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A singer with a pure and silvery voice, secure coloratura technique and delightful stage presence, Burrowes retired from the stage in 1982. [1] She married former tenor Emile Belcourt, and in 1992 joined him at the University of Saskatoon as a vocal coach. [6]
Beverly Sills (May 26, 1929 – July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose career peak was between the 1950s and 1970s. Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet and Verdi, she was especially renowned for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in live opera and recordings
Peters in 1974. Roberta Peters (May 4, 1930 – January 18, 2017) was an American coloratura soprano.. One of the most prominent American singers to achieve lasting fame and success in opera, Peters is noted for her 35-year association with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York, among the longest such associations between a singer and a company in opera. [1]
The soprano singing voice is the voice of children and the highest type of female voice with vocal range that typically lies between "middle C" (C 4) and "high C" (C 6) [1] The soprano voice (unlike the mezzo-soprano voice) is stronger in the head register than the chest register, resulting in a bright and ringing tone. [2]
She was the soprano soloist in Carmina Burana at the re-opening gala of the Blossom Festival with the Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Möst conducting, again in the Messiah again with Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall, returned with Pierre Boulez for the title role of Stravinsky's Rossignol and with Matthias Pintscher in Debussy's Le ...
In her 20s, O'Sullivan took a break from singing for 4 years, returning to music after the birth of her daughter. [5] O'Sullivan achieved her first major role in 1996 at the age of 34, as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Welsh National Opera. The world renowned Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland helped O
She did her studies at the Eastman School of Music before coming to Diana Soviero who set her forth. [3] In 2009, she became a fellow at the Music Academy of the West in Montecito, California where she continued her coloratura soprano studies with Marilyn Horne .
Christina Johnston. Christina Johnston is an English coloratura soprano.Born in Framlingham, Suffolk, and educated at Framlingham College, [1] she has sung leading roles, notably, at the Prague State Opera, including the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute.