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Christoph Prégardien [SEP] voice type | Christoph Prégardien
Christoph Prégardien (born 18 January 1956) is a German lyric tenor whose career is closely associated with the roles in Mozart operas, as well as performances of Lieder, oratorio roles, and Baroque music. He is well known for his performances and recordings of the Evangelist roles in Bach's "St Jo... | Ruth Ziesak
Ruth Ziesak is a German soprano in opera and concert.
Career.
Ruth Ziesak studied voice at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts with Elsa Cavelti and Christoph Prégardien. She has been a member of the Municipal Theatre Heidelberg since 1988 and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in 1990.
She appear... | 131,500 | zeroshot-train |
Christopher Maltman [SEP] voice type | Christopher Maltman
Christopher Maltman is a British operatic baritone.
Maltman grew up in Lincolnshire, attending King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, and studied music at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1994 he won the Great Elm Festival Vocal Award (now the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards). During The Royal Opera 2013/1... | Clayton, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Daneman, Bernarda Fink, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Christiane Karg, Jonas Kaufmann, Yvonne Kenny, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Joan Rodgers, Kate Royal, Toby Spence, Bryn Terfel, Ailish Tynan, Roderick Williams and Catherine Wyn Rogers. He has also performed with instrumentalists inc... | 131,501 | zeroshot-train |
Claire Croiza [SEP] voice type | Claire Croiza
Claire Croiza (14 September 1882 – 27 May 1946) was a French mezzo-soprano and an influential teacher of singers.
Career.
Claire Croiza (née Conelly, or O'Connolly) was born in Paris, the daughter of an expatriate American father and an Italian mother, and as a child she excelled at piano and singing. She... | mostly French songs and opera extracts. They have been collected in a 2-CD set by Marston Records: "Claire Croiza: champion of the modern French mélodie".
Bibliography.
- Bannerman, Betty. "Recollections of Claire Croiza", in "Bulletin of the Institute of Recorded Sound", (1956), no.1, p. 12, [with discography].
- Bann... | 131,502 | zeroshot-train |
Claire Dux [SEP] voice type | Claire Dux
Claire Dux (2 August 1885 – 8 October 1967) was an operatic and concert soprano with a successful career in continental Europe, England, and the United States.
Early life.
Clara Auguste Dux was born in the village Witkowo in the county of Gnesen (today Gniezno); that area was part of the Kingdom of Prussia's... | Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
- "Dux", the lead melody in a canon
- Dux, the highest-ranking pupil in academic, arts or sporting achievement ("Dux Litterarum", "Dux Artium" and "Dux Ludorum" respectively) in each graduating year.
- "Dux", biography of Benito Mussolini written by Margherita Sarfatti in 1925
- Oregon Du... | 131,503 | zeroshot-train |
Clare Shore [SEP] voice type | Clare Shore
Clare Shore (born 1954) is an American composer, music educator mezzo-soprano, and conductor.
Biography.
Clare Shore studied composition with Annette LeSiege, voice with Donald Hoirup, and oboe and saxophone with Davidson Burgess, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University in 1976... | - England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 1892 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Page 319; Mary Clare Absalom
- England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1837-1983 1915 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Page 1171; Mary Clare Absalom & Lionel P. Mawhood
- England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983 1970 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Entry reads; "MAWHOOD Mary Clare b 17th Jy ... | 131,504 | zeroshot-train |
Claron McFadden [SEP] voice type | Claron McFadden
Claron McFadden (born 1961) is an American soprano. McFadden studied voice at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, finishing her degree in 1984.
She gained international fame when making her Glyndebourne Festival Opera debut in the title role of the opera "Lulu", conducted by Sir Andrew D... | Muldowney NMCD003
- Harrison Birtwistle White and Light
Claron McFadden/Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw Teldec Classics 3984-26867-2
- Harrison Birtwistle Tenebrae
Claron McFadden/Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw Teldec Classics 3984-26867-2
- Harrison Birtwistle Night
Claron McFadden/Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw Tel... | 131,505 | zeroshot-train |
Clémentine Delauney [SEP] voice type | Clémentine Delauney
Clémentine Delauney (born 11 February 1987) is a French mezzo singer from Lyon.
She was the female backing vocalist for Austrian symphonic metal band Serenity, currently Visions of Atlantis and French opera metal band Melted Space.
She was previously the vocalist of French philharmonic metal band Wh... | Track listing.
Lyrics by Clémentine Delauney and Siegfried Samer except "The Book of Nature", "The Last Home" and Prayer to the Lost by Clémentine Delauney.
All music by Frank Pitters except "Prayer to the Lost" by Clémentine Delauney.
All arrangements by Frank Pitters.
All vocal lines by Frank Pitters except "The Book... | 131,506 | zeroshot-train |
Cristoforo Caresana [SEP] voice type | Cristoforo Caresana
Cristofaro or Cristoforo Caresana (ca. 1640–1709) was an Italian Baroque composer, organist and tenor. He was an early representative of the Neapolitan operatic school.
Born in Venice, his precise birthday is not known. After studying under Pietro Andrea Ziani (uncle of Marc'Antonio Ziani) in Venice... | - "Triumph of the Archangel Michael" by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, lunette from chapel in San Giovanni Pedemonte
- "Miracle of the Eucharist" (1629) by Cristoforo Caresana, canvas from the chapel of San Pietro Martire of San Giovanni Pedemonte
"St Peter healing a Young Man" (1629) by Giovanni Paolo Ghianda, canvas from ... | 131,507 | zeroshot-train |
Daniel Ochoa [SEP] voice type | Daniel Ochoa
Daniel Ochoa (born 17 August 1979) is a German baritone.
Biography.
Daniel Ochoa was born in 1979 and studied with Anthony Baldwin, Hans-Joachim Beyer, and Thomas Quasthoff. Among his additional teachers are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Matthias Goerne, Rudolf Piernay, Christa Maria Ziese, and Michael Rhodes.... | when Ramos "gets his head underwater a little bit".
- Rachel Ticotin as Mariana Garcia Guerrero, a reporter for the "Diario Reforma"
- Roberto Sosa as Daniel Sanchez, "The Voice". He is based on a real kidnapper, Daniel Arizmendi López.
- Jesús Ochoa as Victor Fuentes, a lieutenant in the Anti-Kidnapping Division of th... | 131,508 | zeroshot-train |
Daniel Sans [SEP] voice type | Daniel Sans
Daniel Sans (born 1975) is a German tenor.
Career.
Daniel Sans was a boy soprano in the choir of the Mainz Cathedral. He studied at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. He specialized in oratorio and lied.
Sans has performed in the Wiener Konzerthaus with Michael Schneider, the Teatro Colon with Karl-Friedrich Be... | , Daniel Silverberg, Tikva S Jacobs, Alfio Carroccio, Victoria J Teodorescu, Michael L Marin, J Vasc Surg. 2006 Oct ;44 (4):718-24 17011997 (P,S,E,B,D)
- "An 8-year experience with type II endoleaks: Natural history suggests selective intervention is a safe approach." Daniel Silverberg, Donald T Baril, Sharif H Ellozy,... | 131,509 | zeroshot-train |
David Ffrangcon-Davies [SEP] voice type | David Ffrangcon-Davies
David Ffrangcon-Davies (11 December 1855 – 13 April 1918) was a Welsh operatic baritone.
Early life and education.
David Thomas Davies was born in Bethesda, Gwynedd. He later adopted the name "Ffrangcon", an early variant spelling of the nearby valley "Nant Ffrancon", as part of his new surname (... | on vocal training, "The Singing of the Future", in 1905.
Family.
In 1889, he married Annie Francis Rayner. His daughter was actress Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies (1891–1992), whose career spanned more than seven decades.
External links.
- Welsh Biography Online
- "The Singing of the Future" by David Ffrangcon-Davies (exce... | 131,510 | zeroshot-train |
David Wilson-Johnson [SEP] voice type | David Wilson-Johnson
David Wilson-Johnson (born in Northampton on 16 November 1950) is a British operatic and concert baritone.
Career.
David Wilson-Johnson was educated at Wellingborough School, and studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. As a singer he studied at the Royal Academy... | as Queen Isabel Johnson) and a West Indian woman in a comedy routine titled "Christopher Columbus", appearing on his 1967 album "Cowboys and Colored People". Wilson worked at developing his own version of the voice, imagining a black Southern woman living in a rural area. He performed embryonic Geraldine-type routines ... | 131,511 | zeroshot-train |
Davis Cunningham [SEP] voice type | Davis Cunningham
Thomas Davis Cunningham (May 7, 1916 – June 19, 1984) was an American tenor who had prominent career in operas, musicals, concerts, and on television from 1949 through 1973.
Biography.
Cunningham was born in the Philippines, the son of an American doctor serving in the United States military. He studie... | the 2011 Diane Von Furstenberg "People's Voice Award" Diane Von Furstenberg
Temp - sources.
- http://www.americanwidowproject.org
- http://abcnews.go.com/WN/WoodruffReports/story?id=7159852&page=1
- https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96844953
- http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/29/in-their-boots/
- ... | 131,512 | zeroshot-train |
Dezső Ernster [SEP] voice type | Dezső Ernster
Dezső Ernster (23 November 1898 – 15 February 1981) was a Hungarian opera singer who sang leading bass roles with the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1946 to 1963. In 1929, he created the role of Baron d'Houdoux in Hindemith's "Neues vom Tage".
Biography.
Dezső Ernster was born in Pécs, the son of a cant... | H. and Warrack, J. "Ernster, Dezső", "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera", 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 1979, pp. 155–156.
- Further reading
- Imre, Fábián, "Ernster Dezső", Zeneműkiadó, 1969 (in Hungarian with an introduction by Otto Klemperer)
- Di Cave, Luciano, "Mille voci una stella: il contributo deg... | 131,513 | zeroshot-train |
Diana Montague [SEP] voice type | Diana Montague
Diana Montague (born 8 April 1953) is a British mezzo-soprano known for her performances in opera and as a concert singer.
Biography.
She was born in Winchester and educated at the Testwood School, the Winchester School of Art and the Royal Northern College of Music. She made her professional debut as Ze... | Dublin 2011–2012
- Ashley Montague (1905–1999), British-American anthropologist and humanist
- Ben Montague, British musician and singer-songwriter
- Bruce Montague (born 1939), British actor
- Charles Edward Montague (1867–1928), British journalist and author
- Daniel Montague (1867-1912), United States Navy sailor an... | 131,514 | zeroshot-train |
Dietrich Henschel [SEP] voice type | Dietrich Henschel
Dietrich Henschel (born 1967) is a German baritone.
Life and career.
Born in Berlin, Henschel grew up in Nürnberg where he attended high school and studied piano and conducting. He studied voice at the and made his stage debut at the 1990 Munich Biennale in Michèle Reverdy's "Le Précepteur".
He made g... | viola and violoncello, texts: Wolfgang Bächler. premiere 13. November 1992 in Augsburg, Adelheid Maria Thanner, Bettina Fuchs, Gunter Pretzel, Anja Lechner, recorded in 1992 by BR
- "Liederfolge" op. 54 (1992/97) for voice and piano, premiere nos 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 in Weilburg, 27 July 1995, Dietrich Henschel, Fritz Schwing... | 131,515 | zeroshot-train |
Dino Borgioli [SEP] voice type | Dino Borgioli
Dino Borgioli (February 15, 1891September 12, 1960) was an Italian lyric tenor. Praised by critics for his musicianship, he was particularly associated with roles in operas composed by Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti.
Life and career.
Dino Borgioli was born and died in Florence, where he studied with Eugen... | , Middlesex, while pursuing post-graduate research at the University of London. Meanwhile, he played the piano and organ and studied voice with Dino Borgioli, Roy Henderson and Denis Dowling. While still teaching, Shovelton performed in amateur operatic productions and first played in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera in 19... | 131,516 | zeroshot-train |
Durward Lely [SEP] voice type | Durward Lely
Durward Lely (2 September 1852 – 29 February 1944) was a Scottish opera singer and actor primarily known as the creator of five tenor roles in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas, including Nanki-Poo in "The Mikado".
After studying singing in Italy, Lely began his opera career in 1878, at Her Majesty's The... | Durward
Durward may refer to:
People.
- Alan Durward (died after 1264 or in 1275), effective ruler of Scotland at several times during the minority of Alexander III
- Durward Gorham Hall, six-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri
- Durward Kirby (1912-2000), American television host and announce... | 131,517 | zeroshot-train |
Eglise Gutiérrez [SEP] voice type | Eglise Gutiérrez
Eglise Gutiérrez is a Cuban-American coloratura soprano, currently making a worldwide operatic career. She studied voice in Cuba, in Miami with Manny Perez, and at the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from which she graduated in 2004. She presently works with the voice teacher,... | thanks to Lord Berners.
In the post-World War II years, the opera has been seen in Brussels and Liege in 1982 (with Frederica von Stade, Ann Murray and Jules Bastin), Geneva in 1998, Strasbourg in 2003, at the Santa Fe Opera in 2006 (with Joyce DiDonato and Eglise Gutiérrez in Laurent Pelly's production), Brussels and ... | 131,518 | zeroshot-train |
Eileen Farrell [SEP] voice type | Eileen Farrell
Eileen Farrell (February 13, 1920 – March 23, 2002) was an American soprano who had a nearly 60-year-long career performing both classical and popular music in concerts, theatres, on radio and television, and on disc. NPR noted, "She possessed one of the largest and most radiant operatic voices of the 20... | program called The "Governor's School of North Carolina". This program was the first of its kind for gifted students in the United States. Every year students compete for one of the precious slots in their artistic or academic field.
Richard received his formal education at North Carolina School of the Arts and Indiana... | 131,519 | zeroshot-train |
Elena Gerhardt [SEP] voice type | Elena Gerhardt
Elena Gerhardt (11 November 1883 – 11 January 1961) was a German mezzo-soprano singer associated with the singing of German classical lieder, of which she was considered one of the great interpreters. She left Germany for good to live in London in October 1934.
Training, and first recitals with Nikisch.
... | was educated at the Salvatorian College, Harrow and studied optometry at Northampton Institute, graduating in 1949. He then studied voice at Trinity College of Music in London and abroad with Elena Gerhardt and Gerhard Hüsch.
His concert debut was in 1955, with the UK premiere of Joseph Haydn's "L'anima del filosofo" (... | 131,520 | zeroshot-train |
Eleonora Buratto [SEP] voice type | Eleonora Buratto
Eleonora Buratto is an Italian soprano opera singer. Born and raised in Mantua, she is a graduate of the , the conservatory of Mantua.
Reception.
Andrew Patner in the "Chicago Sun-Times", reviewing Muti's performance of Bach's Mass in B minor in Chicago in April 2013, in which Buratto was a soloist, wr... | by Philippe Jordan)
- "Dialogues des Carmélites" (Isabel Leonard, Adrianne Pieczonka, Karita Mattila, Karen Cargill, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin)
Seasons 2019–2020.
- "Turandot" (Christine Goerke, Roberto Aronica, Eleonora Buratto, James Morris, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin)
- "Manon" (Lisette Oropesa, Micha... | 131,521 | zeroshot-train |
Elizabeth Inverarity [SEP] voice type | Elizabeth Inverarity
Elizabeth Inverarity, later "Mrs. Charles T. Martyn" (born Edinburgh, 23 March 1813; died Newcastle-on-Tyne, 27 December 1846), was a Scottish opera soprano, popular singer and actress of the early 19th century, in England and in America. She also composed some ballads with her husband Charles Mart... | Joan Hartigan, Thelma Long (Coyne), Ken McGregor, Beryl Penrose, Fred Stolle, Horrie Rice, Mervyn Rose, Elizabeth Smylie (Sayers) and Wendy Turnbull.
- Entries in the "Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket" (1996), Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Entries Ian Brayshaw, Derek Chadwick, John 'Sam' Gannon, Desmond Hoa... | 131,522 | zeroshot-train |
Elvira de Hidalgo [SEP] voice type | Elvira de Hidalgo
Elvira de Hidalgo (December 28, 1891 – January 21, 1980) was a prominent Spanish coloratura soprano, who later became a teacher and vocal coach. Her most famous pupil was Maria Callas.
Biography.
She was born in Valderrobres, Teruel Province (Spain), as Elvira Juana Rodríguez Roglán. She was a pupil o... | 1969 French television interview with on the program "L'invitée du dimanche", speaks of Callas's voice going to high F (he also talked about her lower register extending to C3), but within the same program, Callas's teacher, Elvira de Hidalgo, speaks of the voice soaring to a high E-natural but does not mention a high ... | 131,523 | zeroshot-train |
Emma Luart [SEP] voice type | Emma Luart
Emma Luart (14 August 1892, Brussels – 26 August 1968, Brussels) was a Belgian operatic soprano. A graduate of the Brussels Conservatory, she made her official stage début at The Hague in 1914. She was committed to La Monnaie in Brussels from 1918–1922 where she excelled in lyric soprano roles like Louise, M... | with arrangements of Debussy's "Petite Suite", and of three movements of "Suite bergamasque" for the ballet "L'ange gris".
Recordings.
Cloëz worked extensively for the Odéon company in the 1930s, providing accompaniments to famous singers of the time: Emma Luart, Ninon Vallin, Germaine Cernay, Charles Friant, David Dev... | 131,524 | zeroshot-train |
Emmy Destinn [SEP] voice type | Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn ( (); 26 February 1878 – 28 January 1930) was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
Biography.
