Dolora zajick biography

Dolora Zajick

American mezzo-soprano opera singer

Dolora Zajick (born 24 March 1952) not bad an American mezzo-soprano opera minstrel who specializes in the Verdian repertoire. Zajick has been designated as having "one of loftiness greatest voices in the features of opera".[1]

Early life

Born in City, Oregon, but raised in Nevada, Zajick was a pre-med disciple at the University of Nevada, Reno and member of righteousness Nevada Opera chorus, when assimilation talent was first noticed.

Zajick had taken a chorus stratum as an elective at UNR. She then studied voice come to get Ted Puffer, conductor of Nevada Opera, whom she credits speed up developing her vocal technique[2] remarkable guiding her in career moves, especially early in her discharge career.[3]

Zajick attended South Tahoe Towering School in South Lake Tahoe, California, and is a Creepy of Honor Recipient.

She label from the University of Nevada with a Bachelor's and first-class master's degree in music earlier going to New York complete further music studies at birth Manhattan School of Music. Outward show 1982 she won the brunette medal at the 7th Universal Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, honourableness only non-Soviet medalist that epoch and the first American minstrel to place in the tourney in over twelve years.

Name this and graduating from dignity Manhattan School of Music, she was offered a place tutor in the San Francisco Opera's Merola Program, she debuted with depiction San Francisco Opera as Azucena in Il Trovatore in 1986, which launched her to omnipresent acclaim.

Career

In addition to position role of Azucena, Zajick commission well known for her interpretations of Amneris and Eboli (in Verdi's Aida and Don Carlos respectively).

Zajick has also unbroken in other Verdi roles, together with Ulrica in Un ballo unsavory maschera and Lady Macbeth imprisoned Macbeth. She has also arrived as the Princess in Cilèa's Adriana Lecouvreur, Marfa in Moussorgsky's Khovanshchina, Ježibaba in Dvořák's Rusalka, Joan of Arc in Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orleans, Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, Adalgisa in Bellini's Norma, Dalila coach in Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, honourableness title role in Massenet's Hérodiade and Léonor in Donizetti's La favorite.

In 2005, she built the role of Elvira Griffiths in Tobias Picker's An Earth Tragedy at the Metropolitan House, New York. In recent life, while continuing to sing collect established repertoire, she has adscititious the roles of the Colleague in Tchaikovsky's The Queen sell Spades,[4] La Zia Principessa exertion Puccini's Suor Angelica, made troop Wagner debut as Ortrud temper Lohengrin,[5][6][7] her Poulenc debut by reason of Madame de Croissy in Dialogues des Carmélites),[8] and her Composer debut as Mrs.

Grose agreement The Turn of the Screw.

Composer

In August, 2014 Zajick's first begin composition, an opera scene noble "Roads to Zion" was premiered at The Cathedral Basilica friendly St. Joseph in San Jose, CA. The work was sure for performance during the business by the Carmelite Order fanatic the 500th anniversary of interpretation birth of St Teresa tension Avila and is available locked in a commercial recording.

It sets a text derived from Song of praise 84 and is in several parts: 1) "A Soul Yearns", 2) "A Soul Takes Flight" and 3) "A Soul Returns". The first and third faculties contain dialogues between soloists obtain choir, while the middle slope is purely instrumental.

Reviewers undying the "accomplished vocal and helpful writing ...

that delivered untruthfulness message in a resonant, apparently beatific, glow"[9] and noted cruise "this music created an dynamic experience. Its impressive orchestration fairy story unified architectural design made security a most fascinating piece".[10]

A alternative work, "Birdsong", was premiered spawn Chanticleer in March 2015 conclude the 2nd National Youth Anthem Festival in San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall.

This piece shambles a setting of a poetry from the anthology I Not in any degree Saw Another Butterfly.

Recordings

Recording dates are used, rather than unfasten dates.

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    • CD

    • 1986: Verdi's La forza del destino (Preziosilla) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti. EMI
    • 1987: Verdi's Messa da RequiemOrchestra house Coro del Teatro alla ScalaRiccardo Muti. EMI
    • 1990: Verdi's Aida (Amneris) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Accord, James Levine.

      Sony

    • 1991: Verdi's Il trovatore (Azucena) Metropolitan Opera Merge and Chorus, James Levine. Sony
    • 1991: Prokofiev's Ivan the Terrible/Alexander Nevsky (Nevsky) London Symphony Orchestra extract Chorus, Mstislav Rostropovich. Sony
    • 1992: Verdi's Don Carlo (Eboli) Metropolitan Oeuvre Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine.

      Sony

    • 1994: Massenet's Hérodiade (Hérodiade) San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Accord, Valery Gergiev. Sony
    • 1996: Metropolitan Composition Gala: James Levine's 25th Celebration. Deutsche Grammophon CD
    • 1998: Dvořák's Rusalka (Ježibaba) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras.

      Decca

    • 1999: Dolora Zajick The art of the vivid mezzo-soprano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, River Rosenkrans. Telarc
    • 2014: Living Water: celebrating St Teresa of Avila's 500 Birthday (including Roads to Zion), CD available from Carmel attention to detail Reno website[11]

    DVD and streaming video

    • 1988: Verdi's Il trovatore (Azucena) be a sign of Eva Marton as Leonora.

      Town Opera, James Levine. Met Oeuvre on Demand SD streaming video; also Deutsche Grammophon DVD

    • 1989: Verdi's Aida (Amneris) with Aprile Millo as Aida. Metropolitan Opera, Crook Levine. Met Opera on Lead to SD streaming video; also Deutsche Grammophon DVD
    • 1996: James Levine's 25 Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala, Civic Opera, James Levine.

      Deutsche Grammophon DVD B0004602-09

    • 1998: Pavarotti's 30th Celebration Gala. Metropolitan Opera, James Levine. Met Opera on Demand SD streaming video
    • 2008: Verdi's Don Carlo (Eboli) Teatro alla Scala Troop and Chorus, Daniele Gatti. Determined Classic Video
    • 2009: Verdi's Aida (Amneris) with Violeta Urmana as Aida.

      Metropolitan Opera, Daniele Gatti. Decrease Opera on Demand HD saturated video; Decca DVD

    • 2011: Verdi's Il trovatore (Azucena) with Sondra Radvanovsky as Leonora. Metropolitan Opera, Marco Armiliato. Met Opera on Bid HD streaming video; also Deutsche Grammophon DVD
    • 2014: Dvořák's Rusalka (Jezibaba) with Renée Fleming as Rusalka.

      Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Reduce Opera on Demand HD soaked to the skin video

    • 2015: Verdi's Il trovatore (Azucena) with Anna Netrebko as Leonora. Metropolitan Opera, Marco Armiliato. Trip over Opera on Demand HD droukit or drookit video

    Notes

    1. ^Midgette, Anne (February 21, 2007).

      "A Mezzo-Soprano Who's Determined disparage Do It Her Way, Greet or Without Star Turns". The New York Times. Retrieved Feb 2, 2018.

    2. ^"Powerhouse. Mezzo Dolora Zajick Always Delivers," Matthew Gurewitsch, Work News, March 1996.
    3. ^"That Rare Communication Bird, a True Verdi Mezzo", The New York Times, Feb 11, 1990.
    4. ^Tommasini, Anthony (March 13, 2011).

      "Betting on Not-So-Sure Things: Love and a Trick explicate Win at Cards". The Recent York Times.

    5. ^Gregson, David (November 29, 2010). "Los Angeles Opera subsidy Wagner's Lohengrin". Opera West.
    6. ^Laura Furones. "What is in a name? Lohengrin at the Teatro Bullying in Madrid".

      www.bachtrack.com.

    7. ^review by Jose M. Irurzun. "Lohengrin Still Performance Mortier's Influence". seenandheard-international.com.
    8. ^"A chilling Dialogues of the Carmelites from Educator National Opera". DC Theatre Scene. 23 February 2015.
    9. ^"St.

      Teresa Traditional in Dolora Zajick's Roads handle Zion".

    10. ^"Opera Today : Dolora Zajick Premieres Composition". www.operatoday.com.
    11. ^"Home Page - Carmel of Reno". Carmel of Reno.

    External links

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