Ana Raquel Satre
Ana Raquel Satre | |
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| Also known as | Mimi |
| Born | 1925 |
| Died | November 18, 2014 Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Isles |
| Genres | Opera |
Ana Raquel Satre (1925 – 18 November 2014[1])—nicknamed 'Mimi'—was a Uruguayan operatic mezzo-soprano.
Biography
Satre was born in
Handel's Giulio Cesare
.
Satre's first European appearances were at the
Spoleto and Madrid Festivals. She toured Australia with the Elizabethan Theatre Trust appearing in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth and at the Adelaide Festival,[2] as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Violetta in La traviata
, for which she was awarded the 1963 Opera Medal of the Harriet Cohen International Music Awards.
In addition to her operatic work, Satre toured extensively as a recitalist in Great Britain, most notably with
Mario del Monaco
and Renata Tabaldi.
In 1963, Satre interpreted Judith in a
Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, recorded in German for Stuttgart Television and in English for world release, and directed by Michael Powell
.
Satre sang under conductors that included
Sir Charles Mackerras, Eric Simon and Herbert von Karajan
.
In January 1962 she married the classical guitarist Patrick Bashford;[4] they had a son, Roderick, who lived with Satre in Paris following her separation from Bashford in the 1980s.[5] She died on 18 November 2014 in Lanzarote, in the Canary Isles.
Recordings
- Emilia in
- Lola in Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, conducted by Tullio Serafin with the Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra (Decca)
Films
- Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Bluebeard's Castle) (1963)[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Murió la soprano uruguaya Ana Raquel Satre". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Adelaide Gets Ready". The Times. No. 55337. 12 March 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Festival At King's Lynn". The Times. No. 54834. 27 July 1960. p. 5. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Marriages". The Times. No. 55293. 19 January 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Boyd, Tom (2 February 2012). "Patrick Bashford obituary". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "The 100 Best Classical CDs". The Times. No. 64960. 21 May 1994. sec. 3, p. 26. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- IMDb
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