Brenda Rae

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brenda Rae (* in Appleton , Wisconsin ) is an American opera singer ( soprano ) who has performed internationally in leading roles at various opera houses. She has been a resident of the Frankfurt Opera and Theater since 2008 . She sang in the Naxos Records 2015 recording of Milhaud's L'Orestie d'Eschyle, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.

Life

Born and raised in Appleton , Wisconsin , Rae is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bachelor of Music, 2005) and the Juilliard School (Master of Music, 2008). Rae is married and has one child.

Appearances

While studying at Juilliard, she sang roles in various productions at the Juilliard Opera Center, including Mary Shrike in the world premiere of Lowell Liebermann's Fräulein Lonelyhearts (2006), Eurydice in Offenbach's Orpheus in der Unterwelt (2006), Arminda in Mozart's La finta giardiniera (2007 ), and Countess Adele in Rossini's Le comte Ory (2007). In 2013 she made her Carnegie Hall debut as Polissena in Handel's Radamisto with David Daniels in the title role and conductor Harry Bicket as conductor of the English Concert Orchestra.

In the same year she made her debut at the Santa Fe Opera as Violetta in Verdi's La traviata .

She returned to Santa Fe in 2014 as Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni and the cook in Le rossignol . In 2015 she sang the title role in Handel's Semele at the Seattle Opera. Rae has appeared in many operas at the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt since her debut there in 2008. Her other performances at the Frankfurt Opera include Aithra in Die ägyptische Helena (2015), Amina in La sonnambula (2014–2015), Angelica in Antonio Vivaldi's Orlando furioso , Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress (2012), Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare (2012–2013), Eternità and Giunone in Cavalli's La Calisto (2011–2012), Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte (2014), Helmwige in the Walküre (2012), Konstanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2011), Lora in Wagner's Die Feen (2011), Musetta in La Bohème (2012), Olympia in Offenbach's Hoffmanns Erzählungen (2011), Pamina in der Zauberflöte (2011), Servilia in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito (2011), Violetta in La traviata (2011 ), Zerbinetta in Strauss ' Ariadne auf Naxos (2013–2014) and the title roles in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda (2012) and Lucia di Lammermoor (2015–2016) and many others.

Other European appearances include appearances at the Bavarian State Opera (debut as Konstanze, 2012), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Arminda in Rinaldo , 2011), Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux (Zerbinetta, 2011) and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Polissena in Radamisto , 2013) and others.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e F. Paul Driscoll: Sound Bites: Brenda Rae . In: Opera News , June 2014. 
  2. ↑ Grammys 2015: Complete list of winners and nominees . In: Los Angeles Times , February 8, 2015. 
  3. ^ Gayle Worland: Dollars bring new era to University Opera . In: Wisconsin State Journal , Sept. 4, 2015. 
  4. ↑ Klara Weber: Opera singer Brenda Rae “I need more Traviata in my life!” . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 15, 2016. 
  5. ^ A Nathanael West Novel Gets Its Turn on the Opera Stage . In: The New York Times , April 28, 2006. 
  6. ^ Bernard Holland: A UPS Man Joins Offenbach's Gods and Goddesses . In: The New York Times , November 18, 2006. 
  7. ^ Vivien Schweitzer: Young Mozart, Classically Serious and Silly . In: The New York Times , April 27, 2007. 
  8. ^ Anne Midgette: Tomorrow's Opera Singers Today . In: The New York Times , November 16, 2007. 
  9. ↑ James R. Oestreich: Giving Voice to a Tale of Pursuit and Desire . In: The New York Times , February 25, 2013. 
  10. ↑ James R. Oestreich: Nature's Power Meets Star Power in Santa Fe . In: The New York Times , August 7, 2013. 
  11. ↑ George Loomis: A Reflective Giovanni, Facing Up to His End . In: The New York Times , May 22, 2014. 
  12. ^ Johann Van Niekerk: Divas Rule The Stage at Seattle Opera's “Semele” . In: Vanguard Seattle , February 27, 2015. 
  13. ↑ Brenda Rae at Operabase (engagements and dates) ( Memento from November 16, 2016 in the web archive archive.today ).
personal data
SURNAME Rae, Brenda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Appleton , Wisconsin