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Hervey Alan [SEP] voice type | Hervey Alan
Hervey Alan (22 February 1910 – 12 January 1982) was an English operatic bass and voice teacher. During his career he sang leading roles with most of Great Britain's major opera institutions, including the Edinburgh Festival, the Glyndebourne Festival, the Royal Opera House, the Sadler's Wells Opera, and th... | Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown and Elizabeth Upton, Baroness Templetown, by whom he had two daughters and six sons:
- Lady Augusta Hervey (22 Dec 1799-17 March 1880)
- Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol (15 July 1800 – 30 October 1864), the great-great-grandfather of the present Marquess
- Lady Georgiana... | 131,900 | zeroshot-train |
Hélène Lindqvist [SEP] voice type | Hélène Lindqvist
Hélène Lindqvist (born 1968 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish soprano singing opera, operetta, oratorio, art song and musical theatre.
Biography and Artistic Work.
Lindqvist is of Swedish and Egyptian descent. She began her vocal training in Stockholm with the Florence Düselius. She then studied at th... | , Violetta (La Traviata), Fiordiligi (Così Fan Tutte), Michaela (Carmen), Desdemona (Otello), etc.
In 2004 Hélène Lindqvist undertook a tour of Japan, where she appeared as The Countess in The Marriage of Figaro. In addition, the artist took a concert tour through Egypt.
From 2006 to 2009, Lindqvist was a regular ensem... | 131,901 | zeroshot-train |
Irene Abendroth [SEP] voice type | Irene Abendroth
Irene Abendroth (1871-1932) was a Polish coloratura soprano singer. She was a pupil of Frau Wilczek. She was a member of the Vienna court opera in 1889, and she sang in Riga and Munich, and again in Vienna (1894-99). She was engaged from 1899 to 1908 at the Royal Opera in Dresden.
Her debut in March 188... | Abendroth
Abendroth is a German surname (from German "Abendrot", "evening red", "afterglow"). Notable people with the surname include:
- Amandus Augustus Abendroth (1767–1842), German jurist
- Ernst K. Abendroth American biologist who researched in Antarctica
- Abendroth Peak a mountain in Antarctica named after Ernst ... | 131,902 | zeroshot-train |
Jean Borthayre [SEP] voice type | Jean Borthayre
Jean Borthayre (25 May 1901, Musculdy - 25 April 1984, Montmorency) was a French operatic baritone, particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories.
Career.
Mainly self-taught, Borthayre began his career singing as a soloist in a Basque choir, touring Europe. In about 1936, he began study... | conductor.
Discography (incomplete) As conductor Mono recordings.
- Bizet: "Les Pêcheurs de perles". Mattiwilda Dobbs, Enzo Seri, Jean Borthayre; Paris Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra. Preiser (CD)
- Gluck: "Alceste" – Semser, Seri, Demigny, Mollien, Hoffmann, Lindenfelder, Chœur et Orch Phil de Paris, Jean-Pierre Ra... | 131,903 | zeroshot-train |
Jean Vieuille [SEP] voice type | Jean Vieuille
Jean Vieuille was a French bass-baritone singer (born Paris, 14 February 1902, died Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, 6 April 1967) who enjoyed a long stage career mainly centred at the Paris Opéra-Comique.
Life and career.
His teachers were Albert Carré, Léon David and his uncle, Félix Vieuille.
He made his debu... | vocal numbers. Once in the public domain it was mounted at the Bouffes-Parisiens and the Théâtre de la Gaîté, then the Théâtre de la Renaissance on 11 March 1879 for 25 performances, with a cast including Jean-François Berthelier as Bertrand, Jane Hading as Charles and Mily-Meyer as Louise. Other notable singers to hav... | 131,904 | zeroshot-train |
Jianyi Zhang [SEP] voice type | Jianyi Zhang
Jianyi Zhang (张建一 in Chinese) is an American operatic tenor of Chinese birth. A graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard School, he has had an active international career in concerts and operas since the mid-1980s. He has sung leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Ci... | of officials, including Zhang Gao, to attend to Emperor Suzong, and in 757, Zhang reached Emperor Suzong's makeshift court at Fengxiang (鳳翔, in modern Baoji, Shaanxi). As Emperor Suzong was impressed by Zhang's suggestions, he made Zhang "Jianyi Daifu" (諫議大夫), a consultant at the examination bureau. He soon further pro... | 131,905 | zeroshot-train |
Jim Morrison [SEP] voice type | peoples (which, based on his readings, he referred to by the anthropological term "shamans") influenced his stage routine, notably in seeking trance states and vision through dancing to the point of exhaustion. In particular, Morrison's poem "The Ghost Song" was inspired by his readings about the Native American Ghost ... | Jim Morrison
James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, songwriter and poet, who served as the lead vocalist of the rock band the Doors. Due to his poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, wild personality, performances, and the dramatic circumstances surrounding his life and early death,... | 131,906 | zeroshot-train |
John Boulter [SEP] voice type | John Boulter
John Boulter is a British tenor best known for his appearances as a soloist in the BBC's long-running variety series "The Black and White Minstrel Show". Along with bass Tony Mercer and baritone Dai Francis, Boulter was one of the show's three front men.
Early life.
Boulter was born in Gillingham, Kent, an... | " Assuming the items belong to "him", he starts picking them up but ends up falling into the pit.
Voice cast.
- Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
- Bud Luckey as Eeyore
- Craig Ferguson as Owl
- Jack Boulter as Christopher Robin
- Travis Oates as Piglet
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez as Kanga
- Wyatt Hall as Roo
- ... | 131,907 | zeroshot-train |
John Gostling [SEP] voice type | John Gostling
John Gostling (1644–1733) was a 17th-century Church of England clergyman and bass singer famed for his range and power. He was a favourite singer of Charles II and is particularly associated with the music of Henry Purcell.
Background.
John Gostling was the son of Isaac Gossling, a Canterbury mercer, or c... | in the form of an anthem, and requested Purcell to set them to music. The work is a very difficult one, including a passage which traverses the full extent of Gostling's voice, beginning on the upper D and descending two octaves to the lower.
Gostling Manuscript.
One of the important sources for Purcell's music is the ... | 131,908 | zeroshot-train |
John Mark Ainsley [SEP] voice type | John Mark Ainsley
John Mark Ainsley (born 9 July 1963) is an English lyric tenor. Known for his supple voice, Ainsley is particularly admired for his interpretations of baroque music and the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In the course of his career, he has gravitated towards 20th-century music, singing in operas by... | Paul Agnew, John Mark Ainsley and Peter Harvey.
Recordings.
- 1981 - "A Feather on the Breath of God - Sequences and Hymns by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen" Originally released by Hyperion on Vinyl LP A66039 1982 and re-released April 1985 on Hyperion CDA66039
- 1983 - "The Mirror of Narcissus - Songs by Guillaume de Mach... | 131,909 | zeroshot-train |
Josef Staudigl [SEP] voice type | Josef Staudigl
Josef Staudigl (the elder) (b. Wöllersdorf, 14 April 1807; d. Vienna, 28 March 1861) was an Austrian bass singer.
Life.
Staudigl attended the school in Wiener Neustadt and, from 1825, was a novice in the Benedictine monastery of Stift Melk. In 1827 he went to Vienna to study surgery there. On account of ... | leave early in 1848, Joseph Staudigl resumed his post at the State Opera.
Germany and Netherlands, 1848–49.
Escaping to Hamburg (where he had missed fulfilling a contract in April 1848) he joined the Opera's co-operative, paid on shares not guarantee, singing first his Marcel. That autumn 1848 he took some part in the ... | 131,910 | zeroshot-train |
José Cura [SEP] voice type | José Cura
José Luis Victor Cura Gómez (born December 5, 1962 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentine operatic tenor, conductor, director, scenographer and photographer known for intense and original interpretations of opera characters, notably "Otello" in Verdi’s "Otello", "Samson" in Saint-Saëns’ "Samson et Dalila", "C... | assistant conductor of the university choir.
At 21, he won a grant to study at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires where he remained for six months.
Cura continued to sing in the opera chorus while focusing on composition and conducting until 1988, when he began working with Horacio Amauri to develop proper singing techni... | 131,911 | zeroshot-train |
Judith Bettina [SEP] voice type | Judith Bettina
Judith Bettina is an American soprano and music educator particularly noted for her performances and recordings of contemporary classical music.
Life and career.
Bettina was born in Manhattan to a violinist mother, Lilo Kantorowicz Glick, and a violist father, Jacob Glick, who was noted for his champion... | Eastern European woman...as well as the voice for the leading female character.
Since moving back to Northern California, Bettina has built a solid career in the film community in the fields of casting and producing, as well as establishing herself as one of the most sought after acting/dialect coaches in the area. Her... | 131,912 | zeroshot-train |
Julián Dobrski [SEP] voice type | Julián Dobrski
Julián Dobrski (31 December 1811 or 1812, Nowe - 2 May 1886, Warsaw) was a Polish operatic tenor. He was one of the main tenors at the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, from 1832 to 1861, and again in 1865 when he sang the role of Stefan in the world premiere of Stanisław Moniuszko's "The Haunted Manor". | 1819.03.29 – 1821.06.27) & Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1819.03.29 – 1821.06.27)
- Eugenio Mendoza Jara (17 Sep 1838 – 18 Aug 1854 Died)
- Julián Ochoa Campos (27 March 1865 – 17 Sep 1875 Resigned)
- Pedro José Tordoya Montoya (17 Sep 1875 – 23 March 1880 Resigned) previously Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis (1860.0... | 131,913 | zeroshot-train |
Kai Rüütel [SEP] voice type | Kai Rüütel
Kai Rüütel (born 5 September 1981, in Tallinn) is a mezzo-soprano opera singer from Estonia.
Education.
Kai Rüütel studied at the Georg Ots Music School in Tallinn and then at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague and the Dutch National Opera Academy, graduating from the Masters programme with Special H... | Rüütel
Rüütel is an Estonian surname (meaning "knight"). Notable people with the surname include:
- Arnold Rüütel (born 1928), politician, President of Estonia 2001–2006
- Ingrid Rüütel (born 1935), folklorist and philologist, First Lady of Estonia 2001–2006, wife of President Arnold Rüütel
- Kai Rüütel (born 1981), op... | 131,914 | zeroshot-train |
Karel Strakatý [SEP] voice type | Karel Strakatý
Karel Strakatý (2 July 1804 in Blatná – 26 April 1868 in Prague) was a Czech operatic bass who had a lengthy career at the Estates Theatre in Prague from 1827 until his retirement in 1858. While there he portrayed more than 253 roles in over 3,230 performances. He is best remembered today's as the first ... | Leo Slezak, opera singer
- Jiří Stivín, flute player
- Karel Strakatý, singer
- Vaclav Talich, conductor
- Vilém Tauský, conductor
- Štěpán Rak, guitarist
- Zuzana Růžičková, harpsichordist
- Miroslav Vitouš, jazzman
- Antonín Vranický (also known as Anton ), violinist
- Hana Zagorová, singer
- Wojciech Żywny, pianist
... | 131,915 | zeroshot-train |
Kari Rueslåtten [SEP] voice type | Kari Rueslåtten
Kari Rueslåtten (born 3 October 1973) is a Norwegian soprano singer, songwriter and keyboardist, who was well known for being the former lead singer and songwriter for the now disbanded Norwegian doom metal/experimental band, The 3rd and the Mortal from 1992 to 1994. The 3rd and the Mortal was one of th... | Musical career.
Musical career 1995-1997: The 3rd and the Mortal.
After the departure of Kari Rueslåtten, a friend of Edvardsen from school told her about their search for a new voice. She was brought to their rehearsal without them knowing, believing that the band already knew about her audition. After a jam session t... | 131,916 | zeroshot-train |
Karl Scheidemantel [SEP] voice type | Karl Scheidemantel
Karl Scheidemantel (29 January 1859 – 26 June 1923) was a baritone singer, and later an opera director.
Life and career.
Born in Weimar, the son of a Weimar court artist, Scheidemantel found great success in various roles in the operas of Richard Wagner. Among his supporters were Bodo Borchers in Wei... | , Karl: "Stimmbildung".
- Scheidemantel, Karl: "Gesangbildung".
- He translated Mozarts "Don Giovanni".
- "Pechvogel und Lachtaube", text: Karl Scheidemantel, music: Georg Pittrich.
Literature.
- Paul Trede: "Karl Scheidemantel", Carl Reißner, Dresden 1911.
External links.
- Karl Scheidemantel images, library of the Go... | 131,917 | zeroshot-train |
Katia Plaschka [SEP] voice type | Katia Plaschka
Katia Plaschka is a German coloratura soprano who performs in opera, especially contemporary opera, and concert performances of oratorios.
Career.
Katia Plaschka studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt until 2002 with Gunnel Tasch–Ohlsson. She also studied with Heidrun Kordes. In the field... | of Freiburg and the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, among others.
In 2008, he sang the part of Jesus in Hugo Distler's chorale Passion "Choralpassion" op. 7, with the Kurt-Thomas Kammerchor in three concerts in and around Frankfurt to celebrate the centenary of Distler's birth in 1908.
In 2011, he performed the ba... | 131,918 | zeroshot-train |
Katija Dragojevic [SEP] voice type | Katija Dragojevic
Katija Dragojevic, born on 14 July 1970, is a Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano who is active at international opera houses such as La Scala, Royal Opera House Covent Garden and La Monnaie. Dragojevic starred in the film "Juan" based on Mozart's "Don Giovanni".
Career.
Born in Stockholm, the young Dragoj... | "Don Giovanni" entitled "Juan".
Discography.
- Michael Haydn, "Sacred Choral Music", 2000, BISCD859
- Vadstena Academy, "Forty summers of opera", 4 CD:s, 2007, dB Productions #116
Filmography.
- "Juan" (2010)
External links.
- Katija Dragojevic Operabase | 131,919 | zeroshot-train |
Kelly Kaduce [SEP] voice type | Kelly Kaduce
Kelly Kaduce (born 1974) is an American soprano. She was born in Winnebago, Minnesota, United States of America. A graduate of St. Olaf College and Boston University (where she studied under Penelope Bitzas), Kaduce won the 1999 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Career.
Since her debut in 2000... | the heroine have included Lee Venora, Joy Clements, Maralin Niska, Nancy Shade, Diana Soviero, Karan Armstrong, Kelly Kaduce and Phyllis Treigle (opposite Michael Devlin as Blitch).
"Susannah" is one of the most performed American operas, second to "Porgy and Bess", and celebrated its 50th anniversary with a performanc... | 131,920 | zeroshot-train |
Kurt Rydl [SEP] voice type | Kurt Rydl
Kurt Rydl (born October 8, 1947) is an Austrian operatic bass (basso profondo).
Biography.
Rydl studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Moscow Conservatory. He has won many prizes at several competitions. Rydl is a guest on many major festivals, including in Bayreuth, Schwetzingen, Salzburg, Bregenz, F... | Tappy, Anne Howells, Kurt Rydl. DVD: DGG 0440 073 4128 5
- Orff: "Carmina Burana" (Original Source) "♦ "Conductor - Kurt Eichhorn, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester. Singers: Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, John van Kesteren. DVD: RCA 74321 852859 "(Currently available in PAL format only)"
- Puccini... | 131,921 | zeroshot-train |
Layla Claire [SEP] voice type | Layla Claire
Layla Claire is a Canadian soprano opera singer. She was born in Penticton, British Columbia. She is a graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist at the Metropolitan Opera, where she made her debut as Tebaldo in "Don Carlos" in 2010. She studied at Université de Montréal and graduated from the Curtis Institute... | Jeunes Artistes recital winner
- J. Desmarais Foundation Bursaries
- Canada Council Grant
External links.
- Layla Claire official website
- Layla Claire biography at IMG Artists
- Video clip: Layla Claire Rehearses with James Levine from "James Levine: America's Maestro", PBS, May 2011
- "Levine leads superb young cast... | 131,922 | zeroshot-train |
Lubomír Havlák [SEP] voice type | Lubomír Havlák
Lubomír Havlák (27 December 1921 – 28 September 2014) was a Czech dramatic tenor born at Fryčovice near Ostrava, former Czechoslovakia.
His professional career started at the theatre in Ostrava (Hunter in Rusalka), followed by performances in the Ústí nad Labem opera theater (Turridu in "Cavalleria Rusti... | Berlin Opera House (Florestan).
He died in September 2014 at the age of 92.
References.
