Janice Baird

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Janice Baird (born January 10, 1963 in New York City , New York ) is an American opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Janice Baird was born and raised in a musical family in New York City. She studied music (flute and singing) and foreign languages ​​in her hometown at New York University and completed an acting degree at the renowned HB Studio . After her beginnings as a dramatic mezzo-soprano , she became aware of larger houses, where she switched to the soprano subject with resounding success. With further intensive studies with Astrid Varnay and master classes with Birgit Nilsson , she finally developed the highly dramatic repertoire with which she laid the foundation for her international career. In addition to her mother tongue, Baird speaks German, Italian and Spanish. Since 2004 she has lived in Berlin and on the Spanish Atlantic coast.

She became well known in professional circles for her interpretations of Wagner and Strauss parts.

Among other things, she sang the role of Elektra von Strauss in the Zurich Opera House , Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse , Essen, Rome, Dresden, Strasbourg, Bilbao and Seville. She made her debut as Salome at the Vienna State Opera and sang this role repeatedly at the State Opera in Berlin , Leipzig, Paris, Tokyo, Genova and Palermo. She made her role debut as a dyer in Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten in October 2006 in Toulouse. She sang Isolde in Buenos Aires and in the 2006/2007 season in new productions at the opera houses of Rome and Toulouse.

Janice Baird was the Brünnhilde in Geneva, Catania, Toulouse as well as in Venice, Zurich, Marseille, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Birmingham, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Seville and the Deutsche Oper Berlin . In summer 2009 she will be the Brünnhilde in Seattle.

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SURNAME Baird, Janice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York