Jean Madeira
Born: 14th November 1918, Centralia, Illinois
Died: 10th July 1972, Providence, Rhode Island
Nationality: American
Jean Madeira, née Jean Browning was an American contralto, particularly known for her work in late-romantic German repertoire such as the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.
When she was a child her family moved to East St. Louis, Illinois, where she attended high school, and she later studied with Florence Kimball at the Juilliard School in New York City. She made her debut in opera in Chatauqua, as Nancy in Martha, by Flotow. In 1955, the singer and actress successfully sang the title role in Carmen with the Vienna State Opera.
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Irene Dalis (Fricka), Ralph Herbert (Alberich(, Karl Liebl (Loge), Jean Madeira (Erda), Jerome Hines (Fasolt), Ernst Wiemann (Fafner), Heidi Krall (Freia), Robert Nagy (Froh), Norman Mittelmann (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Martina Arroyo (Woglinde), Rosalind Elias (Wellgunde) & Mignon Dunn (Flosshilde) Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Erich Leinsdorf
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De Falla: El Amor Brujo (1920 Revised Version), El Sombrero de Tres Picos (Highlights) & Noches en los jardines de España
Jean Madeira (mezzo-soprano), György Sándor, Vienna Symphony, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Edouard Van Remoortel, Louis de Froment
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Der Ring des Nibelungen - Metropolitan Opera 1951 Fritz Stiedry
Erna Berger (soprano), Lucine Amara, Herta Glaz, Lawrence Davidson, Margaret Harshaw, Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Jarmila Novotná, Jerome Hines (baritone), Dezső Ernster, Brian Sullivan, Osie Hawkins, Set Svanholm (tenor), Margret Harshaw, Margaret Hars, Leslie Chabay, Brian Sul, Karin Branzell, Günther Treptow (tenor), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Luben Vichey, Ferdinand Frantz (bass-baritone), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Blanche Thebom (mezzo-soprano), Thelma Votipka, Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Jeanne Palmer, Jean Madeira (mezzo-soprano), Irene Jessner, Lucielle Browni, Martha Lipton, Lucielle Browning, Jean Made, Herta Glaz (, Peter Klein (tenor), Gerhard Pechner, Helen Traubel (soprano), Magaret Harshaw, Herbert Janssen, Deszö Ernster, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Fritz Stiedry, Set Svanholm and Mannen, Mannen and Herbert Janssen, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Mannen, Chorus
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