June Anderson
June Anderson (* the thirtieth December 1952 in Boston ) is an American opera singer in the vocal category Soprano .
Anderson studied singing and literature at Yale University. In 1978 she made her debut as Queen of the Night at the New York City Opera , "where she took on all the roles with which Sills had earned the name of 'fastest voice alive': Gilda, Rosina, Lucia and Elvira." Rome made her European debut in the title role of Rossini's Semiramide .
The main focus of Anderson's repertoire is made up of the bel canto operas by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti . In the 1980s and 1990s in particular, there was a large number of appearances and recordings, including works such as Maometto II , Armida and La donna del lago , which were rarely performed . Anderson became one of the leading bel canto interpreters. The repertoire now includes works by Richard Strauss ( Capriccio , Naples 2002, Daphne , Venice 2005) as well as modern operas such as Henze's Die Bassariden (Paris 2005) or John Adams ' Nixon in China (planned for 2012).
Anderson was the first non-Italian to receive the Bellini d'Oro Prize . In 1992 she received a Grammy in the category "Best Classical Album". In the film Amadeus by Miloš Forman (1984) she sang Queen of the Night (without appearing).
Discography (selection)
- Rossini: Mosè in Egitto , Claudio Scimone , 1981, PHILIPS
- Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor , Gianluigi Gelmetti , 1983, live - Florence, LS
- Wagner , Die Feen , Wolfgang Sawallisch , 1983, live Munich Opera Festival , ORFEO
- Rossini: Maometto II , Claudio Scimone, 1983, PHILIPS
- Orff : Carmina Burana , James Levine , 1984, DG
- Bellini: La sonnambula , Roberto Cecconi, 1984, live - Teatro La Fenice , 1984, MFOH
- Adam : Le postillon de Lonjumeau , Thomas Fulton, 1985, EMI
- Bizet : La jolie fille de Perth , Georges Prêtre , 1985, EMI
- Meyerbeer : Robert le diable , Thomas Fulton, 1985, live Opéra de Paris, Legato
- Donizetti: La fille du régiment , Bruno Campanella, 1986, live - Opéra-Comique of Paris, EMI
- Auber : La muette de Portici , Thomas Fulton, 1986, EMI
- Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda , Gianfranco Masini, 1987, live - Teatro La Fenice, OPD
- Verdi : Rigoletto , Riccardo Chailly , 1989, LONDON
- Leonard Bernstein : Candide , Leonard Bernstein, 1989, DG
- Rossini: Semiramide , James Conlon, 1990, live - Metropolitan Opera , Image Entertainment
- Massenet : Chérubin , Pinchas Steinberg , 1991, RCA
- Mozart : The Magic Flute , Sir Charles Mackerras , 1991, TELARC
- Thomas : Hamlet , Antonio de Almeida, 1993, EMI
- Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata , James Levine , 1996, London
- Bellini: Norma , Fabio Biondi, 2001, live Teatro Regio di Parma , Tdk DVD / Video
- Strauss: Daphne , Stefan Anton Reck, 2005, live La Fenice, Dynamic CDS
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Kesting, The Great Singers, Volume 1, The Great Singers . 3 volumes. Claasen, Düsseldorf 1986, p. 2009
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Anderson, June |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (soprano) |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |