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3 unusual facts about Mezzo-soprano


Jochen Kowalski

Jochen Kowalski (born January 30, 1954) is a German alto or mezzo countertenor, noted for his very rich timbre.

Terezín: The Music 1941–44

Mezzo-soprano vocals by Emilie Berendsen and piano by David Bloch

Virpi Moskari

Virpi Moskari is a Mezzo-soprano, and a founder member of the Finnish a cappella group, Rajaton.


1 Corinthians 13

Soundtrack of the movie Three Colors: Blue composed by Zbigniew Preisner features a solo soprano singing the epistole in Greek (in a piece titled "Song for the Unification of Europe").

A Night in Tuscany

Bocelli performs two opera duets with soprano Nuccia Focile during the concert, before singing Miserere with Italian rock star Zucchero, who discovered him, and Time To Say Goodbye with English soprano Sarah Brightman.

Agim Hushi

In 2010 Agim Hushi recorded with Albanian soprano Inva Mula for EMI her new CD, Il Bel Sogno with operatic arias supported by Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra.

Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra

Soloists come from inside and outside the community and have included Bernadette Peters, Peter Cetera, flutist Randolph Bowman, soprano Kara Shay Thompson, mezzo-soprano Catherine Fishlock, baritone William Henry Caldwell, the Cincinnati Boychoir and violinist Timothy Schwarz.

Buck Fever

John Whooley – tenor, alto, baritone and soprano saxophones, flute, vocals, throat singing, percussion (congas, clave, guiro, shaker, tambourine, woodblock, cowbell), accordion, piano, cp-70, electric piano, clav

Catherine Murphy

Catherine Murphy (singer), soprano singer who appeared in the American 1950s Opera Susannah

Corinth, Vermont

Patricia Neway, operatic soprano and musical theater actress, lived there in retirement until her death in 2012

Cornelia Samuelis

Cornelia Samuelis (born 1972 in Gernsbach, Germany) is a German Soprano.

David Hemmings Happens

David Hemmings Happens is the debut studio folk-pop album by former British boy soprano and actor David Hemmings released in 1967 on MGM Records, and included 9 songs.

Domenico Piccichè

Among his musical partners, soprano Arpiné Rahdjian, violist Demetrio Comuzzi, cellists Luca Pincini and Giorgio Gasbarro (first cellist at Palermo Teatro Massimo), dancer Oriella Dorella (étoile at Teatro alla Scala, Milan).

Duo de l'ouvreuse de l'Opéra-Comique et de l'employé du Bon Marché

The Duo de l’ouvreuse de l’Opéra Comique et l’employé du Bon Marché (Duet of the usherette from the Opéra-Comique and the employee of the Bon-Marché department store) is a comic vocal work by Emmanuel Chabrier for soprano and tenor, with piano accompaniment.

Erkan Aki

In 2013, Erkan accompanied soprano Sarah Brightman on her Dreamchaser World Tour, joining Brightman for the songs "Canto Della Terra" and "The Phantom of the Opera."

Frank Forest

He spent twelve years performing leading tenor roles in opera houses all over Europe and acted in several films, including I'll Take Romance along with American soprano and actress Grace Moore in 1937.

Futterman

Joel Futterman (* 1946), American jazz pianist and curved soprano saxophonist

Gaëlle Méchaly

Gaëlle Méchaly (born 15 June 1970 in Marseille, France) is a soprano.

Georg Trakl

Russian composer David Tukhmanov wrote a triptych for mezzo-soprano and piano titled Dream of Sebastian, or Saint Night, which is based on the poems of Trakl.

Greta Williams

Greta Williams was a celebrated English operatic soprano and contralto, and occasional pianist of the Victorian era.

Indre Viskontas

Viskontas has performed as a soprano for numerous roles, including Beth in Mark Adamo’s Little Women, Kate in John Estacio’s Frobisher, Heart's Desire in Arthur Sullivan's The Rose of Persia and Aurelia in Purcell's Dioclesian.

Jenůfa

Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa – Magda Olivero (Soprano), Jeda Valtriani (S), Nicola Zaccaria (Bass), Margherita Benetti (Soprano), Giuseppe Morresi (Baritone), Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano), Maria Grazia Allegri (Soprano), Nella Verri (Mezzo Soprano), Silvana Zanolli (Soprano), Renato Cioni (tenor), Jerzy Semkow (Conductor); La Scala Orchestra and Chorus.

Joseph Rouleau

He was also active as a teacher at the Université du Québec à Montréal, where he founded an opera workshop, in collaboration with soprano Colette Boky.

Julia Goss

In March 1970, she was soprano soloist in a performance of Bach's St. John Passion at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Juliette Pochin

The Sky Shall Be Our Roof (rare songs from the operas of Ralph Vaughan Williams) – Sarah Fox (soprano), Juliette Pochin (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano).

Just Show Me How to Love You

"Just Show Me How To Love You"is a single by Soprano Sarah Brightman and José Cura, from her album Time to Say Goodbye released in 1997 (See 1997 in music).

Karin Branzell

Karin Branzell sang the contralto/mezzo parts in all of Wagner's operas, some of Verdi's, as well as Herodias and Clytemnestra in Richard Strauss's Salome and Elektra, the Kostelniczka in Leoš Janáček's Jenůfa and Wilhelm Peterson-Berger's Arnljot, and many other roles.

Kingston Symphony

Recently the orchestra has given the world premieres of Chan Ka Nin's Violin Concerto (1998); Marjan Mozetich's Piano Concerto (2000); Srul Irving Glick's last work, Isaiah (2002); John Burge's Clarinet Concerto (2004); István Anhalt's The Tents of Abraham (2005); and Peter Paul Koprowski's Tapestries of Love: Symphony for Soprano and Orchestra (2007).

L'Arianna

Among leading singers who have issued recordings are the sopranos Emma Kirkby and Véronique Gens, and the mezzo-sopranos Janet Baker and Anne Sofie von Otter.

Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra

The Orchestra played host to well known soloists such as the Polish guitarist Vladimir Gromolak, Dutch violinist Werther Vosn, tenor Plácido Domingo, composer and soprano Hiba Al Kawas, Spanish guitarist José Maria Gallardo del Rey, Lebanese violinist Zareh Tcheroyan, the Polish pianist Radivonovitch and the Japanese pianist Atsuko Seta.

Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld

In 1860, Schnorr married the Danish-born soprano Malvina Garrigues, who was ten years his senior and who reduced her own appearances on stage in order to support her husband's more promising career.

Malcolm Peyton

Chamber Cantata Part II (Bethany Beardslee, soprano; Ray DeVoll, tenor; Gustav Meier, conductor; 1959)

Marco Tutino

It was loosely based on Rostand's drama, and intended as a showcase for Laura Cherici, a soprano who would become his inspiration and long-time partner.

Margarita Gonzalez Ontiveros

Margarita Gonzalez Ontiveros (1 September 1927, Chihuahua – 29 May 2006, Cuernavaca) was a Mexican-born mezzo-soprano and contralto.

Music of Bermuda

Bermuda has also produced notable classical musicians in Marcelle Clamens, an opera singer, mezzo-soprano Jane Farge, pianists Peter Carpenter and Karol Sue Reddington, and Joyce Mary Helen DeShield.

Old American Songs

Old American Songs have been recorded by many singers, notably mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne and the baritones Sherill Milnes, Thomas Hampson, Bryn Terfel, and Thomas Quasthoff.

Pilar Lorengar

She studied in Madrid under Spanish lyric soprano Ángeles Otein, and she also studied in West Berlin with Carl Ebert and mezzo-soprano Hertha Klust, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's teacher.

Public Symphony

Dobs Vye, a TV music composer, is married to soprano Natasha Marsh.

Rosemary Ashe

She can be heard on the cast recordings of The Phantom of the Opera, The Boy Friend, Bitter Sweet, Kismet, The Student Prince, Song of Norway, Oliver, The Killer Soprano, The Witches of Eastwick, Serious Cabaret, Mary Poppins amongst others.

Saramae Endich

Endich made her professional singing debut in July 1957 at the Tanglewood Music Festival as the soprano soloist in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Missa Solemnis with tenor John McCollum, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Charles Munch.

