Norma Procter

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Norma Procter (born February 15, 1928 in Cleethorpes , † May 2, 2017 in Grimsby ) was a British opera and concert singer with an alto voice.

life and work

Procter studied with Roy Henderson , Alec Redshaw and Hans Oppenheim and Paul Hamburger .

In 1956 she was immediately successful with her first concert. She was then invited to concerts in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain. After participating in several festivals (Holland Festival, Bach Weeks in Ansbach, Würzburg Festival) around 1970, she matured into an important Bach singer. In addition to Bach's work, she sang the religious parts from the works of Georg Friedrich Händel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Benjamin Britten. In 1961 she made her operatic debut with Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice at the Covent Garden Opera in London and from then on also appeared as an opera singer.

Procter was one of the most outstanding English singers of her generation. Her voice was extraordinarily deep.

literature

  • Procter, Norma . In: Carl Dahlhaus (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Personal section: L – Z , supplementary volume. Schott, Mainz 1975, p. 418 .
  • Procter, Norma . In: Alain Pâris : Classical music in the 20th century, instrumentalists, singers, conductors, orchestras, choirs . 2nd Edition. dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-32501-1 , p. 626 f .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Carl Dahlhaus: Norma Procter . 1975.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Alain Pâris: Norma Procter . 1997.
personal data
SURNAME Procter, Norma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Procter, Mary Norma (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British opera and concert singer with an alto voice
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleethorpes
DATE OF DEATH 2nd May 2017
Place of death Grimsby