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Singer Leonard Warren died after performing in the opera La forza del destino at the New York Metropolitan Opera. He had sung Don Carlo's act III aria, which begins Morir, tremenda cosa ("to die, a momentous thing"), when he started coughing and gasping. He fell face first to the ground and it was revealed he had died of a massive heart attack.
In 1979, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Senta in The Flying Dutchman, in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's production, opposite José van Dam. [ 7 ] She sang with the Met until 1993, in such operas as Tosca , La bohème , Un ballo in maschera (with Carlo Bergonzi ), Don Giovanni , Manon Lescaut , Falstaff (with Giuseppe Taddei ), [ 8 ] and La ...
2017 deaths in popular music ... Shipping News: 43: March 27, 2017: Aldo Guibovich ... The Twilight Singers: 50: June 27, 2017: Colon cancer [81] Gary DeCarlo
The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2017. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Kristine Kay Jepson (28 July 1962 – 21 April 2017) was an American mezzo-soprano. Jepson was one of four children born to Magnus Jepson and Dorothy Jepson, and the only daughter among the siblings. She grew up in Onawa, Iowa, and graduated from West Monona High School.
Soprano Monica McGhee says that while she lost some of her vocal range to cancer, her experience has given her performance more depth.
Ewa Maria Podleś (Polish: [ˈɛva ˈpɔdlɛɕ]; 26 April 1952 – 19 January 2024) was a Polish coloratura contralto singer who had an active international career both on the opera stage and in recital. She was known for the agility of her voice and a vocal range which spanned more than three octaves.
Jeffrey Lawton, FRNCM (11 December 1938 – 4 May 2018), [1] was a tenor best known as an international opera singer. He began his career as a student at the Royal Manchester College of Music and from 1982 to 1987 was principal tenor with the Welsh National Opera Company. [3] Lawton also sang with Opera North and the Scottish Opera.