"yet appearing with this company, Joan Sutherland, then an internationally known Australian soprano, and her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge, helped the cause of opera in general in Australia during the 1960s. Sutherland's name was also linked to the progress of the Sydney Opera House, begun in 1957 and still undergoing a lengthy and controversial construction. By the time 'La Stupenda' appeared there in 1974, one year after the opening of the theatre, the company was a leading repertory company with a large chorus and a roster of experienced Australian principals supplemented by guest singers and conductors. In 1970, the"
"became an enthusiast of the work and eventually convinced her that she should perform the role of Esclarmonde herself. The San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera premieres of ""Esclarmonde"" took place in 1974 and 1976 respectively. In 1977 he was the founding Music Director of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, when he conducted ""Le roi de Lahore"" staged there (in which his wife also took part). Bonynge made his Metropolitan Opera debut on 12 December 1966, and his last performance there was on 6 April 1991. Most of those performances he conducted there between 1966 and 1987 were with Sutherland"
"Royal Opera House in London. In 1951 Varnay made an acclaimed debut at the Bayreuth Festival where she appeared annually for the next seventeen years. Weigert served on the musical staff of the Bayreuth Festival from 1951-1955. In addition to managing his wife's career, Weigert worked as a guest conductor at numerous German opera houses from 1948-1955; including conducting several performances with his wife in the cast. He notably conducted recordings of his wife portraying the roles of Isolde in ""Tristan and Isolde"", the title role in ""Salome"", and Brünnhilde in ""Götterdämmerung""; the latter of which won the Grand Prix"
"Jennifer in Michael Tippett's ""The Midsummer Marriage"", on 27 January 1955. Sutherland married Australian conductor and pianist Richard Bonynge on 16 October 1954. Their son, Adam, was born in 1956. Bonynge gradually convinced her that Wagner might not be her ""Fach"", and that since she could produce high notes and coloratura with great ease, she should perhaps explore the bel canto repertoire. She eventually settled in this ""Fach"", spending most of her career singing dramatic coloratura soprano. In 1957, she appeared in Handel's ""Alcina"" with the Handel Opera Society, and sang selections from Donizetti's ""Emilia di Liverpool"" in a radio"
"They married in 1950, and moved to New Orleans. As a baritone, Cosenza made his debut in New Orleans in 1954, in a small role in ""Madama Butterfly"", with Victoria de los Ángeles, conducted by Walter Herbert. He went on to sing twenty-five secondary roles with the Association, most notably as Schaunard in ""La bohème"", in 1959, opposite Licia Albanese (his favorite soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano, Audrey Schuh, Giuseppe Valdengo, and Norman Treigle, conducted by Renato Cellini, and directed by Agnini. (The performance was released on Compact Discs by VAI, in 1995.) In 1960, he directed his first of his"
"Owen married in a secret ceremony in May 2003 in Oxfordshire. In August 2015, the couple announced they had separated amicably ""after 23 highly creative and happy years"". Owen died of cancer on 18 December 2016, aged 48. Yorke is in a relationship with Italian actress Dajana Roncione. Thom Yorke Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician best known as the lead singer and main songwriter of the alternative rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays the guitar and piano. He is known for his falsetto vocals; in 2008, ""Rolling Stone"" ranked him the 66th"
"is married to Stephen Matthews, a former chorister and later a stage mechanic with Opera Australia. Her first roles took advantage of her sweet light coloratura voice (capable of a top F), her good looks, and her acting ability. She has appeared for Opera Australia as: She has later taken on more challenging roles, often being compared with Joan Sutherland who, with her husband Richard Bonynge, was something of a friend and mentor. Matthews has also been well received in concerts, with a repertoire from Mozart's Requiem, Haydn Masses, and Handel's ""Messiah"" to works by Brahms, Poulenc and Villa Lobos,"
"sang opera at Las Vegas and the Hollywood Bowl and008 appeared on NBC TV in pioneering productions of ""Madame Butterfly"", ""La traviata"" and ""Rigoletto"". On 04 August 1956 he performed at the Hollywood Bowl Concert in Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Roger Wagner Chorale under the direction of Carmen Dragon. In 1958 he returned to Covent Garden. He married his wife Therese in Malta on 15 August 1963 and they had two daughters, Anita and Susan. He retired completely from singing in 1960 at the age of 37. His retirement was mainly due to heart problems"
"on the radio as the Mikado in a 1951 BBC broadcast. L. Radley Flynn L. Radley ""Rad"" Flynn (June 14, 1902 – March 9, 1978) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in bass roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1928 to 1951. He married D'Oyly Carte contralto Ella Halman in 1940. In 1951, the Flynns toured in America and continued to play in Gilbert and Sullivan operas with Martyn Green. They retired to England where they retired to Penrith and were involved with amateur operatic societies. Flynn recorded five"
