 1638 – 2 Jun 1670 Resigned)
- Stefano Brancaccio (2 Jun 1670 – 8 Sep 1682 Died)
- Urbano Sacchetti (29 Mar 1683 – 24 Jan 1701 Resigne... | 130,451 | zeroshot-train |
Una Hale [SEP] voice type | Una Hale
Una Rosalind Hale (18 November 1922 – 4 March 2005) was an Australian operatic soprano, mainly known in her native country and in the United Kingdom.
History.
Hale was born in Wayville, South Australia to Unitarian minister George Ernest Hale and Florence Elizabeth Hale, née Picken.
She was educated at Adelaid... | character was conceptualized as "Quadimensionko", a mascot for the Quadimension album series and group.
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Vasile Moldoveanu [SEP] voice type | Vasile Moldoveanu
Vasile Moldoveanu (born 6 October 1935 in Constanța) is a Romanian tenor.
Biography.
Moldoveanu studied voice at the "Ciprian Porumbescu" University of Music in Bucharest under the supervision of the tenor , as a student in the class prepared by . His debut was at the Romanian Opera in Bucharest on 9 ... | ; Dana Talley (The Count of Lerma); Barbara Greene (The Countess of Aremberg); John Cheek (A friar); Timothy Jenkins (A royal herald); Therese Brandson (A celestial voice)
- Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus: James Levine (conductor); John Dexter (director)
- Recorded live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York ... | 130,453 | zeroshot-train |
Vibeke Stene [SEP] voice type | Vibeke Stene
Vibeke Stene (pronounced vee-beh-keh) (born 17 August 1978) is a Norwegian soprano. She is best known as the former vocalist in the gothic metal band, Tristania.
In 2013, Stene came out of retirement with the announcement of a future guest appearance in God of Atheists and a new band project.
Early life.
S... | August 8
- Countess Vaughn, American actress
- Natsuko Kuwatani, Japanese voice actress
- August 9 – Daniela Denby-Ashe, English actress
- August 10 – Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician and former military officer
- August 17
- Vibeke Stene, Norwegian rock singer
- Jelena Karleuša, Serbian pop singer
- Aug... | 130,454 | zeroshot-train |
Victoria Livengood [SEP] voice type | Victoria Livengood
Victoria Livengood (born August 8, 1959) is an American opera singer who has sung leading mezzo-soprano roles both in the United States and internationally.
Livengood was born in Thomasville, North Carolina and graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Boston Conservatory. Sh... | a performance of "Madama Butterfly", starring Yunah Lee and Richard Troxell, and a gala titled "Voice of Distinction: Broadway", featuring established Broadway professionals as well as newcomers. The festival closed with a presentation of Peter Schickele's "12 Months", a concerto for piano and choir, narrated by the co... | 130,455 | zeroshot-train |
Victoria de los Ángeles [SEP] voice type | Victoria de los Ángeles
Victoria de los Ángeles (1 November 192315 January 2005) was a Spanish operatic lyric soprano and recitalist whose career began after the Second World War and reached its height in the years from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.
Early life.
She was born Victoria de los Ángeles López García in the... | hometown of Barcelona where he studied piano until he was 11 years old. After a break in his teens, at the age of 18 he began studying singing under the supervision of Victoria de los Ángeles. He completed his studies with the baritone voice in Warsaw and in Barcelona with the tenor . He has a Degree in Business Studie... | 130,456 | zeroshot-train |
Vina Bovy [SEP] voice type | Vina Bovy
Vina Bovy (Malvina Bovi Van Overberghe) born Ghent 22 May 1900, died in the same city 16 May 1983 was a Belgian operatic soprano.
She studied in the Conservatoire in Ghent under Willemot, and first appeared on stage aged 17 as Argentine in "Les deux billets" (Poise). Her debut at the Théâtre Royal de la Monna... | opera singer Vina Bovy—until his death in 1950. In 1960 Bovy sold the house.
Villa Cypris.
It is adjacent to Villa Cypris. | 130,457 | zeroshot-train |
Vincenzo Reschiglian [SEP] voice type | Vincenzo Reschiglian
Vincenzo Reschiglian (21 February 187417 July 1955) was an Italian operatic baritone who specialized in the comprimario repertoire.
