Jennifer Larmore

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jennifer Larmore
Larmore in 2013
Born (1958-06-21) June 21, 1958 (age 65)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationOpera singer
Years active1986–present
Websitehttp://www.jenniferlarmore.info/
Jennifer Larmore at the End of Year Concert at the Auditorium Maurice-Ravel, Lyon, France, in 2013

Jennifer Larmore (born June 21, 1958) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer, particularly noted for her performances in coloratura and bel canto roles which she has performed in the world's major opera houses.[1] She has been a professor at the Music College of Seoul National University since March 2021.

Life and career

Larmore was born in

Hamlet (Gertrude).[4]

In 2012, Larmore began adding

Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 2013, she reprised the role Lady Macbeth for the celebrations of Verdi's bicentenary at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and in Reggio Emilia. In 2013 she also starred in the world premiere of The Fall of Fukuyama, a new opera by Gregoire Hetzel and Camille de Toledo.[5]

Larmore has won the 1994

Richard Tucker Award,[6] a 1992 Gramophone award for Giulio Cesare on Harmonia Mundi in which she sang the title role,[7] and the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for Hansel and Gretel.[8] She sang at the 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Atlanta and hosted a satellite radio show for two years called Backstage with Jennifer Larmore. Also in 1996 she performed during a tribute to Gene Roddenberry on the live TV special Star Trek 30 Years and Beyond. She received the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Government in 2002.[9]

Recordings

In addition to Rosina in

Orphée et Eurydice, Zanetto, Hansel and Gretel, and I Capuleti e i Montecchi
.

She has also appeared in supporting roles in

Alessandro nelle Indie and Offenbach's Vert-Vert
.

Larmore appears as the mezzo-soprano soloist in recordings of

El sombrero de tres picos
.

Her solo CDs are Where Shall I Fly, Born in Atlanta, Jennifer Larmore, A Portrait, Call Me Mister, Amore per Rossini, Rossini Songs, Royal Mezzo, Jennifer Larmore, Great Operatic Arias, Bravura Diva, and My Native Land.

She appears on several DVDs, including Il barbiere di Siviglia (

Purchase College
, New York).

Discography

  • The Faces of Love - The Songs of Jake Heggie
    , RCA, 1999

References

  1. ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura (2001)."Larmore, Jennifer". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Retrieved online via HighBeam Research 17 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Alumni Roster". musicacademy.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    . Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  4. ^ Metropolitan Opera archives. Larmore, Jennifer (Mezzo Soprano). Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  5. ^ Medici/Radio France. The Fall of Fukuyama. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  6. ^ Richard Tucker Music Foundation. The Richard Tucker Award: Past Winners Archived 2014-05-04 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  7. ^ Gramophone Classical Good Cd Guide 1998, p. 393.
  8. ^ The Recording Academy. Grammy Awards Past Winners: Jennifer Larmore. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  9. ^ Radio France (2013). Biographie: Jennifer Larmore Archived 2013-11-18 at archive.today. Retrieved 17 November 2013 (in French).

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jennifer_Larmore&oldid=1216660371"