Ann Murray
Ann Murray DBE (born August 27, 1949 in Dublin , Ireland ) is an Irish opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ).
Life
Murray studied singing with Frederic Cox at the Royal Manchester College of Music .
In 1974 she made her debut in the title role of Gluck's Alceste and has since performed in almost all major opera houses and concert halls. She is particularly connected to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden , the English National Opera , as well as the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Salzburg Festival , where she sang important roles in numerous opera performances and concerts between 1981 and 2006, such as Sesto in La clemenza di Tito at the 1992 and 1994 Festival and Cecilio in Lucio Silla in 1993. She also appeared at the Met and Chicago Lyric Opera , at the Vienna State Opera , Scala in Milan, at the Welsh National Opera and the Nederlandse Opera , in Hamburg , Dresden , Brussels , Paris , Berlin, Cologne and Zurich . Murray's interpretations of Handel , Mozart and Strauss were particularly valued .
Murray sang the title roles in Xerxes and Ariodante and played leading roles in Alcina , Rinaldo and Giulio Cesare . She was Xipharse in Mitridate, re di Ponto , Dorabella and Despina, Donna Elvira, Cherubino and Figaro - Countess, Sesto in Titus and Idamante in Idomeneo . Her famous Strauss roles include Octavian in Rosenkavalier and the composer in Ariadne auf Naxos .
Ann Murray demonstrated her versatility in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda and regiment daughter , as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel and as Charlotte in Massenet's Werther , in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges and Britten's The Turn of the Screw , as Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia , also demonstrated in Mosè in Egitto , La Cenerentola and Wagner's Götterdämmerung , as well as in Purcell's Dido .
The Irish singer is in great demand and has been invited by the Salzburg Festival several times , has appeared in Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Dresden, Zurich, Frankfurt, Madrid, London, Dublin, at the Aldeburgh and Edinburgh Festival , in Munich and Vienna both in the Konzerthaus , as well as in the music association .
Ann Murray sang under the direction of such famous conductors as Sylvain Cambreling , Riccardo Chailly , Colin Davis , Bernard Haitink , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Rafael Kubelík , James Levine , Lorin Maazel , Riccardo Muti , Sir Simon Rattle , Sir Georg Solti and Wolfgang Sawallisch . She performed several times at the Proms , both at the First Night and the legendary Last Night of the Proms . Ann Murray has made a number of recordings, including the legendary Hyperion Schubert Edition . In September 2010 she was entrusted with a professorship for singing at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Murray was married to the late tenor Philip Langridge (1939-2010) and has one son, Jonathan .
Awards
- 1997 Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Ireland
- 1998 Chamber singer at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich
- 1999 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music
- 2002 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 2004 Bavarian Order of Merit
Web links
- Artist website Askonas Holt Ltd.
- Ann Murray at Hyperion Records
- Ann Murray at Bach-Cantatas.com
Individual evidence
- ^ New Appointments . Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved October 2nd, 2010.
- ^ The Times , "Philip Langridge: Operatic tenor," March 8, 2010
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Murray, Ann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish opera singer (mezzo-soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin , Ireland |