Colette Boky
Colette Boky (born Marie-Rose Élisabeth Giroux; June 4, 1935),
French-Canadian operatic soprano, particularly associated with lyric roles in the French, Italian, and German repertories.
Life and career
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Born Marie-Rose Élisabeth Giroux, in
After winning the 1962
Le Rossignol. In 1965, she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival as Sandrina in Mozart's La finta giardiniera, followed by the lead soprano role in Rossini's La scala di seta at the Munich Festival
.
In 1966, Boky began an association with the Vienna Volksoper, where she sang several roles. She also appeared with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Orff's Carmina Burana, and Haydn's Die Schöpfung, under Karl Richter.
Boky's career became truly international in 1967, with her
Les contes d'Hoffmann, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier
by Richard Strauss, among others. She also appeared in several US opera houses in Hartford, Miami, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco.
Boky began teaching at L'
Gabriel Faure with Janine Lachance at the piano;[2] the third is a CD collection of "Sacred Arias" by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart, Gounod, and Schubert on the Fonovox label, issued in 1996.[3]
References
- ^ Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, accessed August 22, 2019
- ^ a b "B Divas". Vinyl Divas. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
- ^ "Bach, Gounod, Handel, Schubert, Colette Boky, Gisele Guibord - Colette Boky: Chants Sacres / Sacred Arias - Amazon.com Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
Sources
- Gingras, Claude. "Colette Boky veut refaire son image", Montreal La Presse, February 24, 1975
- Fitzgerald, John. "Boky builds bridge of songs", Montreal Gazette, September 17, 1977
- Dawson, Eric. "Realization of a 10-year dream fulfilled with the Merry Widow", Calgary Herald, January 13, 1979
External links
- Colette Boky at IMDb
- Colette Boky,
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
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