Denyce Graves
Denyce Graves (born March 7, 1964 in Washington, DC ) is an American opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ).
Life
After receiving positive attention in music lessons, she received a musical education at the Duke Ellington School. As a 14-year-old, she lived in Munich as an exchange student for three months.
In 1992 she gave Carmen at the Ravinia Festival under the direction of James Levines , a role that she took on even more often. This was the case with her first engagement at the Met in 1995 .
She sang for Bill Clinton in the White House , for George W. Bush at the inauguration. On 24 September 2001 she sang in the Washington National Cathedral The Lord's Prayer and America The Beautiful in devotion to the victims of September 11th .
Engagements
- 1993 Vestalin in Gaspare Spontinis La vestale under Riccardo Muti, Scala
- 1994 Emilia in Verdi's Otello , Opéra Bastille
- 1995 Carmen in Bizet's Carmen, Met under James Levine
- 1997 Baba in Stravinski's The Rake's Progress under James Levine, Met
- 2001 Laura in Luisa Miller under James Levine, Met
- 2002 Judith in Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle under William Friedkin , Los Angeles Opera
- Dalila in Camille Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila , Covent Garden
- 2004 Carmen at the Seville Music Festival under Carlos Saura
- 2005 Margaret Garner: title role, Detroit Opera House
- 2006 Grendel in: JD McClatchy (libretto), Elliot Goldenthal (score): Beowulf at the Lincoln Center Festival under Julie Taymor
- 2009 Carmen at the Washington National Theater under Francesca Zambello
- 2009 Dulcinée in Jules Massenet's Don Quixote, San Diego Opera
Web links
- Works by and about Denyce Graves in the catalog of the German National Library
- Denyce Graves at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Denyce Graves Official Advertising Site
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmut Sorge: Opera star Denyce Graves. Spiegel Online, June 18, 2002
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graves, Denyce |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (mezzo-soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |