Norma Burrowes

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Norma Burrowes (born 24 April 1944) is an Irish

Mozart
roles.

Life and career

Born in

Papagena. She also sang in various productions with the English Opera Group, including Henry Purcell's The Fairy-Queen,[2] King Arthur,[3] and Dido and Aeneas.[4]

Burrowes joined the English National Opera in 1971, and quickly began to appear on the international scene, notably at the Salzburg Festival, the Paris Opéra, and the Aix-en-Provence Festival. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1979 as Blondchen.[1][5]

She began her career singing mostly

Haydn
, in which she can be heard on several recordings.

From 1969 to 1980 she was married to the conductor Steuart Bedford,[5] with whom she recorded the role of Alison in Holst's The Wandering Scholar.

A singer with a pure and silvery voice, secure coloratura technique and delightful stage presence, Burrowes retired from the stage in 1982.

Emile Belcourt, and in 1992 joined him at the University of Saskatoon as a vocal coach.[6] In 1994 they resettled with their family in Toronto,[6] where Burrowes is currently a member of the vocal faculty at York University
.

Selective discography

References

  1. ^ a b c "Burrowes, Norma" in Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music by Michael & Joyce Kennedy. Oxford University Press, 2007.
  2. ^ Britten, p. 386
  3. ^ Britten, p. 390
  4. ^ Britten, p. 658
  5. ^ a b Baker's (1997), p.189
  6. ^ a b Citron, Paula. "Grand tradition: Emile Belcourt" in Opera Canada, March 22, 2000 [1]

Sources

  • Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians, ed. Laura Kuhn. New York: Schirmer Books, 1997.
  • Britten, Benjamin (2012). Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn (eds.). Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Volume VI, 1966–1976. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press.
    ISBN 978-1-84383-725-1
    .
  • Grove Music Online, Elizabeth Forbes, Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • "Norma Burrowes (Soprano)". bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

External links

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