Erin Wall (born 4 November 1975 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada of American parents) is a Canadian-American operatic soprano. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type.
She studied at the Vancouver Academy of Music, Western Washington University, Rice University and Music Academy of the West and was a finalist at the Cardiff Singer of the World competition in Wales in 2003, a competition where 951 singers from 56 nations applied and 483 were offered auditions. Western Washington University ( WWU or Western) is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of Higher education in the William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters Science and Art The Music Academy of the West is a Music conservatory located in Montecito California near Santa Barbara California.
In July 2002 she made her international debut in London with a performance in the War Requiem of Benjamin Britten. The War Requiem, Op 66 is a large-scale non- liturgical setting of the Requiem Mass composed by Benjamin Britten in 1962 Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor,
Following graduation from the Lyric Opera of Chicago's "Center for American Artists", she was engaged for three seasons with the company. Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading Opera companies in the United States. Making a significant impression as the understudy for Karita Mattila, she appeared in Chicago on opening night in September 2004 as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, where Opera News [1] said "(she) sang gloriously. Karita Mattila (pronounced KAH-ree-tah MAHT-ee-lah is a leading opera Soprano. Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni Opera News is one of America’s leading classical music magazines . defiantly launching her voluminous soprano through the fabric of the ensembles and coursing through the coloratura with precision and verve. …. . This was as beautifully vocalized a Donna Anna as one is likely to encounter today". Opera Today [2] expressed similar enthusiasm.
Other roles have included Gerhilde in Die Walküre, the Flowermaiden in Parsifal, Marguerite in Faust and Freia in Das Rheingold while, in March 2006, she sang Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte. Die Walküre ( The Valkyrie) is the second of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung Parsifal is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner. Faust or Faustus ( Latin for "auspicious" or "lucky" is the protagonist of a classic German Legend in which he makes Das Rheingold ("The Rhine Gold" is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Thus Do They All or The School For Lovers) K
At the 2006 Mostly Mozart Festival in New York she caught the attention of Alex Ross who noted that "Erin Wall, a young Canadian, sang “Bella mia fiamma … Resta, o cara” (Mozart) with grace and fire, showing the sort of righteous rage that would make for a great Donna Anna. The Mostly Mozart Festival is a summer series of concerts held at Lincoln Center in New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Alex Ross (born 1968 is an American music critic He has been on the staff of The New Yorker magazine since 1996 and published an important book on 20th-century classical I hope someone from the Met was taking notes". [3] Internationally, she has appeared in Paris, Aix-en-Provence and Vienna. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Aix (ɛks or Aix-en-Provence ( Provençal Occitan: Ais de Provença in classical norm or Ais de Prouvènço in Mistralian norm to distinguish Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.
During the 2007 summer festival season of the Santa Fe Opera she sang the role of Daphne in Richard Strauss' Daphne to much acclaim, followed by the role of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Washington National Opera in late October/November 2007. The Santa Fe Opera (SFO is an American Opera company located north of Santa Fe in the U Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Daphne is an Opera in one act by Richard Strauss, his 13th opera subtitled "A Bucolic Tragedy in One Act" Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni The Washington National Opera ( WNO) is a world-class opera company in Washington D
References
- ^ Mark Thomas Ketterson, Opera News, December 2004
- ^ Andrew Green, "Walk Out", Opera Today, March/April 2007, page 109, quotes press reports which include comments such as "Her soprano is a gleaming flexible instrument" (Chicago Sun-Times)
- ^ Alex Ross, "A Little Late Night Music", The New Yorker, 29 August 2006
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