Opera

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

20 minutes ago, Evil Grimace said:

For those of the forum who like myself (briefly) considered him for next year and wondered if he'd QO, the Gurnard belts out the answer:

Stephen Gould obituary 

The Telegraph released a full obit for him way back on 21st September.

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

Mildred Miller (wiki), American mezzo-soprano, dead at 98.

[alt obits guy 3,397]

Ewa Podles, a Polish contralto, has died. She was 72.

 

https://operawire.com/obituary-contralto-ewa-podles-dies-at-72/

[The Old Crem 3,702]

Wilhelmenia Fernandez, American soprano.has died aged 74. She won the Oliver award for Best actress for Carmen Jones at the Old Vic in 1992. Obit

[YoungWillz 21,457]

11 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Wilhelmenia Fernandez, American soprano.has died aged 74. She won the Oliver award for Best actress for Carmen Jones at the Old Vic in 1992. Obit

Incredibly I saw that production.

[alt obits guy 3,397]

Michael Cavanagh, who rose from Manitoba Opera’s children’s chorus to artistic director of the Royal Swedish Opera, has died. He was 62.

 

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2024/03/13/winnipeg-director-went-on-to-lead-royal-swedish-opera

[alt obits guy 3,397]

Nicholas Folwell, a baritone who spent 40 years at the English National Opera, has died. He was 70.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/12/nicholas-folwell-baritone-eno-glyndebourne-died-obituary/

[arghton 7,032]

On 14/12/2022 at 00:51, arghton said:

Hilkka Kinnunen - born 1925, opera singer and prima donna. Still very active but 97, might want to pick her somewhere in case the Telegraph person with an opera obsession Ulitzer mentioned a while ago knows about her.

Finnish opera singer Hilkka Kinnunen not dead, interviewed for a local tv show recently.

Interesting personality. Says that "art has been her life" and that if she hadn't become an actress she'd have killed herself. Her house is full of art from different parts of the world, different eras. Following her career she's lived in Florida and Helsinki, here she shows letters she's received from household names (Obama, Trump, Soros, RFK, DiCaprio and others)

[Comped 534]

4 hours ago, arghton said:

Finnish opera singer Hilkka Kinnunen not dead, interviewed for a local tv show recently.

Interesting personality. Says that "art has been her life" and that if she hadn't become an actress she'd have killed herself. Her house is full of art from different parts of the world, different eras. Following her career she's lived in Florida and Helsinki, here she shows letters she's received from household names (Obama, Trump, Soros, RFK, DiCaprio and others)

No idea Trump likes opera. Interesting.

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

Guardian obit for British soprano Margaret Curphey, aged 86.

A frequent face in Wagner operas before retiring to the Isle of Man in 1994 (a fate worse than death).

[YoungWillz 21,457]

Swiss tenor Eric Tappy reportedly dead: https://operawire.com/obituary-tenor-eric-tappy-dies-at-93/

 

Last picked afaik for the DDP in 2015, so List of the Missed @Death Impends https://operawire.com/obituary-tenor-eric-tappy-dies-at-93/

[YoungWillz 21,457]

British baritone Benjamin Luxon being reported dead: 

 

DDP pick.

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

American soprano Lucine Amara (wiki) dead at 99.

[YoungWillz 21,457]

US lyric baritone Dominic Cossa reportedly dead: 

 

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

12 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

US lyric baritone Dominic Cossa reportedly dead: 

 

Funeral home death notice as confirmation.

[Gisooo 3,596]

English opera singer and actress Peggy Ann Jones (Wiki) dead at 85

 

[YoungWillz 21,457]

American soprano Loretta Di Franco, famed for over 900 performances for the Metropolitan Opera, reportedly dead: https://oberon481.typepad.com/oberons_grove/2024/12/loretta-di-franco-has-passed-away-.html