Biography.
He was born on 21 February 1874 in Venice, he was the older brother of tenor Giuseppe Reschiglian. He made his professional opera debut at the age of 26 as ... | omitted in Paris, was included. Scenery and costume designs were the same as used in Paris in 1908—made in Russia by Golovin, Benua, and Bilibin, and shipped from Paris. The opera was sung in Italian. Arturo Toscanini conducted. The cast included Adamo Didur (Boris), Anna Case (Fyodor), Leonora Sparkes (Kseniya), Maria... | 130,458 | zeroshot-train |
Wallace Brownlow [SEP] voice type | Wallace Brownlow
Wallace Brownlow (1861 – September 1919) was an opera singer and actor of the Victorian era best known for baritone roles in the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, first with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the UK and on tour, and later with J. C. Williamson in Australia. He also appeared in other stage... | 2 Jan 1872) on 17 Jul 1837
- Charles Lennox Brownlow Maitland (27 Sep 1823-5 Jan 1891)
- Jane Bertie Maitland (abt 1826-27 Apr 1885)
- Emily Sophia Maitland (1827-16 Dec 1891), married Frederick Herbert Kerr (30 Sep 1818-Jan 1896) on 13 Jan 1846
- George Maitland (1830-1831) (buried at St. Paul's Church (Halifax))
- El... | 130,459 | zeroshot-train |
Walter Carringer [SEP] voice type | Walter Carringer
Walter Carringer (September 5, 1924 – October 22, 2006) was an American classical tenor who had an active career in operas, concerts, and recitals during the 1950s and 1960s. He was twice the recipient of the Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation award and was a winner of the American Federation of Music... | professor emeritus upon his retirement in 1988.
Sources.
- Biography of Walter Carringer at bach-cantatas.com | 130,460 | zeroshot-train |
Wanda Cochran [SEP] voice type | Wanda Cochran
Wanda Cochran (March 29, 1923 – March 4, 2008) was an American soprano. She was best known for her performances in musicals.
Biography.
Born in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, she was the only child of Marshall and Ida Cochran. Cochran won a scholarship to attend the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago... | shuffle rhythm. McPhatter's voice is clear and bright and in the midst of the sax solo he gives off a monumental scream.
Covers.
- Most notably, Elvis Presley recorded a cover version of "Money Honey" in 1956 for his debut LP, "Elvis Presley".
- Wanda Jackson recorded the number in 1958 and it appeared in the UK on her... | 130,461 | zeroshot-train |
Warren Coleman [SEP] voice type | Warren Coleman
Warren Coleman (24 August 1900 – 13 January 1968 in West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard) was an American operatic baritone. He created the roles of Crown in George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" and the role of John Kumalo in Kurt Weill's "Lost in the Stars", in the premieres of each show on Broadway.
Coleman p... | Johnson", the best friend of Gary Coleman's character, "Arnold Jackson". Also in 1980, Shavar appeared in the TV film "Scout's Honor", also with Gary Coleman. Two years later, Ross became a voice actor for Hanna-Barbera and voiced "Our Gang" kid Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas from the animated TV series version of "The Litt... | 130,462 | zeroshot-train |
Wiesław Ochman [SEP] voice type | Wiesław Ochman
Wiesław Ochman (born 6 February 1937) is a Polish tenor.
Ochman began learning voice under the direction of Gustaw Serafin in Kraków (1955–1959) and Maria Szłapak in Bytom (1960–1963). In 1960, he joined the Silesian Opera in Bytom, where he sang for three seasons, in 1963 and 1964; and then, at the Oper... | " by Giuseppe Verdi, Ochman made his debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Discography.
Wiesław Ochman recorded 31 vinyl records, most of them in Poland.
External links.
- Interview with Wiesław Ochman by Bruce Duffie, October 10, 1980 | 130,463 | zeroshot-train |
Wilfred Brown [SEP] voice type | Wilfred Brown
Wilfred Brown (5 April 19215 March 1971) was an accomplished English tenor.
He was born in Horsham, Sussex and educated first at Collyer's School, then at Christ's Hospital School, Horsham before winning a scholarship in 1939 to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Brown was a lifelong member of the Religiou... | . .