Slow Traffic to the Right

Bennie Maupin - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxello, piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass clarinet, Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer, background vocals

Spokane Coliseum

After more than a year of construction, the arena was dedicated on December 3, 1954, in a program headlined by Metropolitan Opera soprano Patrice Munsel, a Spokane native.

Suzanna Reeves

During her classical vocal performing years as a flexible soprano, Reeves performances included works by Handel, Bach, Mozart, Puccini, Ottorino Respighi, Charles Ives, Menotti, and Carlisle Floyd.

The Concourse, Chatswood

Patrons of The Concourse include leading figures in Australia’s arts industries including soprano Yvonne Kenny, poet Les Murray, authors Matthew Reilly and Renée Goossens and rock icon Angry Anderson AM.

Tofane

Tofana di Mezzo is the third highest peak in the Dolomites, after Marmolada (3,343 m) and Antelao (3,262 m).

Trygve Seim

He has, more recently, composed music for classical musicians, especially Norwegian mezzo soprano Anne-Lise Berntsen, soprano Tora Augestad, violinist Atle Sponberg and such as his new work Between Voice and Presence for the Trio Mediaeval.

Valentyn Sylvestrov

:* Ode to the Nightingale, cantata with text by John Keats for soprano and small orchestra (1983)

Vertical Form VI

Lennart Åberg, Bernet Rosengren - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute

Washington Bach Consort

Recordings include Bach's complete motets, the Magnificats of both J.S. Bach and C.P.E Bach, and the first American recording of the F Major and G minor Masses, and three solo soprano cantatas featuring opera superstar Elizabeth Futral.

Waterkloof

It is the home of the noted South African soprano Mimi Coertse, and the location of the upmarket Dube-house in the Academy Award winning film Tsotsi.

William Ifor Jones

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem with Ifor Jones, conductor; Phyllis Curtin, soprano; Eunice Alberts, contralto; John McCollum, tenor; Mack Harrell, bass; Vernon De Tar, organ; The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Zahra Universe

Soprano (2012), and “Sela Sela (Dance Together)” with Wes Madiko and produced by Will.i.Am Productions, which was named Official Song of the Africa Football Cup of Nations, South Africa 2013 (2013 Africa Cup of Nations), all released by Arusa Entertainment.


see also

Anny Schlemm

Anny Schlemm (born February 22, 1929 in Neu-Isenburg) is a German operatic soprano, and later mezzo-soprano.

BBC Singers

Notable former members of the group include the tenor Sir Peter Pears, the mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, the composer Judith Bingham and the conductor Harry Christophers (director of The Sixteen).

Chansons madécasses

The Chansons madécasses (Madagascan Songs) are three compositions by Maurice Ravel written between 1925 and 1926 for voice (Mezzo-soprano or baritone), flute, cello and piano with words from the poetry collection Chansons madécasses by Évariste de Parny.

David McSkimming

David has been an Associate Artist at the Australian National Academy of Music where he worked with artists including English mezzo soprano Sarah Walker and Australian baritone Gregory Yurisich.

Dmitry Sinkovsky

There he worked with the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, with whom he traveled to Europe and the United States.

Dorilla in Tempe

The opera was the first work by Vivaldi to include in its cast the mezzo-soprano Anna Girò, who went on to form a lifelong friendship and professional partnership with the composer.

Ebe Stignani

She sang all of the major Italian mezzo-soprano roles, but also tackled Wagner's Ortrud (Lohengrin) and Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), and Saint-Saëns's Dalila (Samson et Dalila) conducted by Victor de Sabata.

Elsa Respighi

A singer (mezzo-soprano) and composer herself, Elsa Respighi created ballets out of Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances suites and completed his final opera Lucrezia in 1937.

Fabio Campana

"Ora divina" (Divine Hour) – Paul Austin Kelly (tenor), Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), David Harper (piano) on Il Salotto Vol 9: Ora Divina (Opera Rara)

Florence Austral

In 1914, she won first prizes in both the soprano and mezzo-soprano categories at a singing contest in Ballarat, obtaining a scholarship which enabled her to continue her studies with Elise Wiedermann.

Francesco Provenzale

La Stellidaura vendicante 1674 - Stellidaura: Jennifer Rivera (mezzo-soprano), Armillo: Hagen Matzeit (countertenor), Armidoro: Bogdan Mihai (tenor), Orismondo: Carlo Allemano (tenor), Giampetro: Enzo Capuano (bass).