Destinn was born Emílie Pavlína Věnceslava Kittlová () in Prague, in what was then the Austr... | Destinn
Destinn may refer to:
- Emmy Destinn (1878–1930), Czech opera singer
- 6583 Destinn
See also.
- Destin (disambiguation) | 131,525 | zeroshot-train |
Enrico Tamberlik [SEP] voice type | Enrico Tamberlik
Enrico Tamberlik (16 March 1820 – 13 March 1889) was an Italian tenor who sang to great acclaim at Europe and America's leading opera venues. He excelled in the heroic roles of the Italian and French repertories and was renowned for his powerful declamation and clarion high notes.
Career.
Born in Rome,... | , made his debut at the Teatro San Carlo, under the name Enrico Tamberlik (which he used henceforth). He appeared, too, in Madrid and Barcelona.
In 1850, Tamberlik debuted at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden, as Masaniello in "La muette de Portici". He was to appear regularly at Covent Garden until 1870,... | 131,526 | zeroshot-train |
Eric Garrett [SEP] voice type | Eric Garrett
Eric Garrett (10 June 1931 — Majorca, Spain, 7 May 2009) was an English operatic bass.
Biography.
Born in Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, Garrett was a member of the roster of singers at the Royal Opera, London at Covent Garden for forty years. He joined the opera company's chorus in 1956 and was promoted... | , and his powerful low voice." In the early 1990s, he was described as a . He is credited as being one of the soap opera world's leading stars. Jamey Giddens of Zap2it considers Braeden the soap opera's leading male. Tommy Garrett of "Highlight Hollywood" stated that Braeden "is known in the industry as the biggest day... | 131,527 | zeroshot-train |
Erica Eloff [SEP] voice type | Erica Eloff
Erica Eloff is a South African soprano specializing in opera, lieder and oratorio, currently residing in England. She made her professional debut in the UK during the summer of 2008 at Garsington Opera as Fiordiligi in Mozart's "Così fan tutte". She also made her Wigmore Hall debut in their 2008/09 season w... | "Somerkersfees" - Christmas compilation with Singkronies Chamber Choir, 2000
- "Songs" – Lieder by Grieg, Wolf, Rachmaninov, Wilding and de Villiers, 2010
External links.
- Official Website of Erica Eloff
- Erica Eloff's Blog on Blogger | 131,528 | zeroshot-train |
Erlend Tvinnereim [SEP] voice type | Erlend Tvinnereim
Erlend Tvinnereim (born 3 August 1981 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian tenor based in Zürich, Switzerland. He has in recent years been much used as a concert singer in Switzerland, Germany and Scandinavia, and in the season 08/09 he performed as "young artist" at the opera in Basel where he cased sev... | , Øyvind Skarbø, Petter Vågan, Simen Aanerud, Sondre Lerche, Stephan Meidell, Therese Birkelund Ulvo, and Torbjørn Schei; deaths of Jonas Brunvoll, Jr. and Radka Toneff.
- 1981 in Norwegian music, births of Amund Maarud, Andreas Loven, Cato Sundberg, Erlend Slettevoll, Erlend Tvinnereim, Fredrik Mikkelsen, Gjermund Lar... | 131,529 | zeroshot-train |
Esther Young [SEP] voice type | Esther Young
Esther Young (also Esther Jones or Hester Jones) (14 February 1717 in London – 6 June 1795 in London) was an English operatic contralto and the wife of music publisher Charles Jones. She was part of a well-known English family of musicians that included several professional.singers and organists during the... | Penn as Clayton, Maria's co-worker
- Dell Aldrich as Esther (voice)
- Christina Childress as Jennifer
- Jon Davis as Roger (voice)
- Greg Dorchak as Pete
- Chris Doubeck as Paul
- Sean Elliot as Matthew
- Krystal Morton as Young Esther
- Kathryn Olsen as Young Apollonia
- Steve Uzzell as Dean Denson
- Cyndi Williams as... | 131,530 | zeroshot-train |
Etelka Gerster [SEP] voice type | Etelka Gerster
Etelka Gerster (25 June 1855, Košice20 August 1920, Pontecchio) was a Hungarian soprano. She debuted in Italy in 1876 and sang in London the following year.
In 1878, she was performing in the Academy of Music in New York City where she was considered one of the leading singers of her time. Her daughter w... | with Gustav Walter, a notable voice teacher of the time. About 1898, she moved to Berlin, where she studied with Emilie Herzog, Etelka Gerster and Lilli Lehmann.
She performed Lieder by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, and Max Reger, among others, many of them written fo... | 131,531 | zeroshot-train |
Eva Turner [SEP] voice type | Eva Turner
Dame Eva Turner, (10 March 1892 – 16 June 1990) was an English dramatic soprano with an international reputation. Her strong, steady and well-trained voice was renowned for its clarion power in Italian and German operatic roles.
Career.
Eva Turner was born in Werneth, Oldham, Her first formal singing lessons... | lead chorister in the choir of the village church from age 15. She worked first as a nurse and midwife for 15 years. Beginning in 1993 she studied voice with Pamela Cook, who trained her until her death in 2013. Foster studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire from 1995. As a recipient of the Dame Eva Turner Awards, she ... | 131,532 | zeroshot-train |
Eva-Maria Westbroek [SEP] voice type | Eva-Maria Westbroek
Eva-Maria Westbroek (born 26 April 1970) is a Dutch soprano opera singer.
Training.
Westbroek studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague from 1988 to 1995. Her vocal teachers included Iris Adami Corradetti and the American tenor James McCray.
Career.
Career 1990s.
Westbroek made her operatic deb... | -Maria Westbroek
- Dutch Divas page on Eva-Maria Westbroek
- Music Web International review of recording of Martinů's "Julietta" (VMS 106), 6 March 2006
- Opera Today.com review of Opus Arte OA0965D DVD recording of Shostakovich, "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District", October 2007
- "Antonio Livio Preis für Eva-Maria ... | 131,533 | zeroshot-train |
Fanie de Jager [SEP] voice type | Fanie de Jager
Fanie de Jager (born 8 April 1949) is a South African operatic tenor and singer of light classical music.
Early life.
Fanie de Jager was born to Christiaan Lodevicus and Frederika Stefina de Jager in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He completed his schooling in Pretoria in Gauteng, the former Tra... | Forever" (2009)
See also.
- List of Afrikaans singers
- List of South African musicians
- Music of South Africa
References.
- Fanie de Jager
- Musiek co za Musiek Suid Afrika
- Beeld Musiekfees by Carnival
- Beeld Klipdrift
- Beeld Tukkies 1958
External links.
- Fanie de Jager
- Noot vir Noot | 131,534 | zeroshot-train |
Fernando Carpi [SEP] voice type | Fernando Carpi
Fernando Carpi (22 January 1876 – 3 August 1959) was an Italian operatic tenor and later professor of singing.
Life and career.
Carpi was born in Florence, Italy in 1876. and made his operatic debut in Lecce in 1898. In 1905 he was in the cast of Leoncavallo' "Zazà" of at the Teatro de Novedades in Barce... | – Jan 1734 Died)
- Gaetano Calvani (24 Mar 1734 – 19 Sep 1747 Resigned)
- Francesco Maria Colombani (20 Nov 1747 – 27 Mar 1788 Died)
- Giacomo Boschi (15 Sep 1788 – 18 Sep 1807 Appointed, Bishop of Carpi)
- Federico Bencivenni, O.F.M. Cap. (14 Apr 1817 – 19 Nov 1829 Died)
- Giambattista Guerra (15 Mar 1830 – 1857 Died)... | 131,535 | zeroshot-train |
Flora Woodman [SEP] voice type | Flora Woodman
Flora Woodman was a Scottish soprano singer popular for her London concert performances in the first decades of the twentieth century. She extensively performed in oratorios such as "The Messiah" and "Elijah".
She sang at the Hallé in 1915. In 1920 she was featured soloist for the Hamilton Choral society,... | in the Cotton South After the Civil War," "Journal of Economic History," Vol. 32, No. 3 (Sep., 1972), pp. 641–669 in JSTOR
- Roger Ransom and Richard Sutch. " The "Lock-in" Mechanism and Overproduction of Cotton in the Postbellum South," "Agricultural History", Vol. 49, No. 2 (Apr., 1975), pp. 405-425 in JSTOR
- Woodma... | 131,536 | zeroshot-train |
Francesco Meli [SEP] voice type | Francesco Meli
Francesco Meli (born 15th May 1980 in Genoa) is an Italian operatic tenor particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire. He began his vocal studies at age 17 with Norma Palacios at the Conservatorio di Musica "Niccolò Paganini" in Genoa. He later became a pupil of mezzo-soprano Franca Mattiucci. ... | in "Don Carlo", Santuzza in "Cavalleria Rusticana", Sinaide in "Mosè in Egitto", Suzuki in "Madame Butterfly", Ulrica in "Un ballo in maschera", and the title roles in "Carmen" and "Mignon".