- Kemp, Ian, Notes for Hyperion CDA67461/2, "Tippett: Piano Concerto; Fantasia on a Theme by Handel; Piano Sonatas". Accessed 1 Sep 2013
- Matthews, David, Schott Music preface for sheet music. Tippett: Piano Concerto. Accessed 1 Sept 2013
- Mellers, Wilfred, "Tippett at the millennium: a personal memoir." In Clark... | 130,464 | zeroshot-train |
Wilhelm Elsner [SEP] voice type | Wilhelm Elsner
Wilhelm Elsner (10 November 1869- 26 August 1903) was a German operatic tenor who had an active international career from 1889 to 1903. Although his initial success was primarily in the lyric repertoire, he eventually became highly regarded for his portrayals of Wagnerian heroes.
Biography.
Born in Brno,... | Elsner+Flake
Elsner+Flake is a trademark used by German type foundry originally called EF Designstudios but later renamed Elsner+Flake Type Consulting GmbH and is currently based in Hamburg. The company was founded in 1986 by Veronika Elsner and Günther Flake after their ten-year freelance experience in type design, ty... | 130,465 | zeroshot-train |
William Dooley [SEP] voice type | William Dooley
William Dooley (born September 9, 1932, Died July 2nd, 2019 Modesto, California) is an American operatic bass-baritone who has sung with many of the world's greatest opera companies. He began his career in Germany in the late 1950s, ultimately becoming a leading performer at the Deutsche Oper Berlin from... | from Post Office by means of tear gas bombs and police clubs (primarily the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in that instance).
See also.
- 1918 Vancouver general strike
References.
- Alex Aspden, "1935: Battle of Ballantyne Pier," Libcom.org (Sep 16 2007)
- Lorne Brown, "When Freedom was Lost: The Unemployed, the Agitato... | 130,466 | zeroshot-train |
William Paull [SEP] voice type | William Paull
William Paull (c. 1872 – 5 February 1903) was a British baritone at the turn of the 20th century. He was born in Cornwall, UK, in c. 1872. He had a wide repertoire ranging from opera and oratorio to the popular ballads of his day and was becoming well regarded as a soloist, when in 1903 at about the age o... | William Paull (politician)
William James Paull (March 1846 – 21 September 1926) was a company director and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Early days.
Paull was born in Cran Crae, Cornwall, England to parents William Paull and his wife Ann (née Tregoning). and educated in Cornwall and North Wales. On lea... | 130,467 | zeroshot-train |
William Pennell [SEP] voice type | William Pennell
William Pennell (March 3, 1889 – September 5, 1956) was an American voice actor and baritone singer. who was the original voice of the character Bluto on the animated "Popeye" shorts produced by Fleischer Studios. At the time, Pennell sang in a vocal quartet which was used by Paramount Pictures. Gus Wic... | she based the character voice on ZaSu Pitts. Questel voiced Olive Oyl until 1938, when Fleischer operations shifted to Florida. Hines, who was Mercer's wife, voiced the character until 1943. Paramount moved the studio back to New York the following year and Questel reassumed voice acting duties until the series' end in... | 130,468 | zeroshot-train |
William Zakariasen [SEP] voice type | William Zakariasen
William Zakariasen (August 19, 1930 – September 4, 2004) was an American operatic tenor and music critic.
Biography.
Born in Blue Earth, Minnesota, Zakariasen began his career as a classical tenor in the late 1950s, appearing in operas and in concerts. He sometimes performed under the name William Sa... | addition to a quite natural sense of phrasing serving the line of the melody without ever damaging her luminous pronunciation."
- In May 1986, Bill Zakariasen wrote in the "Daily News", New York, about Richard Strauss' "Daphne" at the Richard Strauss Festival (Carnegie Hall, New York) with Catherine Malfitano (Daphne) ... | 130,469 | zeroshot-train |
Willy Clément [SEP] voice type | Willy Clément
Willy Clément was a French baritone (born in Cairo on 19 July 1918, died in Paris on 7 March 1965), who was noted in light baritone roles and operetta.
Life and career.
Clément came to France at a young age, and entered the Conservatoire de Paris in November 1938, in the classes of Claire Croiza (singing)... | 21 Apr 1906 Died)
- Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg: (7 Aug 1906 Appointed – 22 Sep 1921)
- Alexis-Armand Charost † (22 Sep 1921 Succeeded – 7 Nov 1930 Died)
- René-Pierre Mignen † (21 Jul 1931 Appointed – 1 Nov 1939 Died)
- Clément-Emile Roques † (11 May 1940 Appointed – 4 Sep 1964 Died)
- Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon † (4 Sep... | 130,470 | zeroshot-train |
Yuan Chenye [SEP] voice type | Yuan Chenye
Yuan Chenye, also known as Chen-Ye Yuan (袁晨野; Dalian, 1967) is a Chinese operatic baritone. He graduated from Central Conservatory of Music in 1990 and in the same year passed entrance to the China Central Opera Company. He won the Tchaikovsky Prize in 1994 took part in the Metropolitan Opera National Counc... | Naunton Hall in Rendlesham, Suffolk.
- Lettice Lee, who married Nicholas Cooke of Linstead, Suffolk.
- Katherine Lee, who married Gyles Symonds (died circa 1596) of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk.
- Joyce Lee, who married, on 29 November 1562, John Chenye, son of Sir Robert Chenye of Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire.
- Jane L... | 130,471 | zeroshot-train |
Zheng Cao [SEP] voice type | Zheng Cao
Zheng Cao (July 9, 1966February 21, 2013) was a Chinese-born, American operatic mezzo-soprano known for her signature role of Suzuki in "Madama Butterfly". She performed this role with opera companies such as San Francisco Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Pittsburgh Opera, Vancouver Opera, Washington National ... | The drama ends with a woman's voice calling Cao Xiaoqiang's name and Cao turning his head. The identity of the voice generated much discussion in the Chinese cyber-world among fans, with people analyzing the voice of each actress that has appeared in the show. In December 2012, accepting the Favourite Male Character Aw... | 130,472 | zeroshot-train |
Émile-Alexandre Taskin [SEP] voice type | Émile-Alexandre Taskin
Émile-Alexandre Taskin, born in Paris on 18 March 1853, and died there on 5 October 1897, was a French operatic baritone mainly active at the Paris Opéra-Comique. He was a descendant of the harpsichord maker Pascal Taskin (1723–1793).
After singing in church choirs as a child, Taskin studied at t... | Taskin
Taskin or Taşkın is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Taşkın Aksoy (born 1967), German-Turkish football manager and former player
- Taşkın Çalış (born 1993), Turkish footballer
- Ilter Tashkin (born 1994), German-Azerbaijani footballer
- Taskin Ahmed (born 1995), Bangladesh... | 130,473 | zeroshot-train |
Éric Tappy [SEP] voice type | Éric Tappy
Éric Tappy (born 19 May 1931 in Lausanne) is a Swiss operatic tenor.
Tappy studied with Fernando Carpi at the Geneva Conservatory and Ernst Reichert in Salzburg. He made his concert debut in Strasbourg in 1959 as the Evangelist in the St. Matthew Passion. He made his American debut as Don Ottavio at the San ... | Te Kanawa. In 1981, she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in the same role. She returned in 1987, for Constanze in "Die Entführung aus dem Serail", in John Dexter's production. In 1980, she recorded, for RCA, her Queen of Night, with Ileana Cotrubaș, Éric Tappy, Christian Boesch, José van Dam, and Martti Talvela, condu... | 130,474 | zeroshot-train |
Štefan Hoza [SEP] voice type | Štefan Hoza
Štefan Hoza (20 October 1906, Smižany – 6 April 1982, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak operatic tenor, actor, librettist, educator, music publicist, and historian.
Hoza worked as a teacher before studying singing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Just weeks after graduating, Hoza made his profess... | by the emphasis on humane and ethical conduct. His first creative works were prevailingly instrumental, from the 1950s he added opera pieces.
Major works.
- cycle of symphonic poems "O živote – Leto, Vojak a matka, Ráno" (About life – Summer, Soldier and Mother, Morning; 1941-1946)
- operas: "Juro Jánošík" (1950-1953, ... | 130,475 | zeroshot-train |
Željko Lučić [SEP] voice type | Željko Lučić
Željko Lučić (born 24 February 1968) is a Serbian operatic baritone who has had an active international career since 1993. He was a member of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad from 1993–1998 and at the Frankfurt Opera from 1998-2008. He is particularly well known for his performances in the operas o... | America, Europe, Asia, and Australia... The Met has said that it hopes to reach as many as one million audience members with this season's HD transmissions"
The schedule of live broadcasts included:
- "Roméo et Juliette" (Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna, Nathan Gunn, conducted by Plácido Domingo)
- "Hansel and Gretel" (C... | 130,476 | zeroshot-train |
Aage Haugland [SEP] voice type | Aage Haugland
Aage Haugland (1 February 1944 – 23 December 2000) was a Danish operatic bass.
Life and career.
Haugland was born in Copenhagen and made his professional debut in Oslo in 1968. From 1970 to 1973 he was based in Bremen, and appeared at Den Jyske Opera in Aarhus in 1972. In 1973 he became a member of the Ro... | - Aage Haugland - Klingsor
- Karin Krick - Parsifal 2
- David Luther - Young Parsifal
- David Meyer - 3rd Squire
- Yvonne Minton - Kundry (voice)
- Bruno Romani-Versteeg - 3rd Knight of the Grail
- Judith Schmidt - 4th Squire
- Wolfgang Schöne - Amfortas (voice)
- Amelie Syberberg - Bearer of the Grail
- Urban von Kleb... | 130,477 | zeroshot-train |
Adam Plachetka [SEP] voice type | Adam Plachetka
Adam Plachetka (born 1985) is a Czech bass-baritone. He was born in Prague, where he was also educated, and won several singing competitions in the Czech Republic. In 2005 he made his debut at the National Theatre in Prague, where his roles have included the title role in "Don Giovanni", Figaro ("Le nozz... | - "Don Giovanni" (Simon Keenlyside, Hibla Gerzmava, Malin Byström, Paul Appleby, Adam Plachetka conducted by Fabio Luisi)
- "L'Amour de loin" (Eric Owens, Susanna Phillips, Tamara Mumford, conducted by Susanna Mälkki)
- "Nabucco" (Plácido Domingo, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Dimitry Belosselskiy, Jamie Barton, conducted by J... | 130,478 | zeroshot-train |
Adèle Isaac [SEP] voice type | Adèle Isaac
Adèle Isaac (8 January 1854 – 22 October 1915) was a French operatic soprano, active in Paris in the late 19th century.
Isaac was born in Calais. After studying with Gilbert Duprez, her professional debut was in 1870 in Victor Massé's "Les noces de Jeannette" at the Théatre Montmartre. In February 1873 she ... | .
A revised version was mounted on 17 April 1886 with Adèle Isaac as the Queen. According to "The New York Times" reviewer in Paris, she acted "with rare discretion and dignity, and the wide scope of the register taxed by the composer is wonderfully served by her natural voice, in which the low tones are as full and re... | 130,479 | zeroshot-train |
Ain Anger [SEP] voice type | Ain Anger
Ain Anger (born June 17, 1971) is an Estonian opera bass.
Life and career.
Born in Kihelkonna, Anger grew up on the Estonian island Saaremaa. He commenced his vocal training at Tallinn's Academy of Music in 1996. After initial professional experience in Estonia, he broadened his repertoire with Leipzig Opera ... | Estonian Academy of Music”. In 1995 the Drama Faculty was renamed the Higher Theatre School.
Some prominent graduates of the Estonian Academy of Music include singers Aile Asszonyi, Heli Lääts, and Ain Anger, conductors Roman Matsov, Tõnu Kaljuste, Olari Elts, Eri Klas, and Kristiina Poska, composers Arvo Pärt, Lepo Su... | 130,480 | zeroshot-train |
Albert Schagidullin [SEP] voice type | Albert Schagidullin
Albert Schagidullin is a Russian operatic bass-baritone who has appeared in leading roles in many European opera houses and companies, including Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Vienna State Opera, the Liceu (Barcelona), Teatro Real (Madrid), Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris), and La Scala.
He studied at the ... | V. Shvetsov (Sentry), I. Sipaev (Zaporozhian Cossack), M. Skazin (Forest Sprite)
- 1973, Fedoseyev/Fomina/Simonova/Lisovsky/Krivchenia/Klenov (Melodiya)
- 2000, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Cagliari Lyric Theater Orchestra and Chorus, Fabio Bonavita, Pavel Cernoch, Ekaterina Morosova, Vladimir Ognovenko, Vladimir Okenko, Gr... | 130,481 | zeroshot-train |
Albert Viau [SEP] voice type | Albert Viau
Albert Viau (6 November 1910 – 27 June 2001) was a Canadian baritone, folksinger, composer, and music educator. After beginning his career as a musician in the classical repertoire, he specialized in folk music and traditional songs. He released about 50 78 rpm records during his career, mostly for La Bonne... | of his recordings were made from the late 1930s through the 1950s.
Viau began composing his own works in the late 1930s. In 1954 he published "Six Chansonnettes pour bambins et bambines" and in 1958 "Six Chansons enfantines with Éditions Albert Viau". From 1953-1954 he worked for CJMS as a radio producer. He served as ... | 130,482 | zeroshot-train |
Albin Swoboda, Jr. [SEP] voice type | Albin Swoboda Jr.
Albin Swoboda Jr. (19 March 1883 – 5 January 1970) was a German operatic bass-baritone. Born in Dresden, he was the son of tenor and actor Albin Swoboda Sr. and soprano Friederike Fischer; both of whom were luminaries of the "Golden Age" of Viennese operetta. His grandfather, Joseph Wilhelm Swoboda, a... | and plays in Vienna, and appeared in stage productions of all kinds as a guest artist in theatres in Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Russia. His son Albin Swoboda Jr. also had a successful career as an opera singer. In 1955 a street in the Hietzing district of Vienna was named after him.
Early life.
Born in Neustrelitz, ... | 130,483 | zeroshot-train |
Aleksander Myszuga [SEP] voice type | Aleksander Myszuga
Aleksander Myszuga (May 20, 1853 – March 9, 1922) (sometimes spelled Ołeksandr Mishuga or Olexander Myshuga) was a Ukrainian operatic tenor and voice teacher of Ukrainian descent. He studied voice with
Walery Wysocki in Lwów and with Giovanni Sbriglia in Paris. During the last two decades of the 19t... | Paul Muni, Jewish actor
- Aleksander Myszuga, Polish opera singer
- Ruslana (1973), Ukrainian pop singer
- Mariana Sadovska, Ukrainian actress, singer, musician, recording artist, composer
- Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, Ukrainian rock musician
- Gabriela Zapolska, Polish playwright, actress
- Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film dir... | 130,484 | zeroshot-train |
Alenka Gotar [SEP] voice type | Alenka Gotar
Alenka Gotar is a Slovene soprano singer, born in Rodica in 1977. With the song “Cvet z juga” (“Flower of the South”), she represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. Achieving seventh place in the semi final, she became the first Slovene to qualify to the grand final, wh... | master's degree in 2006.
Alenka Gotar is a guest in the Maribor Opera and as a soloist, she sings in the state theatres in Salzburg and Ljubljana. She toured with an orchestra and chamber choir in Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, and Scandinavia. Her repertoire ranges from baroque to modern musical pie... | 130,485 | zeroshot-train |
Alessandra Marc [SEP] voice type | Alessandra Marc
Alessandra Marc (born July 29, 1957) is an American dramatic soprano who has appeared at many of the world's opera houses and orchestras. Marc is particularly known for her interpretations of the works of Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, music of the Second Viennese School, and the title... | -Marc Généreux, Chris Marques."
Styles, scores and songs Week 3.
"Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Alessandra Martines, Jean-Marc Généreux, Chris Marques."
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Styles, scores and songs Week 4.
"Individual judges scores in the c... | 130,486 | zeroshot-train |
Alessandro Polonini [SEP] voice type | Alessandro Polonini
Alessandro Polonini (1844, Crema – 1920, Crema) was an Italian bass-baritone. He created the roles of Benoît and Alcindoro in Puccini's opera "La bohème", as well as Geronte de Ravoir in his "Manon Lescaut". Polonini also created the role of the surgeon in Verdi's "La forza del destino".
Career.
Du... | addition to his performances there in the world premieres of "Manon Lescaut" (1893) and "La bohème" (1896), he sang in the world premieres of two now forgotten Italian operas – Antonio Cagnoni's "Francesca da Rimini" (1878) and Gaetano Luporini's "I dispetti amorosi" (1894). Polonini was also Beckmesser in the Teatro R... | 130,487 | zeroshot-train |
Alexey Kudrya [SEP] voice type | Alexey Kudrya
Alexey Kudrya (born 1982) is a rising operatic lyric tenor star from Russia. According to "Neue Stimmen", Kudrya grew up in a very musical family: his father, Vladimir Leonidovich Kudrya, is a professor for music and his mother teaches the flute. Kudrya was taught by his father at the Russian Academy of M... | - Pyotr Kudar
- Mikhail Kudachkin
- Idris Kudashev
- Ivan Kudashkin
- Vladimir Kudashov
- Georgy Kudashov
- Afanasy Kudersky
- Pavel Kudimov
- Ivan Kudin
- Dmitry Kudinov
- Andrey Kudrevtov
- Vladimir Kudrin
- Dmiry Kudrin
- Ivan Kudrin
- Roman Kudrin
- Ivan Kudrya
- Nikolai Kudrya
- David Kudyavitsky
- Aleksandr Georg... | 130,488 | zeroshot-train |
Alexis Dupont [SEP] voice type | Alexis Dupont
Alexis Dupont (179629 May 1874) was a French operatic tenor who sang at the Opéra-Comique from 1821 to 1823 and the Paris Opera from 1826 to 1841. There he created a number of roles in operas by Rossini, Auber, Halévy and Meyerbeer. He had a significant association with Berlioz, creating the tenor solo in... | -vous aller?" to Alexis Dupont.
His wife was a noted ballerina. Born Félicité Noblet in 1807, after marrying Alexis Dupont she also became known as Mme Alexis Dupont. She died in 1877. She was the sister of another ballerina, Lise Noblet, who danced the title part in Auber's "La muette de Portici" at its premiere, in w... | 130,489 | zeroshot-train |
Alice Guszalewicz [SEP] voice type | Alice Guszalewicz
Alice Guszalewicz (September 21, 1879 – October 26, 1940) was a Hungarian dramatic soprano.
Biography.
Guszalewicz was born in Budapest, and in 1896, at the age of seventeen, married opera singer Eugen Guszalewicz. She studied with her husband and made her debut in 1903 at the Theater of Bern, in Swit... | her students, and she followed her mother into a career as an opera singer.
Alice Guszalewicz died at the age of 61 in Munich, Germany.
External links.
- Alice Guszalewicz article in German
- The Importance of Not Being Salome | 130,490 | zeroshot-train |
Alois Ander [SEP] voice type | Alois Ander
Alois Ander (also "Aloys"; 24 August 1821 – 11 December 1864) was a German operatic tenor, active in Vienna in the middle of the nineteenth century. In 1900, Carl Ferdinand Pohl called him "one of the most famous German tenor singers of recent times."
Career.
He was born Aloys Anderle at Libitz (now Libice ... | Een Ander Joods Geluid
Een Ander Joods Geluid (A Different Jewish Voice) (EAJG) is a Dutch-Jewish organisation founded in May 2001 to promote the public debate concerning Israel. It wants to break the perceived silence in the Dutch-Jewish community concerning the occupation of the Palestinian Territories by Israel, and... | 130,491 | zeroshot-train |
Alois Burgstaller [SEP] voice type | Alois Burgstaller
Alois Burgstaller (21 September 1872 – 19 April 1945) was a German operatic tenor.
Burgstaller was born in Holzkirchen. A trained watchmaker, he always loved to sing and his vocal talent was discovered during an amateur theatre performance in church. Alois was encouraged to sing professionally by Cosi... | Burgstaller
Burgstaller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alois Burgstaller (1871–1945), German-Austrian singer
- Gabi Burgstaller (born 1963), Austrian politician
- Peter Burgstaller (1964–2007), Austrian footballer
- Guido Burgstaller (born 1989), Austrian footballer | 130,492 | zeroshot-train |
Amalie Materna [SEP] voice type | Amalie Materna
Amalie Materna (born Amalia, later Amalie Friedrich-Materna) (10 July 1844 St. Georgen in der Steiermark – 18 January 1918 Vienna) was an Austrian operatic soprano. While possessing a famously powerful voice, Materna also maintained a youthful bright vocal timbre throughout her career which spanned three... | 's birth.
