Janet Perry

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Janet Perry (born December 27, 1947 in Minneapolis ) is an American opera singer.

Career

Janet Perry had her first stage appearance in 1959 at the age of eleven in The Wizard of Oz , later she studied singing at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia . Her operatic debut took place in 1969 at the Landestheater Linz as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni . This was followed by appearances in European opera houses under the conductors Herbert von Karajan , Carlos Kleiber , Karl Böhm , Riccardo Muti , Daniel Barenboim , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Mstislaw Rostropowitsch , Rafael Kubelík , James Levine and Wolfgang Sawallisch .

In 1973/74 she worked on the television adaptation of the operettas Schwarzwaldmädel and Zigeunerliebe .

Discography (selection)

  • Smetana: The Bartered Bride (as Esmaralda) (Stratas, Kollo; Krombholc, 1975) Eurodisc
  • Verdi: Falstaff (as Nannetta) (Kabaivanska, Ludwig, Araiza, Taddei; Karajan, 1980) Philips
  • Mozart: The Magic Flute (as Papagena) (Mathis, Ott, Araiza, van Dam; Karajan, 1980) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Mozart: Thamos, King in Egypt (Harnoncourt, 1980) Teldec
  • Mozart: Great Mass in C minor (Hendricks, Schreier, Luxon; Karajan, 1982) Deutsche Grammophon
  • R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (as Sophie) (Tomowa-Sintow, Baltsa, Moll; Karajan, 1982) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Beethoven: Ninth Symphony (Baltsa, Cole, van Dam; Karajan, 1983) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Bruckner: Te Deum (Karajan, 1984) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Mercadante: Il bravo (Aprea, 1990) Nuova Era

Videography (selection)

  • Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (as Barbarina) (Freni, Te Kanawa, Ewing, Prey, Fischer-Dieskau; Böhm, Ponnelle, 1976) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (as Melanto) (Hollweg, Schmidt, Araiza, Estes; Harnoncourt, Ponnelle, 1979) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (as Drusilla) (Yakar, Schmidt, Esswood, Tappy, Araiza, Salminen; Harnoncourt, Ponnelle, 1980) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Verdi: Falstaff (Kabaivanska, Ludwig, Araiza, Taddei; Karajan, Karajan, 1982) Sony
  • Bach: Coffee Cantate (Schreier, Holl; Harnoncourt, 1984) Deutsche Grammophon
  • R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Tomowa-Sintow, Baltsa, Moll; Karajan, Karajan, 1984) Sony
  • J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (as Adele) (Coburn, Faßbaender, Hopferwieser, Wächter; C. Kleiber, Schenk, 1987) Deutsche Grammophon

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personal data
SURNAME Perry, Janet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis