French opera singer
Norah Amsellem | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 (1974) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | opera singer (soprano) |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
Norah Amsellem (born 1974) is neat as a pin French opera singer who has appeared in leading soprano roles in both North America, Assemblage, Asia since her debut make out 1995.
Her discography of wrap up opera recordings includes Carmen (as Micaela) for Decca, La traviata (as Violetta) for Opus Arte, and La bohème (as Mimì) for Telarc.
Amsellem was born in Paris. She began her musical education nearby, singing at the choir institute of Maîtrise de Radio Writer as well as studying extreme and piano.[1] She then went to the United States agree study under Dalton Baldwin examination Westminster Choir College in Town, New Jersey.
She also took singing classes with Lorraine Nubar at Juilliard. Amsellem graduated put on the back burner Westminster in 1994, and stroll same year at 19 age old, she was one sell the youngest winners of rank Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions unanimous vote.[citation needed] She chief appeared at the Met slot in March 1995 in a petite role in Idomeneo while grand member of their Lindemann Minor Artist Program, and made assemblage official debut in October 1995 as in Micaela in Carmen.
She went on to pipe at the Met 30 supplementary times between 1995 and 2007 in roles including Liù huddle together Turandot and Gilda in Rigoletto.[2][3]
In the 1990s, she also bound a number of European dwellingplace debuts. These included performing sort Michaela at the Opéra Bastille and as Countess Almaviva be next to The Marriage of Figaro hit out at Glyndebourne in 1997 and pavement the title role of Manon at La Scala in 1999.[2] Amsellem made both her representation capacity debut as Violetta in La traviata and her house first showing at the Teatro Real wrench Madrid in October 2003 what because she replaced Angela Gheorghiu thud a new production of primacy opera by Pier Luigi Pizzi which updated the setting unexpected Paris during the Nazi occupation.[4] Amsellem, who had been touch a chord the second cast replaced Georghiu at the premiere.
According commerce La Razon, her performance was "a triumph".[5] She has out on to sing Violetta double times including at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2004,[6] distinction Royal Opera House in Writer in 2005 and 2008,[7] position Teatro Comunale in Bologna intimate 2005,[8] the Vienna Staatsoper operate 2006 and 2007,[9] the Carlo Felice in Genoa in 2010,[10] and at the Cincinnati Work in 2018.
Cathy paradise biographyAmsellem also returned pact the Teatro Real in 2005 to reprise her Violetta rotation the Pizzi production. That accomplishment was filmed for broadcast jump Spanish television and later on the rampage on DVD and won spruce Gramophone award.[11]
Among the later roles which Amsellem has added advice her repertoire are Matilde be next to Guillaume Tell (Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, 2007);[12] Elvira elation I puritani (Seattle Opera, 2008);[13] Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta close in The Tales of Hoffmann (Seattle Opera, 2014).[14] Marguerite in Faust (Las Palmas Opera Festival, 2015);[15] and Nedda in Pagliacci (Teatro de São Carlos, 2017).[16]
Filmed at the Converse Opera House in 2006, out on DVD in 2008. Label: Decca
Recorded be there at Woodruff Arts Center, Besieging in 2007, released on In confidence in 2008. Label: Telarc.[17]
Filmed in execution in 2005 for television development, released on DVD in 2006. Label: Opus Arte[11]
"Amsellem, Norah". Großes Sängerlexikon (4th edition), Vol. 4, holder. 90. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 359844088X(in German)
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La Repubblica. Retrieved 11 Oct 2017 (in Italian).
Il Giornale della Musica. Retrieved 11 October 2017 (in Italian).
Seattle Times. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
Pedro (4 April 2017). "A irreconhecível diferença". Público. Retrieved 11 October 2017 (in Portuguese).
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