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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Special offer. Vienna Opera Festival 1955 Highlights
Martha Mödl (Leonore), Anton Dermota (Florestan), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Ludwig Weber (Rocco), Irmgard Seefried (Marzelline), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Karl Kamann (Fernando), George London (Don Giovanni), Lisa della Casa (Donna Anna), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Sena Jurinac (Donna Elvira), Irmgard Seefried (Zerlina), Erich Kunz (Leporello), Leonie Rysanek (Aida), Hans Hopf (Radamès), George London (Amonasro), Jean Madeira (Amneris), Gottlob Frick (Ramphis), Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs), Hans Beirer (Walther von Stolzing), Irmgard Seefried (Eva), Erich Kunz (Beckmesser), Murray Dickie (David), Rosette Anday (Magdalene), Hans Braun (Kothner), Frederick Guthrie (Nachtwächter), Walter Berry (Wozzeck), Christel Goltz (Marie), Maria Reining (Marschallin), Sena Jurinac (Octavian), Hilde Güden (Sophie), Leonie Rysanek (Kaiserin), Elisabeth Höngen (Amme), Hans Hopf (Kaiser), Christel Goltz (Färberin), Ludwig Weber (Barak) Chorus & Orchestra of Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm, Hans Knappertsbusch
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
[b]Das Rheingold[/b] 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), Oda Balsborg (Woglinde), Hetty Plümacher (Wellgunde), Ira Malaniuk (Flosshilde) [b]Die Walküre[/b] James King (Siegmund), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), Gottlob Frick (Hunding), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Brigitte Fassbaender (Waltraute), Berit Lindholm (Helmwige), Helga Dernesch (Ortlinde), Vera Schlosser (Gerhilde), Helen Watts (Schwertleite), Vera Little (Siegrune), Claudia Hellmann (Rossweise), Marilyn Tyler (Grimgerde) [b]Siegfried[/b] Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Joan Sutherland (Waldvogel) [b]Götterdämmerung[/b] Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute), Lucia Popp (Woglinde), Gwyneth Jones (Wellgunde), Maureen Guy (Flosshilde), Helen Watts (Erste Norn), Grace Hoffman (Zweite Norn), Anita Välkki (Dritte Norn) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 9th Awards (1966), Best Opera Recording
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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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