"1924) and then to Dora Hodges, an opera singer whose stage name was Fedora Roselli, in 1924. From this relationship, the couple had two daughters and three sons including the poet and translator Oliver Bernard who attended the Westminster School and later published a book of memoirs. Bernard's two other sons were Bruce Bernard, a photographer and art critic and Jeffrey Bernard who became a noted journalist. Bernard died unexpectedly of peritonitis in London in 1939. His estate was valued at £2,950 at the time of his death but he left his wife with heavy debts. Despite this she managed"
"opera was revived in 1954). From 1961 to 1963, he also played Sergeant Bouncer in ""Cox and Box"". Although he had admired Fancourt, when he took over the roles, Adams asked Bridget D'Oyly Carte if he could create his own characterisations, which she agreed to, saying she would tell him if he overstepped the mark. Adams continued as the principal bass-baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company until 1969. In 1952 he married D'Oyly Carte soprano Muriel Harding (1920–90). In 1969, Adams began to perform full-time with Gilbert and Sullivan for All, a touring company that he had founded several"
"artistes of the original D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who attended a reunion at the Savoy Hotel in 1914. The four then posed for a group photograph beside the Sullivan monument in the Victoria Embankment Gardens. Gwynne died in London on 10 June 1934. Julia Gwynne Julia Gwynne (1856 – 10 June 1934) was an English opera singer and actress best remembered for her performances with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1879 to 1883. She married producer George Edwardes. Gwynne was born Julia Lavinia Putney at Marylebone, London, England in 1856 to David Putney and his wife, who owned the"
"console remain at Glyndebourne. John Christie's fondness for music led him to hold regular amateur opera evenings in this room. At one of these evenings in 1931, he met his future wife, the Sussex-born Canadian soprano Audrey Mildmay, a singer with the Carl Rosa Opera company who had been engaged to add a touch of professionalism to the proceedings. They were married on 4 June 1931. During their honeymoon, they attended the Salzburg and Bayreuth festivals, which gave them the idea of bringing professional opera to Glyndebourne, although Christie's original concept was for it to be similar to the Bayreuth"
"after was appointed to the London Symphony Orchestra. It was there he met oboist Natalie Caine whom he married in 1938. During the war, he played with the Royal Air Force Central Band alongside such luminaries as Gareth Morris, Leonard Brain, Dennis Brain, Norman Del Mar, Harry Blech, Fred Grinke, Leonard Hirsch, Jim Merrett and James Whitehead. When demobbed, he joined the New Symphony, then in 1951 was appointed by Walter Legge as principal bassoonist with the Philharmonia Orchestra, playing under such conductors as Guido Cantelli, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von Karajan, Otto Klemperer and Arturo Toscanini. He also in demand"
"""Queen roles"" at the Liceu with Richard Bonynge conducting and Giancarlo Del Monaco directing. She married North Carolina native and opera director Kenneth Smith, who was then performance house manager at the Metropolitan Opera, in 1976. They currently reside in Durham, North Carolina, where Weidinger heads the ""Triangle Opera Studios"", an organization designed to provide performance opportunities for advanced voice students in a professional setting to prepare them for professional engagements. . Christine Weidinger Christine Weidinger (born March 31, 1946) is an American operatic soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since the early 1970s."
"oratorio ""Ruth"", his wife sang the soprano part at the 1870 premiere, the last performance of her career. Otto Goldschmidt Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt (21 August 1829 – 24 February 1907) was a German composer, conductor and pianist, known for his piano concertos and other piano pieces. He married the ""Swedish Nightingale"", soprano Jenny Lind. Goldschmidt was born in Hamburg, Germany, and his parents were salesman Moritz David Goldschmidt and women's rights activist Johanna Goldschmidt. He had seven siblings, and his wealthy and well-educated parents belonged to the community of liberal Reform Jews in Germany. Since his mother was musically"
"shows of David Frost, Dick Cavett, Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin. Her opera career then continued with appearances in major roles in the opera houses of the world including New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, , Munich and Berlin, appearing under such conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy, Carlo Maria Giulini, James Levine and Herbert von Karajan. Joanna Simon was married to the late Gerald Walker (April 16, 1928 – February 19, 2004), a former articles editor for ""The New York Times Magazine"" and author of the book ""Cruising"". She dated Walter Cronkite from 2005 to 2009. Simon also"
"the Australian Opera, but clashed with the music director, Richard Bonynge. In that difficult time his most significant contribution to opera in Australia was the commissioning of the opera ""Voss"" from Richard Meale. Later, he managed the London Symphony Orchestra for four years, then accepted a position as the general manager of the Los Angeles Opera in 1984. He remained the company's general manager until he returned to the UK in 2000 to take up a position on the board of the Royal Opera. He was survived by his wife Jane née Hemmings, two daughters, two sons and one stepdaughter."