- Lubomír Havlák at National Theatre magazine 4/2006-07, p.5
- Lubomír Havlák at "Czech musical vocabulary of people and institutions"
- http://www.naxos.com/person/Lubomir_Havlak/5734.htm | 131,923 | zeroshot-train |
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris [SEP] voice type | Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris ("née" Elizabetta Lucia Bartolozzi; 3 March 1797 – 8 August 1856) was an English actress and a contralto opera singer, appearing in works by, among others, Mozart and Rossini. While popular in her time, she was more notable as a theatre producer and manager. After accumul... | Madame Vestris
Madame Vestris may refer to:
- Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (born Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797–1856), English singer, actress and theatre producer and manager, married to the French dancer, Armand Vestris
- Rose Vestris (born Françoise-Rose Gourgaud, 1743-1804), French actress, married to the dancer and l... | 131,924 | zeroshot-train |
Luise Willer [SEP] voice type | Luise Willer
Luise Willer (1888–1970) was a German operatic contralto. She made her professional opera debut in 1910 as Annius in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "La clemenza di Tito". She spent most of her career performing at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. At the Bayreuth Festival, she portrayed Brängane in "Tristan u... | Schorlemmer, Eugen Schuhmacher, Josef Sieber, Henry R. Sokal, Luise Ullrich, Gerd Vespermann, Hans Fritz Wilhelm, Richard Wolf and Gertrud Wolle
- Heilsbronn, Heilsbronn Abbey, Burial site of some princes of the Hohenzollern family
- Icking, Burial site of Gert Fröbe, Wilhelm Rode, Ludwig Stiel and Luise Willer
- Ingol... | 131,925 | zeroshot-train |
Lynne Dawson [SEP] voice type | Lynne Dawson
Lynne Dawson (born 3 June 1956) is an English soprano. She came to great prominence through her performance as a soloist in "Libera me" from Verdi's Requiem with the BBC Singers at Princess Diana's funeral in September 1997. Lynne Dawson has recorded over seventy-five CDs and has a varied concert and opera... | "Messiah" (1993)
- "The Queen" (2006)
External links.
- (archived 24 July 2011)
- Artist Page at IMG Artists (archived 17 December 2010)
- Lynne Dawson at Hyperion Records
- Lynne Dawson Fan Site | 131,926 | zeroshot-train |
Mabel Garrison [SEP] voice type | Mabel Garrison
Mabel Garrison Siemonn (April 24, 1886 - August 20, 1963), was an American coloratura soprano who sang at the Metropolitan Opera from 1914 to 1921.
Biography.
Garrison was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 24, 1886.
She graduated from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) in 1903. She went o... | died on 30 May 1488, leaving his only son and heir Thomas who was over twenty-one years of age.
Marriage and issue.
He married as his first wife Dousabella Tempest (died before 1500), daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Tempest of Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire and Mabel, daughter of Walter Strickland. They had three son... | 131,927 | zeroshot-train |
Magda Ianculescu [SEP] voice type | Magda Ianculescu
Magda Ianculescu (March 30, 1929 – March 16, 1995) was a Romanian operatic soprano and voice teacher. A leading singer in the Romanian National Opera for many years, she was known for her musicality and vocal technique. Her voice had a wide range and a timbre which critics compared to that of Maria Cal... | Alma Gluck
- Dimitrie Gusti
Natives H.
- Spiru Haret
- Alfred Hefter
- Philip Herschkowitz
- Alexandru Hrisoverghi
Natives I.
- Magda Ianculescu
- Ilarion Ionescu-Galați
- Anghel Iordănescu
Natives J.
- Hilda Jerea
Natives K.
- Antioch Kantemir
- Mihail Kogălniceanu
Natives L.
- Samuel Leibowitz
- Ovidiu Lipan
- Magda ... | 131,928 | zeroshot-train |
Marcella Craft [SEP] voice type | Marcella Craft
Marcella Craft (August 11, 1874 – December 12, 1959) was an American operatic soprano who performed internationally in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Personal life.
Born Marcia Craft in Indianapolis, Indiana, she moved with her family to Riverside, California in 1887. Craft graduated from ... | its type in the United States.
A group of singing teachers incorporated it in the state of New York on 27 November 1906 as the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
The first annual meeting of the new organization was held on 7 January 1908, at Steinway Hall in New York City.
The English music critic and voice t... | 131,929 | zeroshot-train |
Marcella Sembrich [SEP] voice type | Marcella Sembrich
Marcella Sembrich (February 15, 1858 – January 11, 1935) was the stage name of the Polish coloratura soprano, Prakseda Marcelina Kochańska. She had an important international singing career, chiefly at the New York Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
Biography.
Sembric... | its type in the United States.
A group of singing teachers incorporated it in the state of New York on 27 November 1906 as the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
The first annual meeting of the new organization was held on 7 January 1908, at Steinway Hall in New York City.
The English music critic and voice t... | 131,930 | zeroshot-train |
Maria di Gerlando [SEP] voice type | Maria di Gerlando
Maria di Gerlando (November 23, 1925 – May 24, 2010) was an American operatic soprano and voice teacher who was a leading performer at the New York City Opera from 1953 to 1969. She was best known for creating the role of Carmela in the 1954 world premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Saint of Bleecke... | Seminary of Acireale
Seminary of Acireale (Italian: "Seminario Vescovile di Acireale") is a Roman Catholic seminary located in Acireale, Sicily in the Diocese of Acireale for the education and training of young men studying for the priesthood.
History.
The seminary was founded on 15 December 1881 by the first Bishop of... | 131,931 | zeroshot-train |
Marie Powers [SEP] voice type | Marie Powers
Marie Powers (1902–1973) was an American contralto who was best known for her performance as Madame Flora in Gian Carlo Menotti’s "The Medium", a role that she played on stage, screen and television.
Early life.
On June 20, 1902, Powers was born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. At 17, Powers left home to stu... | discovers that Joe has not come in that night.
Cast.
- Gig Young as Johnny Kelly
- Mala Powers as Sally 'Angel Face' Connors
- William Talman as Hayes Stewart
- Edward Arnold as Penrod Biddel
- Chill Wills as Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'
- Marie Windsor as Lydia Biddel
- Paula Raymond as Kathy Kelly
- Otto Hulett a... | 131,932 | zeroshot-train |
Marinka Gurewich [SEP] voice type | Marinka Gurewich
Marinka Gurewich (1902, Bratislava - 23 December 1990, Manhattan) was an American voice teacher and mezzo-soprano of Jewish Czech descent. She is best remembered for teaching several successful opera singers, including Martina Arroyo, Marcia Baldwin, Grace Bumbry, Joy Clements, Ruth Falcon, Melvyn Poll... | After the workshop ended, he introduced her to voice instructor Marinka Gurewich, who immediately accepted her as a student. When Arroyo did not take her training as seriously as her teacher wanted, Gurewich eventually threatened to end their lessons. Arroyo said of the incident,
She further explained that at that poin... | 131,933 | zeroshot-train |
Mariska Aldrich [SEP] voice type | Mariska Aldrich
Mariska Aldrich (née Horvath, March 27, 1881 – September 28, 1965) was an American dramatic soprano singer and actress. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She was a pupil of Alfred Giraudet (1906–1909) and George Henschel. She debuted at the Manhattan Opera House in 1908, as the Page in "Les Hugueno... | in Manhattan on October 18, 1911 shortly after beginning his third year of teaching in New York.
As a singing teacher and writer on singing, Giraudet was greatly influenced by François Delsarte and his theory of voice gymnastics which was an important precursor to the development of modern dance. Giraudet had studied s... | 131,934 | zeroshot-train |
Mats Lillhannus [SEP] voice type | Mats Lillhannus
Mats Lillhannus (born 1972 Korsholm, Finland) is a Finnish tenor singer. He is an ensemble singer specialised in early music.
Lillhannus started his musical career as a jazz trumpeter, but his interest in singing and early music was awakened already in the early 1990s. After finishing school he studied ... | several music festivals. Mats Lillhannus lives in Turku, Finland.
Musical Clips.
- Camerata Aboensis: Jesu dulcis memoria
- Apollo's Noyse: Wert: Valle che de' lamenti miei
External links.
- Website of Mats Lillhannus
- Mats Lillhannus’ Piae Cantiones Edition
- Camerata Aboensis
- Key Ensemble | 131,935 | zeroshot-train |
Mignon Nevada [SEP] voice type | Mignon Nevada
Mignon Nevada (14 August 1886 – 25 June 1971) was an English operatic soprano. She was born in Paris, daughter of the American operatic soprano Emma Nevada and her English husband Raymond Palmer. She was named after the title character of the 1866 opera "Mignon", written by her godfather, French composer ... | "Sanctions", featuring Phyllis Dixey. She first broadcast for the BBC in 1938 with Teddy Joyce's Girls' Choir. After two voice teachers whom she did not like, she found Mignon Nevada, which was satisfactory.
Between 1937 and 1941, she, at first under the name of Kyra Vronska, toured in such musicals as '’Balalaika'’, '... | 131,936 | zeroshot-train |
Minnie Nast [SEP] voice type | Minnie Nast
Minnie Nast (10 October 1874 – 20 June 1956) was a German soprano. She was born in Karlsruhe and studied at the Karlsruhe Conservatory, making her début at Aachen in 1897.
Nast performed in Dresden from 1898–1919 and then taught singing there until the bombing of the city in 1945 during World War II. She al... | , Clear Pictures. Edward Steichen's World War I and Condé Nast Years", Art Institute of Chicago, USA, 28 Jun – 28 Sep
- 2014: Edward Steichen & Art Deco Fashion, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, 18 Oct 2013 – 2 Mar
- 2014: "Steichen in the 1920s and 1930s: A Recent Acquisition", Whitney Museum Art, USA, 6 Dec 2... | 131,937 | zeroshot-train |
Mirella Freni [SEP] voice type | Mirella Freni
Mirella Freni (; born Mirella Fregni on 27 February 1935) is an Italian soprano whose repertoire includes Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. Freni was married for many years to the Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov, with whom she performed and recorded.
Early life and education.
Freni was born into a w... | teaching. He taught piano at the Liceo Musicale of Piacenza and singing at the conservatories of Parma and Milan. He then went on to coach vocal technique and interpretation at the opera school of La Scala in Milan.
Campogalliani was the voice teacher of Renata Tebaldi, Renata Scotto, Mirella Freni, Ferruccio Furlanett... | 131,938 | zeroshot-train |
Monica Yunus [SEP] voice type | Monica Yunus
Monica Yunus (born 1979) is an American operatic soprano who has performed with many opera companies and music ensembles. Reviewers from US dailies, "The New York Times", the "Charleston City Paper" and the "Palm Beach Daily News" have described her voice as "especially winning", "utterly captivating" and ... | early age, Yunus' grandmother began taking her to sing in the choir at their Russian Orthodox Church, a choir Yunus would sing with throughout her entire childhood. It was while singing in this church choir that Yunus first fell in love with classical music.
At the age of eleven, Yunus' mother helped her begin studying... | 131,939 | zeroshot-train |
Naděžda Kniplová [SEP] voice type | Naděžda Kniplová
Naděžda Kniplová (née Pokorná) (born 18 April 1932) is a Czech operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1950s through the 1980s. Kniplová possessed a large voice with a sonorous, metallic, dark timbre that was particularly well suited to the dramatic soprano repertoire. While sh... | also a highly respected voice teacher. He taught at the Prague Conservatory from 1941–1942 and again in 1953. He was on the faculty at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague from 1952–1973. Among his notable pupils were Václav Zítek and Naděžda Kniplová. In 1959 he was made a People's Artist of the USSR. After retiri... | 131,940 | zeroshot-train |
Nicola Tacchinardi [SEP] voice type | Nicola Tacchinardi
Nicola Tacchinardi (3 September 1772 - 14 March 1859), was an Italian cellist and tenor, and later voice teacher.
Tacchinardi was born at Livorno, began his career as a cellist at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence, and later turned to singing, making his debut as a tenor in Livorno in 1804.
He qui... | Tacchinardi
Tacchinardi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alessio Tacchinardi (born 1975), Italian footballer and manager
- Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani (1812–1867), Italian opera singer
- Massimiliano Tacchinardi (born 1971), Italian footballer
- Nicola Tacchinardi (1772–1859), Italian op... | 131,941 | zeroshot-train |
Nicolae Bretan [SEP] voice type | Nicolae Bretan
Nicolae Bretan (25 March 1887 – 1 December 1968) was a Romanian opera composer, baritone, conductor, and music critic.
Bretan was born in Năsăud. He studied in Cluj, Vienna and Budapest before becoming one of the pioneers of Romanian opera - his opera "Luceafărul" (1921) is cited as the first opera in Ro... | Golem (Bretan opera)
Golem is a one-act opera by Nicolae Bretan to his own libretto, based on the legend of the Golem as expressed in a drama by Illés Kaczér. It was written over a brief period in 1923, and was first performed in Cluj on 23 December 1924.
Synopsis.
Prague in the 16th century. Rabbi Lőw (based on the hi... | 131,942 | zeroshot-train |
Nicolae Herlea [SEP] voice type | Nicolae Herlea
Nicolae Herlea (; 28 August 1927 – 24 February 2014) was a highly acclaimed Romanian operatic baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially the role of Rossini's Figaro, which he sang around 550 times during his career and the title role of Rigoletto
Biography.
Born in Buchares... | retired, he taught master classes at the Bucharest Conservatory.
He was the President of the Jury of the Hariclea Darclée International Voice Competition.
Family.
He married Simona, a gynecologist, in 1969, and they had two sons, Robert Nicolae and Filip Anton. In 1983, Simona defected to Germany. During the last years... | 131,943 | zeroshot-train |
Oda Slobodskaya [SEP] voice type | Oda Slobodskaya
Oda Slobodskaya (28 November 1888 - 30 July 1970) was a Russian born soprano who became a British citizen.
Her biographer Maurice Leonard quotes Slobodskaya as having been born on 28 November 1888 in Vilno (now Vilnius) near the Polish border. She won a scholarship for secondary education but, having co... | professor in 1881.
Pupils.
Among her pupils were:
- Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel,
- Lydia Lipkowska,
- Oda Slobodskaya,
- Elena Katulskaya,
- Lubov Andreyeva-Delmas,
- Ksenia Dorliak (mother of Nina Dorliak),
- Aikanush Danielyan,
- Elizaveta Petrenko, and others.
External links.
- Teatralnaya Entsiklopedia: Natalia Alexandr... | 131,944 | zeroshot-train |
Patricia Brooks [SEP] voice type | Patricia Brooks
Patricia Brooks (November 7, 1937 – January 22, 1993), was a lyric soprano, actress, and opera singer, who performed primarily with the New York City Opera. She was known for her acting ability as much as for her voice.
Biography.
Brooks was born in Manhattan and attended the High School of Music and Ar... | 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... | 131,945 | zeroshot-train |
Pavel Ludikar [SEP] voice type | Pavel Ludikar
Pavel Ludikar (3 March 1882 – 19 February 1970) was a Czech operatic bass who had a highly successful international singing career from 1904 through 1944. He began his career in his native country and by 1911 had arisen at many of the major opera houses in Europe. From 1913 to 1935 his career was mainly c... | roles in operas by Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Giacomo Puccini. Ludikar began teaching singing in Prague in 1941. In 1947 he joined the faculty at the Vienna Music Academy, where he taught until his death almost three decades later. He also gave annual master classes at the Mozarteum University of Salz... | 131,946 | zeroshot-train |
Peter Kajlinger [SEP] voice type | Peter Kajlinger
Peter Kajlinger (born 2 December 1964) is a Swedish operatic baritone. Kajlinger grew up in a family of musicians. He made his debut in La Bohème at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm at the age of 11.
Career.
He entered the College of Opera in Stockholm in 1989 and performed as Moralés ("Carmen") and... | 2: Claudia Barainsky, Maraile Lichdi, Melinda Liebermann, Stella Kleindienst, Lani Poulson, Roderic Keating, Markus Marquardt, Peter Kajlinger, Urs Winter, Helmut Holzapfel, Mark Munkittrick, Carsten Wittmoser; Chorus and Orchestra of the Staatsoper Stuttgart; Lothar Zagrosek, conductor. Recorded June–July 1999 in the ... | 131,947 | zeroshot-train |
Piero Cappuccilli [SEP] voice type | Piero Cappuccilli
Piero Cappuccilli (November 9, 1926 – July 11, 2005) was an Italian operatic baritone. Best known for his interpretations of Verdi roles, he was widely regarded as one of the finest Italian baritones of the second half of the 20th century. He was enormously admired within the field of opera for his ri... | Rolando Panerai and
Piero Cappuccilli, yet his many recordings reveal a singer and musician of considerable distinction, with a handsome voice, a solid technique, and a fine sense of style.
Sereni sang Germont in two famous performances of "La traviata". The first, with Maria Callas and Alfredo Kraus in 1958, became kn... | 131,948 | zeroshot-train |
Pierre-Aurèle Asselin [SEP] voice type | Pierre-Aurèle Asselin
Pierre-Aurèle Asselin (1881–1964) was a French Canadian furrier and tenor singer. Asselin came from a musical family; he was the brother of mezzo-soprano Marie-Anne Asselin and great uncle of pianist André Asselin.
Asselin was born in the town of Sainte-Famille on Île d'Orléans in 1881. He moved w... | Marie-Anne Asselin
Marie-Anne Asselin (5 September 1888 – 1971) was a French Canadian mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. She came from a musical family, being the sister of Pierre-Aurèle Asselin.
Life.
Asselin was born in the town of Sainte-Famille on l'Île d'Orléans in Quebec Around 1900, she moved with her family to Mo... | 131,949 | zeroshot-train |
Powell Lloyd [SEP] voice type | Powell Lloyd
Harold Powell Lloyd (known as Powell Lloyd) (1900 – 1987) was an English operatic tenor and opera director and producer.
Biography.
Lloyd studied singing at Morley College and later with Amy Martin and Herbert Oliver. He began his career as an actor at the Old Vic in his early 20s, excelling in the plays o... | The Voice from the Minaret
The Voice from the Minaret is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Norma Talmadge, Eugene O'Brien, and Winter Hall. The film is based on the play of the same name by Robert Smythe Hichens (London, Sep 1919). The film is considered lost.
Plot.
Lady Ad... | 131,950 | zeroshot-train |
Pretty Yende [SEP] voice type | Pretty Yende
Pretty Yende, OIS (born 6 March 1985) is a South African operatic soprano. She has performed leading roles at opera houses internationally, including La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera.
Early life and education.
Born in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, Yende was inspired to learn opera at age 16 after seeing a Br... | Yende
Yende is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Mthokozisi Yende (born 1984), South African footballer
- Pretty Yende (born 1985), South African opera singer | 131,951 | zeroshot-train |
Richard Edgar-Wilson [SEP] voice type | Richard Edgar-Wilson
Richard Edgar-Wilson is an English tenor who has had an international career on the concert platform and the opera stage. He is particularly known for his oratorio work, especially as a Bach Evangelist and as an interpreter of the music of Benjamin Britten.
Life and career.
Richard Wilson (he chang... | 1978–1980)
- Iván Antonio Ruíz Zuñiga (2003–2005)
- Ricardo Garcia "La Culebra" (2014 – Oct 2015)
- Nelson Mauricio Ancheta ( -Sep 2016)
- Willy Mirnda (interim) (Sep 2016 – Oct 2016)
- Rubén Alonso (Oct 2016 – Aug 2017)
- Edgar Henríquez (Aug 2017 – Dec 2017)
- Ivan Ruiz (Dec 2017 -May 2018)
- Wilson Angulo (July 2018... | 131,952 | zeroshot-train |
Robin Blaze [SEP] voice type | Robin Blaze
Robin Blaze (born 1971 in Manchester) is an English countertenor.
Childhood and education.
The son of Peter, a professional golfer, and Christine, Robin Blaze, with his brother Mark, grew up in Shadwell, near Leeds, and was educated at Leeds Grammar School, Uppingham School, and Magdalen College, Oxford. Ha... | has played them, and Stevie Blaze of Lillian Axe also played Robin guitars during the early part of his career. Robin guitars and basses have featured pickups from their sister company, Rio Grande Pickups since 1994.
Notable users.
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Jimmie Vaughan
- Tim Kelly
- Eric Johnson
- Steve Blaze
- J. Yuen... | 131,953 | zeroshot-train |
Ruth Vincent [SEP] voice type | Ruth Vincent
Ruth Vincent (22 March 1877 – 4 July 1955) was an English opera singer and actress, best remembered for her performances in soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the 1890s and her roles in the West End during the first decade of the 20th century, particularly her role as ... | Kevin Allen
- Gareth Armstrong
- Desmond Barrit
- Rob Brydon
- Geraint Wyn Davies
- Georgia Henshaw
- Gary Jones
- Ruth Madoc
- Steven Meo
- Islwyn Morris
- Siwan Morris
- Richard Mylan
- Joanna Page
- Robert Perkins
- Ceri Phillips
- Cara Readle
- Vincent Regan
- Matt Ryan
- Philip Sayer
- Andy Secombe, voice actor
- ... | 131,954 | zeroshot-train |
Sabina Mossolow [SEP] voice type | Sabina Mossolow
Sabina Mossolow is a Namibian operatic soprano.
Early life.
Mossolow was born in Windhoek, Namibia, to Russian-German parentage. Her father was the historian and archivist Nikolai Mossolow.
A student of Nellie du Toit, Mossolow completed a Bachelor's degree in music and French, an honours degree in jour... | Nikolai Mossolow
Nikolai Mossolow (1 July 1910 – 9 November 1988) was a Russian-born Namibian historian and archivist.
Mossolow was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1910, to Colonel Constantine Mossolow (1866–1924) and former dancer Xenia Vladimirovna Bosse (1886–1972). Mossolow first came to Namibia, then named Sout... | 131,955 | zeroshot-train |
Sebastian Mayer [SEP] voice type | Sebastian Mayer
(Friedrich) Sebastian Mayer (actually Meier, 1773 – 9 May 1835) was a bass singer and stage director of the Classical era.
Life.
Mayer was born at Benediktbeuern. In 1793, he joined the theater company of Emanuel Schikaneder.
On 23 December 1797, he became the second husband of Josepha (Weber) Hofer, th... | Bach as "small" voices, voice types with certain characteristics: he names Peter Kooij and Dorothee Mields as examples of that voice type.
By contrast, a number of 21st-century Bach conductors have instead accepted Joshua Rifkin's arguments that most of Johann Sebastian Bach's choral music was performed with only one ... | 131,956 | zeroshot-train |
Selma Kurz [SEP] voice type | Selma Kurz
Selma Kurz (October 15, 1874 – May 10, 1933) was an Austrian operatic soprano known for her brilliant coloratura technique.
Background.
Selma Kurz was born in Biala to a very humble Jewish family of eleven children. She grew up in Bielitz. While still a girl, she was taken to a convent to be trained as a sea... | raise some money so that she could go to Vienna and audition for Professor Gänsbacher, a prominent vocal teacher who did not teach women, but wrote important letters of recommendation. Little Selma was thus enabled to visit the imposing Schloss Totis, the Viennese residence, "en villéggiature", of the famous patron of ... | 131,957 | zeroshot-train |
Seo Jung-hack [SEP] voice type | Seo Jung-hack
Seo Jung-hack () is a South Korean baritone singer.
Career.
Career 1990s and 2000s.
South Korean Baritone to Perform with the Metropolitan Opera Company (1997–98).
After graduating from Seoul National University, Jung-Hack Seo entered the Curtis Institute of Music.
"The New York Times" Dated on April 3, 1... | Role: Fiorello (title role) Dated on Dec. 20, 1997
- 1996 Met Competition.
- Serch of Jung-Hack Seo News *Online&sp-i=1
- Merola Opera
- New York Times Search ”Jung-Hack Seo”
External links.
- SEO MUSICA UNITA: The Official Web Site Korean & Japanese.
- KBS Open concert:
- Operalia, The World Opera Competition
- The... | 131,958 | zeroshot-train |
Sesto Bruscantini [SEP] voice type | Sesto Bruscantini
Sesto Bruscantini (10 December 1919 – 4 May 2003) was an Italian baritone, one of the greatest buffo singers of the post-war era, especially renowned in Mozart and Rossini.
Biography and career.
Bruscantini was born in Civitanova Marche, Marche, Italy. After obtaining a law degree, he turned to vocal ... | Regazzo holds degrees in singing, piano, choral music, and choral conducting, and has studied voice with Sesto Bruscantini and Regina Resnik. His operatic début (in Rossini's "L'inganno felice") took place in 1994 at the Pesaro Festival.
Discography.
His discography includes "Le Nozze di Figaro" (with René Jacobs), whi... | 131,959 | zeroshot-train |
Sharon Coste [SEP] voice type | Sharon Coste
Sharon Coste (born in Montreal, 13 June 1963) is a French soprano of Canadian origin.
Career.
The recipient of several prizes and awards, among which at the Geneva, Paris, Toulouse and Bilbao international competitions, the Voix d’Or Prize (France), and the Mozart Prize of the Canadian Opera Company, Sharo... | -Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon (4 Feb 1857 Appointed – 28 Feb 1873 Died)
- Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. (21 Mar 1873 Appointed – 12 Sep 1885 Died)
- François Xavier Gouthe-Soulard (2 Mar 1886 Appointed – 9 Sep 1900 Died)
- François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy (5 Apr 1901 Appointed – 20 Apr 1920 Died)
- Maurice-Louis-Marie ... | 131,960 | zeroshot-train |
Sibylla Rubens [SEP] voice type | Sibylla Rubens
Sibylla Rubens is a German classical concert soprano.
Career.
Sibylla Rubens studied voice (concert and opera) at the Staatliche Musikhochschule in Trossingen and at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt and in master classes with Edith Mathis.
She performed Fauré's Requiem with the Royal Concertgebouw O... | 1928–2004), Welsh novelist
- Gerardus Rubens Cistercian Abbot
- Heinrich Rubens (1865–1922), German physicist
- Jeff Rubens (born 1941), American bridge player
- Michael Rubens, American comedian and author
- Paul Rubens (composer) (fl. c. 1900), co-lyricist of Florodora
- Shona Rubens (born 1986), Australia-born Canad... | 131,961 | zeroshot-train |
Waldemar Kmentt [SEP] voice type | Waldemar Kmentt
Waldemar Kmentt (Wien, 2 February 1929 Ibidem, 21 January 2015) was an Austrian operatic tenor, who was particularly associated with the German repertory, both opera and operetta.