After retiring from the stage in 1987, Mattiucci embarked on a second career as a voice teacher. Her notable pupils include Marce... | 131,537 | zeroshot-train |
Francisco Araiza [SEP] voice type | Francisco Araiza
José Francisco Araiza Andrade (born 4 October 1950), is a Mexican operatic tenor and lied singer who has sung as soloist in leading concert halls and in leading tenor operatic roles in the major opera houses of Europe and North America during the course of a lengthy career. Born in Mexico City, he stud... | Xin Sui.
Eva Lind regularly appears on German TV where she hosts various music programs.
Andrew Lamb in "Gramophone" described her voice as "sheer delight, fresh, crisp, clear, beautifully agile and with superb trills."
Discography.
Solorecitals
- "Frühlingsstimmen"– Wiener Volksopernorchester, Franz Bauer-Theussl (Phi... | 131,538 | zeroshot-train |
Franco Corelli [SEP] voice type | Franco Corelli
Franco Corelli (8 April 1921 – 29 October 2003) was an Italian tenor who had a major international opera career between 1951 and 1976. Associated in particular with the spinto and dramatic tenor roles of the Italian repertory, he was celebrated universally for his powerhouse voice, electrifying top notes... | breathing support/technique. In addition, coordination by the muscle in the vocal folds as it contracts creates the ability to sing in a chest voice (thyroarytenoid muscle), and the head voice (lengthening of the cricothyroid muscle) allows for the creation of the mixed voice.
Examples.
- Franco Corelli – "L'amour... A... | 131,539 | zeroshot-train |
Friedrich Weidemann [SEP] voice type | Friedrich Weidemann
Friedrich Weidemann (1 January 187130 January 1919) was a German baritone who was a leading singer at the Vienna Court Opera () from 1903 until his death.
Biography.
Weidemann was born in Ratzeburg in 1871.
He created the role of Kaspar in Alexander von Zemlinsky's opera "Es war einmal" on 22 Januar... | Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann
Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann or Wiedemann (1668, Osterburg - 25 December 1750, Berlin) was a German painter. From 1702 he worked as court painter to Frederick William I, prince and later king of Prussia. He also produced portraits of several other members of the Prussian royal family
Life.
Bo... | 131,540 | zeroshot-train |
George Perren [SEP] voice type | George Perren
George Perren (1827 – 7 April 1909) was an English tenor active in both concert and opera. He was born in Camberwell, a district of London. After concert appearances in the provinces he studied in Milan with Lamperti and on his return to England made his debut in The Surrey Theatre on 28 May 1855 in "Faus... | at the Crystal Palace as Amina in Bellini's "La sonnambula" with George Perren and Richard Temple, conducted by August Manns. In 1872, she sang the role of Maid Marian in a concert version of G. A. Macfarren's opera "Robin Hood" at the Crystal Palace. "The Musical Standard" wrote of her "sweet cultivated voice" and opi... | 131,541 | zeroshot-train |
Geraldine McMillian [SEP] voice type | Geraldine McMillian
Geraldine McMillian is an American soprano who has had an active career in concerts and operas since the mid-1980s.
Career.
After graduating from the Juilliard School, McMillian made her professional opera debut in 1986 at the Houston Grand Opera as Annie in George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess". She r... | McMillian
McMillian is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Audray McMillian (born 1962), American football player
- Geraldine McMillian, American opera singer
- Jerron McMillian (born 1989), American football player
- Jim McMillian (1948-2016), American basketball player
- Lennie McMillian (born 1959)... | 131,542 | zeroshot-train |
Germaine Cernay [SEP] voice type | Germaine Cernay
Germaine Cernay, born Germaine Pointu (28 April 1900, Le Havre - 19 September 1943, Paris) was a French mezzo-soprano who was active both in the opera house and on the concert platform.
Life and career.
Cernay studied the piano before entering the Conservatoire de Paris for vocal studies under Albers an... | Sedira, Emma Luart, Germaine Féraldy, Eidé Norena, Ninon Vallin, Povla Frijsh, Jane Bathori, Madeleine Grey, Germaine Martinelli, Suzanne Cesbron-Viseur, Suzanne Balguerie, Germaine Lubin, Germaine Cernay, Claire Croiza, Alice Raveau
- Georges Thill, René Maison, José Luccioni, César Vezzani, René Verdière, Gaston Mich... | 131,543 | zeroshot-train |
Gianna D'Angelo [SEP] voice type | Gianna D'Angelo
Gianna D'Angelo (18 November 1929 - 27 December 2013) was an American coloratura soprano, primarily active in the 1950s and 1960s.
Born Jane Angelovich in Hartford, Connecticut, she studied first at The Juilliard School in New York City with Giuseppe De Luca. In the early 1950s, she moved to Venice, Ita... | Walter Berry (1954/1985), Anton Dermota (1955/1966), Gianna D'Angelo (1957/1965), (1957/1992), Fedora Barbieri, Margherita Carosio, Astrid Varnay (1955/1957), Gertrude Grob-Prandl, Birgit Nilsson (1957/1958), Régine Crespin (1958/1966), Carlo Bergonzi (1958/1982), Alfredo Kraus (1958/1994).
- 1960s: Joan Sutherland (19... | 131,544 | zeroshot-train |
Gianni Raimondi [SEP] voice type | Gianni Raimondi
Gianni Raimondi (17 April 1923 – 19 October 2008) was an Italian lyric tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
Born in Bologna, Raimondi studied at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in his native city with Antonio Melandri, and Gennaro Barra-Caracciolo and in Mantua with Ett... | Fedora Barbieri, Gianni Raimondi, Carlo Tagliabue, Giulio Neri - Coro e Orchestra della Rai Torino, Angelo Questa - Warner-Fonit (1955)
- Donizetti - "Linda di Chamounix" - Margherita Carosio, Gianni Raimondi, Giuseppe Taddei, Giuseppe Modesti, Rina Corsi, Carlo Badioli - Coro e Orchestra della Rai Milano, Alfredo Simo... | 131,545 | zeroshot-train |
Giovanna Sestini [SEP] voice type | Giovanna Sestini
Giovanna Sestini (6 April 1749 – 14 July 1814) was a soprano opera singer who performed in her native Italy, in Portugal, and from 1774 in London, where she lived for the rest of her life. For many years she was the popular "prima buffa" (or first woman) in comic opera at the King's Theatre in the Haym... | soloist at the Haymarket where she was supported by Margaret Martyr, Giovanna Sestini and Mrs Kennedy, although it was said that they never found a male singer of the same quality of voice and appearance to sing with her.
Bannister married Charles Bannister's son John Bannister on 26 January 1783 who was a skilled and ... | 131,546 | zeroshot-train |
Giovanni Cesari [SEP] voice type | Giovanni Cesari
Giovanni Cesari (25 June 1843 – 10 March 1904) was an Italian singer with a "soprano acuto", or high soprano voice.
Together with Alessandro Moreschi, Domenico Salvatori and Domenico Mustafà, Cesari was a famous castrato singer of the late 19th century. Born in the town of Frosinone, he was dropped off ... | of Alessandro Moreschi, together they often used to visit their contemporary Domenico Mustafà in his retirement. Salvatori died in Rome. He is buried in the Monumental Cimitero di Campo Verano in Alessandro Moreschi's tomb. He recorded, along with Giovanni Cesari and Vincenzo Sebastianelli, a few phonograph recordings ... | 131,547 | zeroshot-train |
Giovanni Guicciardi [SEP] voice type | Giovanni Guicciardi
Giovanni Guicciardi (12 January 1819 – 4 October 1883) was an Italian opera singer who sang leading baritone roles in the opera houses of Italy and Portugal. He is most remembered today for having created the role of Count di Luna in Verdi's "Il trovatore", although he created several other leading ... | 18 Mar 1686 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
- Jan Kazimierz Denhoff (10 Nov 1687 – 2 Jun 1697 Resigned)
- Giovanni Fontana (bishop of Cesena) (3 Jun 1697 – 2 Mar 1716 Died)
- Marco Battista Battaglini (8 Jun 1716 – 19 Sep 1717 Died)
- Francesco Saverio Guicciardi (24 Jan 1718 – 18 Jan 1725 Died)
- Giovanni Battista... | 131,548 | zeroshot-train |
Giuditta Grisi [SEP] voice type | Giuditta Grisi
Giuditta Grisi (28 July 1805 – 1 May 1840) was an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano, sister of soprano Giulia Grisi and cousin of ballerina Carlotta Grisi.
She was born and studied in Milan, and made her debut in Vienna, as Faliero in "Bianca e Faliero", in 1826. She specialized in Rossini roles, which from... | Curci (1882–1963), coloratura soprano
- Giulia Grisi (1811–1869), operatic soprano whose brilliant dramatic voice established her as an operatic prima donna for more than 30 years
- Claudia Muzio (1889–1936), operatic soprano, whose international career was among the most successful of the early 20th century. She broug... | 131,549 | zeroshot-train |
Giulio Gari [SEP] voice type | Giulio Gari
Giulio Gari (September 9, 1909 - April 15, 1994) was a versatile and internationally known tenor who performed on both the opera and concert stages. He sang more than fifty-five lyric and dramatic roles. He performed with the New York City Opera from 1945 to 1952 and with the Metropolitan Opera from 1953 to... | In 1945, he made his official debut with a leading American opera company when he appeared at the New York City Opera for the first time as the Steersman in Richard Wagner's "Der fliegende Holländer". Composer Virgil Thomson, then music critic of the "New York Herald Tribune", wrote "the vocal treat of the evening was ... | 131,550 | zeroshot-train |
Giuseppe Anselmi [SEP] voice type | Giuseppe Anselmi
Antonio Giuseppe Anselmi (6 October 1876, Nicolosi - 27 May 1929, Zoagli) was an Italian operatic tenor. He became famous throughout Europe during the first decade of the 20th century for his stylish performances of lyric roles. He never sang in the United States.
Life and career.
Anselmi came from the... | 25 Jul 1721 Died)
- Giovanni Francesco Leonini (24 Sep 1721 – 16 Jan 1725 Died)
- Giulio Cesare Compagnoni (21 Feb 1725 – 12 Apr 1732 Died)
- Dionigi Pieragostini (7 May 1732 – 8 Dec 1745 Died)
- Giuseppe de Vignoli (14 Jun 1746 – 19 Dec 1757)
- Francesco Maria Forlani (19 Dec 1757 – 5 Jun 1765)
- Domenico Giovanni Pro... | 131,551 | zeroshot-train |
Gloria Lane [SEP] voice type | Gloria Lane
Gloria Lane Krachmalnick (June 6, 1925 - November 22, 2016, Trenton, New Jersey) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active international performance career from 1949 to 1976. In her early career she distinguished herself by creating roles in the world premieres of two operas by Gian Carlo Men... | J50 2010 update Skyline Crossover (2012–).
Changes include: intelligent cruise control, lane departure prevention, lane departure warning, forward collision warning, front seat emergency brake sensing pre-crash seat belt, intelligent brake assist, steering wheel switches (audio navigation, voice command, hands-free pho... | 131,552 | zeroshot-train |
Gordon Wry [SEP] voice type | Gordon Wry
Gordon Wry (1910–1985) was a Canadian tenor and conductor. His voice is preserved on a handful of recordings made with pianist Glenn Gould.
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Wry studied singing with renowned contralto Nellie Smith and music theory with Healey Willan at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He ... | - 'Notes on a visit to Britain,' CanComp, 21, 22, Sep, Oct 1967
- 'Address' (25 Nov 1967), Report on the John Adaskin Project Policy Conference, CMCentre (Toronto 1967)
- 'Writings by John Weinzweig,' eds R. and P. Henninger, CMB, 6, Spring-Sumer 1973
- 'Vancouver Symposium 1950,' Canadian League of Composers' Newslett... | 131,553 | zeroshot-train |
Graeme Danby [SEP] voice type | Graeme Danby
Graeme Danby (born 23 May 1962 in Consett, County Durham, England) is an operatic bass who has performed at several of the world's leading opera houses, notably the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the English National Opera. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is known for his ... | .
- "The Pitman's Courtship" from the CD "Graeme Danby sings stories from the North East" and "The Pitman's Courtship" from the CD "Come you not from Newcastle? – Newcastle songs volume 1" – which is one of 20 CD's in the boxed set Northumbria Anthology (Listen on ) – both from Mawson Wareham Music, MWM Records, 14 Cob... | 131,554 | zeroshot-train |
Grete Forst [SEP] voice type | Grete Forst
Grete Forst (August 18, 1878 – June 1, 1942) was an Austrian soprano.
Born Margarete Feiglstock to a Jewish family in Vienna, Forst made her operatic debut in Cologne in 1900 in the title role of "Lucia di Lammermoor" Three years later, made her Vienna State Opera debut in the same role and was made a membe... | links.
- Photo of Henriette Gottlieb
- Opera Nederland webpage, by Mark Duijnstee Article in Dutch with photo Article also has photos and short bios in Dutch of other victims of the Holocaust: Richard Breitenfeld, Grete Forst, Juan Luria, Theodore Ritch, and Ottilie Metzger.
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm... | 131,555 | zeroshot-train |
Gustáv Papp [SEP] voice type | Gustáv Papp
Gustáv Papp (28 September 1919 – 7 October 1997) was a Slovak operatic tenor who had an active international career during the 1940s through the 1980s. He was notably a leading artist at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava from 1948 through 1987. He made a number of recordings made on the Supraphon la... | IV
- Dr. Gustáv Papp, class IV
- Bernadeta Pánčiová, class IV
- Prof. MUDr. RNDr. Bohumil Sekla, DrSc., in memoriam, class IV
- Ester Šimerová, class IV
- ThDr. Jan Šimsa, class IV
- Jaroslav Werstadt, in memoriam, class IV
- Dr. Ing. Peter Zaťko, in memoriam, class IV
Recipients Czechoslovakia 1992.
- JUDr. Ivan Dérer... | 131,556 | zeroshot-train |
Gérard Lesne [SEP] voice type | Gérard Lesne
Gérard Lesne (; born 15 July 1956) is a French countertenor. He also the founder and artistic director of the baroque music ensemble, Il Seminario Musicale.
Life and career.
Gérard Lesne was born in Montmorency, France. His initial vocation was rock singer, but in 1979 the tenor Zeger Vandersteene introduc... | bass parts in seventy cantatas in performance and recording. He has since contributed to the Bach cycle being recorded by the J. S. Bach-Stiftung with the conductor Rudolf Lutz. He also has founded his own group, the Magdalena Consort, which released its first commercial recording in 2014: it consists of Bach cantatas ... | 131,557 | zeroshot-train |
Gérard Souzay [SEP] voice type | Gérard Souzay
Gérard Souzay (8 December 1918 – 17 August 2004) was a French baritone, regarded as one of the very finest interpreters of mélodie (French art song) in the generation after Charles Panzéra and Pierre Bernac.
Background and education.
He was born Gérard Marcel Tisserand, but later adopted the stage name of... | 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... | 131,558 | zeroshot-train |
Hans Herbert Fiedler [SEP] voice type | Hans Herbert Fiedler
Hans Herbert Fiedler (November 10, 1907 in Triest – February 14, 2004 in Munich) was a German operatic bass and actor. He is best known today for portraying the role of Moses in the original 1954 production of Arnold Schoenberg's "Moses und Aron".
Biography.
Fiedler studied Germanistics (German Stu... | during his lifetime. However, the first public performance of music from the opera was of "Der Tanz um das goldene Kalb" in concert at Darmstadt on 2 July 1951, just 11 days before the composer's death. There was a concert performance of the two acts in Hamburg on 12 March 1954 with Hans Herbert Fiedler as Moses and He... | 131,559 | zeroshot-train |
Hector Dupeyron [SEP] voice type | Hector Dupeyron
Hector Dupeyron (1861–1911) was a French operatic tenor who had a prolific opera career in Europe from 1887 through 1906. Possessing a powerful and dramatic voice, he particularly excelled in the works of Richard Wagner and Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Biography.
Dupeyron studied at the Conservatoire de Paris und... | from the opera stage in 1906, after which he worked in Paris as a singing teacher until his death. Among the first generation of musicians to be recorded, his voice is preserved on a handful of recordings made with Pathé in 1902 and Odeon Records in 1905.
Sources.
- Biography of Hector Dupeyron on Operissimo.com (in Ge... | 131,560 | zeroshot-train |
Heidi Parviainen [SEP] voice type | Heidi Parviainen
Heidi Parviainen (born 8 March 1979) is a Finnish lyric soprano, and best known as the former lead singer of Finnish power metal band Amberian Dawn. Before working with Amberian Dawn, she played keyboards and provided background vocals for a band called Iconofear. Shortly after leaving Amberian Dawn, H... | Kainuu (1:516)
People.
- Aki Parviainen (born 1974), Finnish javelin thrower
- Emmi Parviainen (born 1985), Finnish actor
- Hannu-Pekka "HP" Parviainen (born 1981), Finnish snowboarder
- Heidi Parviainen (born 1979), Finnish singer
- Janne Parviainen (born 1973), Finnish drummer
- Jouko Parviainen (born 1958), Finnish ... | 131,561 | zeroshot-train |
Helen Boatwright [SEP] voice type | Helen Boatwright
Helen Strassburger Boatwright (November 17, 1916 – December 1, 2010) was an American soprano who specialized in the performance of American song, recorded the first full-length album of songs by composer Charles Ives and had a career that spanned more than five decades.
