Sarah Caldwell
Sarah Caldwell (* 6. March 1924 in Maryville , Missouri , USA ; † 23. March 2006 in Portland , Maine ) was an American opera - conductor and opera director.
Caldwell , who grew up in Fayetteville , Arkansas , was considered a child prodigy and gave his first public violin concerts at the age of 10 . She graduated from high school at the age of fourteen .
After graduating from Hendrix College in 1944, she attended the University of Arkansas and the New England Conservatory of Music . In 1946 she won a scholarship as a viola player at the Berkshire Music Center . In 1947 she brought Vaughan Williams Riders to the Sea to the stage, and she was Boris Goldovsky's chief assistant for eleven years .
Sarah Caldwell moved to Boston ( Massachusetts ) in 1952 and led the opera workshop at Boston University . In 1957 she opened the Opera Company of Boston as founding director, with whom she brought various productions to the stage as director. She became known for her variations of "classics" of the opera .
In 1974 she was the second woman to lead the New York Philharmonic Orchestra as a guest conductor, and in 1976 Caldwell was the first female conductor of the Metropolitan Opera . She has performed with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra , the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra .
In 1975, Caldwell received a DFA from Bates College . In 1977 she was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1996 she received the National Medal of Arts and was inducted into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame ; the Time magazine honored her with the name "Music's Wonder Woman."
Sarah Caldwell died of heart failure on March 23, 2006 in a Portland clinic.
Conductors (selection)
- Lulu - East Coast Premiere
- Intolleranza 1960 - US Premiere
- Hippolyte et Aricie - US premiere with Plácido Domingo
- Moses and Aron - US Premiere
- The Fisherman and His Wife - Premiere
- The legend of the invisible city of Kitezh and the virgin Fevronija
- Les Troyens
literature
- Caldwell, Sarah , in: Jenny Uglow , Maggy Hendry: Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography . London: Macmillan, 1999 (3rd edition), ISBN 0333725735 , p. 104
- Sarah Caldwell with Rebecca Matlock: Challenges: a memoir of my life in opera , Wesleyan Univ. Press, Middletown, Conn. USA 2008, ISBN 978-0-8195-6885-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caldwell, Sarah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maryville , Missouri, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 2006 |
| Place of death | Portland , Maine, USA |