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Name Age Date Location Cause of death Kris Kelmi Autograph: 63: January 1, 2019: Novoglagolevo, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia Heart attack: Daryl Dragon Captain & Tennille, The Beach Boys
Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American opera singer and recitalist. A coloratura mezzo-soprano, [ 1] she has performed operas and concert works spanning from the 19th-century Romantic era to those by Handel and Mozart . Educated at Wichita State University and the Academy of Vocal Arts, DiDonato began her career ...
29 October 1787. ( 1787-10-29) Estates Theatre, Prague. Don Giovanni ( Italian pronunciation: [ˌdɔn dʒoˈvanni]; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Jessye Mae Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but did not limit herself to that voice type. A commanding presence on operatic, concert and recital stages, Norman was associated with roles including Beethoven's Leonore, Wagner's Sieglinde ...
[46] [47] On 7 December 2011, she opened the new season at La Scala in Milan, making her house debut, as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. [48] [49] She has the distinction of being invited to appear in three consecutive opening night new productions at the Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena in 2011, L'elisir d'amore in 2012, and Eugene Onegin in 2013.
When Ivo van Hove first discussed his “very dark” vision of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with his cast at the Metropolitan Opera, the leading man had doubts.
Nathan T. Gunn (born November 26, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) [1] is an American operatic baritone who performs regularly around the world. [2] He is an alumnus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he is currently a professor of voice. He has appeared in many of the world's well-known opera houses, including the Metropolitan ...
Died. 30 November 1957. (1957-11-30) (aged 67) Rome, Italy. Occupation (s) Singer, lyric tenor. Beniamino Gigli ( / ˈdʒiːli / JEE-lee, Italian: [benjaˈmiːno ˈdʒiʎʎi]; 20 March 1890 – 30 November 1957) [ 1] was an Italian opera singer ( lyric tenor ). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tenors of his generation.