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The award was originally titled Best Classical Opera Production. The current title has been used since 1962. The current title has been used since 1962. Prior to 1961 the awards for operatic and choral performances were combined in a single award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral .
An opera that is described by Anthony Hicks as "remarkable" [16] and by Orrey as one of Handel's "best works". [19] 1733 La serva padrona (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi). Became a model for many of the opera buffas that followed it, including those of Mozart. [21] 1733 Hippolyte et Aricie (Jean-Philippe Rameau). Rameau's first opera caused great ...
Maria Callas [a] Commendatore OMRI [1] (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos; [b] December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano [2] and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century.
Luciano Pavarotti OMRI (/ ˌ p æ v ə ˈ r ɒ t i /, US also / ˌ p ɑː v-/, Italian: [luˈtʃaːno pavaˈrɔtti]; 12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time.
Audrey Luna (born 21 October 1978, [1] in Salem, Oregon, [2]) is an American soprano who won a Grammy Award in 2014 for Best Opera Recording of Thomas Adès's The Tempest and is the record holder for singing the highest written note at the Metropolitan Opera.
This is a list of the singers, conductors, and dancers who have appeared in at least 100 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, last updated March 17, 2024.Performers are listed by the number of the performances they have appeared in as found at the Metropolitan Opera Archives. [1]
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Wrote only one opera, Fidelio, a tale of freedom from political oppression, which has become one of the major German language operas. [18] Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851) Though Italian, Spontini is best known for his work in France during the Napoleonic era. His masterpiece La vestale influenced Bellini and ...
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa [1] (/ ˈ k ɪr i t ə ˈ k ɑː n ə w ə /; [2] born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand opera singer.She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". [3]