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Giovanni Polese [SEP] voice type
Giovanni Polese Giovanni Polese (1873 – January 1952) was an Italian operatic baritone who had an active international singing career from 1894-1928. He achieved the height of his success in the United States in the years 1908-1916 in the cities of Boston, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, and again from 1926-1928 i...
Melba, Lillian Nordica, Luisa Tetrazzini, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Giovanni Zenatello, Lina Cavalieri, Mary Garden, John McCormack, Lalla Miranda, Alessandro Bonci, Charles Dalmorès, Giovanni Polese, Maurice Renard, Alice Zeppilli, and Nicola Zerola. Many of them made their American debuts for Hammerstein. The reperto...
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Gisela Litz [SEP] voice type
Gisela Litz Gisela Litz (born December 14, 1922) is a German contralto. She sang frequently at the Bayreuth Festival. A recording is available of her singing as one of the Rhinemaidens in "Der Ring des Nibelungen" conducted by Clemens Krauss in 1953. She sang the part of "Widow Bigbeck" in the recording of the Brecht/W...
) - 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...
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Giulio Neri [SEP] voice type
Giulio Neri Giulio Neri (May 21, 1909, Torrita di Siena - April 21, 1958, Rome) was an Italian operatic bass, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. Neri studied first in Florence with Ferraresi, and completed his studies in Rome. He made his stage debut in 1935, at the Teatro delle Quattro Fontane in Rome...
. Her repertory also included; Agathe, Eva, Countess Almaviva, Micaela, Leonora, Maria, Amelia, Desdemona, Maddalena, Tosca, Adriana, Francesca, etc. She can be heard on record as Margherita in Boito's "Mefistofele", opposite Ferruccio Tagliavini and Giulio Neri, and in two recitals of arias, which reveal a singer with...
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Giuseppe Maria Boschi [SEP] voice type
Giuseppe Maria Boschi Giuseppe Maria Boschi (born Viterbo[?]; "fl" 1698–1744) was an Italian bass singer – though in modern terms a baritone – of the 18th century. He is best remembered for his association with the composer George Frideric Handel, whom he worked for in both Italy and London. During the first decade of ...
) - Francesco Latoni (12 May 1879 – 7 Jul 1880 Died) - Ignazio Bartoli (20 Aug 1880 – 17 Oct 1895 Died) - Giulio Boschi (29 Nov 1895 – 19 Apr 1900 Appointed Archbishop of Ferrara) - Tito Maria Cucchi (19 Apr 1900 – 8 Sep 1938 Died) - Umberto Ravetta (14 Nov 1938 – 20 Jan 1965 Died) - Odo Fusi Pecci (15 Jul 1971 – 21 Ja...
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Giusto Fernando Tenducci [SEP] voice type
Giusto Fernando Tenducci Giusto Fernando Tenducci, sometimes called "il Senesino" (ca. 1736 – 25 January 1790), was a soprano (castrato) opera singer and composer, who passed his career partly in Italy but chiefly in Britain. Biography. Born in Siena in about 1736, Tenducci became a castrato, and he was trained at the ...
Angels hear! Celestial Choirs," so they dropped it completely) Music by sections. Music by sections Voice parts and instrumentation. In some performances, the parts of Ozias and Holofernes were sung an octave higher by the castrato, Giusto Fernando Tenducci. The Instrumentation in Judith consists of two flutes, two fre...
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Gustav Hölzel [SEP] voice type
Gustav Hölzel Gustav Hölzel (2 September 1813 – 3 December 1883) was an Austro-Hungarian bass-baritone and composer who sang in the opera-houses of Austria, Germany and elsewhere for nearly fifty years. He is principally remembered as the first Beckmesser in Richard Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". Early life...
mother Elisabeth Hölzel (née Umlauf) was an operatic contralto, daughter of composer Ignaz Umlauf, and sister of composer Michael Umlauf. At the age of sixteen, Gustav made his operatic debut in Sopron, and his career continued in Graz (1830–1832), the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna (1833–1837), and the Königstädt...
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Gustave Huberdeau [SEP] voice type
Gustave Huberdeau Gustave Huberdeau (10 May 1874 – 31 May 1945) was a French operatic bass-baritone who had a prolific career in Europe and the United States during the first quarter of the twentieth century. He sang a wide repertoire encompassing material from French composers like Gounod and Massenet to the Italian g...
With the outbreak of World War II, Huberdeau's acting career ended. He died in Paris in 1945. Recordings. Huberdeau was among the first generation of musicians to be recorded. He recorded only a few arias around 1910 on Edison cylinder. His recordings show a sturdy voice that is somewhat dry in quality given the limite...
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Günter Reich [SEP] voice type
Günter Reich Günter Reich (22 November 1921 – 15 January 1989), also spelled Günther Reich and Gunther Reich, was an Israeli baritone of German birth. He was a member of the Staatsoper Stuttgart for more than 20 years and is known for interpreting the works of Arnold Schoenberg in collaboration with Michael Gielen and ...
1084-1098 and T. 1102-1109) Recordings. - 1954: Hans Herbert Fiedler, Helmut Krebs, NWDR Chor, Sinfonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg) conducted by Hans Rosbaud - 1966: Josef Greindl, Helmut Melchert, Städtische Oper Berlin conducted by Hermann Scherchen - 1973: Günter Reich, Louis Devos, Chor und S...
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Helge Nissen [SEP] voice type
Helge Nissen Helge Nissen (5 September 1871 in Rydhave ved Holstebro – 5 October 1926 in Copenhagen) was a Danish operatic bass-baritone, conductor, voice teacher, and film actor who was associated with the Royal Danish Theatre from 1897 until his death in 1926. He notably created roles in the world premieres of two op...
, who belonged to the Danish "Uradel" and was descended from families such as Bille, Reventlow, Gyldenstierne, Rosenkrantz, Brahe, Rantzau and Walkendorff. Members of the family settled in Norway in the 18th century. The family today survives in Denmark, Norway, Germany and other countries. The noble branch is extinct ...
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Hermine Kittel [SEP] voice type
Hermine Kittel Hermine Kittel (December 2, 1879 – April 7, 1948) was an Austrian contralto from Vienna. She studied singing with Amalie Materna in Vienna. She made her operatic debut in 1897 in Ljubljana. Kittle first sang under Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Hofoper (Vienna State Opera) and later premiered in a revision ...
Zawadowska-Kittel - Emmy Kittel (1878–1930), Czech operatic soprano - Eugen Kittel (1859–1946), German engineer - Ferdinand Kittel (1832–1903), German priest, missionary and indologist - August Wilson (1945–2005) (born "Frederick August Kittel"), American playwright - Heinrich Kittel (1892–1969), German officer - (1902...
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Herta Glaz [SEP] voice type
Herta Glaz Herta Glaz (also spelled Hertha; September 16, 1910 in Vienna – January 28, 2006 in Hamden, Connecticut) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher, and opera director of Austrian birth. She became a United States citizen in 1943. She was a fixture at the Metropolitan Opera between 1942-1956 where...
Hertha (given name) Hertha is a feminine given name which may refer to: - Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923), British engineer, mathematician, physicist and inventor - Hertha Feiler (1916–1970), Austrian actress - Hertha Feist (1896–1990), German expressionist dancer and choreographer - Hertha or Herta Glaz (1910–2006), Austria...
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Hildegard Behrens [SEP] voice type
Hildegard Behrens Hildegard Behrens (9 February 1937 – 18 August 2009) was a German soprano with a wide repertoire including Wagner, Weber, Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg roles. Biography. Behrens was born in Varel, Germany in 1937 and was graduated from the University of Freiburg as a junior barrister before ...
Behrens Behrens is a surname of Germanic origin. Notable people with the surname include: - Alice Behrens, British Girl Guide - Betty Behrens, British historian - Hanne Behrens (born 1950), Danish goldsmith - Heidi Behrens-Benedict, American politician - Herbert Behrens (born c. 1929), American tennis player - Hildegar...
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Hina Spani [SEP] voice type
Hina Spani Hina Spani (15 February 189611 July 1969) was an Argentine soprano. Her real name was Higinia Tuñón and she enjoyed a major opera career centred on Italy during the 1920s and 1930s. Overview. Spani was born in Puán, Province of Buenos Aires, an old town located in the pampas of Argentina. When it was discove...
Spani Spani may refer to: - Spani family - Pjetër Spani (disambiguation) - Gary Spani - Hina Spani
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Ian Bostridge [SEP] voice type
Ian Bostridge Ian Charles Bostridge CBE (born 25 December 1964) is an English tenor, well known for his performances as an opera and lieder singer. Early life and education. Bostridge was born in London, the son of Leslie Bostridge and Lillian (née Clark). His father was a chartered surveyor. Bostridge is the great-gra...
(Virgin Classics, 2002) - "The English Songbook" with Ian Bostridge (EMI Classics, 2002) - "Sibelius: Songs" with Katarina Karnéus (Hyperion, 2002) - "Ivor Gurney: Seaven Meadows" with Paul Agnew (Hyperion, 2001) - "Schubert: Lieder volume II" with Ian Bostridge (EMI Classics, 2001) - "Henze: Songs" with Ian Bostridge ...
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Igor Durlovski [SEP] voice type
Igor Durlovski Igor Durlovski (, born 26 March 1977 in Bitola), is a Macedonian bass opera singer. Life and career. Durlovski was born in Bitola, Macedonia, in 1977. He graduated from the Faculty of Music at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. He made his debut in 1999 and from 2000 to 2002 sang with the Mace...
Firfov, Trajko Prokopiev, Stefan Gajdov, Todor Skalovski, Petre Bogdanov Kocko, Vlastimir Nikolovski, Blagoja Ivanovski, Tomislav Zografski, Toma Prosev and Mihajlo Nikolovski. One of the most prominent music artists in this period are the opera singers Danka Firfova, Pavlina Apostolova, Georgi Bozikov and Zina Krelja,...
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Ilse Hollweg [SEP] voice type
Ilse Hollweg Ilse Hollweg (23 February 1922 – 9 February 1990) was a German operatic coloratura soprano. A member of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, she appeared at major European opera houses and festivals including the Bayreuth Festival and the Glyndebourne Festival. Career. Born in Solingen, Hollweg studied voice at the...
Paris, has been regarded as one of her best achievements. After retiring from the stage, she was a voice teacher at the Musikhochschule Köln. One of her students was Ilse Hollweg. Literature. - : "Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert." Verlag von Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 267f. Extern...
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Inez Fabbri [SEP] voice type
Inez Fabbri Inez Fabbri (26 January 1831 – 30 August 1909), "née" Agnes Schmidt, was an Austrian American soprano, voice teacher and impresaria. She sang in Austria, Germany, England, South America and the Caribbean, making her home in San Francisco where, in the 1870s, she was the most important musical personality an...
), Uruguayan writer - Edmondo Fabbri (1921–1995), Italian footballer and coach - Fabio Fabbri (born 1933), Italian minister of defence, 1993–4 - Franco Fabbri (born 1949), Brazilian-born Italian musician, musicologist and broadcaster - Inez Fabbri (1831-1909), Austro-American opera singer and impresaria - Leonardo Fabb...
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Ira Malaniuk [SEP] voice type
Ira Malaniuk Ira Malaniuk (; "Iryna Malanyuk"; 29 January 1919 – 25 February 2009) was an Austrian operatic contralto of Ukrainian descent, who sang a wide range of roles from Mozart to contemporary works. Life. Malaniuk was born in Stanyslaviv. She studied first in Lviv with Adam Didur, and later in Vienna with Anna B...
– Christel Goltz, Hans Hopf, Ira Malaniuk, Josef Metternich, Wilhelm Schirp – Cologne Radio Chorus and Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay – Cantus Classics (sung in German) - 1955 – Mozart – "La clemenza di Tito" – Nicolai Gedda, Hilde Zadek, Ilse Wallerstein, Ira Malaniuk, Peter Offermanns, Gerhard Groschel – Cologne Radio Cho...
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Irma Reichová [SEP] voice type
Irma Reichová Irma Reichová (14 March 1859 – 5 June 1930) was a Czech operatic soprano who had an active career appearing in European opera houses during the latter half of the nineteenth century. A dramatic soprano, she was admired for both her musical and acting talent. She is best remembered for appearing in the wor...
- Jana Preissová R. - Irma Reichová - Zora Rozsypalová - Helena Růžičková - Linda Rybová S. - Libuše Šafránková - Olga Scheinpflugová - Olga Schoberová - Jiřina Šejbalová - Alena Šeredová - Lola Skrbková - Růžena Šlemrová - Petra Špalková - Jiřina Steimarová - Jiřina Štěpničková - Jarmila Šuláková - Jana Švandová - Jiř...
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Jaklin Çarkçı [SEP] voice type
Jaklin Çarkçı Jaklin Çarkçı (, born 1958) is a mezzo-soprano of the Istanbul State Opera in Turkey. Life. Born in Istanbul, Turkey to a family of Armenian descent, Jaklin was introduced to opera at an early age by her father, Jirayr Çarkçı, who was one of the first soloists of the Istanbul State Opera theater. She is a...
managers such as Robert Wagner, Roberto Benzi, Lucas Caritions, Letizia Cavani, Giancarlo del Monaco. She has also worked with sopranos such as Leyla Gencer and was taught by Carlo Bergonzi and Giacomo Aragall. In 2005 in Foggia, Italy, she won the first place in the Umberto Giordano Singing Contest. Çarkçı also won fi...
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James Campbell McInnes [SEP] voice type
James Campbell McInnes James Campbell McInnes (23 January 1874 – 8 February 1945) was a well-known English baritone singer and teacher at the turn of the 20th century, ex-husband of author Angela Thirkell and father of writer Colin MacInnes. Early life. He was born to parents Archibald McInnes and Mary Gallagher on 23 ...
Neither Colin nor Graham McInnes had any contact with their father when they were growing up. However, in 1934, Graham began a search for him and travelled along with Colin to meet him in Canada. Graham described this in a book, published in 1967 called "Finding A Father", where he writes of the search for his father. ...
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James Oldfield [SEP] voice type
James Oldfield James Oldfield (born in October 1981 in Ipswich, UK) is an English bass-baritone. In 2008 he was awarded a Sybil Tutton Award from the Musicians Benevolent Fund, and in 2010 he was given the Leonard Ingrams Award from Garsington Opera. Biography. James Oldfield was a chorister at Leicester Cathedral whil...
Sam Dexter - Richard Huggett - Cassie Barsby - Kimberley Joseph - David - Nick Barsby - Andrew McKaige - Chris Quinn - Scott Michaelson - Craig Ritchie - Eric Oldfield - Patrick Worthing - Doug Penty - Sean Hayden - Ingo Rademacher - Harry Tait - Jaason Simmons - Alex Harding - Emma Skinner - Vanessa Campbell - Melissa...
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Jane Bathori [SEP] voice type
Jane Bathori Jane Bathori (born Jeanne-Marie Berthier, June 14, 1877 – January 25, 1970) was a French mezzo-soprano. She was famous on the operatic stage and important in the development of contemporary French music. Life and career. Bathori originally studied piano and planned a career as concert pianist but soon turn...
by Louis-Jacques Rondeleux and Odette Pigault for Radio France (program presented by Jane Bathori). Recording in 1989 for "RTV Slovenija" by Samo Vremšak and Leon Engelman. Evocations for Horn in F and Piano (1963) 9' EMT 1971 Premiere in 1966 for "RTV Slovenija" by Jože Falout and Aci Bertoncelj. Song (1964 – revisi...
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Jane Berbié [SEP] voice type
Jane Berbié Jane Berbié (born 6 May 1931) is a French mezzo-soprano particularly associated with Mozart and Rossini roles. Life and career. Berbié was born Jeanne Bergougne, in Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Haute-Garonne, France, and as a child was entered in various local singing competitions, winning a case of champagne...
and José Van Dam. - "Werther", with Alfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, and Matteo Manuguerra. Offenbach - "La belle Hélène", with Jessye Norman, John Aler, Charles Burles, Jean-Philippe Lafont and Gabriel Bacquier. - "Orphée aux enfers", with Mady Mesplé, Jane Rhodes, Jane Berbié, Charles Burles and Michel Sénéchal. - "L...
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Janet Coster [SEP] voice type
Janet Coster Janet Coster is an English operatic mezzo-soprano. Born in London, the daughter of a London Transport employee, Coster studied at the Guildhall School of Music and privately with Eva Turner. In the 1960s she undertook a number of roles at Covent Garden including the boy in the 1966 production of Modest Mus...
that the basic idea of the movable type came to Gutenberg from Laurens Janszoon Coster via Fust, who was apprenticed to Coster in the 1430s and may have brought some of his equipment from Haarlem to Mainz. While Coster appears to have experimented with moulds and castable metal type, there is no evidence that he had ac...
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Janice Felty [SEP] voice type
Janice Felty Janice Felty is an American operatic mezzo-soprano. She is known for her interpretations of contemporary composers like John Adams, Philip Glass, John Harbison, and Judith Weir. In 1987, Felta played the title role in the Handel oratorio "Athalia" at the Boston Symphony Hall with conductor Christopher Hogw...
. - "Collage New Music Performs Donald Sur". Label: Albany Records (2009) - Harbison: "Mottetti Di Montale" – David Hoose, conductor; Janice Felty & Margaret Lattimore; Collage New Music. Label: Koch International Classics (2005) - "Joan Tower" (Track 5: "Noon Dance" performed by Collage New Music). Label: Composers Re...
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Jean-Alexandre Talazac [SEP] voice type
Jean-Alexandre Talazac Jean-Alexandre Talazac (May 6, 1851 – December 26, 1896), was a French operatic tenor, particularly associated with the French repertory. Talazac was born in Bordeaux. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, and made his debut in 1877 at the Théâtre Lyrique. In 1878, he made his debut at the Op...
the Hamburg State Opera in 1882, the opera was not seen again until it was performed for the first time in France at the Théâtre des Arts in Rouen on 3 March 1890 with Carlotta Bossi as Dalila and Jean-Alexandre Talazac as Samson. The opera received its Paris premiere at the Éden-Théâtre on 31 October 1890 with Rosine ...
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Jessica Rivera [SEP] voice type
Jessica Rivera Jessica Rivera (born 1974) is an American soprano of Peruvian-American ancestry. She is a 1996 graduate of Pepperdine University, and earned her Master of Music degree in 1998 from the University of Southern California's Flora L. Thornton School of Music. Rivera's early work included singing in the choru...
(U.S. season 3)" Contestant Joselyn Rivera. In addition to Joselyn Rivera, Bythwood has worked with American Idol (season 11) Finalist/Runner-up Jessica Sanchez, NBC “The Voice (U.S. season 4) standout performer Monique Abaddie, and American Idol (season 11) Contestant Deneco Pittman (Neco Starr) and last season's cont...
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Joan Carden [SEP] voice type
Joan Carden Joan Carden AO OBE (born 9 October 1937) is an Australian operatic soprano. She has been described as "a worthy successor to Dame Nellie Melba and Dame Joan Sutherland" and was sometimes known as "the other Joan" (a reference to Sutherland and Dame Joan Hammond) or "The People's Diva". She was a Principal S...
Bush on his Australian visit. In 2001, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. That year she was awarded the Australian Government's Centenary Medal. On 15 April 2004 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Australian Catholic University. In 2005, the Joan Car...
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Johan Reuter [SEP] voice type
Johan Reuter Johan Reuter (born 1969) is a Danish baritone and opera singer. Life and work. Reuter was born in Copenhagen. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and at the Royal Danish Opera Academy. He has been a member of the ensemble at the Royal Danish Opera since 1996. His principal appearances at the Ro...
speech. The opera lasts about 140 minutes. The opera was revived at the Royal Opera House for five performances in early 2013, featuring most of the original cast, most notably Christine Rice, John Tomlinson, Andrew Watts and Johan Reuter. Roles. Birtwistle wrote the title role for John Tomlinson's voice. Tomlinson als...
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Johanna Meier [SEP] voice type
Johanna Meier Johanna Meier (born February 13, 1938) is an American operatic soprano. She has been described as "one of the foremost Wagnerian sopranos of her era". She had an international career, including fourteen years at the Metropolitan Opera and three summers singing the role of Isolde in Wagner's "Tristan und I...
, Meier was awarded the National Opera Association's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2008, Miss Meier's book, "The Black Hills Passion Play", was published by Arcadia Publishing. Commercial discography. - Weisgall: "The Stronger" (Weisgall, p. 1972) CRI Commercial videography. - Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde" (Kollo; Bare...
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John Charles Thomas [SEP] voice type
John Charles Thomas John Charles Thomas (September 6, 1891December 13, 1960) was an American opera, operetta and concert baritone. Biography. John Charles Thomas was born on September 6, 1891 in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. He was the son of a Methodist minister of Welsh descent while his mother, of German immigrant stock...
20 Sep – Bob Hope - 27 Sep – Sam Rayburn - 4 Oct – Mark W. Clark - 11 Oct – Heinrich Himmler - 18 Oct – Francisco Franco - 25 Oct – Vyacheslav Molotov - 1 Nov – Thomas E. Dewey - 8 Nov – Mineichi Koga - 15 Nov – John J. Pershing - 22 Nov – Donald W. Douglas - 29 Nov – Franklin D. Roosevelt - 6 Dec – Claire L. Chennault...
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Jolana Fogašová [SEP] voice type
Jolana Fogašová Jolana Fogašová is a Slovak opera singer with the voice type of soprano. Fogašová studied classical singing at the Conservatoire in Bratislava (1986–90) and at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts under the guidance of Professor V. Stracenska (1990–94), where she also completed her doctorate in 2009. ...
Philharmonic - "Lullabies", a chamber arrangement of famous lullabies, - "Euryanthe" by Weber, under the baton of G. Korsten. Sources. - Slovak National Theatre, Jolana Fogašová, "Korzár", June 12, 2007 - Tomáschová, Andrea, Jolana Fogašová: Za všetko krásne musí človek platiť - Dvořáková, Helena, Fogašová: Opera otvár...
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Josef Traxel [SEP] voice type
Josef Traxel Josef Traxel (29 September 1916 in Mainz – 8 October 1975 in Stuttgart) was a German operatic tenor, particularly associated with Mozart roles and the German repertory. He studied at the Darmstadt Conservatory, but was conscripted into the army before beginning his career. However, he was able to make his ...
, conducted by Hans Grischkat. He sang the bass part in Bach's "St Matthew Passion" in a live recording conducted by at the Salle Pleyel, with Josef Traxel as the Evangelist and Helmut Fehn as the "vox Christi". From 1969, Wenk was professor of voice at the . He died in Lohmar. External links. - Erich Wenk BAM (Bibliot...
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José Carlos Xavier [SEP] voice type
José Carlos Xavier José Carlos Xavier is a Portuguese operatic tenor. Biography. A scholarship of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, he graduated "cum laude" from the Liceo Musicale "G. B. Viotti", in Vercelli, Italy, where he took up residence. Career. Xavier made his debut at the São Carlos National Theatre, Portuga...
Dec. Fr. Joaquim José, Ag. P. Vic. Nagapattinam - 1891 Feb. Fr. Guilherme José Dias - 1892 Dec. Fr. Joaquim José Luís, Ag. P. Vic. Nagapattinam - 1893 Mar. Fr. Martinho Valeriano de Sá - 1899 Sep. Fr. Joaquim Francisco da Piedade Dias - 1900 Aug. Fr. Camilo Fernandes - 1910 Jun. to 1942 Fr. Sebastião Xavier de Noronha ...
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Juan Luria [SEP] voice type
Juan Luria Juan Luria (20 December 1862 – 21 May 1943) was a Polish-Jewish operatic baritone. Born as Johannes Lorié, he studied with Joseph Gänsbacher in Vienna. He performed with the Stuttgart Opera (then the Stuttgart Hofheater) in 1885, then at NYC's Metropolitan Opera in the 1890–91 season. While in New York, he s...
- †"Lucina pensylvanica" - "Lucinisca" - †"Lucinisca calhounensis" - †"Lucinisca cribarius" - †"Lucinisca cribrarius" - †"Lucinisca nassula" - †"Lucinisca plesiolophus" - †"Lucinisca silicatus" - "Lucinoma" - †"Lucinoma contractus" - †"Lucinoma crenulata" - "Luidia" - "Lunulites" - †"Lunulites distans" - "Luria" - †"Lu...
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Ján Koehler [SEP] voice type
Ján Koehler Ján Koehler (died 28 June 1895) was a Polish operatic baritone. Born in Lviv, he studied singing in his native city and in Vienna. He made his professional debut in Lviv in 1845 as Raimunds in Conradin Kreutzer's "Der Verschwender". From 1857–1872 he was a leading artist at the Teatr Wielki, Warsaw where he...
Skalpel (nu jazz) Opera. - Irene Abendroth (1871–1932) - Piotr Beczała (1966–) - Ewa Biegas (1977–) - Grażyna Brodzińska (1951–) - Anna Cymmerman - Wojtek Drabowicz (1966–2007) - Ján Koehler (–1895) - Adolf Kozieradski (1835–1901) - Mariusz Kwiecień (1972–) - Bernard Ładysz (1922–) - Maria Mitrosz (1970–) - Aleksander ...
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Karan Armstrong [SEP] voice type
Karan Armstrong Karan Armstrong (born December 14, 1941, Havre, Montana) is an American operatic soprano, who is celebrated as a singing-actress. Biography. Originally trained as a pianist, Armstrong graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from Concordia College in 1963. She later studied with Lotte Lehmann in Santa ...
. He participated in the first recording of the Berio's "Un re in ascolto" (with Karan Armstrong, conducted by Lorin Maazel, 1984). His non-operatic recordings include the Raphael in Haydn's "Die Schöpfung", Bach's "Christmas Oratorio", and the Mozart Requiem. He was a regular soloist with the Münchener Bach-Chor condu...
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Karl Scully [SEP] voice type
Karl Scully Karl Scully (born June 10, 1978 in Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish opera tenor. Education. Karl Scully is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and was a recipient of the Liberace Scholarship and the Mae Zenke Orvis Endowed Opera Scholarship. Career. He kick-started his career in 2000 when he played th...
into the woods to be alone and Kevin (Angelo Vacco), her boyfriend, gives chase. However, he is attacked and his heart is removed. Meanwhile, the writer intensely transcribes the event on his typewriter. The next day, Mulder and Scully discuss this latest incident via phone. An unmarked envelope is discovered by Scully...
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Katherine Ciesinski [SEP] voice type
Katherine Ciesinski Katherine Ciesinski (born October 13, 1950) is an American mezzo-soprano, stage director, and voice professor. Ciesinski was born to Delaware Sports Hall of Famer Roman Ciesinski and Katherine Hansen Ciesinski. She is the sister of opera singer Kristine Ciesinski (1952-2018). Her early studies in pi...
Vocal Ensemble - 1979 Voice Jean Christian - 1978 Voice Margareta Haverinen - 1977 Viola AnaBela Chaves - 1977 Voice Kristine Ciesinski - 1977 Oboe Jean-Christophe Gayot - 1976 Voice Katherine Ciesinski - 1976 Piano Tatiana Chebanova - 1975 Guitar Dusan Bogdanovic - 1974 Voice Gary Kendall - 1974 Harp Olga Ortenberg - ...
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Kathryn Meisle [SEP] voice type
Kathryn Meisle Kathryn Meisle (October 14, 1899—January 17, 1970) was an American operatic contralto. Kathryn Meisle was born in Philadelphia. Her grandfather, Matthew Müssle, originally from Baden-Baden, Germany, settled in Philadelphia in 1848. After naturalization in 1856 he changed his surname to Meisle. As a child...
recording of Jerome Kern's Roberta. Her New York Times obituary stated that she had taught voice "in recent years." Meisle died in New York City on January 17, 1970. She was survived by her brother Layton Meisle (1904-1989). External links. - Kathryn Meisle scrapbooks in the Music Division of the New York Public Librar...
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Kennerley Rumford [SEP] voice type
Kennerley Rumford Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford (2 September 1870 – 9 March 1957) was an English baritone singer of the 20th century. He was first known for his performances of Oratorio, but following his marriage to the well-known contralto singer Clara Butt, he toured with her throughout the English-speaking world s...
London, England in 1870 the son of Joseph Kennerley Rumford who was related to Count Rumford the celebrated scientist. He was educated at King's School Canterbury and also in Frankfurt and Paris. He studied singing in Paris under Giovanni Sbriglia (in 1894) and Jacques Bouhy, and in London under George Henschel. He als...
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Kevin Burdette [SEP] voice type
Kevin Burdette Kevin Burdette is an American bass who has worked as a soloist with the Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, Dallas Opera, San Diego Opera, Washington National Opera, New York City Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Boston Lyric Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Philadelphia, and the Sp...
also featured guitarist Kevin Burdette instead of original Madness guitarist Chris Foreman who had left the group in mid-2005. Foreman re-joined Madness later in 2007 and can be heard on the 2008 release. The B-side for the German release was a new recording of ""It Must Be Love"". Two promo videos were made for ""NW5"...
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Konstantinos Paliatsaras [SEP] voice type
Konstantinos Paliatsaras Konstantinos Paliatsaras is a Greek operatic tenor. Early life and education. Born in Athens, Greece, Paliatsaras was attracted to Opera immediately after hearing Maria Callas at the age of 7. He was taught at the National Concervatoire in Athens by Professor Maggie Karatza and at the Royal Aca...
Protomastoras - Sissilianos: I Fotia - Theodorakis: Kostas Karyotakis - Nezeritis: Psalmi tou David - Lena Platonos and Dimitris Marangopoulos: Asterinos and Chrissomaloussa - Sakellaridis: O Vaftistikos References. - The Athens Singers Acis & Galatea - Discography - Επίτομη ιστορία του Ελληνικού μελοδράματος και της Ε...
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Korliss Uecker [SEP] voice type
Korliss Uecker Korliss Uecker is an American operatic soprano from Hettinger, North Dakota. With a Masters of Music from the Juilliard School, she performed over 100 times at the Metropolitan Opera singing roles such as Susanna in "Le nozze di Figaro" and Papagena in "The Magic Flute". She has also appeared with Washin...
chansons, cabaret, jazz and American musical theatre. Early life. Korliss Uecker was born and raised in Hettinger, North Dakota. Her father Charles was a veterinarian and her mother Edna, a housewife and writer. She grew up with two siblings, Jonathan and Sherida. Uecker studied singing in high school and then studied ...
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Kurt Streit [SEP] voice type
Kurt Streit Kurt Streit (born 14 October 1959 in Itazuke, Fukuoka, Japan) is an Austrian-American tenor who performs in operas. Education. Kurt Streit studied at the University of New Mexico with Marilyn Tyler. Career. Streit started his career at American opera houses such as San Francisco, Santa Fe, Dallas, the Texas...
was nominated for a Grammy award for his recording of Brahms' Liebeslieder-Walzer. Streit is considered a Mozart specialist and has performed in 23 different productions of Mozart's Zauberflöte and 7 different productions of Mozart's Idomeneo, just to name a few of his many international appearances in Mozart operas. H...
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Laura Pavlović [SEP] voice type
Laura Pavlović Laura Pavlović (born in Skopje, Macedonia), is a lyric and spinto soprano opera singer, and a soloist with the Serbian National Theatre Opera in Novi Sad. She completed the Isidor Bajić Music School in Novi Sad, and graduated from the Academy Of Arts, University of Novi Sad, where she was under the tuiti...
Cio Cio San" ("Madame Butterfly") - "Lucy" ("The Telephone") - "Djula" (Ero the Joker) - "Micaela" ("Carmen") - "Old Cat" ("Puss in Boots"). External links. - Laura Pavlović as Đula in opera Ero s onoga svijeta SNP, Novi Sad - Laura Pavlovic as Đula in opera Ero s onoga svijeta SNP, Novi Sad - Laura Pavlović as Old Pus...
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Leone Giraldoni [SEP] voice type
Leone Giraldoni Leone Giraldoni (born 4 July 1824, Paris – died 19 September 1897, Moscow) was a celebrated Italian operatic baritone. He created the title roles of Gaetano Donizetti's "Il duca d'Alba" (1882) and Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" (1857) as well as the role of Renato in Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera" (1859). G...
Giraldoni Giraldoni is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Eugenio Giraldoni (1871–1924), Italian opera singer - Leone Giraldoni (c.1820 – 1897), Italian opera singer
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Levi Stubbs [SEP] voice type
Levi Stubbs Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, June 6, 1936 – October 17, 2008) was an American baritone singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group the Four Tops, who released a variety of Motown hit records during the 1960s and 1970s. He has been noted for his powerful, emotional, dramatic style of singing...
producing trio of Holland-Dozier-Holland". War band member Lonnie Jordan later told Billboard.com he felt "blessed" to meet Stubbs, and thought that the Four Tops singer's "voice was so good he was just, like, from another planet." Personal life. Levi Stubbs and his wife Clineice were married (for 48 years) from 1960 u...
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León de Castillo [SEP] voice type
León de Castillo Christian Kostal León de Castillo (born 7 September 1985) is an Austrian-Mexican tenor, conceptual artist, musicologist and artistic director. Biography and career. León de Castillo was born in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, the son of a Mexican mother and an Austrian father. Several generations of his fathe...
- Andrés García de Zurita (4 Apr 1650 – 2 Aug 1652 Died) - Diego del Castillo y Arteaga (9 Mar 1654 – 25 Feb 1658 Confirmed, Bishop of Badajoz) - Francisco de Godoy (1 Sep 1659 – Dec 1659 Died) - Juan de la Calle y Heredia, O. de M. (5 Sep 1661 – 1 Oct 1674 Appointed, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa) - Alvarus d...
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Libuše Domanínská [SEP] voice type
Libuše Domanínská Libuše Domanínská (née "Klobásková", married "Vyčichlová"; born 4 July 1924, Brno) is a Czech classical soprano who had an active career in concerts and operas from the 1940s through the 1970s. She was a leading member of the Brno National Theatre and later the Prague National Theatre. Sources. - Němc...
actress - Libuše Bokrová, Czech actress - Libuše Čiháková, Czech publicist - Libuše Domanínská, Czech opera singer - Libuše Freslová, Czech actress - Libuše Geprtová, Czech actress - Libuše Havelková, Czech actress - Libuše Jarcovjáková, Czech photographer - Libuše Jiskrová, Czech actress - Libuše Komancová, Czech actr...
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Lina Abarbanell [SEP] voice type
Lina Abarbanell Lina Abarbanell (January 3, 1879 – January 6, 1963) was a German-American soprano singer who performed in grand and light opera and musical comedy. She made her debut at sixteen at the Neues Theatre, Berlin and was first introduced to American theatergoers in 1905 as the soubrette in the Josef Strauss o...
on Broadway productions for nearly the remainder of her life. Abarbanell's only known film credit was as a casting consultant on the 1954 musical "Carmen Jones". Death. Abarbanell died after a short illness on January 6, 1963, at Montefiore Hospital, in the Bronx, New York. External links. - Lina Abarbanell papers, 188...
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Lina Bruna Rasa [SEP] voice type
Lina Bruna Rasa Lina Bruna Rasa (24 September 1907 – October 1984) was an Italian operatic soprano. She was particularly noted for her performances in the verismo repertoire and was a favourite of Pietro Mascagni who considered her the ideal Santuzza. Bruna Rasa created the roles of Atte in Mascagni's "Nerone", Cecilia...
, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press. p. 409. - Salgado, Susana (2003) "The Teatro Solís: 150 Years of Opera, Concert, and Ballet in Montevideo", Wesleyan University Press. External links. - 1934 photograph taken after the first reading of "Nerone" showing Mascagni with the premiere cast members, Margherita Carosio, ...
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Louis Musy [SEP] voice type
Louis Musy Louis Musy (22 October 1902, Algeria – 19 October 1981) was a French operatic baritone and stage director principally active at the Paris Opéra-Comique. His teacher was Léon David.Kutsch KJ, Riemens L. "Großes Sängerlexikon". Francke, Bern & Stuttgart, 1987./ref He made his debut in "Le Chemineau" by Leroux ...
Cataldo (voice: Fabrizio Pucci) - Tomás Valík as Ivaldo (voice: Riccardo Onorato) - Mario Adorf as King (voice: Gianni Musy) - Lenca Kubálková as Bolt (voice: Rossella Acerbo) - Jakub Zdeněk as Lightning (voice: Laura Lenghi) - Katarina Kolajova as the White Witch (voice: Elettra Bisetti) - Karel Roden as Goldeye - Ann...
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Lucia Popp [SEP] voice type
Lucia Popp Lucia Popp (born Luzia Poppová; 12 November 193916 November 1993) was a Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette soprano, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her career included performances a...
admirable in its firmness and body throughout the range ... Thomas Allen ... sings the Count with plenty of amorous honey in the voice ... I personally have never heard, in the opera house, a Countess to match [Kiri te Kanawa]. Lucia Popp [is] a delicious Susanna. Von Stade's Cherubino completes the delectable trio. Th...
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Lucien Muratore [SEP] voice type
Lucien Muratore Lucien Muratore (29 August 1876 – 16 July 1954 in Paris) was a French actor and operatic tenor, particularly associated with the French repertory. Life and career. Lucien Muratore was born Marseille to Italian parents from Piedmont. He trained first as a cornist, and later as an actor. He made his debut...
The Faceless Voice The Faceless Voice (French: La voix sans visage) is a 1933 French drama film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Lucien Muratore, Véra Korène and Jean Servais. Cast. - Lucien Muratore as Pierre Saltore - Véra Korène as Estelle - Jean Servais as Gérard - Simone Bourday as Jeanne - Georges Flamant as ...
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Lucy Kelston [SEP] voice type
Lucy Kelston Lucy Kelston (December 23, 1923 - April 28, 2010) was an American operatic soprano, primarily active in Italy during the 1950s. Born in New York City, she studied at New York College of Music with Giuseppe de Luca and Samuel Margolis, and made her stage debut in 1947, as "Madama Butterfly". Noticed and hel...
He taught young aspiring singers, some of whom, such as Robert Moulson and Lucy Kelston, went on to have successful singing careers. President Jimmy Carter bestowed upon him a Presidential Citation in 1979 that praised him for his lengthy teaching career. He continued to give voice lessons up through 1981. He died in E...
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Ludmila Vernerová [SEP] voice type
Ludmila Vernerová Ludmila Vernerová (born 1962) is a Czech operatic soprano and the niece of oboist Pavel Verner. After graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, she was a regular performer at the Prague Chamber Opera in the mid 1980s. In 1987 she joined the Prague National Theatre where she performed f...
, Marta Beňačková, Štefan Margita, Peter Mikuláš, Ivan Kusnjer, Ludmila Nováková-Vernerová, Martina Straková, Věra Přibylová, Lubomír Moravec, Richard Sporka, Lenka Kučerová, Vladimír Nacházel, Eva Zbytovská; Prague Chamber Choir, Chorus Masters Josef Pančík; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht, conductor (live...
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Luigi Piazza [SEP] voice type
Luigi Piazza Luigi Piazza (1884 – 22 March 1967), was an Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially the role of Rigoletto. Piazza was born in Bologna, where he studied at the Bologna Conservatory with Alberoni. He made his stage debut there in 1908, as Enrico in "Lucia di ...
. - Luigi Caglio, newspaper: Corriere del Ticino (Sep 15, 1981) "Quasi ultimato a Pazzallo il Museo Mario Bernasconi" book: "Mario Bernasconi scultore" section: "Ricordo di uno scultore", Aurora SA Lugano-Canobbio. - Luciana Caglio, Newspaper: Corriere del Ticino (June 21, 1999) "Pazzallo e il suo scultore, per l'artis...
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Luigi Zamboni [SEP] voice type
Luigi Zamboni Luigi Zamboni (1767 – 28 February 1837) was an Italian operatic buffo bass-baritone. He was born in Bologna, where he began his singing career in 1791 in a production of Cimarosa's "Il fanatico burlato". Engagements followed in Naples, Parma, Venice and Rome, where he sang in operas by Valentino Fioravant...
Barber of Seville" was written for Zamboni by Gioachino Rossini, who was also a family friend. Zamboni created the role in Rome on 20 February 1816. Russia. In 1829 Zamboni managed an Italian opera company in St Petersburg for two seasons, performing Rossini and other works. Sources. - Forbes, Elizabeth (1992), 'Zambon...
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Luigia Polzelli [SEP] voice type
Luigia Polzelli Luigia Polzelli (also "Polcelli"; c. 1760 – 5 October 1830) was an Italian mezzo-soprano, who sang at the Esterházy court in Hungary during the late 18th century. She was for a number of years the lover of the composer Joseph Haydn. Early years. Luigia Polzelli was born Luigia Moreschi in Naples sometim...
Hungary, where Luigia died in poverty in 1830. Correspondence. Polzelli is of importance to Haydn's biographers, as a number of Haydn's letters to her are preserved, containing information about the composer. They are written in Italian. References. - Botstiber, H. (1932) "Haydn and Luigia Polzelli," "The Musical Quart...
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Lutz-Michael Harder [SEP] voice type
Lutz-Michael Harder Lutz-Michael Harder (born 1951, Langenfeld/Długoszyn near Küstrin) is a German lyric tenor known mostly for his interpretation of Mozart opera roles and as a baroque concert soloist. Biography. Harder made his operatic debut in 1975 at the Eutin Festival (see: "") as Ferrando in Mozart's "Così fan t...
Handel's Messiah, with soloists Ute Frühhaber, Renate Naber, Lutz-Michael Harder and Heiner Eckels. In 1982 he conducted Bach's "St Matthew Passion" with Harder as the Evangelist, and Gerhard Faulstich as vox Christi. On 11 June 1983 Egidi conducted Bach's Mass in B minor for the "". The last movement, "Dona nobis pace...
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Lévon Sayan [SEP] voice type
Lévon Sayan Lévon Sayan or Levon Sanosyan (, born December 17, 1934) is a French-Armenian impresario and producer, as well as an operatic tenor. Biography. Lévon Sayan was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, in a family of Armenian Genocide survivors from Sivas, who tried to emigrate to the U.S. He served in the French ar...
for Armenia". In 1989 he visited Armenia for the first time. In 2008 Aznavour and Sayan were granted Armenian citizenship by the President of Armenia. On May 23, 2003, during a special reception the president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, honored him with the Khorenatsi medal. In 2006 he received the "Special Prize" of...
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Maartje Offers [SEP] voice type
Maartje Offers Maartje Offers (27 February 1891, Koudekerk (aan den Rijn) – 28 January 1944, Tholen) was a Dutch contralto classical singer. Recordings. - "Het Puik van zoete kelen" ("The Cream of Glorious Voices") Philips Dutch Masters 464 385-2 Songs include "Where Corals Lie" from Elgar's "Sea Pictures". - "Lebendig...
Maartje (name) Maartje is a Dutch feminine given name, a diminutive of the names Maria and Martina. People with the name include: - Maartje Boudeling (born 1939), Dutch chef - Maartje Goderie (born 1984), Dutch field hockey player - Maartje Köster (born 1975), Dutch cricketer - Maartje Nevejan, Dutch filmmaker - Maartj...
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Magda László [SEP] voice type
Magda László Magda László (14 June 1912 – 2 August 2002) was a Hungarian operatic soprano particularly associated with 20th-century operas. She studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and made her debut at the Budapest Opera in 1943, as Elisabeth in "Tannhäuser", later singing Amelia in "Simon Boccaneg...
- Mária Ronyecz as Magda (voice) - Jan Nowicki as János - Tamás Végvári as János (voice) - Erika Szegedi as Anna Pavlova (voice) - Mari Szemes as Nagymama - Vilmos Kun as Nagyapa (voice) - Pál Zolnay as Nagyapa - Adél Kováts as Natasa - Irina Kuberskaya as Anna Pavlova (as Irina Kouberskaya) - Erzsébet Kútvölgyi as Erz...
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Magda Spiegel [SEP] voice type
Magda Spiegel Magda Spiegel (1887–1944) was a German contralto who was a member of the Frankfurt Opera ensemble and was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. The baritone Richard Breitenfeld, also of the Frankfurt Opera, shared the same fate. Peter Hugh Reed wrote in "American Record Guide", 1949: I have also l...
Hermann Schramm Hermann Schramm (1871–1951) was a German tenor who sang at the Frankfurt Opera in the 1920s and made several recordings for HMV Germany. Although he was Jewish he escaped the deportation and subsequent fate of his colleagues at the Frankfurt Opera, Richard Breitenfeld, Magda Spiegel, bass Hans Erl and v...
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Marcel Journet [SEP] voice type
Marcel Journet Marcel Journet (25 July 1868 – 7 September 1933), was a French, bass, operatic singer. He enjoyed a prominent career in England, France and Italy, and appeared at the foremost American opera houses in New York City and Chicago. Biography. Journet was born in the town of Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, and studi...
including his fellow countrymen Jean-François Delmas (whose sonorous voice he particularly admired), Pedro Gailhard, Juste Nivette, Hippolyte Belhomme and Marcel Journet. Other rivals included Polish-born Édouard de Reszke, Bohemian-born Wilhelm Hesch, the Italians Francesco Navarini and Vittorio Arimondi and, from a y...
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Marcello Giordani [SEP] voice type
Marcello Giordani Marcello Giordani (birth name Marcello Guagliardo; born 25 January 1963) is an Italian operatic tenor who has sung leading roles in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States. He has had a distinguished association with the New York Metropolitan Opera, where he has sung in over 200 performan...
Symphony, and the theatres of Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Dresden, the Rossini in Wildbad Festival, the Miskolc Festival, as well as radio broadcasts NDR Hamburg, DeutschlandRadio Berlin, the Berlin Philharmonie and Stuttgart opera. Consulting and Judge. He was jury member of the Stanislav Moniuszko competition...
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Marga Höffgen [SEP] voice type
Marga Höffgen Marga Höffgen (26 April 1921 – 7 July 1995) was a German contralto, known for singing oratorio, especially the Passions by Johann Sebastian Bach, and operatic parts such as Erda in Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen", performed at the Bayreuth Festival and Covent Garden Opera in London between 1960 and 197...
brilliant interpreter). She was the alto soloist in a performance of Bruckner's Mass in F minor and Psalm 150 at the Tonhalle Munich on 21 February 1924, performed by the Konzertvereins-Orchester und die Konzertgesellschaft für Chorgesang, conducted by Hanns Rohr, alongside Nelly Merz, Emil Graf, Julius Gieß and with t...
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Margaret Nisbett [SEP] voice type
Margaret Nisbett Margaret Nisbett, MBE, (born 9 January 1929) is an Australian coloratura soprano. Biography. Margaret Nisbett was born in Preston, Victoria. She had an older sister, Coral (Capelin), now deceased. Margaret always loved music and, as a child, performed small concerts at home with her sister, as well as ...
Corporation) TV and Radio. Margaret returned to Australia in late 1962. In 1965 she was approached by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to perform a series of operas for TV, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She performed the role of Maria in "The Sound of Music" touring Australia for 15 months, includ...
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Marguerite Krull [SEP] voice type
Marguerite Krull Marguerite Krull is an American classical soprano who has had an active international performance career since the 1990s. Due to her wide vocal range, she also sings several roles traditionally performed by mezzo-sopranos. Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Krull attended the Peabody Institute at ...
Confessions du chevalier d'industrie Felix Krull" (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) (TV Mini-Series) – Mme Houpflé - 1982: "Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?" – Sarah, David's mother - 1982: "L'Enfant et les magiciens" (TV Series) – Aunt Marguerite - 1983: "Les Années 80" - 1983: "The Death of Mario Ricci" – ...
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Maria Chiara [SEP] voice type
Maria Chiara Maria Chiara (born 24 November 1939) is an Italian lyric soprano. Early life. On 24 November 1939, Chiara was born in Oderzo, Italy. Education. Chiara studied at the Venice Conservatory and in Turin with bass Antonio Cassinelli and soprano Maria Carbone. Career. Chiara made her debut in Venice in 1965, as...
lovers, as well as Richard's younger self. Cast. - Chiara Mastroianni as Maria - Vincent Lacoste as Richard - Benjamin Biolay as Richard - Camille Cottin as Irène - Carole Bouquet as Irène Production. The film's working title was "Musique de chambre". Christophe Honoré wrote the screenplay of the film for Chiara Mastro...
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Maria Gay [SEP] voice type
Maria Gay Maria Gay (12 June 1876 - 29 July 1943) was a Catalan opera singer, a mezzo-soprano born as Maria de Lourdes Lucia Antonia Pichot Gironés. She has sometimes been referred to as Maria Gay Zenatello. Biography. According to one story, young Maria was arrested for singing revolutionary or nationalist songs. She ...
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...
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Maria Mitrosz [SEP] voice type
Maria Mitrosz Maria Mitrosz (born 1970 in Białystok, Poland) is a Polish soprano. In 1995, she graduated with distinction from the faculty of vocal music at the Fryderyk-Chopin-Academy of Music in Warsaw under Professor Janina Skalik. She attended master courses under Teresa Żylis-Gara, Ryszard Karczykowski, and Carlo ...
with Krystyna Borucińska's and Maja Nosowska's class for chamber music. Career. Mitrosz has participated in many concerts in Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Germany, Italy and as far afield as Kuwait. She also sang in "Krönung der Poppea" of C. Monteverdi at the Great Theatre of Warsaw and was on stage in the opera "Chopin"...
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Mariano Stabile [SEP] voice type
Mariano Stabile Mariano Stabile (12 May 1888 in Palermo, Italy – 11 January 1968 in Milan, Italy) was an Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially the role of Falstaff. Career. Stabile's vocal studies took place at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Antonio Cotogni, and h...
Adamo Didur, Léon Escalais, Giuseppina Finzi-Magrini, Nicola Fusati, Edoardo Garbin, Giovanni Inghilleri, Maria Jeritza, Jan Kiepura, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Félia Litvinne, Oreste Luppi, Antonio Magini-Coletti, Luigi Manfrini, Gino Martinez-Patti, Victor Maurel, Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, Francesco Navarini, Giuseppe Noto,...
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Marie-Julie Halligner [SEP] voice type
Marie-Julie Halligner Marie-Julie Boulanger, née Marie-Julie Halligner (29 January 1786 – 23 July 1850), was a French mezzo-soprano. She performed her entire career under the stage name Mme Boulanger, appearing in the world premieres of "Le maître de chapelle", "L'ambassadrice", "Le domino noir", and "La fille du régim...
Adrien Boieldieu. Her voice was reportedly "fine, her execution brilliant and her acting full of character and intelligence." After retirement in 1845, she concentrated on teaching activities in Paris. Halligner was the wife of cellist and professor of the Paris Conservatory, Frédéric Boulanger, whom she had met during...
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Marietta Gazzaniga [SEP] voice type
Marietta Gazzaniga Marietta Gazzaniga (1824 – 2 January 1884) was an Italian operatic soprano. Gazzaniga was born in Voghera and studied singing with Alberto Mazzucato in Milan. Her debut season was in 1840 in Voghera where she sang Jane Seymour in Donizetti's "Anna Bolena" and Romeo in Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montec...
, finely located, beautifully ornamented" but went on to lament "all that lacks is a few singers to render it 'the thing'." The theatre had its first opera production, and what was billed as its formal opening, a month later on February 25, 1857, with a performance by the Max Maretzek Italian Opera Company of Verdi's "...
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Mario Basiola [SEP] voice type
Mario Basiola Mario Basiola (12 July 1892 – 3 January 1965) was an Italian operatic baritone. Early Years & Education. Mario Basiola was born in Annicco in the province of Cremona to Alessandro, an artisan basketweaver, and Marta Milanesi. He spent his youth mostly working in the fields, never receiving a proper school...
would allow them to dominate the high notes with ease, instead causing them to push in order to fatten the voice, which in turn weighed down its easy emission. Basiola, on the contrary, possessed a voluminous but also mellow voice, with great intensity of vibration throughout the entire gamut of sounds, an extensive ra...
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Mark Delavan [SEP] voice type
Mark Delavan Mark Delavan is an American operatic bass-baritone. He made his professional debut in 1986 at the San Francisco Opera in a small role in Giuseppe Verdi's "Don Carlos". He spent the next three years performing in numerous comprimario roles with the company. He has since returned to that opera house to sing ...
except as indicated" 1. "Now Then" (Tim Berne, Mark Dresser) - 3:13 2. "SEP" - 8:05 3. "Hong Kong Sad Song / More Coffee" - 11:36 4. "Evolution of a Pearl" - 19:34 5. "Lightnin' Bug Bouté" - 0:38 6. "The Telex Blues" - 11:37 Personnel. - Tim Berne - alto saxophone, voice - Herb Robertson - trumpet, cornet, laryngeal cr...
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Martha Lipton [SEP] voice type
Martha Lipton Martha Lipton (April 6, 1913 – November 28, 2006) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Biography. Lipton was born in New York City. She won a scholarship to the Juilliard School and made her debut as Pauline in Tchaikovsky's opera "The Queen of Spades" for the New Opera Company in Manhattan in 1941. Af...
New York Philharmonic under Richard Rodgers in 1954. In 1959 he was the tenor soloist in Handel's "Messiah" under conductor Eugene Ormandy with the Philadelphia Orchestra, soprano Eileen Farrell, contralto Martha Lipton, baritone William Warfield, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Carnegie Hall. His last public perfor...
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Marthe Chenal [SEP] voice type
Marthe Chenal Marthe Chenal (24 August 1881 – 28 January 1947) was a French operatic soprano who had an active singing career between 1905 and 1923. Although she made a number of appearances with opera companies throughout the French provinces and on the international stage, her career was mainly centered at the Palais...
Marthe (given name) Marthe is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: - Marthe Armitage, British wallpaper designer - Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973), Romanian-French writer and socialite - Marthe Bigot (1878–1962), French schoolteacher and activist - Marthe Boyer-Breton (1879-1926), French artist - Mar...
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Martin Crosbie [SEP] voice type
Martin Crosbie Martin Crosbie (7 April 1911 – 10 February 1982) was an Irish tenor and older brother to Paddy Crosbie of "The School Around the Corner". Martin, who was affectionately known as "The Miller's daughter", a song he made his own, started in show business in his early 1930s. Life. The eldest in a family of f...
Paddy Crosbie Paddy Crosbie (1 October 1913 – 2 September 1982) was the Irish creator of the radio and television programmes "The School Around The Corner" and "Back To School". Youth. Crosbie was born in Dublin, Ireland on 1 October 1913 at 12A Bridewell Lane, which was one of the houses converted from the old Smithfi...
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Martin Petzold [SEP] voice type
Martin Petzold Martin Petzold (born 1955) is a German classical tenor who performs in opera and in concert. A former member of the Thomanerchor, he is particularly known for the part of the Evangelist in oratorios and Passions of Johann Sebastian Bach. Career. Petzold was born in Leipzig, the son of the theologian Erns...
conducted Bach's "St Matthew Passion" in the with Martin Petzold as the Evangelist, Klaus Mertens (words of Jesus), Ute Selbig, Britta Schwarz, Martin Lattke, Thomas Laske, the Thomanerchor and the Gewandhausorchester. Selected recordings. - J. S. Bach: "Matthäus-Passion", Martin Petzold, Andreas Schmidt, Monika Frimme...
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Martti Wallén [SEP] voice type
Martti Wallén Martti Wallén (born 20 November 1948) is a Finnish operatic bass singer. Born in Helsinki, he sang both internationally and in his native country where he was a visiting soloist at the Finnish National Opera for many years. He created the role of the Judge in the world premiere of Aulis Sallinen's "The Ho...
professional opera company in Finland, is located in Helsinki. The opera singer Martti Wallén, one of the company's long-time soloists, was born and raised in Helsinki, as was mezzo-soprano Monica Groop. Many widely renowned and acclaimed bands have originated in Helsinki, including Hanoi Rocks, HIM, Stratovarius, The ...
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Mary Jarred [SEP] voice type
(bass), Richard Tauber, Mary Jarred (mezzo-soprano), Arnold Matters (bass), Hilde Konetzni (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor), Somm 14 - Richard Wagner: "Der Fliegende Holländer - abridged" Ben Williams (tenor), Herbert Janssen (baritone), Ki...
. "Het Puik van zoete kelen" ("The Cream of Glorious Voices") Philips Dutch Masters 464,385-2 "Sea Slumber Song" audio sample - Marilyn Horne, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, recorded on 6 June 1980, New York. - Konrad Jarnot (baritone), Reinild Mees (piano) "Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano Vol....
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Michaela Schuster [SEP] voice type
Michaela Schuster Michaela Schuster is a German operatic mezzo-soprano. She debuted at The Royal Opera as Herodias in Salome in 2008, and has since sung Princesse de Bouillon in Adriana Lecouvreur, and Venus in Tannhäuser. In the 2013/14 season, she will sing Klytämnestra in Elektra and the Nurse in Die Frau ohne Schat...
Rull lifeboat. The Rull Jamieson confronted turns out to have been a Prime Leader and he does, indeed, end the war. Publication history. - 1959, USA, Simon & Schuster, Pub date Sep 1959, Hardback (244 pp) - 1959, USA, Simon & Schuster Science Fiction Book Club, Pub date Dec 1959, Hardback (192 pp) - 1960, Italy, Arnold...
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Misha Raitzin [SEP] voice type
Misha Raitzin Misha Raitzin (1930 – May 9, 1990) was a tenor with the Metropolitan Opera. Born in Ukraine, Raitzin studied as a tenor at the Moscow Conservatory. After graduating, he rose to become a leading tenor at the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow. He also performed widely as a soloist, performing with many of the leading...
