Patricia Johnson
Patricia Marion Johnson (* 1934 in London ) is a British opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ).
Career
Patricia Johnson studied singing with Maria Linkers in London. She has a strong, flexible voice and sings with strong dramatic expression.
After completing her studies, Patricia Johnson sang in the Covent Garden Opera choir before joining Sadlers Wells Opera as a soloist in 1954. Among her first roles were the title role in Carmen , Dalila ( Samson et Dalila ) and Azucena ( Il trovatore ). From 1957 she worked at the Basel Opera and impressed there especially in the title role of La Cenerentola . In 1961 she moved to the Deutsche Oper Berlin , where she appeared as Azucena, Eboli ( Don Carlos ) and Fricka ( Der Ring des Nibelungen ). She was the 1965 premiere of Henze's The Young Lord the Baroness Grünwiesel, and in 1975 she sang in Lulu Die Geschwitz and a role in Cavalli's La Calisto .
Patricia Johnson first appeared at the Salzburg Festival in 1962/1963, as Marzelline in Le nozze di Figaro . Her roles in Glyndebourne from 1965 to 1968 include Jane Seymour in Anna Bolena , Lady Billows in Albert Herring , the sorceress in Dido and Aeneas and Storgè in Jephtha . At Covent Garden Opera she was Countess de Coigny in Andrea Chénier and in 1985 she sang Andromache in Michael Tippett's King Priam , Queen Gertrude in Humphrey Searle's Hamlet , the sexton in Jenůfa , Marzelline, Türkenbaba in The Rake's Progress and Mrs. Sedley in Peter Grimes . Johnson has also sung in Santa Fe and Aix-en-Provence . Her roles range from Cenerentola, Eboli and Lady Macbeth (in Verdi's Macbeth ) to Fricka and Herodias (in Strauss' Salome ). She also portrayed Claire Zachanassian in The Old Lady's Visit . In 1989 Patricia Johnson sang the old lady in Leonard Bernstein's Candide and Adelaide in Arabella . The Kabanichka in Katja Kabanowa is considered one of her best interpretations. In 1991 she appeared in many concerts and oratorios.
Recordings
Andrea Chénier and Don Carlos (Eboli) have video recordings with Johnson .
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| SURNAME | Johnson, Patricia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johnson, Patricia Marion (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer with a mezzo-soprano voice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |