Teresa Żylis-Gara
Teresa Geralda Żylis-Gara (born January 23, 1930 in Landwarów near Wilna , † August 28, 2021 ) was a Polish opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
She received her training at the Music Academy in Łódź . In 1954 she won first prize at the Warsaw Music Competition and made her debut in 1956 in the title role of Stanisław Moniuszko's opera Halka at the Cracow Opera . After she had won a 3rd prize at the ARD singing competition in 1960 , she moved to Germany , where she first worked at the Theater Oberhausen , from 1962 at the Theater Dortmund and from 1965 to 1969 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf . Żylis-Gara also appeared as a concert singer.
She appeared at the festivals in Glyndebourne, Orange and Salzburg , as well as at the Grand Opéra Paris , the Covent Garden Opera in London , at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires , at the opera houses in Mexico and San Francisco , the Vienna State Opera , and the Deutsche Oper Berlin and at the Hamburg State Opera . From 1969 to 1984 she was a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York .
Later she worked in Poland as a singing teacher.
CD recordings
- Bach : St. Matthew Passion - EMI
- Chausson : Le roi Arthus (Genièvre) - Erato
- Chopin : Mélodies - Erato
- Donizetti : Anna Bolena - Opera Depot
- Dvořák : Requiem - Apex
- Handel : Coronation Anthems - EMI
- Mahler : Symphony No. 2 - Forlane
- Mercadante : Il giuramento (Elaisa) - Rodolphe
- Massenet : Manon Gala
- Mozart : Don Giovanni (Elvira) - Deutsche Grammophon
- Mozart: Don Giovanni - Orfeo
- Mozart: Requiem - EMI
- Rossini : Mosè (Anaide) - frequency
- Strauss : Ariadne auf Naxos (composer) - EMI
- Arias from Slavic operas - Rodolphe
- Opera arias - Muza
- Metropolitan Opera Gala - Deutsche Grammophon
literature
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Saur publishing house.
- Jürgen Kesting: The great singers . Claasen Publishing House
Web links
- Works by and about Teresa Żylis-Gara in the catalog of the German National Library
- Teresa Żylis-Gara in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Teresa Żylis-Gara at Bach Cantatas (English)
- Teresa Żylis-Gara at Discogs
Individual evidence
- ↑ La légendaire soprano polonaise Teresa Żylis-Gara est morte. In: francemusique.fr. August 28, 2021, accessed August 28, 2021 (French).
- ^ Polish soprano Teresa Żylis-Gara has died. In: musik-heute.de. August 28, 2021, accessed August 28, 2021 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Żylis-Gara, Teresa |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Żylis-Gara, Teresa Geralda (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish opera singer (soprano) |
BIRTH DATE | January 23, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Landwarów near Vilna |
DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 2021 |