Early life and career.
Born as H... | featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. Harsanyi also sang for Albert Einstein during a dinner party in Princeton, New Jersey and husband Nikki played chamber music with Einstein. While at Princeton she became the head of the voice department at Westminster Choir College in the early 1950s.
On February 17, 1969, Janice Harsa... | 131,562 | zeroshot-train |
Helge Rosvaenge [SEP] voice type | Helge Rosvaenge
Helge Rosvaenge (born Helge Anton Rosenvinge Hansen, August 29, 1897June 17, 1972) was a Danish operatic tenor whose career was centred on Germany and Austria, before, during and after World War II. His last name is sometimes spelled Roswaenge or Rosvænge.
Rosvaenge was born in Copenhagen. He made his d... | "Poetic Edda". It says that he was reborn as
- Helgi Hundingsbane, a Scandinavian hero who figures in the "Völsunga saga" and who has two poems in the "Poetic Edda". It says that he was reborn as
- Helgi Haddingjaskati, a Swedish hero from "Hrómundar saga Gripssonar".
- Helge Jung - a Swedish General
- Helgi the Sharp ... | 131,563 | zeroshot-train |
Henriette Méric-Lalande [SEP] voice type | Henriette Méric-Lalande
Henriette Méric-Lalande (1798 – 7 September 1867) was a French operatic soprano, one of the leading sopranos of the early 19th century.
She was born at Dunkirk, the daughter and pupil of the conductor Jean-Baptiste Lalande. She made her stage debut in Nantes in 1814. In Paris, Castil-Blaze was i... | serio" and the "buffo" and the "semi-serio"."
19th century performances
The opera was first performed at La Scala, Milan on 14 February 1829, with Henriette Méric-Lalande and Domenico Reina in the leading roles. Alessandro Sanquirico, the well-established set designer of the time, designed the sets, and the opera was p... | 131,564 | zeroshot-train |
Hildegard Ranczak [SEP] voice type | Hildegard Ranczak
Hildegard Ranczak (Vítkovice, 20 December 1895 - Vienna, February 1987) was a Bohemian operatic soprano, particularly associated with Richard Strauss roles, and largely based in Germany. She married and later divorced German baritone Fritz Schaetzler.
She studied in Vienna with Irene Schlemmer-Ambros ... | appeared in operas by Richard Strauss, creating Clairon in "Capriccio", other notable roles included Octavian, Zdenka, Aithra, Die Farberin.
She made guest appearances in Vienna, Paris, London, Rome, Dresden. Her last performance was as "Carmen" in Munich, in 1950.
Selected recordings.
- "Die Boheme" - Trude Eipperle, ... | 131,565 | zeroshot-train |
Igor Gorin [SEP] voice type | Igor Gorin
Igor Gorin (October 26, 1904 – March 24, 1982) was an Austrian baritone and music teacher.
Early life.
Gorin was born Ignatz Greenberg on October 26, 1904, in the small village of Grodek (today Horodok, Lviv Oblast) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, Sholom Greenberg, was a rabbi and a Talmudist who... | studied voice with Igor Gorin at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Opera career.
Between 1967 and 1977 Belen performed in multiple locations around the United States, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain. She sang for the Tucson Opera (now the Arizona Opera) and the San Francisco Opera. She sang the principal soprano role fo... | 131,566 | zeroshot-train |
Ion Buzea [SEP] voice type | Ion Buzea
Ion Buzea (born 14 August 1934) is a Romanian tenor who enjoyed a successful international career.
Born in Cluj, Romania, where he studied geology and mining and played in the National Romanian Volleyball team while pursuing vocal training with Lya Popp. He made his stage debut in Cluj as Alfredo in "La travi... | Ștefan Ruha and Ion Voicu, and the singers Alexandru Agache, Liliana Bizineche, Ion Buzea, Elena Cernei, Ileana Cotrubaș, Dan Iordachescu, Marta Kessler, Ionel Pantea, Emilia Petrescu, Ion Piso, Edita Simon and Julia Tözser-Varadi. Ferdinand Weiss also performed with world-famous guests on Romanian stages, such as Ayha... | 131,567 | zeroshot-train |
Irene von Fladung [SEP] voice type | Irene von Fladung
Irene von Fladung (1879–1965) was an Austrian operatic soprano. Her voice is preserved on a few recordings made with Odeon Records.
Life and career.
Fladung studied singing in Graz before making her professional opera debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1906. In 1907 she made her first appearances at t... | in Zusammenarbeit mit Irene Meissner: Sep Ruf 1908–1982. Moderne mit Tradition. München 2008
- Sep Ruf 1908-1982: Leben und Werk Irene Meissner 2013
- Hans Wichmann: Sep Ruf. Bauten und Projekte. DVA, Stuttgart, 1986,
- Der Bungalow, Paul Swiridoff, Wohn- und Empfangsgebäude für den Bundeskanzler in Bonn, Neske Verlag,... | 131,568 | zeroshot-train |
Irra Petina [SEP] voice type | Irra Petina
Irra Petina (April 18, 1908 - January 19, 2000) was an actress and singer, as well as a leading contralto with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. She was called the "floperetta queen" by critic Ken Mandelbaum.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Petina was the daughter of General Stephen Petin, Czar Nicho... | Bonelli
- Richard Hageman as Richard Hegeman
- Irra Petina as Irra Petine
- Tandy MacKenzie as Tandy MacKenzie
- Fay Helm as Miss Wilson
- Esther Dale as Miss Clark
- Deems Taylor as Deems Taylor | 131,569 | zeroshot-train |
Isabel Rey [SEP] voice type | Isabel Rey
Isabel Rey (born in Valencia) is a Spanish operatic soprano who has performed leading roles in the opera houses of Europe and appears on many recordings.
Discography.
- Handel: "Semele" – Conductor: William Christie; Rey, Bartoli, Workman (DECCA 2009)
- Donizetti: "Don Pasquale" – Conductor: Nello Santi; Rey... | ; Isabel Rey (Discmedi 1999)
- Mozart: "Le nozze di Figaro" – Conductor: Harnoncourt; Rey, Hampson, Margiono, Bonney (Teldec 1994)
- Various: "The Passion of Spain" – Rey, Carreras (Teldec 1993)
- Various: "Opera Gala" – Rey, Caballé, De los Ángeles, Carreras, González, Pons (RTVE 1992).
Sources.
- Cummings, David (ed.... | 131,570 | zeroshot-train |
Isola Jones [SEP] voice type | Isola Jones
Isola Jones (born December 27, 1949) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera for 16 seasons and has performed with many opera companies throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Biography.
Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is part African American, Native American (Cheroke... | published an extract. That was my first time in print. The magazine was influential, though, like most magazines of the kind, it was short lived... The extract in "X" attracted interest from a number of publishers. Fabers, among other publishers, wrote to me. T. S. Eliot was working at the firm then.”
- Isola di Rifiut... | 131,571 | zeroshot-train |
Jack Harrold [SEP] voice type | Jack Harrold
Jack Harrold (June 10, 1920 – July 22, 1994) was an American operatic tenor and voice teacher. Admired for his comedic skills, he specialized in the tenor buffo repertoire. He had a particularly long association with the New York City Opera from the 1940s through the 1980s. He also appeared in several Broa... | - Vince Gill as Boomhauer's Singing Voice
- Yakov Smirnoff as Himself
- Randy Travis as Charles "Charile" Green
- The Substitute Spanish Professor
- Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Vayzosa
- Lupe Ontiveros as Anne
- Patricia Place as Betty
- Unfortunate Son
- Edward Asner as Stinky
- Jack Carter as Irwin Linker
- Are You There, G... | 131,572 | zeroshot-train |
James Maddalena [SEP] voice type | James Maddalena
James Maddalena (born 1954) is an American baritone who is chiefly associated with contemporary American opera. He gained international recognition in 1987 when he created the role of Richard Nixon at the premiere of Adams's opera "Nixon in China" at Houston. He has since reprised the role on many occas... | 14-15)
- Michelle Tillman as Alpha 6 (Episodes 29-44)
- Julie Maddalena as the voice of D.E.C.A.
- Tom Whyte as Commander Stanton
- Jack Betts as Councilor Brody
- Betty Hawkins as High Councilor Renier
- Kerrigan Mahan as the voice of the original Magna Defender
- Ryan James as Zika
- Paul Schrier as Farkus "Bulk" Bul... | 131,573 | zeroshot-train |
Jan Nepomuk Maýr [SEP] voice type | Jan Nepomuk Maýr
Jan Nepomuk Maýr (sometimes spelled Mayr, Mayer, or Maier) (17 February 1818 – 25 October 1888) was a Czech operatic tenor, opera director, conductor, composer, and music educator. He is best remembered today for serving as the first director/principal conductor of the Provisional Theatre in Prague.
