Shirley Verrett
Born: 31st May 1931, New Orleans, USA
Died: 5th November 2010, Michigan, USA
Nationality: American
Artist's website: https://shirleyverrett.com/
Born in New Orleans in 1931, Verrett battled family disapproval and racial prejudice to forge a career as one of the most successful dramatic mezzos (and later dramatic sopranos) of her generation. Making her debut as Britten's Lucretia in 1958, she went on to win the Met Council Auditions three years later before making great international impact in roles such as Azucena, Dalila, Eboli and in particular Carmen and Ulrica, which were perfectly suited to her dark, metallic voice and visceral stage-presence. From the late 1970s she extended her repertoire to encompass soprano repertoire, most notably Aida, Tosca, Lady Macbeth and Norma, and continued working well into the 1990s, singing Nettie in Carousel on Broadway as well as devoting huge amounts of time to teaching and supporting emerging artists. She died in Michigan on 5th November 2010.
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Franco Corelli, Gundula Janowitz, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Wiener Staatsoper, Horst Stein
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Beverly Sills and Friends | Works by Adam, Arne, Bellini, Bishop, Caldara, Donizetti, Handel, Lehar, Massenet, Moore, Offenbach & Schubert
Beverly Sills, Paula Robison, Charles Wadsworth, Leslie Parnas, Charles Treger, Stuart Burrows, Norman Treigle, Susanne Marsee, Eileen Farrell, Christian Du Plessis, Patricia Kern, Louis Quilico, Walter Cassel & Frances Bible New York City Opera Orchestra, Emerson Buckley, The John Alldis Choir, John Alldis, London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel
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Verdi: Macbeth
Piero Cappuccilli (Macbeth), Shirley Verrett (Lady Macbeth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Banco), Plácido Domingo (Macduff), Stefania Malagú (Lady in Waiting), Antonio Savastano (Malcolm), Carlo Zardo (Medico) Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado
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Verdi: La forza del destino
Giovanni Foiani (Il Marchese di Calatrava), Leontyne Price (Leonora di Vargas), Robert Merrill (Don Carlo), Richard Tucker (Don Alvaro), Shirley Verrett (Preziosilla), Ezio Flagello (Fra Melitone), Corinna Vozza (Curra), Giorgio Tozzi (Padre Guardiano), Piero De Palma (Mastro Trabuco), Mario Rinaudo (Un Chirurgo), Rolf Bottcher (Un Alcalde), RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus
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Building A Library, February 2019, Recommended Recording
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