Raitzin Raitzin may refer to: - Michelle Raitzin, singer - Misha Raitzin
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Monique Zanetti [SEP] voice type
Monique Zanetti Monique Zanetti (born 13 June 1961) is a French soprano. She studied at the University of Metz, then with Elisabeth Grümmer. She first came to attention singing in the same first generation of French early music singers with Agnès Mellon and Gérard Lesne.
Antoine Sicot Antoine Sicot is a contemporary French soloist singer specialising in the baroque repertoire for bass voice. Biography. Born in Saint-Ouen-de-Sécherouvre in Orne, Sicot worked a lot during the 1980s with the Baroque music ensemble Les Arts Florissants, spearhead of the "baroqueux" movement directed by Wil...
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Murray Dickie [SEP] voice type
Murray Dickie Murray Dickie OBE (b. Bishopton, nr. Glasgow, 3 April 1924; d. Cape Town, South Africa, 19 June 1995) was a Scottish tenor opera singer and director, who established his career in England, Austria and Italy during the 1950s. In addition to his extensive stage work he was a prolific recording artist. Early...
. In 1975, Dickie was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class. He was appointed OBE in the 1976 New Year Honours. Family details. Murray Dickie was the younger brother of William Dickie, a singer who studied with Pollman, Titta Ruffo, Giuseppe de Luca and Gino Bechi. William sang in Glasgow ...
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Nazzareno De Angelis [SEP] voice type
Nazzareno De Angelis Nazzareno De Angelis (November 17, 1881 – December 14, 1962) was an Italian operatic bass, particularly associated with Verdi, Rossini and Wagner roles. Career. De Angelis was born at L'Aquila, Abruzzo. During his 36-year career, De Angelis appeared on stage on more than 1500 occasions, performing ...
, many of them famous, who recorded for Fonotipia were the following: Aino Ackté, Pasquale Amato, Giuseppe Anselmi, Teresa Arkel, Ernesto Badini, Aristide Baracchi, Maria Barrientos, Ramon Blanchart, Alessandro Bonci, Giuseppe Borgatti, Georgette Bréjean-Silver, Eugenia Burzio, Victor Capoul, Mercedes Capsir, Maria Ca...
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Neil Rosenshein [SEP] voice type
Neil Rosenshein Neil Rosenshein (born November 27, 1947 in New York City) is an American operatic tenor, who sang leading tenor roles in the major American and European opera houses. He created the roles of Aspern in Dominick Argento's "The Aspern Papers" and Léon in Corigliano's "The Ghosts of Versailles". Biography. ...
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians" Volume 6. Schirmer Books, 2001. External links. - (1988) - Interview with Neil Rosenshein by Bruce Duffie, January 10, 1990
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Nicky Spence [SEP] voice type
Nicky Spence Nicky Spence (born 1983) is a Scottish operatic tenor who performs in opera, oratorio and recital in both the UK and internationally. Life and career. Spence was born and raised in Dumfries. He was educated at Wallace Hall Academy in Thornhill where he had his first lessons with Margaret Davies aged 15 and...
, English anecdotist - Joseph Spence (musician), Bahamian guitarist and blues musician - Julian Spence (1929–1990), American football player - Kenneth Spence, a prominent American psychologist - Lansford Spence, Jamaican sprinter - Lewis Spence, journalist and writer - Linda Spence, Irish-Scottish cricketer - Louie Spe...
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Nicola Zerola [SEP] voice type
Nicola Zerola Nicola Zerola (1876 – 21 July 1936) was an Italian operatic tenor who had an active international career from 1898-1928. He began his career in his native country, but was soon heard in concerts and operas internationally during the first years of the 20th century. In 1908 he relocated to the United State...
" (with Nicola Zerola as Canio) among others. After its first season, Francesco Pelosi was appointed General Manager and Artistic Director of the company in 1926. For the second season the company was renamed the Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company which it performed under until 1938 when the company's title was ...
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Nina Rautio [SEP] voice type
Nina Rautio Nina Rautio (born 21 September 1957) is a Russian operatic soprano. Her son Jan Karl Rautio (1980) – pianist, conductor, composer. Biography. For the first nineteen years of her life, Nina Rautio lived in Petrozavodsk (Republic of Karelia, Russia). To begin with, she graduated as a pianist from the Petrozav...
Karelia, Nina Rautio directed their production of Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana", as well as taking on the part of Santuzza. In 2003 the government of the Karelian Republic invited her to become the Cultural Affairs Advisor to the president of the republic. She taught vocal studies at the Popov Academy of Choral Art...
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Noah Stewart [SEP] voice type
Noah Stewart Noah Stewart (born 1978) is an African-American operatic tenor. He released his debut album "Noah" in March 2012; it peaked at number 14 on the UK Albums Chart and number 1 on the UK Classical Album Chart. Early life. Stewart was born in Harlem, New York. He attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School f...
on the series since its inception, returned to compose the music for "Halloween on Spooner Street". The episode was the first Halloween special to be produced for the series. In addition to the regular cast, the episode featured guest performances by actors James Burkholder, Noah Matthews, Lyndon Smith, Patrick Stewart...
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Noëmi Nadelmann [SEP] voice type
Noëmi Nadelmann Noëmi Nadelmann (born 6 March 1962) is a Swiss soprano with a wide repertoire, ranging from Baroque opera to contemporary works. Career. Nadelmann was born in Zürich; her mother, Rachel, was an actress, her father, Leo (1913–1998), a pianist and composer. Nadelmann started her singing studies at the Zür...
Viardot. She sang Violetta in Götz Friedrich's televised production of "La traviata". She received the Critics' Prize in Berlin in 1996 and the in 1996. In 2010, Nadelmann entered a competition, "Battle of the Choirs", on the Swiss television station SRF with the group she founded, Noëmi Nadelmann und Chor. Nadelmann a...
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Olga Sober [SEP] voice type
Olga Sober Olga Sober (Šober) (born in Sarajevo) is an opera singer and leading soprano in the Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka. Career. Olga Šober graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Music and the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, where she specialized in “Lied und Oratorium”. She acquired her MA at...
, a song by Blink-182 from the 2016 album "California" - "Sober", a song by Bazzi People. - Bojan Sober (born 1957), Croatian opera singer - Elliott Sober (born 1947), American philosopher of science - Olga Sober, Serbian singer: Places. - Sober Hall, village in Ingleby Barwick, England - Sober Island, Nova Scotia - So...
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Ortrun Wenkel [SEP] voice type
Ortrun Wenkel Ortrun Wenkel (born 25 October 1942) is a German operatic contralto. She notably portrayed the role of Erda in the Bayreuth "Jahrhundertring" ("Centenary Ring") in 1976 and was awarded a Grammy Award as a Principal Soloist in 1983. Career. Wenkel was born in Buttstädt, Thuringia. She started her studies a...
Frank Martin's "Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke", and sang several songs by Othmar Schoeck for the first time. Cavelti was an influential academic voice teacher. From 1970, she taught at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt and later in Basel. Among her students are Claudia Eder, Eva Lind, Gabriele Schnaut...
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Otto Peter [SEP] voice type
Otto Peter Otto Peter (born 1931) is a Swiss classical baritone. He studied with the composer Paul Hindemith, the Swiss violinist of Czech origin Petr Rybář, and singers Margherita Perras and Heinz Rehfuss. He became famous as an interpreter of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and performed frequently with the Zürche...
Zelda Fichandler. "An Interview With Zelda Fichandler." Group 3, no. 4 (1979): 236-54. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41717969. 8. Bartow, Arthur. "The Director's Voice : Twenty-One Interviews." New York : Theatre Communications Group. 2012. eBook. 7. Marks, Peter. ZELDA FICHANDLER: [FINAL Edition] The Washington Post; W...
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Paul Kandel [SEP] voice type
Paul Kandel Paul Kandel (born February 15, 1951) is an American musical theatre actor and tenor singer best known for his film role in Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996) as the voice of the Gypsy leader Clopin Trouillefou. He also has appeared on Broadway a number of times, having appeared in "Jesus Christ S...
Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale and produced by Don Hahn, the film's voice cast features Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, David Ogden Stiers, and Mary Wickes in her final film role. The film is considered to be one of Disney's darkest animated films as its narr...
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