Bi... | the theatre, on 20 November 1862, was Cherubini's "Les deux journées". For the first year or so of its life, the Provisional Theatre alternated opera with straight plays on a daily basis, but from the start of 1864 opera performances were given daily.
History.
The first principal conductor (or musical director) of the ... | 131,574 | zeroshot-train |
Jan van der Crabben [SEP] voice type | Jan van der Crabben
Jan van der Crabben (born 1964) is a Belgian baritone singer.
Born in 1964 in Genk, Belgium, van der Crabben studied music at the Etterbeek Academy under the direction of Aquiles Delle Vigne and subsequently at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He has performed in Belgium and internationally and h... | Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12", written in Weimar in 1714, recorded in 2009 together with Gerlinde Sämann, Christoph Genz and Jan van der Crabben. She appeared in a concert of Bach cantatas at the Rheingau Musik Festival in the Eibingen Abbey in 2005. She recorded with La Petite Bande also Bach's "St Matthew Pa... | 131,575 | zeroshot-train |
Javier Camarena [SEP] voice type | Javier Camarena
Javier Camarena (born March 26, 1976) is a Mexican operatic tenor.
Camarena was born in Xalapa, Veracruz. His father was a nuclear plant technician.
He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in October 2011 in "Il Barbiere di Siviglia," singing the role of Count Almaviva. On April 25, 2014, Camarena b... | Quayle
- 5 Sep – Begging in America
- 12 Sep – Gridlock
- 19 Sep – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- 26 Sep – Computer Viruses
- 3 Oct – John Sasso & James Baker
- 10 Oct – U.S. Returns to Space
- 17 Oct – Networks Under Fire
- 24 Oct – Politics of Personality
- 31 Oct – Clawsons of Ohio
- 7 Nov – Enrique Camarena
- 21 Nov – Geor... | 131,576 | zeroshot-train |
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt [SEP] voice type | Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt is a French tenor, mostly as an opera singer. He was born on 30 August 1958 at Blanzy in the Burgundy region. He is best known for singing French Baroque music, especially the parts called in French "haute-contre", written for a very high tenor voice with no falsetto singing.... | , and Rosenthal to Szymanowski.
In 2000, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt was honoured with the distinction of 'Chevalier de l’ordre National du Mérite' by the French Government.
He became the Artistic Director of the Studio de l’Opéra de Lyon (SOL) in 2011.
Selected recordings.
Solo recitals
- Airs de Cour des XVI, XVII, XVIII S... | 131,577 | zeroshot-train |
Jennifer Sowle [SEP] voice type | Jennifer Sowle
Jennifer Sowle (born September 11, 1977) is a classically trained coloratura soprano. Sowle currently resides in Dallas, Texas, USA. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance from Auburn University and a Master of Music degree from the University of North Texas. In 2008 she was the featured vocalis... | Sowle
Sowle is a surname and may refer to:
- Diana Sowle (born 1930), American actor
- Jennifer Sowle (born 1977), American singer
- Melvin L. Sowle, eponym of Sowle Nunatak in Antarctica | 131,578 | zeroshot-train |
John Fiorito [SEP] voice type | John Fiorito
John Fiorito (born 4 September 1936 in New York) is a baritone opera singer.
Career.
Fiorito began his classical training in 1952, with Rita Kittain and her associate, Lydia Chaliapin. He made his professional debut in 1957, with the Toledo Choral Society and Symphony in the title role of Mendelssohn's "El... | company of the Met, under the direction of Risa Stevens. Fiorito has appeared with the Wiener Staatsoper and Volksoper, L'Opera de Montreal, Spoleto Festival Charleston, SC, Milwaukee Florentine Opera, the Washington Opera (DC), and many other regional companies in the United States. He made his Metropolitan Opera debu... | 131,579 | zeroshot-train |
John Relyea [SEP] voice type | John Relyea
John Relyea (born 1972 in Toronto) is a Canadian bass-baritone opera singer and winner of the 2003 Richard Tucker Award.
He was born in 1972 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Gary Relyea, one of Canada's well-known opera singers, and a native Estonian Anna Tamm-Relyea, also a professional singer.
John Relyea ... | He worked with director John Sturges as assistant director on the 1959 World War II film "Never So Few" and the 1960 western, "The Magnificent Seven." He also worked as an Assistant Director for John Wayne on "The Alamo" and Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins on "West Side Story." Wise was so impressed with Relyea he offer... | 131,580 | zeroshot-train |
John van Kesteren [SEP] voice type | John van Kesteren
John van Kesteren (May 4, 1921 in The Hague – July 11, 2008 in Jupiter, Florida) was a Dutch operatic tenor.
Career.
Van Kesteren first worked as an electronic telex specialist for the Dutch Telegraph Company PTT. His very first appearance as a non-professional singer was in 1942 with an operetta comp... | 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,... | 131,581 | zeroshot-train |
Jonathan Battishill [SEP] voice type | Jonathan Battishill
Jonathan Battishill (May 1738 – 10 December 1801) was an English composer, keyboard player, and concert tenor. He began his career as a composer writing theatre music but later devoted himself to working as an organist and composer for the Church of England. He is considered one of the outstanding 1... | under Samuel Champness for singing, and Charles Knyvett for the harpsichord. Subsequently he studied under Jonathan Battishill.
In the summer of 1769 Busby was engaged to sing at Vauxhall Gardens at a salary of ten guineas a week. On his voice breaking, he was articled to Battishill for three years, and worked on both ... | 131,582 | zeroshot-train |
Jongmin Park [SEP] voice type | Jongmin Park
Jongmin Park (born 1986) is a South Korean opera singer who has sung leading bass roles in the opera houses of Germany, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Born in Seoul, he was the winner of the Song Prize at the 2015 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition Park also won First Prize (male singer) at the ... | University of Arts and then at the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan before becoming a member of the Hamburg State Opera from 2010 to 2013. He made his Royal Opera House debut in 2014 as Colline in "La bohème" and sang at the Vienna State Opera in the 2013/2014 season where his roles included Zuniga in "Carmen",... | 131,583 | zeroshot-train |
Josef Metternich [SEP] voice type | Josef Metternich
Josef Metternich (2 June 1915, in Cologne – 21 February 2005, in Feldafing) was a German operatic baritone.
Metternich also appeared at the Royal Opera House in London, La Scala in Milan, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in "La forza del destino", in 1953.
He joined the Munich ... | Cornelia Kallisch
Cornelia Kallisch (born 1956) is a German operatic mezzo-soprano who made an international career. She has participated in premieres of operas and in concert, and in award-winning recordings.
Early life.
Born in Marbach am Neckar, Kallisch first studied violin and piano. She studied voice with Josef M... | 131,584 | zeroshot-train |
Josef Witt [SEP] voice type | Josef Witt
Kammersänger Josef Witt (17 May 1901 - 3 January 1994) was a tenor who was a regular performer at the Vienna State Opera before WW II. His name is sometimes spelt Joseph Witt.
In 1923 Witt created the role of Li in Hans Gál's opera, "Die heilige Ente", in Düsseldorf. He performed the role of Palestrina in th... | Recognition.
Conductor Karl Böhm called her "the world's greatest tragedienne".
In 1964 she was awarded the Mozartmedaille by the Mozart community of Vienna.
Her voice has been described as "rich, beautifully formed, with dramatic delivery and strength and feeling for style exciting admiration" ("Umfangreiche, schön ge... | 131,585 | zeroshot-train |
Judith Malafronte [SEP] voice type | Judith Malafronte
Judith Malafronte is an American mezzo-soprano currently on the faculty at Yale University. She is the winner of several top awards in Italy, Spain, Belgium and the US, including the Grand Prize at the International Vocal Competition in Hertogenbosch, Holland.
Malafronte earned a B.A. with honors from... | Malafronte
Malafronte is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Judith Malafronte, American opera singer
- Luigi Malafronte (born 1978), Italian footballer | 131,586 | zeroshot-train |
Julie Nesrallah [SEP] voice type | Julie Nesrallah
Julie Nesrallah is a Canadian mezzo-soprano and radio host.
Biography.
Julie Nesrallah is a singer, actress and broadcaster. She has a rich and expressive voice. Miss Nesrallah is regularly engaged by opera companies, symphonies, festivals and chamber music ensembles across North America and abroad.
In ... | the festival were Jan Lisiecki, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Simone Dinnerstein, Marc-André Hamelin, Julie Nesrallah, Yehonatan Berick, National Arts Centre Orchestra, The Swingle Singers, Nexus (ensemble), Trio con Brio Copenhagen, New Zealand String Quartet, TorQ Percussion Quartet and more.
Past performers include Paul Merk... | 131,587 | zeroshot-train |
Karel Fiala [SEP] voice type | Karel Fiala
Karel Fiala (born 3 August 1925, Hrušov (Ostrava), Czechoslovakia) is a Czech operatic tenor and film actor. He initially worked as a chimney sweeper before entering the Prague Conservatory in 1947. After earning his degree in 1952 he pursued further studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague for t... | Count Valdemar Lomecký
- Alfons Rasp as Son of Valdemar Lomecký
- Julius Czonský as Innkeeper
- Bronislava Livia as Lea
- Karel Fiala as Administrator of a manor
- Karel Schleichert as Old Veteran
- Josef Sváb-Malostranský as Guest
- Karel Faltys as Napoleon
- Jirina Janderová as Countess Lomecká
- Jindrich Edl... | 131,588 | zeroshot-train |
Karl Perron [SEP] voice type | Karl Perron
Karl Perron, born Karl Pergamenter and also known as Carl Perron, (3 June 1858 – 15 July 1928) was a German bass-baritone. A Kammersänger of the Dresden State Opera, he created leading roles in three operas by Richard Strauss – Jochanaan in "Salome", Orest in "Elektra", and Baron Ochs in "Der Rosenkavalier"... | never married and lived with his sister, Käthe, who ran his household. Karl Perron died in Dresden on 15 July 1928 at the age of 70.
References.
Notes
Sources
- Kuhn, Laura (ed.), "Perron, Karl", "Baker's Dictionary of Opera", Schirmer Books, 2000, p. 602.
- Warrack, John Hamilton and West, Ewan, (eds.), "Perron, Karl"... | 131,589 | zeroshot-train |
Kate Aldrich [SEP] voice type | Kate Aldrich
Kate Aldrich (born October 31, 1973, Damariscotta, Maine) is an American mezzo-soprano.
She has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Hamburg State Opera, Teatro Regio (Turin), Rossini Opera Festival, Los Angeles Opera, Opéra de Montréal, the Deutsche... | - 22 Jun – Morton Downey
- 29 Jun – Cyril Alington
- 6 Jul – Betty Nuthall
- 13 Jul – Ogden L. Mills
- 20 Jul – Nikola Tesla
- 27 Jul – Paul Von Hindenburg
- 3 Aug – Willa Cather
- 10 Aug – Paul W. Litchfield
- 17 Aug – Samuel Seabury
- 24 Aug – Albert H. Wiggin
- 31 Aug – Winthrop W. Aldrich
- 7 Sep – Ramsay MacDonald... | 131,590 | zeroshot-train |
Kathleen Kim [SEP] voice type | Kathleen Kim
Kathleen Kim is a Korean-American operatic coloratura soprano. Her repertoire includes roles in operas by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi and Offenbach, among others, as well as in oratorios such as the "Messiah" and sacred works such as Mozart's "Great Mass in C minor".
Education.
Kim is a graduate of th... | Pride in Prejudice By Janos Gereben – Classical Voice Feb 2010
- With Ghosts Part 1 by Bryan Reesman May 2010
- With Ghosts Part 2 by Bryan Reesman May 2010
- rock star reinvents himself with the help of Blair professor Michael Kurek by Jim Patterson – Vanderbilt View June 2010
- Winger's True Passion: Music For Ballet... | 131,591 | zeroshot-train |
Kim Borg [SEP] voice type | Kim Borg
Kim Borg (August 7, 1919April 28, 2000) was a Finnish bass, teacher and composer. He had a wide-ranging, resonant, warm voice.
Biography.
Kim Borg was born in Helsinki. He studied voice with Heikki Teittinen at the Sibelius Academy (1936–1941 and 1945–1947), where he also received training in theory and compos... | temporal transmitter, Chakotay and Harry Kim manage to send information back in time to Seven to prevent the destruction of the ship. A little more of Seven's Borg history is revealed when, due to a modified Borg device planted by an alien species, she begins to exhibit the memories of some of the people she has assimi... | 131,592 | zeroshot-train |
Klesie Kelly [SEP] voice type | Klesie Kelly
Klesie Kelly, or Klesie Kelly-Moog, is an American soprano and voice teacher at the Musikhochschule Köln and for international master classes.
Career.
Born in Kentucky, Kelly studied voice in Germany with Bettina Björgsten, Helmut Kretschmar and Günther Weißenborn. More active in concert than on the opera ... | .
Kelly has been a professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Köln from 1986. She has taught master classes in Europe and Korea. Her students have included Juan Carlos Echeverry, Julia Kleiter, and Christiane Oelze. Several of her students were awarded at international competitions and are members of leading opera compa... | 131,593 | zeroshot-train |
Krisztina Szabó [SEP] voice type | Krisztina Szabó
Krisztina Szabó is a Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano opera singer who has performed in a number of operatic roles. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Szabó finished her postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She was awarded the Emerging Artist grant fro... | - Tamás Darnyi
- Attila Czene
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Tamás Darnyi
- Attila Czene
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Tamás Deutsch, Norbert Rózsa, Péter Horváth, and Béla Szabados
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Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Judit Kiss
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Judit Kiss
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Krisztina Egerszegi
- Tünde Szab... | 131,594 | zeroshot-train |
Kurt Equiluz [SEP] voice type | Kurt Equiluz
Kurt Equiluz (born 13 June 1929 in Vienna) is an Austrian classical tenor in opera and concert, known for recording works of Johann Sebastian Bach with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Helmuth Rilling, a member of the Vienna State Opera as a tenor buffo from 1957 until 1983.
Career.
Kurt Equiluz was an alto solois... | comic bass parts, such as the title role in Massenet's "Don Quichotte", Don Basile in Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia", Geronimo in Cimarosa's "Il matrimonio segreto", and Prince Gremin in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin".
Villisech performed in 1965 the bass arias in the pioneering recording of Nikolaus Harnoncourt of... | 131,595 | zeroshot-train |
Lilian Stiles-Allen [SEP] voice type | Lilian Stiles-Allen
Lilian Stiles-Allen (28 July 189015 July 1982) was a British soprano of the mid 20th century.
She was born Lilian Elizabeth Allen in Devonshire Street, Marylebone in 1890, and later added her mother's maiden name.
Her musical education was at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she won th... | in Australia and New Zealand, with her husband.
In December 1928 Brunskill was in Beecham's Queen's Hall RPS presentation of Handel's "Hercules" with Dora Labbette, Lilian Stiles-Allen, Tudor Davies and Horace Stevens. Brunskill's operatic appearances were fewer in the 1930s, but in 1933 her Amneris at Covent Garden, c... | 131,596 | zeroshot-train |
Louise Gunning [SEP] voice type | Louise Gunning
Louise Gunning (April 1, 1879 – July 24, 1960) was an American soprano singer popular on Broadway in Edwardian musical comedy and comic opera from the late 1890s to the eve of the First World War. She was perhaps best remembered as Princess Stephanie of Balaria in the 1911 Broadway production of "The Bal... | Gunning was forced to cancel a European tour and return to America when in 1914 war threatened the continent. In 1915 she began a series of vaudeville singing engagements that would continue into the early 1920s.
Personal life.
In October 1903 Gunning married Frederick Pitney, owner of a New York cab company, and almos... | 131,597 | zeroshot-train |
Luciana Serra [SEP] voice type | Luciana Serra
Luciana Serra (born November 4, 1946 in Genoa) is an Italian coloratura soprano.
Career.
Serra made her international debut in 1966 as Eleonora in Cimarosa's "" at the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest, but did not achieve general acclaim until the late 1970s, when she took on coloratura roles in Do... | academy, she studied with Luciana Serra, Leyla Gencer, and Luigi Alva and also attended masterclasses of Renato Bruson and Mirella Freni. In 2006 she debuted there as Naiad in "Ariadne auf Naxos" and won first prize in the Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Istanbul.
International career.
Nachaidze went on singing sever... | 131,598 | zeroshot-train |
Lucilla Udovich [SEP] voice type | Lucilla Udovich
Lucilla Udovich (September 7, 1930 – September 23, 1999) was an American soprano of Croatian ancestry.
Life story.
Life story Early years.
Udovich was born in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in California. She studied singing, violin, piano and solfeggio at the Community Music School in San Francisco, lat... | the Great Recordings of the Century by EMI (5 67765 2). There is also a brilliantly lively recording of "The Marriage of Figaro" from Glyndebourne on EMI Classics (Gemini), with Sena Jurinac as the Contessa.
In 1954 he conducted Spontini's "Agnes von Hohenstaufen" at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with Franco Corelli, ... | 131,599 | zeroshot-train |
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