Felicia Weathers

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Felicia Weathers

Felicitas "Felicia" Weathers (born August 13, 1937 in St. Louis , Missouri , USA ) is an American opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Felicitas Weathers studied medicine in the United States for a few semesters before she turned to music. In 1961 she came to Europe and initially performed in Kiel until 1963. The colored singer was then a member of the Hamburg Opera for seven years until 1970 and made guest appearances in Munich and Vienna, where she enjoyed great success as Madama Butterfly , Salome and Aida . These operas were among her important appearances; in addition there are the roles as Dona Anna in Don Giovanni and as Elisabeth in Don Carlos . Weathers is also a concert singer. She also sang in Zurich, Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm as well as at the Royal Opera House , La Scala and Metropolitan Opera , where she made her debut with Lisa. In 1968 she performed with the Salome in Chicago. One of their sponsors was Herbert von Karajan .

Beyond the opera, Felicitas Weathers was seen as a guest in various entertainment programs in which she was able to prove her vocal talent. One saw and heard the soprano as a musical guest among other things in the turntable , Between Bach and Beat, Our little show, The golden shot , portrait in music and looking back from the front. In October 1982 she was the last time she was a guest of the Monday painters on a German television program.

Then it became quiet about the American woman who was married to the Hungarian musician Bela Bakonyi and who sings in five languages. Felicitas Weathers returned to the USA, performed occasionally there and in Italy and later sang spirituals and gospels . She ended her stage career in 1999, after which Weathers only worked as a director and singing teacher.

Weathers has won many international awards. In Germany she received the German Record Award .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Felicia Weathers in an interview with the Munich magazine Kulturverzug , 2013
personal data
SURNAME Weathers, Felicia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weathers, Felicitas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri , USA