Born in Vienna, Kmentt studied at the Vienna Music Academy, first the piano, and later voice with Adolf Vogel, Elisabeth Rad... | (Vox Legends CDX2-5521 [2-CD reissue])
- Paul Kletzki, with Oralia Dominguez and Set Svanholm, Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Orfeo C748071B; live recording from 12 November 1954)
- Josef Krips, with Anna Reynolds and Jess Thomas, Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Orfeo C278921B; live recording)
- Rafael Kubelik, with Janet Baker... | 131,962 | zeroshot-train |
Walter Van Brunt [SEP] voice type | Walter Van Brunt
Walter Van Brunt (April 22, 1892 – April 11, 1971) was an American tenor known initially for his recordings on Thomas Alva Edison's Blue Amberol Records and later for his role in a scandal involving a stage name and case of adultery.
Biography.
Van Brunt began his singing career at age 17 as an imitato... | pay alimony, criticized Van Brunt's character.
From 1929 to 1933, Murray used Van Brunt on various radio programs. In 1929, Scanlon and Billy Murray provided the voices for the Fleischer short animation film "Finding His Voice", produced by Western Electric.
External links.
- Discography of Walter Van Brunt on Victor R... | 131,963 | zeroshot-train |
Walther Ludwig [SEP] voice type | Walther Ludwig
Walther Ludwig (17 March 1902 – 15 May 1981) was a German operatic lyric tenor, particularly associated with Mozart roles and Schubert lieder.
Biography.
He was born on 17 March 1902 in Bad Oeynhausen.
He first studied medicine in Freiburg before turning to voice studies in Königsberg, where he made his ... | Erich Wenk
Erich Wenk (12 August 1923 – 30 March 2012) was a German bass-baritone singer in opera and especially in concert. He was a professor of voice at the .
Career.
Wenk was born in . In 1957 he performed the by Johannes Brahms on a tour through Germany with Erna Berger, Gertrude Pitzinger and Walther Ludwig. He r... | 131,964 | zeroshot-train |
Yelena Dudochkin [SEP] voice type | Yelena Dudochkin
Yelena Dudochkin is a Ukrainian-American soprano known for her "gorgeous, expressive and rich voice...a true pearl of the opera"(Voice of America) and her "dramatic intelligence" (Boston Globe).
Biography.
Dudochkin was born in Kiev in 1976, the daughter of an oil and gas engineer and a concert pianist... | the Golden Voices of America International Vocal Competition, performing in the winner's concert at Carnegie Hall. As a singer, Dudochkin has performed in over 40 concerts and 5 operas.
Dudochkin's concert performances include performances in Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Boston's Symphony Hall. Her ... | 131,965 | zeroshot-train |
Alain Vanzo [SEP] voice type | Lublin (Glycère), Alain Vanzo, tenor (Phaon); Frédéric Vassar (Pythéas), Alain Meunier (Alcée); French Radio Chorus and New Philharmonic Orchestra; Sylvain Cambreling, Harmonia Mundi 2453/4 (LPs); 32453/4 (CDs), 1979
- Gounod: "Mireille" – Mirella Freni (Mireille), Alain Vanzo (Vincent), José van Dam (Ourrias), Jane Rh... | (EMI) 1979.
- Massenet: "Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame" – Alain Vanzo (Jean), Jules Bastin (Boniface), Marc Vento (Le Prieur), L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Roger Boutry – 1978 (EMI)
- Meyerbeer: Fourteen Mélodies – Alain Vanzo, ténor; Josée Fabre, piano. Coriolan: GPP000016 released 2002.
- Offenbach: "La Périchole" – Régine Cr... | 131,966 | zeroshot-train |
Aldo Protti [SEP] voice type | Aldo Protti
Aldo Protti (July 19, 1920 – August 10, 1995) was an Italian baritone opera singer, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
Protti was born in Cremona. He studied in Parma, and made his debut in Pesaro, as Figaro, in 1948. He made his La Scala debut in 1950, as Amonasro, and sang there for many ... | Carmela Remigio
Carmela Remigio (born 1973) is an Italian operatic soprano.
Biography.
Carmela Remigio was born in Pescara and began to study violin when she was five years old. She later began vocal training with Aldo Protti at the Accademia Musicale Pescarese. After graduating she continued her vocal training with Le... | 131,967 | zeroshot-train |
Alfredo Kraus [SEP] voice type | Alfredo Kraus
Alfredo Kraus Trujillo (; 24 November 192710 September 1999) was a distinguished Spanish tenor from the Canary islands (known professionally as Alfredo Kraus), particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto roles. He was also considered an outstanding interpreter of the title role in ... | of voice production was passed on to her students, Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, Anna Moffo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco, Greek soprano Elena Suliotis, Venezuelan coloratura soprano Cecilia Nuñez Albanese, and Francisco Kraus. Francisco’s baritone voice has a wide vocal range, up to a high B with powerful bright, dark... | 131,968 | zeroshot-train |
Andreas Dippel [SEP] voice type | Andreas Dippel
Andreas Dippel (30 November 1866 – 12 May 1932) was a German-born operatic tenor and impresario who from 1908 to 1910 was the joint manager (with Giulio Gatti-Casazza) of the New York Metropolitan Opera.
Biography.
Born Johann Andreas Dippel in Kassel, Germany, he initially trained for a banking career t... | his own opera school at the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in the 1920s, and in his later years, worked in the movie industry as a voice coach and musical advisor.
Andreas Dippel died of heart disease at the age of 65 in Hollywood, California on 12 May 1932.
Recordings.
Andreas Dippel made six cylinders for Edison Record... | 131,969 | zeroshot-train |
Andreas Pruys [SEP] voice type | Andreas Pruys
Andreas Pruys (born in Kleve) is a German classical bass singer.
Professional career.
Andreas Pruys studied singing and church music at the Folkwanghochschule in Essen. He worked as a church musician for several years, also as director of the music school in Emmerich. He has been a member of the choir NDR... | staged concerts here with Elizabeth Parcells, Chanticleer and ensemble amarcord, among others.
In the church St. Martin an annual choral concert is performed by the combined choirs Chor St. Martin and the chamber choir Martinis, conducted by Franz Fink, such as Bach's "St Matthew Passion" in 1998 with Elisabeth Scholl,... | 131,970 | zeroshot-train |
Angelo Maria Amorevoli [SEP] voice type | Angelo Maria Amorevoli
Angelo Maria Amorevoli (Venice, 16 September 1716 - Dresden, 15 November 1798) was a leading Italian tenor in Baroque opera.
Biography.
Angelo Amorevoli began singing in opera seria when he was just thirteen: in 1729 he sang in revivals of the musical dramas, "Amore e gratitudine", probably by Fl... | Solimano
Solimano is an opera in three acts composed by Johann Adolph Hasse to an Italian-language libretto by Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca. Loosely based on an episode in the life of Suleiman the Magnificent, the opera premiered on 5 February 1753 at the Opernhaus am Zwinger in Dresden. The lavish premiere production... | 131,971 | zeroshot-train |
Ann Drummond-Grant [SEP] voice type | Ann Drummond-Grant
Ann Drummond-Grant (1905 – 11 September 1959) was a British singer and actress, best known for her performances in contralto roles of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Drummond-Grant began her career as a soprano. She joined D'Oyly Carte in 1933, but was considered ... | Ida, "The Manchester Guardian" wrote, "Miss Ann Drummond-Grant sang and acted the heroine's part as finely as any of her predecessors that we can remember." The paper also praised her as Patience and Elsie. However, the company was hiring new sopranos, including Helen Roberts, and Drummond-Grant lost roles or had to sh... | 131,972 | zeroshot-train |
Anne-Lise Berntsen [SEP] voice type | Anne-Lise Berntsen
Anne-Lise Berntsen (28 August 1943 – 3 November 2012) was a Norwegian soprano. The daughter of Harald Berntsen (1901–1974) and Arnhild Rossetnes (1916–1991), she was born in Drammen, and grew up in Eggedal. She studied at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, and undertook further music education in Århus, The Ha... | also attended numerous masterclasses with such as Ileana Cotrubaş, Werner Güra, Jill Feldmann, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Susanna Eken, Håkan Hagegård, Anne-Lise Berntsen and was a student of the class Lied pianist Hartmut Höll.
Tvinnereims repertoire ranges widely from lieder to church music and opera. Especially in sacred... | 131,973 | zeroshot-train |
Anthony Laciura [SEP] voice type | Anthony Laciura
Anthony Laciura (born September 27, 1951) is an American operatic tenor, noted for his abilities as a comprimario, and actor. Born in New Orleans, he studied voice there with Charles Paddock, also the teacher of Ticho Parly.
Career.
As a boy soprano, Laciura made his operatic debut in a small role in "L... | Wanda Brister
Wanda Brister (born August 12, 1957) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano and voice teacher.
Biography.
Born in Houma, Louisiana, she has appeared throughout the Americas, Europe, and South America. She matriculated at Loyola University of the South, studying with Patricia Brooks Etienne (Havranek). It w... | 131,974 | zeroshot-train |
Anton Raaff [SEP] voice type | Anton Raaff
Anton Raaff (6 May 1714 – 28 May 1797) was a German tenor from Gelsdorf near Bonn.
Career.
Raaff studied at the Jesuit school in Bonn where the Elector of Bavaria, Clement Augustus, heard him singing and paid for him to train professionally. Raaff was brought to the capital, Munich, where he was engaged on ... | The first performance took place at the Hoftheater in Mannheim on 5 January 1777 in a lavish production with sets designed by Lorenzo Quaglio. The performance also included a ballet choreographed by Étienne Lauchery to music by Christian Cannabich. The cast included two of the most famous singers of the day, Anton Raaf... | 131,975 | zeroshot-train |
Antonio Magini-Coletti [SEP] voice type | Antonio Magini-Coletti
Antonio Magini-Coletti (17 February 1855 – 21 July 1912) was a leading Italian baritone who had a prolific career in Europe and the United States during the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. A versatile artist, he appeared in several opera world premieres but was particula... | Mattia Battistini (born 1856), Mario Ancona (born 1860), Pol Plançon (born 1851), and Antonio Magini-Coletti and Francesco Navarini (both born 1855).
Quotations.
- "There are no registers in the human singing voice when it is accurately produced. According to natural laws of voice, it is made up of one register that co... | 131,976 | zeroshot-train |
Armand Crabbé [SEP] voice type | Armand Crabbé
Charles Armand Crabbé (23 April 1883, Brussels – 24 July 1947, Brussels) was a Belgian operatic baritone. He studied at the Brussels Conservatory with Désiré Demest. In 1904 he made his professional opera debut at La Monnaie as the Nightwatchman in Richard Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". He was... | )
- Gustave Huberdeau biography from Operissimo.com (In German)
External links.
- "Artists in the War", "New York Times" article of 19 September 1914 mistakenly reporting Huberdeau's death on the World War I battlefields along with two other French opera singers Léon Rothier and Armand Crabbé. All of them had in fact s... | 131,977 | zeroshot-train |
Arthur Fear [SEP] voice type | Arthur Fear
Arthur Fear (1902–1984) was a Welsh bass and baritone opera singer.
Born in Cwmcelyn, Blaina in 1902, he worked underground in the colliery until receiving a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in 1923, where he studied under Thomas Meux. While a student he attracted attention for his performances in ... | 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... | 131,978 | zeroshot-train |
Badri Maisuradze [SEP] voice type | Badri Maisuradze
Badri Maisuradze () (born on November 13, 1966) is a Georgian tenor opera singer, a leading dramatic tenor of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, he graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatoire in 1989, after which he became a probationer at the Bolshoi Theatre. In 1... | (Khutsishvili)
- Eldar Shengelaia
- Dito Tsintsadze
- Beso Turazashvili
Cultural figures Opera singers.
- Paata Burchuladze
- Lamara Chkonia
- Giorgi Danelia
- Tamar Iveri
- Makvala Kasrashvili
- Nino Machaidze
- Badri Maisuradze
- Natela Nicoli
- Anita Rachvelishvili
- Zurab Sotkilava
- Nino Surguladze
Cultural figure... | 131,979 | zeroshot-train |
Barbara Frittoli [SEP] voice type | Barbara Frittoli
Barbara Frittoli (born 19 April 1967) is an Italian operatic soprano who has sung leading roles in opera houses throughout Europe and in the United States. She was born in Milan and graduated from the Milan Conservatory. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1995 as Micaela in "Carmen" and has gone ... | Turandot at the Forbidden City
Turandot at the Forbidden City was a 1998 live production of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" directed by Zhang Yimou.
The opera was performed by Giovanna Casolla, Audrey Stottler, and Sharon Sweet alternating as Princess Turandot; Kristján Jóhannsson, Sergej Larin and Lando Bartolini a... | 131,980 | zeroshot-train |
Barry McDaniel [SEP] voice type | Barry McDaniel
Barry McDaniel (October 18, 1930 – June 18, 2018) was an American operatic baritone who spent his career almost exclusively in Germany, including 37 years at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He appeared internationally at major opera houses and festivals, and created roles in several new operas, including Henze... | the celebrated cellist Lynn Harrell, was born. From 1945 to 1956 Harrell taught voice at The Juilliard School and from 1957 to 1960 he taught at Southern Methodist University. In 1954 he succeeded Walter Paepcke as the director of the Aspen Music Festival and School, a position he held until his death in 1960. His pupi... | 131,981 | zeroshot-train |
Berta Foersterová [SEP] voice type | Berta Foersterová
Berta Foersterová (née Lautererová, sometimes styled Bertha Laurer or Berta Foersterová-Lautererová) (born Prague, January 11, 1869 - died there April 9, 1936) was a Czech operatic soprano active in Germany. The wife of composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster, she met him while appearing at the Hamburg State... | - Adolf Rix, Freda Rixová, Nádražní třída 26 - Emilie Slatnerová, Žofie Slatnerová, Tyršova 12 - Pavel Slatner, Zikmund Slatner, Berta Slatnerová, Edita Slatnerová, Antonína Macka 4 - Růžena Sommerová, Gertruda Stillerová, Ilse Stillerová, Nádražní třída 3 - Irena Wasserbergerová, Chelčického 3 - Rudolf Rosenstein, Mar... | 131,982 | zeroshot-train |
Bruce Boyce [SEP] voice type | Bruce Boyce
Bruce Boyce (1910 – 11 May 1996) was a prominent Canadian-born American baritone singer of opera, oratorio and lieder, who made his postwar career in Britain and became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music.
Early career.
Born John Bruce McClaren in London, Ontario, Bruce Boyce was the son of a Canadian... | of the Boyce Revival". "Musical Times" 144, no. 1884 (Autumn): 54–59.
- Bartlett, Ian, and Robert J. Bruce. 2001. "Boyce, William". "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Bruce, Robert J. 2005. "Boyce, William (bap. 17... | 131,983 | zeroshot-train |
Carl Loewe [SEP] voice type | Carl Loewe
Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe (; 30 November 1796 – 20 April 1869), usually called Carl Loewe (sometimes seen as Karl Loewe), was a German composer, tenor singer and conductor. In his lifetime, his songs () were well enough known for some to call him the "Schubert of North Germany", and Hugo Wolf came to admir... | modulates within characters. The rhythm of the piano accompaniment also changes within the characters. The first time the Erl-king sings in measure 57, the galloping motive disappears. However, when the Erlking sings again in measure 87, the piano accompaniment plays arpeggios rather than chords.
"Erlkönig" has been tr... | 131,984 | zeroshot-train |
Carolyn Long [SEP] voice type | Carolyn Long
Carolyn Long (June 13, 1915 - October 3, 1991) was an American operatic soprano and concert singer.
She was born as Carolyn Elizabeth Creighton in Cambridge, Maryland. She studied piano as a child, winning a scholarship to study piano at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore in 1932 at the age of 16. Her sing... | Carolyn Lawrence
Carolyn Lawrence is an American actress and voice actress, who is known for her long-running voice role as Sandy Cheeks on "SpongeBob SquarePants".
Life and career.
Lawrence left high school to take dance classes in Chicago. Since then, she began her long-running role as Sandy Cheeks on "SpongeBob Squa... | 131,985 | zeroshot-train |
Chad Shelton [SEP] voice type | Chad Shelton
Chad Shelton (born 1970 in Orange, Texas) is an American operatic tenor. Particularly associated with the Houston Grand Opera (HGO), Shelton has excelled in performances of contemporary American operas and in the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Giuseppe Verdi. He has appeared in numerous world premier... | Produced By Bob Thiele)
Pharrell Williams, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani – "The Voice Season 7 (December 16th)"
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
(Produced By Judy Garland)
Red Velvet – "Happiness (Promo CDS) (August 3)"
- Happiness (August 3) (Single)
(Produced By Chad Hugo & Will Simms)
Sage The Ge... | 131,986 | zeroshot-train |
Charlotte Brent [SEP] voice type | Charlotte Brent
Charlotte Brent (1735 – 10 April 1802) was a child prodigy and celebrated soprano singer of the 18th century.
She was the daughter of Charles Brent (1693–1770), a Handelian counter-tenor, and fencing-master. She was a pupil and mistress of Thomas Arne (the composer of Rule, Britannia!) and later the wif... | 2" World Grand Prix announcers.
"Cars 2" World Grand Prix announcers Brent Mustangburger.
Brent Mustangburger, a 1965 Ford Mustang in traditional racing blue, is based on ESPN/ABC sportscaster Brent Musburger, who provides the character's voice. He re-appears in the spin-off film "Planes".
"Cars 2" World Grand Prix ann... | 131,987 | zeroshot-train |
David Malis [SEP] voice type | David Malis
David Malis (1957) is an American operatic baritone. In 1985 he won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World contest. His roles include Mozart's Papageno. | Candid Camera" (Indianapolis)
- Steve Kroft, journalist and correspondent for "60 Minutes" (Kokomo)
- Allan Lane, actor, voice of Mr. Ed (Mishawaka)
- David Letterman, television personality (Indianapolis)
- Shelley Long, actress (Fort Wayne)
- Karl Malden, actor (Gary)
- Claire Malis, actress (Gary)
- Patrick McVey, a... | 131,988 | zeroshot-train |
Didier Henry [SEP] voice type | Didier Henry
Didier Henry (born 24 May 1953) is a French baritone.
He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris before joining the Opéra National de Lyon. He is well known for his French opera roles, including those by Massenet, Gounod, Debussy, and Ravel. He also starred in a notable recording of Prokofiev's "The Love for... | Germinal" (1993) - Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- "La machine" (1994) - Hugues
- "Les Trois Frères" (1995) - Le président du tribunal
- "Didier" (1997) - Type aéroport #1
- "Un grand cri d'amour" (1998, directed by Josiane Balasko) - Maillard
- "La débandade" (1999) - Claude Langmann
- "Va savoir" (2001) - Librarian
- ... | 131,989 | zeroshot-train |
Dusolina Giannini [SEP] voice type | Dusolina Giannini
Dusolina Giannini (December 19, 1902 – June 29, 1986) was an Italian-American soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
Biography.
Born into a musical family in Philadelphia, Giannini was the daughter of Italian tenor Ferruccio Giannini (1868-1948), who came to the United States in ... | by Avery Claflin
- 1938: "The Scarlet Letter" by Vittorio Giannini, starring Dusolina Giannini, premiered at the Hamburg State Opera
- 1959: "The Scarlet Letter" by Robin Milford
- 1961: "The Scarlet Letter" by Walter Kaufmann
- 1964-1967: "The Scarlet Letter" by Donald Lybbert (unperformed)
- 1965: "The Scarlet Letter... | 131,990 | zeroshot-train |
Edda Moser [SEP] voice type | Edda Moser
Edda Moser (born 27 October 1938) is a German operatic soprano. She was particularly well known for her interpretations of music by Mozart. Her 1973 recital LP "" received the Grand Prix du Disque.
Career.
Moser was born in Berlin, the daughter of the musicologist Hans Joachim Moser. She studied there at the... | Live recordings
- Handel – "Rinaldo" – Alcina (Met, 1984)
- Henze – "Novae de infinito laudes"
- Mozart – "Don Giovanni" – Donna Anna (Met, 1971)
- Mozart – "Mitridate" – Aspasia
- Verdi – "Rigoletto" – Gilda
- Wagner – "Die Walküre", first act – Sieglinde
Anthologies
- "Great Moments of ... Edda Moser" [EMI box set]
-... | 131,991 | zeroshot-train |
Edith Kertész-Gabry [SEP] voice type | Edith Kertész-Gabry
Edith Kertész-Gabry (18 July 1927 – 10 February 2012) was a Hungarian soprano and professor of opera at the Cologne University of Music.
Early years and education.
Edith Kertész-Gabry, born Edith Gáncz in Budapest, Hungary, studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, and made her debut in 1951 at t... | Kertész
Kertész is a Hungarian occupational surname, which means gardener, derived from "kert" ("garden"). Alternative spellings include Kertesz and Kertes. The surname may refer to:
- Alice Kertész (born 1935), Hungarian gymnast
- Amir Kertes (born 1975), Israeli musician
- André Kertész (1894–1985), Hungarian photogr... | 131,992 | zeroshot-train |
Edward Zambara [SEP] voice type | Edward Zambara
Edward Zambara (1926, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – August 7, 2007, Boston, Massachusetts, USA) was a Canadian-American bass-baritone singer and leading music educator.
Training.
He studied opera with Boris Goldovsky and Sarah Caldwell, as well as lieder with Felix Wolfes, Frederic Popper, Jörg D... | . On his singing teacher's suggestion he decided to pursue his vocal studies in the United States. From 1985 to 1987 he studied with Edward Zambara at the St. Louis Conservatory of Music and from 1987 to 1990 with Mark Elyn at the University of Illinois where he received his Master of Music degree in voice. In 1990 he ... | 131,993 | zeroshot-train |
Elena Cernei [SEP] voice type | Elena Cernei
Elena Cernei (1 March 1924 – 27 November 2000) was a Romanian operatic mezzo-soprano, musicologist, and voice teacher. During her 25-year career as an opera singer, she sang in leading opera houses in both Europe and North America. In 1963, she was made "Artistă Emerită" (Honoured Artist) of the Republic o... | Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie) Digital archives. Accessed 30 September 2009.
- Metropolitan Opera, Performance record: Cernei, Elena (Mezzo Soprano), MetOpera Database. Accessed 30 September 2009.
External links.
- Cernei, Elena on WorldCat | 131,994 | zeroshot-train |
Erik Ole Bye [SEP] voice type | Erik Ole Bye
Erik Ole Bye (20 March 1883 – 17 May 1953) was a Norwegian operatic baritone. He studied singing with Morgenstierne in Oslo, zur Muhlen in London and R. Willani in Paris. He also competed at the Olympics as a rower.
Biography.
He competed in the men's eight event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
He made his pr... | Erik Bye
Erik Erikssønn Bye (March 1, 1926 – October 13, 2004) was a versatile Norwegian journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality. He was one of the 20th century's most well-known and popular radio and television figures in Norway.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Rønnaug (... | 131,995 | zeroshot-train |
Fabio Armiliato [SEP] voice type | Fabio Armiliato
Fabio Armiliato (born 17 August 1956, Genoa) is an Italian tenor.
Career.
Armiliato has been referred to critically as "the best Chénier of our time" (Landini, "L'Opera"). In 1992 he sang the role of Mario Cavaradossi at the Vlaamse Opera. The conductor was Silvio Varviso. In 1993, he debuted in the Met... | conductor Marco Armiliato
- Le Mandarin: Puccini's "Turandot" with Cynthia Makris and Jean-François Borras, Opéra de Marseille, conductor Daniel Klajner
Roles 2005.
- Noé: Benjamin Britten's "Arche de Noé", Opéra de Marseille, conductor Christophe Larrieu
- Pristav: Modeste Mussorgski's "Boris Godunov" with Anatoli Kot... | 131,996 | zeroshot-train |
Felice Varesi [SEP] voice type | Felice Varesi
Felice Varesi (born Calais, 1813 – died Milan, 13 March 1889) was a French-born Italian baritone with an illustrious singing career that began in the 1830s and extended into the 1860s. He is best remembered today for his close association with several famous operas composed by Giuseppe Verdi, whose birth ... | Gilda Varesi, was an actress and playwright.
Sources.
- Forbes, Elizabeth (1992), 'Varesi, Felice' in "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", ed. Stanley Sadie (London) .
- Harold Rosenthal and John Warrack (1979), 'Varesi, Felice' in "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera" (second edition; London) . | 131,997 | zeroshot-train |
Ferruccio Furlanetto [SEP] voice type | Ferruccio Furlanetto
Ferruccio Furlanetto (born 16 May 1949 in Sacile, Italy) is an Italian bass. His professional debut was in 1974 in Lonigo, he debuted at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1979, in a production of Verdi's "Macbeth", conducted by Claudio Abbado. He has gone on to sing numerous roles, including both D... | teaching. He taught piano at the Liceo Musicale of Piacenza and singing at the conservatories of Parma and Milan. He then went on to coach vocal technique and interpretation at the opera school of La Scala in Milan.
Campogalliani was the voice teacher of Renata Tebaldi, Renata Scotto, Mirella Freni, Ferruccio Furlanett... | 131,998 | zeroshot-train |
Florence Easton [SEP] voice type | Florence Easton
Florence Easton (25 October 1882 – 13 August 1955) was a popular English dramatic soprano in the early 20th century. She was one of the most versatile singers of all time. She sang more than 100 parts, covering a wide range of styles and periods, from Mozart, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, S... | Diagnosed as a teenager with pulmonary disease, her doctor suggested she try studying classical singing to strengthen her lungs, as was customary at the time. Following his instructions, she began studying privately with Hollywood-based tenor, Amado Fernandez, during high school. In a fluke of fate, a great voice and s... | 131,999 | zeroshot-train |
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