Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934 in Bradford , Pennsylvania ) is an American opera and concert singer ( mezzo-soprano ).
Life
She studied with William Vennard at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and also took part in master classes with Lotte Lehmann . In 1954 she lent the film actress Dorothy Dandridge her singing voice in the sound film Carmen Jones . After first appearances in the USA, Marilyn Horne went to Germany in 1957 and had a permanent position at the Gelsenkirchen Opera . There she sang all major soprano roles as a member of the ensemble for the next three years. With the role of Marie in Alban Berg's Wozzeck , she attracted more attention when the new house opened in May 1960. She was then brought to San Francisco as a replacement for a sick singer and left Gelsenkirchen.
In 1961 she met Joan Sutherland during a joint appearance in Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda . From then on, the two sang in many joint productions and also recordings.
From 1960 to 1979 she was married to the African-American conductor Henry Lewis . During her pregnancy in 1965, she had to cancel the title role in Lucrezia Borgia at the American Opera Society in New York. The then unknown young Montserrat Caballé stepped in and became known overnight.
After Horne's voice had initially been mistaken for a soprano, she discovered her real vocal subject, that of the coloratura mezzo, in the 1960s. Supported by her husband Henry Lewis as well as by Joan Sutherland and her husband, the conductor and bel canto specialist Richard Bonynge , Horne sang coloratura roles in operas by Gioachino Rossini and Georg Friedrich Handel , thus establishing her actual career.
She performed in all the major opera houses in the world. Her extensive repertoire ranges from bel canto to music of the 20th century. To this day she is considered one of the best Rossini interpreters.
Marilyn Horne also made a guest appearance on the television series Männerwirtschaft (The Odd Couple) and appeared as a guest star on the Muppet Show in the late 1970s . Her last public appearance was on her 66th birthday in Carnegie Hall .
She has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2009 .
Discography (selection)
- Bellini: Norma (Bonynge, 1964; Sutherland, J. Alexander, Cross) Decca
- Berlioz: La damnation de Faust (Prêtre, 1969; Gedda, Soyer, Petkov) Opera D'Oro
- Bernstein: West Side Story (Bernstein, 1984; Te Kanawa, Troyanos, Carreras) Deutsche Grammophon
- Bizet: Carmen (Bernstein, 1972; Maliponte, McCracken, Krause) Deutsche Grammophon
- Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Varviso, 1968/69; Souliotis, J. Alexander, Ghiaurov) Decca
- Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (Bonynge, 1977; Sutherland, Aragall, Wixell) Decca
- Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Solti, 1970; Lorengar, Donath) Decca
- Handel: Semele (Nelson, 1990; Battle, Ramey) Deutsche Grammophon
- Massenet : La Navarraise (Lewis, 1975; Domingo, Milnes, Zaccaria) RCA
- Meyerbeer: Le prophète (Lewis, 1976; Scotto, McCracken, Hines) Sony
- Mozart: Don Giovanni (Bonynge, 1968; Sutherland, Lorengar, Krenn, Bacquier, Gramm) Decca
- Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Gardelli, 1967; Tebaldi, Dominguez, Bergonzi, Merrill) Decca
- Puccini: Suor Angelica (Maazel, 1976; Scotto, Cotrubas) Sony
- Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (R.Chailly, 1982; Barbacini, Nucci, Dara, Ramey) Sony
- Rossini: Bianca e Falliero (Renzetti, 1986; Ricciarelli, Merritt) [live] Fonit Cetra
- Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (Scimone, 1980; Battle, Ramey) Erato
- Rossini: Semiramide (Bonynge, 1965/66; Sutherland, Rouleau, Malas) Decca
- Rossini: Tancredi (Weikert, 1982; Cuberli, Palacio, Zaccaria) Sony
- Roussel : Padmâvatî (Plasson, 1982/83; Gedda, van Dam) EMI
- Thomas: Mignon (de Almeida, 1977; Welting, von Stade, Vanzo, Zaccaria) Sony
- Verdi: Falstaff (Davis, 1991; Sweet, Lopardo, Panerai, Titus) RCA
- Verdi: Requiem (Solti, 1967; Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti, Talvela) Decca
- Verdi: Il trovatore (Bonynge, 1976; Sutherland, Pavarotti, Wixell, Ghiaurov) Decca
- Vivaldi: Orlando furioso (Scimone, 1977; de los Ángeles, Valentini Terrani) Erato
literature
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Third, expanded edition. Munich 1999. Volume 3: Hirata – Möwes, pp. 1644/1645. ISBN 3-598-11419-2
Web links
- Works by and about Marilyn Horne in the catalog of the German National Library
- Marilyn Horne at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Marilyn Horne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horne, Marilyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera and concert singer (mezzo-soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bradford , Pennsylvania |