Carol Smith (contralto)
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| Born | 20 February 1926 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | 6 June 2021 (aged 95) Marseilles, Illinois, U.S. |
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Carol Louise Smith (February 20, 1926 – June 6, 2021) was an American contralto who made an international career in opera and concert, and was an academic teacher at the Musikhochschule Zürich and at the Indiana University Bloomington.
Career
Born in
Smith was a voice teacher at the Musikhochschule Zürich from 1979 to 1984, and then at the Indiana University Bloomington.[1][3]
Smith recorded both operatic and concert music. She sang the role of Lola in Cavalleria rusticana in 1953, alongside Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling and Robert Merrill, with Renato Cellini conducting the Robert Shaw Chorale and the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra.[4][5][6] Smith was a soloist in a recording of Debussy's cantata La Damoiselle élue alongside Victoria de los Ángeles, conducted by Charles Munch in 1955.[7] She recorded Beethoven's Missa solemnis, Verdi's Messa da Requiem and de Falla's El amor brujo.[1] She appeared as Mrs. Quickly in Falstaff, a performance in German at the Bavarian State Opera in 1974, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch and alongside Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the title role, which was recorded.[8]
Smith died in Marseilles, Illinois, on 6 June 2021, at the age of 95.[9]
References
- ^ ISBN 3-598-11598-9.
- ^ a b Zelger, Marianne (19 February 2016). "Eine Stimme für Verdi". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Smith, Carol". Operissimo (in German). Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ Farr, Robert J. (2015). "Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945) / Cavalleria Rusticana – Melodrama in one act (1890)". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ Blyth, Alan (1988). "Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana". Gramophone. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Cellini, Milanov, Bjorling, Merrill / Mascagni / Milanov / Rca Victor Symphony Orchestra". ArkivMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Poulenc: Gloria; Debussy: La Damoiselle Elue; Le Martyre De Saint Sebastien; Honegger, Vaughan Williams, Barber". ArkivMusic. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Falstaff" (in German). Staatsoper München. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Carol Louise Smith Zanforlin of Owensboro, Kentucky". Seals-Campbell Funeral Home. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
External links
- "Carol Smith (contralto)", Bach Cantatas website
