In 1984, she sang the title role of Handel's opera seria Rinaldo (directed by Frank Corsaro), the first Handel opera ever performed at the Met.Īlthough best known for her bel canto and opera seria roles, Horne also performed much American music, both contemporary music, by composers such as William Bolcom, and traditional popular songs. A great success there was in Meyerbeer's Le prophète, in John Dexter's production.
She thereafter appeared regularly at the Met, opening the 1972-1973 season as Carmen. Horne made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1970 as Adalgisa in Bellini's Norma with Sutherland in the title role. Another of Horne's breakthroughs occurred that same year during a performance of Rossini's Le siège de Corinthe at La Scala, when Horne received a remarkable mid-act seven minute ovation.
Her La Scala debut was as Jocasta in Stravinsky's opéra-oratorio, Œdipus rex on March 13, 1969. Horne made her debut at Covent Garden in October 1964 as Marie in Wozzeck. In 1965, they were paired again in a performance of Rossini's Semiramide with the Opera Company of Boston. They first performed together in a concert version of Vincenzo Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda at Carnegie Hall in February 1961. In 1964, she returned to the United States to appear in Wozzeck at the San Francisco Opera.įor many years, Horne was associated with the Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland. She was highly acclaimed for her performance as Marie in Alban Berg's Wozzeck at the inauguration of Gelsenkirchen's new opera house on May 22, 1960. She remained in Europe for three seasons singing for the Gelsenkirchen Opera. Her first major breakthrough came when her singing ability was recognized by Igor Stravinsky her operatic career began when he invited her to perform in the 1956 Vienna festival. She made her Los Angeles debut the same year when she performed the role of Hata in The Bartered Bride with the Los Angeles Guild Opera. She made an appearance on The Odd Couple as a meek and nervous would-be singer, Jackie, who develops into a full-blown diva and essays the role of Carmen with brilliant results she also sang on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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Until that point, she had worked as a background singer for several TV sitcoms, as well as recorded covers of popular songs of the early 1950s.
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Horne's first major professional engagement was in 1954, when she dubbed the singing voice of Dorothy Dandridge in the film Carmen Jones. She studied voice under William Vennard at the University of Southern California and participated in Lotte Lehmann's vocal masterclasses. Horne was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, but moved with her parents to Long Beach, California when she was 11. January 16, 1934, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States) is a mezzo-soprano who is particularly associated with the music of Rossini and Handel. Upcoming performances include a concert with Opera Birmingham and the Mozart Requiem Mass with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.Marilyn Horne (b. She recently performed at the Gerda Lissner Foundation Winners Gala at the New York Athletic Club and attended the Music Academy of the West singing Micaëla in Carmen. King also won first prize from the Opera Birmingham Competition, was a semi-finalist in the McCammon Competition and also a Boston Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. King has been a semi-finalist in the Eleanor McCollum Competition with Houston Grand Opera and won third prize in the Gerda Lissner Competition. Roles include Anne Trulove in The Rake’s Progress, and Rosina (cover) in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Music Academy of the West, Giulietta in I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Musetta in La Bohème and Clorinda in La Cenerentola and Brigitta in Iolanta with Yale Opera as well as Second Niece (cover) in Peter Grimes at Chautauqua Opera. She was a soloist in Dvoràk's Stabat Mater under the baton of internationally known choral conductor Helmuth Rilling.
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In 2013 she debuted with Carnegie Hall's Neighborhood Recital series in collaboration with Carrie-Ann Matheson as part of the Marilyn Horne Legacy. King performed in the Kurt Moll master class at Carnegie Hall as part of the Song Continues master class series. At 16 she debuted with the Oregon Symphony in their Young Artist Concert Series, and the Coeur D’Alene Symphony.
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