Sources.
- Elizabeth Forbes: "Amalie Materna", "Grove Music Online" ed. L. Macy (Accessed October 20, 2008), (subscription access)
- Bio at Great Singers of the Past
External links.
- Amalie Friedrich-Materna: North American Theatre Online | 130,493 | zeroshot-train |
Amanda Forsythe [SEP] voice type | Amanda Forsythe
Amanda Forsythe (born 1976) is an American light lyric soprano who is particularly admired for her interpretations of baroque music and the works of Rossini. Forsythe has received continued critical acclaim from many publications including "Opera News", "The New York Times", "The Wall Street Journal" an... | In the 2017-2018 season, Forsythe performed the role of Iole in Handel's "Hercules" with the Handel and Haydn Society.
External links.
- Official website of Amanda Forsythe | 130,494 | zeroshot-train |
Amaury Vassili [SEP] voice type | Amaury Vassili
Amaury Vassili (born 8 June 1989 in Rouen, Upper Normandy) is a French opera singer and professional tenor. His debut album "Vincerò" from 2009 went double platinum in France, and he has had international success with releases in Canada, South Africa and South Korea.
Biography.
Amaury Vassili, born Amaur... | Jean Renard, "Que je t’aime... la vie", Le Marque-pages, Paris, 2003.
In popular culture "Amaury Vassili chante Mike Brant" (album).
On 27 October 2014, the French singer Amaury Vassili released a tribute album to Mike Brant entitled "Amaury Vassili chante Mike Brant" (meaning Amaury Vassili sings Mike Brant). The albu... | 130,495 | zeroshot-train |
Amick Byram [SEP] voice type | Amick Byram
Amick Byram (born January 24, 1955) is an American tenor, a recording artist and two-time Grammy nominee.
A native of McLennan County, Texas, Byram is a well-known sessions artist in Los Angeles, California, having sung in over 100 films, including "The Prince of Egypt" (as Moses), "Shrek", "Aladdin", "Beau... | open sea bottom; the fire vanishes and the army gives chase, but the water closes over and drowns the Egyptian soldiers, sparing Rameses alone. Moses sadly bids farewell to his brother and leads the Hebrews to Mount Sinai, where he receives the Ten Commandments.
Cast.
- Val Kilmer as Moses, a Hebrew who was adopted by ... | 130,496 | zeroshot-train |
Ana James [SEP] voice type | Ana James
Ana James is a soprano born in Dunedin, New Zealand. She currently lives in London and works at the Royal Opera House. Ana James was the first recipient of the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Award, which supports young operatic artists at the start of their careers.
External links.
- Biography on IMG Artists | a popular performer in Santa Ana, California, where she lived after 1923, and where she directed a church choir.
Describing her voice, the "Santa Ana Register" said "Hers is an organ that defies absolute classificationas it is at will dramatic, lyrical, florid, brilliant, mellow, warm or cold. It possesses all the cha... | 130,497 | zeroshot-train |
Anastasia Robinson [SEP] voice type | Anastasia Robinson
Anastasia Robinson ( – April 1755), later known as Anastasia, Countess of Peterborough, was an English soprano, later contralto, of the Baroque era. She is best remembered for her association with the composer George Frideric Handel, in whose operas she sang.
Early life and initial career.
Robinson w... | "
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Critical reception.
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Andrew Staples [SEP] voice type | Andrew Staples
Andrew Staples is an English operatic tenor.
Education and training.
Staples started as a chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral and was accepted at Eton College under a musical scholarship.
Career.
With The Royal Opera, Staples has sung Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Narraboth in Salome and Artabenes in Arne’s A... | positive throughout it. The song continuously asks the question "Have you had your plus sign today?" The vocals are sung, but the bridge and extended portions are more of a spoken rap-type style that Prince had started to display as early as "All the Critics Love U in New York" in 1982. The song ends with sounds of wat... | 130,499 | zeroshot-train |
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