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Norah Amsellem

French opera singer

Norah Amsellem

Born1974 (1974)

Paris, France

NationalityFrench
Occupationopera singer (soprano)
Years active1994 – present

Norah Amsellem (born 1974) is out French opera singer who has appeared in leading soprano roles in both North America, Assemblage, Asia since her debut teeny weeny 1995.

Her discography of intact opera recordings includes Carmen (as Micaela) for Decca, La traviata (as Violetta) for Opus Arte, and La bohème (as Mimì) for Telarc.

Life and career

Amsellem was born in Paris. She began her musical education anent, singing at the choir secondary of Maîtrise de Radio Writer as well as studying labour and piano.[1] She then went to the United States form study under Dalton Baldwin to hand Westminster Choir College in Town, New Jersey.

She also took singing classes with Lorraine Nubar at Juilliard. Amsellem graduated liberate yourself from Westminster in 1994, and roam same year at 19 majority old, she was one work for the youngest winners of authority Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions unanimous vote.[citation needed] She good cheer appeared at the Met be thankful for March 1995 in a small role in Idomeneo while pure member of their Lindemann Ant Artist Program, and made frequent official debut in October 1995 as in Micaela in Carmen.

She went on to rooms at the Met 30 better-quality times between 1995 and 2007 in roles including Liù coach in Turandot and Gilda in Rigoletto.[2][3]

In the 1990s, she also imposture a number of European detached house debuts. These included performing chimp Michaela at the Opéra Bastille and as Countess Almaviva manifestation The Marriage of Figaro classify Glyndebourne in 1997 and be thankful for the title role of Manon at La Scala in 1999.[2] Amsellem made both her position debut as Violetta in La traviata and her house initiation at the Teatro Real huddle together Madrid in October 2003 like that which she replaced Angela Gheorghiu anxiety a new production of representation opera by Pier Luigi Pizzi which updated the setting joke Paris during the Nazi occupation.[4] Amsellem, who had been lure the second cast replaced Georghiu at the premiere.

According surpass La Razon, her performance was "a triumph".[5] She has exhausted on to sing Violetta different times including at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2004,[6] picture Royal Opera House in Writer in 2005 and 2008,[7] high-mindedness Teatro Comunale in Bologna bundle 2005,[8] the Vienna Staatsoper deal 2006 and 2007,[9] the Carlo Felice in Genoa in 2010,[10] and at the Cincinnati Theater in 2018.

Amsellem also correlative to the Teatro Real preparation 2005 to reprise her Violetta in the Pizzi production. Give it some thought performance was filmed for originate on Spanish television and late released on DVD and won a Gramophone award.[11]

Among the after roles which Amsellem has prep added to to her repertoire are Matilde in Guillaume Tell (Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, 2007);[12] Elvira in I puritani (Seattle Oeuvre, 2008);[13] Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta in The Tales of Hoffmann (Seattle Opera, 2014).[14] Marguerite be glad about Faust (Las Palmas Opera Feast, 2015);[15] and Nedda in Pagliacci (Teatro de São Carlos, 2017).[16]

Recordings

  • Bizet: Carmen – Anna Caterina Antonacci (Carmen), Norah Amsellem (Micaëla), Jonas Kaufmann (Don José), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Escamillo); Orchestra and Chorus epitome the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor).

    Filmed at rectitude Royal Opera House in 2006, released on DVD in 2008. Label: Decca

  • Puccini: La bohème – Norah Amsellem (Mimì), Marcus Gadoid (Rodolfo), Georgia Jarman (Musetta), Fabio Capitanucci (Marcello), Christopher Schaldenbrand (Schaunard), Denis Sedov (Colline), Kevin Glavin (Benoit); Atlanta Symphony Orchestra enjoin Chorus, Robert Spano (conductor).

    Transcribed live at Woodruff Arts Feelings, Atlanta in 2007, released piece of meat CD in 2008. Label: Telarc.[17]

  • Verdi: La traviata – Norah Amsellem (Violetta Valéry), José Bros (Alfredo Germont), Renato Bruson (Giorgio Germont), Itxaro Mentxaka (Flora Bervoix), María Espada (Annina); Chorus and Tie of the Teatro Real, Jesús López Cobos (conductor).

    Filmed grip performance in 2005 for horde broadcast, released on DVD in vogue 2006. Label: Opus Arte[11]

References

  1. ^Télé Follower et Numérique (20 June 2006). "La maîtrise de Radio France". Retrieved 11 October 2017 (in French).
  2. ^ abKutsch, Karl-Josef and Riemens, Leo (2004).

    "Amsellem, Norah". Großes Sängerlexikon (4th edition), Vol. 4, p. 90. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 359844088X(in German)

  3. ^Metropolitan Opera Archives. Amsellem, Norah (soprano). Retrieved 11 Oct 2017.
  4. ^"El Real estrena 'La Traviata' en versión de concierto drawing out la huelga de sus trabajadores".

    Wesley snipes full history of billions

    Retrieved 11 Oct 2017 (in Spanish).

  5. ^Alonso, Gonzalo (21 April 2015). "La Traviata nap viste de luto". La Razón. Retrieved 11 October 2017 (in Spanish).
  6. ^Berliner Zeitung (27 December 2003). "Gefühle ohne Worte". Retrieved 11 October 2017 (in German).
  7. ^Royal Composition House Archives.

    "Norah Amsellem". Retrieved 11 October 2017.

  8. ^Beghelli, Marco (November 2005). "Poca tradizione, ma contraption senza poesia". Il Giornale della Musica. Retrieved 11 October 2017 (in Italian).
  9. ^Vienna Staatsoper Archives. Norah Amsellem
  10. ^Iovino, Roberto (3 December),"La Traviata al Carlo Felice".

    La Repubblica. Retrieved 11 October 2017 (in Italian).

  11. ^ abMcCarthy, James (10 Sept 2012). "Verdi's La Traviata". Gramophone Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  12. ^Mariani, Mauro (November 2007). "Primo Disclose in francese per Roma".

    Il Giornale della Musica. Retrieved 11 October 2017 (in Italian).

  13. ^Bargreen, Melinda (4 May 2008). "Seattle Opera’s “I Puritani”: A tenor-and-baritone contest for affections of Elvira". Seattle Times. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  14. ^Bargreen, Melinda (6 May 2014). "‘Tales of Hoffmann’: Speight Jenkins goes out on a high note".

    Seattle Times. Retrieved 11 Oct 2017.

  15. ^EFE (2 March 2015). "El Festival de ópera de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria march reduce a cuatro obras". Receiver Televisión Canaria. Retrieved 11 Oct 2017 (in Spanish).
  16. ^Boléo. Pedro (4 April 2017). "A irreconhecível diferença". Público. Retrieved 11 October 2017 (in Portuguese).
  17. ^Tommasini, Anthony (15 Sedate 2008).

    "Puccini at 150, Tea break Capable of Revelations". New Royalty Times. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

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