"went to London, England to study under Albert Garcia, grandson of Manuel Garcia Jr. and former pupil of his great-aunt Pauline Viardot. In 1938, after being discovered by opera director Vladimir Rosing, he made his debut with The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and went on to enjoy a career on the operatic circuit. He appeared in the musical revue ""Meet the Navy"" during the 1940s and its 1946 film adaptation. He married Winifred Jean Clements, from Auckland, in 1941. After collapsing on stage on 23 October 1951 during a performance of ""Die Meistersinger"" at the New York City Opera, Natzka"
"he was married to Leona with whom he had two biological children named Nancy Foldi and David Foldi. Andrew Földi Andrew Foldi (, 20 July 1926 – 21 November 2007) was a Hungarian-American bass baritone and educator whose singing career spanned four decades. Born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Foldi made his professional debut in 1954, as Biondello in Vittorio Giannini's ""The Taming of the Shrew"" at Lyric Opera of Chicago. During the next two decades, Foldi established himself as a character actor of the first rank in opera houses throughout Europe and the U.S., among them"
"in the Edwardian musical comedy ""The School Girl"". After a short illness she died in Worthing in Sussex on 25 October 1919 and is buried at Broadwater cemetery, Worthing. Violet Cameron Violet Lydia Thompson (7 December 1862 – 25 October 1919), better known by her stage name of Violet Cameron, was an English actress and singer who gained fame in Robert Planquette's operettas ""Les cloches de Corneville"" and ""Rip Van Winkle"", and Francis Chassaigne's opéra bouffe ""Falka"", and notoriety for her affair with Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale. Cameron was born in London in 1862 to Mary Josephine (""née"""
"Tilson Thomas, Riccardo Chailly, Maurizio Benini, Teodor Currentzis, Michele Mariotti, Alberto Zedda and in productions by directors like Jonathan Miller, Luca Ronconi, Graham Vick, Francesca Zambello, Peter Hall, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Damiano Michieletto. Alberghini is married to the Russian mezzo-soprano Anna Goryachova. Simone Alberghini Simone Alberghini (born 16 April 1973) is an Italian operatic baritone, known especially for his interpretations of belcanto operas of Mozart and Rossini. Born in Bologna, Italy, Alberghini began singing at a very young age pop music and jazz. He started then studying operatic singing with tenor Oslavio di Credico at first, then with the pianist"
"However, the company rejected the work and it has never been produced. This opera was recorded in 2012 by Jennifer Condon conducting the Gulbenkian Orchestra and with Deborah Polaski in the title role. She was married to British composer Stanley Bate, who was gay, from 1938 to 1949, when they divorced. She married journalist Rafael da Costa in 1952; the couple divorced the following year. She was also involved with Mario Monteforte Toledo and Theodore Thomson Flynn. Like Bate, many of the men with whom Glanville-Hicks was close were gay; she had few intimate female friends, and often dressed in"
"1973. One year his television program won an award. After Matt Flinders had retired from the entertainment industry he worked as a civil celebrant (as Sylvan Bonett) with his wife, Coralie, in Adelaide. Three of Flinders' brothers also had musical careers. Arnold Lloyd Bonett (c. 1930–2016), the eldest, performed as an operatic bass baritone at the National Theatre, Melbourne and for the ABC – he received an award from the Italian Opera Festival Organisation in 1961; before he made a career change to the corporate world. Roland Bonett (c. 1934–2002) was a popular performer and dance band leader in Melbourne."
