Lawrence Brownlee

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Lawrence Brownlee (2013)

Lawrence Brownlee (born November 24, 1972 in Youngstown, Ohio ) is an American opera singer ( tenor ).

Youth and education

Brownlee grew up in a working class family, had a very musical childhood, played trumpet , guitar and drums and sang in a gospel choir . He made his first appearances with pop and show tunes in an amusement park in Sandusky . Brownlee received his bachelor's degree from Anderson University in Indiana and attended Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as part of his graduate studies. Here he studied with the soprano Costanza Cuccaro.

Career

Lawrence Brownlee's professional stage debut took place in 2002 as Almaviva in Gioachino Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Virginia Opera . He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in a new production of this opera in 2007. The role of Count Almaviva has meanwhile become one of his best known and most famous, with appearances in Vienna , Milan , Berlin , Madrid , Dresden and Munich , Baden-Baden , Hamburg , Tokyo , New York City, Washington, DC , San Diego , Seattle and Boston . His career highlights include appearances at the Vienna State Opera , the Boston Lyric Opera and the Teatro Real in Madrid.

Lawrence Brownlee (as Tonio), Nino Machaidze (as Marie) and Ann Murray (as Marquise of Berkenfield) in La fille du régiment by Gaetano Donizettis at the Metropolitan Opera on December 24, 2011

Brownlee appeared in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri and La Cenerentola at La Scala in Milan , as Belfiore in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims in Brussels and as Tonio in Gaetano Donizetti's La fille du régiment at the Cincinnati Opera . In addition to Renée Fleming , he was also celebrated in Rossini's Armida and in the famous and challenging role of Tonio in La fille du régiment and as Arturo in Vincenzo Bellini's I puritani at the Metropolitan Opera.

In 2014, Lawrence Brownlee, Juan Diego Flórez and Javier Camarena were named "The Three Tenors", who represent "a new golden age for high male voices".

Brownlee has appeared in concerts with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony in Georg Friedrich Handel's Messiah . He has given recitals under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation and was featured at one of the foundation's gala concerts at Lincoln Center . In May 2010, Brownlee gave a concert with mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves in the United States Supreme Court Building for the United States Supreme Court justices. He presented his album Spiritual Sketches, with new arrangements of traditional music, with Damien Sneed in recitals, including for an NPR Tiny Desk Concert .

Deviating from his usual repertoire, he sang the role of Syme in Lorin Maazel's opera 1984 at the Royal Opera House in London on May 3, 2005 . In 2015 he played the role of Charlie Parker in the premiere of Daniel Schnyder's opera Yardbird at Opera Philadelphia .

Brownlee in particular for his bel canto - repertoire known. Speight Jenkins, Seattle Opera General Manager , says: "There are other singers who sing this repertory very well, but I don't think anyone has a nicer sound or a rounder tone." Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato adds: “He is always at the service of music. His voice is just amazingly beautiful. The word 'honey' comes to mind. "

Awards

Recordings

  • Spiritual Sketches - Lawrence Brownlee, Damien Sneed. Label: LeChateau Earl Records B00DE0SZ96
  • The Heart That Flutters - Lawrence Brownlee, Iain Burnside. Label: Opus Arte B00CK1PAJS
  • Virtuoso Rossini Arias - Lawrence Brownlee, Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony. Label: Delos B00IL85VR0
  • Maazel: 1984 - Simon Keenlyside , Nancy Gustafson, Richard Margison, Diana Damrau , Lawrence Brownlee; Orchestra & Choir of the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden, Lorin Maazel (conductor). Label: Decca DVD 074 3289
  • Orff: Carmina Burana - Sally Matthews (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone); Berlin Philharmonic ; Simon Rattle (conductor). Label: EMI Classics CD 57888 / EuroArts / Opus Arte DVD, EUA 2053678
  • Italian Songs (Schubert, Verdi, Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini) - Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Martin Katz (piano). Label EMI Classics CD 86503
  • Mayr: Medea in Corinto - Elzbieta Szmytka, Evelyn Pollock, Lawrence Brownlee, Mark Milhofer, Wojtek Gierlach; Figerete Ymeraj, Andrés de Castillo, Carlos Petruzziello; Choir and Orchestra of the St. Gallen Theater; David Stern (conductor). Label: OEHMS Classics OC 933
  • Rossini: Armida - Renée Fleming , Lawrence Brownlee, John Osborn, Barry Banks, Kobie van Rensburg, Yegishe Manucharyan, Keith Miller; Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera ; Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Label: Decca DVD 074.3416
  • Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Elīna Garanča , Lawrence Brownlee, Giovanna Donadini, Nathan Gunn, Roberto Accurso, Bruno de Simone, Kristinn Sigmundsson; Munich Radio Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Choir; Miguel Gómez-Martínez (conductor). Label: Sony / BMG 822876 80429 2
  • Rossini: La Cenerentola - Rachelle Durkin, Elīna Garanča, Lawrence Brownlee, Patricia Risley, Simone Alberghini, Alessandro Corbelli , John Relyea; Metropolitan Opera choir and orchestra; Maurizio Benini (conductor). Label: Deutsche Grammophon DVD 073 4577
  • Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri - Ruth Gonzalez, Marianna Pizzolato, Elsa Giannoulidou, Lawrence Brownlee, Bruno de Simone, Lorenzo Regazzo, Giulio Mastrototaro; Rossini in Wildbad Festival, Virtuosi Brunensis; Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir; Alberto Zedda (conductor). Label: Naxos 8.660284-85
  • Rossini: Stabat Mater - Anna Netrebko (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (bass); Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Antonio Pappano (conductor). Label: EMI Classics 5099964052922
  • Rossini Songs ( Il Salotto - Volume 13) - Mireille Delunsch, Jennifer Larmore , Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Wilde, Lawrence Brownlee, Brindley Sherratt; Malcolm Martineau (piano). Label: Opera Rara ORR247
  • Opera Gala 16, Festive Opera Gala for the AIDS Foundation - Simone Kermes , Ailyn Pérez, Petra-Maria Schnitzer, Lawrence Brownlee, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Renata Pokupić, Peter Seiffert , Michael Volle; Choir and orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ; Andriy Yurkevych (conductor). Label: Naxos 8.551233
  • Colbran, The Muse - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor); Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale de Santa Cecilia; Edoardo Müller (conductor). Label: Virgin Classics 945790 6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lawrence Brownlee. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e DAVID SCHULMAN: Lawrence Brownlee: A Rising Star Arrives at the Met. April 22, 2007, accessed on January 12, 2018 (English).
  3. ↑ a b ZACHARY WOOLFE: Three Stars Who Navigate on High C's. May 4, 2014, accessed January 12, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b c VIVIEN SCHWEITZER: Top Notes That Shatter The Glass Ceiling. March 11, 2011, accessed January 12, 2018 .
  5. ^ Anne Midgette: A Bel Canto Who Rises Above All Obstacles. September 12, 2009, accessed January 15, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Lawrence Brownlee. Retrieved January 15, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Donald Rosenberg: Youngstown-born tenor Lawrence Brownlee finds contentment in the grandeur of opera and the intimacy of art songs. May 16, 2010, accessed January 12, 2018 .
  8. ↑ ANTHONY TOMMASINI: Allowing a Puritan to Marry for Love. April 18, 2014, accessed January 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Brownlee, Lawrence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Youngstown, Ohio