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American operatic contralto (1918–1972)
Jean Madeira, née Jean Browning (November 14, 1918, in
Centralia, Illinois – July 10, 1972, in
Providence, Rhode Island) was an American
contralto, particularly known for her work in late-romantic German repertoire such as the operas of
Richard Wagner and
Richard Strauss.
When she was a child her family moved to
East St. Louis, Illinois, where she attended high school, and she later studied with
Florence Kimball at the
Juilliard School in
New York City. She made her debut in opera in
Chatauqua, as Nancy in Martha, by
Flotow. In 1955, the singer and actress successfully sang the title role in Carmen with the
Vienna State Opera. She sang approximately 300 times at the
Metropolitan Opera in forty-one roles, between 1948 and 1971. Her last appearance there was in Elektra, opposite
Birgit Nilsson and Leonie Rysanek.
[1]
[3] Jean Madeira was a second-cousin of the composer
Amy Beth Kirsten.[
citation needed]
Abridged discography
- Bizet: Carmen as Carmen (Filacuridi; Dervaux, 1957)
Pathé
- Britten: Peter Grimes (Jon Vickers; 1967)
Immortal Performances
- Falla: Three Cornered Hat (Vienna Symphony)
Tuxedo Music
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro as Marcellina (Siepi, Conner, Valdengo, de los Angeles; Met, Fritz Reiner, 1952)
Myto
- Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K.626 (NBC Symphony, Arturo Toscanini, 1950) RCA Victor
- Pochielli: La Gioconda as La Cieca (Milanov, Warren, Barbieri, Siepi; Met, Cleva, 1953) Gala
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly as Suzuki (Steber, Tucker, Valdengo; Met, Rudolf, 1949)
Sony
- Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Kirsten, J.Björling, Valdengo; Met, Antonicelli, 1949)
Myto
- Saint-Saëns: Samson et Delilah as Delilah (Del Monaco; Teatro di San Carlo, Molinari-Pradelli, 1959)
Hardy Classic
- Strauss: Elektra as Clytemnestra (Borkh, Schech, Uhl, Fischer-Dieskau; Böhm, 1960)
DG
- Strauss: Elektra, as Clytemnestra (Nilsson, Rysanek, Nagy, Stewart; Met, Bohm, 1971)
Met On Demand
- Verdi: Aida as Amneris (Rysanek, London, Frick, Hopf; Vienna State Opera, Kubelik, 1955)
Orfeo
- Verdi: Requiem (Vienna Symphony, Erich Kleiber 1955)
Melodram
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera as Ulrica (Bergonzi, Rysanek, Merrill; Santi, 1962)
Living Stage
- Wagner: Das Rheingold as Erda (Flagstad, London; Solti, 1958)
Decca
- Wagner: Die Walkure as Fricka (Nilsson, Rysanek, Ludwig, Hotter, Frick, Suthaus; La Scala, Karajan, 1958)
Myto; IDIS
- Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen as Erda, Rossweisse & First Norn (Bayreuth, Knappertsbusch, 1956)
Orfeo
- Wagner Parsifal (Svanholm, Varnay, London, Hotter; Met, Stiedry, 1954)
Adonis
References
External links
Villecco, Tony. A Voice Like Velvet; Remembering Contralto Jean Madeira. Classical Singer Magazine Oct. 2012.
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