Frauenliebe und -leben

Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano; Cord Gaben, piano (DGG DG 423 680-2)

Gilbert Kalish

He is noted for his partnerships with other artists, particularly his thirty-year collaboration with mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani, but also including cellists Timothy Eddy and Joel Krosnick, and soprano Dawn Upshaw.

Goran Dime

Upon return to Serbia, Dime worked with highly recognized voice teachers such as soprano Radmila Smiljanić and mezzo-soprano Biserka Cvejić, but Professor Olivera Jovanovic set him as a singer in the professional scene.

Gordon Getty

Aspiring to become an opera singer, Getty studied in the mid-1970s with Louise Caselotti, a mezzo soprano who had been Maria Callas' voice teacher (1946–47).

Helga Dernesch

Her career has taken her through four successive phases: from mezzo-soprano to lyric soprano to dramatic soprano and after about 1980 back to mezzo again (see also Voice type).

Hibriten High School

These include George Kirsten (George Kirsten's sister Dorothy Kirsten sang operatic mezzo-soprano in the NY Metropolitan Opera), and Camilla Graeber.

Ilse Weber

Her songs have been frequently recorded, particularly "Lullaby," most recently by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and Christian Gerhaher (2007).

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Among his collaborators in performances and recordings are soprano, Renée Fleming; mezzo-sopranos, Cecilia Bartoli and Angelika Kirchschlager; violist, Yuri Bashmet; violinists Joshua Bell and Julia Fischer; cellists, Truls Mørk, Daniel Müller-Schott, and Gautier Capuçon, and the Rossetti String Quartet.

Joyce Castle

Joyce Castle (born Lillian Joyce Malicky, on January 17, 1944, in Beaumont, Texas)is an American mezzo-soprano who has had an active opera career for the last four decades.

Karplus–Strong string synthesis

The first musical use of the algorithm was in the work May All Your Children Be Acrobats written in 1981 by David A. Jaffe, and scored for eight guitars, mezzo-soprano and computer-generated stereo tape, with a text based on Carl Sandburg's The People, Yes.

Louise Mott

Rutland Boughton Songs – Louise Mott (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Taylor (piano) Label: British Music Society.

Maksakov

Maria Maksakova, Jr. (born 1977), a Russian opera singer (mezzo-soprano), Lyudmila Maksakova's daughter.

Maria Maksakova, Sr.

Maria Petrovna Maksakova, Senior (Мария Петровна Максакова, née: Sidorova; April 8, 1902, Astrakhan, Russian Empire – August 11, 1974, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet opera singer (mezzo-soprano), a leading soloist in the Bolshoi Theater (1923-1953), who enjoyed great success in the 1920s and 1930s, in the times often referred to as the Golden Age of the Soviet opera.

Marie Gutheil-Schoder

She was a well-known pedagogue as well, one of her students being the mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens.

Musical settings of The Seven Last Words of Christ

Douglas Allanbrook The Seven Last Words for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1970)

Old American Songs

Set 2 was first performed by William Warfield and Aaron Copland (piano) on 25 May 1958 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and later, in its orchestral form, by Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano) and the Ojai Festival Orchestra, conducted by the composer, in Ojai, California.

Torhild Staahlen

Torhild Staahlen (born 25 September 1947 in Skien Norway) is a Norwegian operatic mezzo-soprano who was employed at Norwegian National Opera from 1967 to 1969 and from 1971 to 2000.

Veasey

Josephine Veasey (born 1930), British mezzo-soprano, associated with Wagner and Berlioz roles

William Vennard

He taught many successful singers including acclaimed mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, who studied under him at the University of Southern California.

Willis Steell

The reason he moved to Paris was to be near his daughter Susan Steell, who had won the first scholarship for American girls to study singing in Paris with the French mezzo-soprano Blanche Marchesi that was established in 1923 by the opera singer Marie Jeritza.

Željko Lučić

After studying for some years with Spasić, his teacher sent him to the voice studio of the famous mezzo-soprano Biserka Cvejić at the Music Academy in Novi Sad in 1991.