American opera singer and educator
Carol Vaness, American soprano Carol Theresa Vaness (born July 27, 1952) is an American lirico-spinto soprano and university professor.
Early life and education [ edit ] Vaness was born in San Diego and graduated with her bachelor's degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona . She later attended California State University, Northridge where she earned her master's degree in 1976.[ 1] [ 2]
Vaness launched her professional career in 1977 with the San Francisco Opera .[ 3] Metropolitan Opera debut in 1984[ 4] Teatro alla Scala , the Vienna State Opera , Paris Opera , and the Royal Opera House /Covent Garden. In 1993 she performed the role of Duchess Elena in I vespri siciliani Washington Concert Opera .
She was particularly known for her Mozart operatic roles,[ 2] [ 5] Giacomo Puccini 's Manon Lescaut Seattle Opera . Her interpretations of Mozart's dramatic heroines, including Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte Don Giovanni Idomeneo La Clemenza di Tito Tosca , which she performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 2004 opposite Luciano Pavarotti in the legendary tenor's final operatic performance.
Vaness made her professional debut as Vitellia for the San Francisco Spring Opera and has been acknowledged as the world's leading interpreter of this role. She has appeared as Vitellia at the Metropolitan Opera , Paris Opera , Royal Opera Covent Garden , Lyric Opera of Chicago , New York City Opera , Liceu , and at the Salzburg Festival and other leading theaters.
Among her celebrated television appearances, she has been featured on the Pavarotti Plus and Pavarotti and Friends telecasts from Lincoln Center , as well as the Richard Tucker Gala and In Performance at the White House with members of the New York City Opera.
Vaness teaches in the renowned voice department of Indiana University .[ 2] [ 6] Jaime Laredo , André Watts , and Joshua Bell . She is a tenured professor of voice working with individual students as well as conducting the opera workshop classes. She began teaching in 2006, and a number of her students have gone to win major nationwide and international competitions and positions in young artist programs.
Year of release Album details Contributing artists Label 1984 Mozart : Don Giovanni Thomas Allen , Maria Ewing , Elizabeth Gale, Keith Lewis, Richard Van Allan , John Rawnsley , Dimitri Kavrakos, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra , Bernard Haitink EMI 1987 Mozart: Così fan tutte Delores Ziegler , John Aler , Dale Duesing , Lillian Watson , Claudio Desderi , Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink EMI 1991 Mozart: Don Giovanni William Shimell , Samuel Ramey , Cheryl Studer , Frank Lopardo , Susanne Mentzer , Wiener Staatsopernchor , Wiener Philharmoniker , Riccardo Muti EMI 1993 Puccini : Tosca Giuseppe Giacomini , Giorgio Zancanaro , Piero De Palma , Westminster Symphonic Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra , Riccardo Muti Philips Classics 1993 Gluck : Iphigénie en Tauride Thomas Allen, Gösta Winbergh , Giorgio Surian, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala , Riccardo Muti Sony 1995 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro Alastair Miles , Nuccia Focile , Alessandro Corbelli , Susanne Mentzer, Rebecca Evans , Alfonso Antoniozzi, Suzanne Murphy , Ryland Davies , Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus , Sir Charles Mackerras Telarc 1995 Mozart: La clemenza di Tito Gösta Winbergh, Christine Barbaux, Delores Ziegler, Martha Senn, László Polgár , Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti EMI 1996 Mozart: Idomeneo Plácido Domingo , Cecilia Bartoli , Heidi Grant Murphy , Thomas Allen, Frank Lopardo, Bryn Terfel , Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House , James Levine DG 1999 Rossini : Mosè Doris Soffel , Francisco Araiza , Ruggero Raimondi , Kurt Moll , Jan-Hendrik Rootering , Bayerisches Staatsorchester , Wolfgang Sawallisch Orfeo (live recording from 1988) 2001 Verdi : Aroldo Neil Shicoff , Anthony Michaels-Moore , Roberto Scandiuzzi , Julian Gavin , Sergio Spina, Marina Comparato, Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , Fabio Luisi Philips 2006 Albéniz : Pepita Jiménez Plácido Domingo, Jane Henschel , Enrique Baquerizo, Carlos Chausson, Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid , José de Eusebio DG
[ edit ] Year of release Album details Contributing artists Label 1985 Beethoven : Symphony No. 9 Janice Taylor, Siegfried Jerusalem , Robert Lloyd , The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Christoph von Dohnányi Telarc 1988 Verdi Arias The British Concert Orchestra, Frank Renton Nixa Classics 1989 Haydn : Theresienmesse / Heiligmesse Doris Soffel , Keith Lewis, Petteri Salomaa , Rundfunkchor Leipzig , Staatskapelle Dresden , Sir Neville Marriner EMI 1990 Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Waltraud Meier , Hans Peter Blochwitz , Hans Tschammer, Tallis Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra , Jeffrey Tate EMI 1990 Rossini : Stabat Mater Cecilia Bartoli , Francisco Araiza , Ferruccio Furlanetto , Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks , Semyon Bychkov Philips Classics 1991 Mozart : Opera AriasMünchner Rundfunkorchester , Leopold Hager RCA Victor Red Seal 1992 A Salute to American Music: The Richard Tucker Music Foundation - Gala XVI Renée Fleming , Karen Holvik , Leontyne Price , Marilyn Horne , Frederica von Stade , Tatiana Troyanos , Paul Groves , Jerry Hadley , Robert Merrill , Sherrill Milnes , Samuel Ramey , Metropolitan Opera Orchestra , James Conlon RCA Victor Red Seal 1992 Verdi: Requiem Florence Quivar , Dennis O'Neill , Carlo Colombara , Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis RCA Victor Red Seal 1996 Carol Vaness sings Verdi and Donizetti Marisca Mulder, Melinda Paulsen , Dennis O'Neill, Ambrogio Riva, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Roberto Abbado RCA Victor Red Seal 1998 Britten : War Requiem Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson , Westminster Symphonic Choir, New York Philharmonic , Kurt Masur Teldec 2014 Classic Mad Scenes (Historic Met Broadcasts) Roberta Peters , Grace Bumbry , Renata Scotto , Edita Gruberová , Luciana Serra , Philip Langridge , Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine The Metropolitan Opera
^ "Carol Vaness" . California State University. Retrieved December 28, 2020 .^ a b c Salazar, David (July 27, 2018). "Artist Profile: Carol Vaness, A Great Mozartian Soprano" . Operawire . Retrieved December 28, 2020 . ^ Duffie, Bruce (2017). "Soprano Carol Vaness: A Conversation with Bruce Duffie" . Retrieved December 28, 2020 . ^ "Carol Vaness Debut" . New York Times . November 28, 1987. Retrieved December 28, 2020 .^ Kellow, Brian (April 2005). "Soprano Carol Vaness Discusses Performances of Samuel Barber's Vanessa". Opera News . New York: Metropolitan Opera Guild. ^ Braun, William (March 2012). "Reunion: Carol Vaness". Opera News . New York.
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