"the Aldeburgh Festival on 14 June that year. Together with John Francis (flute) and Millicent Silver (piano) she became part of The Sylvan Trio. In 1937, Joy gave the first performance of the Oboe Concerto written specially for her by Rutland Boughton at a concert in Oxford with the Boyd Neel String Orchestra. She was married to the theatre impresario Christopher Ede and they had two children, Robin and Penny. A concert in her memory was held at the RCM in April 1963. References Sources Joy Boughton Christina Joyance Boughton (known as Joy) (14 June 1913 - 1963) was the"
"divorced him in 1989, but reunited with him in 1995 and embarked on what ""The Sydney Morning Herald"" described as ""their wilderness years"" in London, remarrying in 1999. In 2012 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Amanda Thane Amanda Louise Thane (18 December 1953 – 1 September 2012) was an Australian operatic soprano known for her interpretations of roles such as Violetta in Verdi's ""La traviata"", Liù in Puccini's ""Turandot"", Eva in Wagner's ""Die Meistersinger"", and the title role in Donizetti's ""Maria Stuarda"". She sang at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1991 to 2000,"
"to the Mozart revival at the Metropolitan Opera, becoming the pre-eminent Zerlina ""(Don Giovanni)"" and Susanna ""(The Marriage of Figaro)"" of her generation. Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos had an artistic partnership with the diva that lasted many years. He made a number of recordings of his compositions, including a famous recording of the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5. Bidu Sayão and her husband Giuseppe Danise purchased an oceanfront property in Lincolnville, Maine. After fifteen years with the Metropolitan Opera, she gave her last performance in 1952, choosing to retire from opera while still at the top of her form. For the"
"Africa in May 1988. He married German soprano Ellen Winter. Their daughter, Evelyn Dalberg (born 1939), is also an opera singer in South Africa. Frederick Dalberg Frederick Dalberg (7 January 1907 – 9 May 1988) was an English born South African opera bass. He was born Frederick Dalrymple on 7 January 1907 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. He joined the company of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London in 1951. There he created roles in two Benjamin Britten operas, John Claggart in ""Billy Budd"" (1951), and Sir Walter Raleigh in ""Gloriana"" (1953). He was in the debut cast of William Walton's"
"on 31 July 1976 in Tonbridge. The couple have two sons: Alexander Richard Charles (born March 1989); and Edward Frederick James (born January 1992). Her husband died in May 2016. Hodge was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama. Patricia Hodge Patricia Ann Hodge, OBE (born 29 September 1946) is an English actress. She made her West End debut in 1972 and starred in the 1973 West End production of ""Pippin"", directed by Bob Fosse. She received two Olivier Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical, before"
"Violet Cameron Violet Lydia Thompson (7 December 1862 – 25 October 1919), better known by her stage name of Violet Cameron, was an English actress and singer who gained fame in Robert Planquette's operettas ""Les cloches de Corneville"" and ""Rip Van Winkle"", and Francis Chassaigne's opéra bouffe ""Falka"", and notoriety for her affair with Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale. Cameron was born in London in 1862 to Mary Josephine (""née"" Brougham) and William Melfington Thompson, a linen merchant. Her ""aunt"" was the Victorian burlesque actress and dancer Lydia Thompson. She made her stage début in 1871 at the age"
"in Oliver Knussen's opera ""Where the Wild Things Are"" (1980). In 2007, she was awarded an honorary doctorate (along with her husband Anthony Payne) by the University of Durham, the first time the university has ever honoured a married couple in this way. Jane Manning Jane Marian Manning OBE (born 20 September 1938) is an English concert and opera soprano, writer on music, and Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music. She has been described by one critic as ""the irrepressible, incomparable, unstoppable Ms. Manning – life and soul of British contemporary music"" In 1966, she married the composer"
"the ""bel canto"" example of Battistini. In addition to Italian and French opera, he grew to admire the German music dramas of Richard Wagner. On 20 May 1905, he married Annie Mortimer ""Nan"" Noble, daughter of the box-office manager of the Alhambra Theatre, who sang professionally in the soprano range under the name Annette George. Around this time, a Russian medical specialist assisted him to extend his upper range, until his compass extended from E-flat in the bass to a high A or A-flat. In 1909, he appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as the Night Watchman in"
"1878, the new theater in 1879, and the opera in 1885. His compositions include the opera ""Drottningens vallfart"", the ballet ""Undina"" and music to the plays ""Brand"", ""Lyco-Pers resa"" and ""Diamantbröllopet"". He also composed diverse chamber music, piano pieces, choral works and solo songs. He was married in 1879 to Fanny Louise Behrens and in 1900 to Thyra Maria Gyllenskepp. He died in Malmö, Sweden in 1925. Richard Henneberg Karl Vilhelm Albert Richard Henneberg (August 5, 1853 – October 19, 1925) was a German composer and conductor. His mother was named Augusta Boltman, and his father, Albert Henneberg, was an"