Cheryl Studer, (born October 24, 1955) American soprano, was born in Midland, Michigan. At a very young age, she began studying the piano and the viola. At the age of twelve, after listening to the album "La Callas à Paris", she decided that she wanted to be an opera singer and started voice lessons in her hometown with Mrs. Gwendolyn Pike. She spent her senior high school years at Interlochen Arts Academy, before studying for one year at Oberlin Conservatory, near Cleveland, Ohio. She then moved with her family to Tennessee, where she continued her studies at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Image File history File links Portr2. ... Image File history File links Portr2. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Midland is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan in the Northern Lower Peninsula. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ... The Interlochen Center for the Arts is situated in Interlochen, Michigan on a 1,200 acre (5 km²) campus, and comprises (in order of founding): Interlochen Arts Academy — a boarding high school Interlochen Arts Camp — a summer camp Interlochen Public Radio — a public radio station Interlochen Pathfinder... Categories: Stub | Ohio culture | Lorain County, Ohio ... Nickname: The Forest City Motto: Progress and Prosperity Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Cuyahoga Founded 1796 Incorporated 1836 Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Area    - City 82. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system. ... Knoxville redirects here. ...

Her promising talent caught Leonard Bernstein's attention and he offered her full scholarships to study for three consecutive summers at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood (1975 to 1977), where she studied with Phyllis Curtin. She debuted at Tanglewood in 1976 in Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa, who invited her for a series of concerts with the BSO at Symphony Hall during the 1978-1979 season. Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (pronounced Bern-styne)[1] (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. ... Tanglewood Music Shed and lawn. ... Phyllis Curtin (born December 3, 1921) is an American soprano. ... In music, the BACH motif is the sequence of notes B flat, A, C, B natural. ... Several composers have written St. ... The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the worlds most renowned orchestras. ... Seiji Ozawa , born September 1, 1935) is a Japanese conductor. ... BSO is a TLA which may stand for: Several symphony orchestras: Boston Symphony Orchestra of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Baltimore Symphony Orchestra of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bloomington Symphony Orchestra of Bloomington, Indiana, USA Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra of Bournemouth, Dorset, UK British School of Osteopathy, the UKs oldest osteopathic institution Broad...

In the summer of 1979, she went to the Schubert Institute in Baden bei Wien, Austria, where she attended a course for foreign students on the art of the German Lied. Among her teachers at that summer institute were Irmgard Seefried, Brigitte Fassbaender and Hans Hotter. The great baritone persuaded Cheryl Studer to stay in Europe for the year and study with him at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. Baden bei Wien is a spa town and medieval city in Lower Austria, 26 kilometres south of Vienna, with a population of 25,207 (2005). ... Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, literally meaning song; among English speakers, however, it is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. ... Irmgard Seefried (Born in Kongetried, Germany on 9 October 1919 - died in Vienna on 24 November 1988) was a distinguished German soprano who sang opera and lieder. ... Brigitte Fassbaender was born on 3 July 1939 in Berlin. ... Hans Hotter (January 19, 1909 – December 8, 2003) was a German operatic bass-baritone, admired internationally after World War II for the power, beauty and intelligence of his singing, especially in Wagners masterpieces. ... Baritone (French: baryton; German: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ...

After a year in Vienna, and at Hans Hotter's urging, Cheryl Studer auditioned for Wolfgang Sawallisch who hired her as a permanent member of the Bavarian State Opera, where she spent two consecutive seasons. At the end of the 1981-82 season, she left the Munich ensemble to join the Staatstheater Darmstadt for two seasons, before going to Berlin to be part of the Deutsche Oper ensemble for the 1984-85 and 1985-86 seasons. Wolfgang Sawallisch (born August 26, 1923) is a German conductor and pianist. ... Munich, National Theatre The Bayerische Staatsoper or Bavarian State Opera is an opera company in Munich and is one of the leading opera companies in Germany and the world and has existed since 1653. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich: St. ... Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hessen in Germany. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... The Deutsche Oper Berlin is an opera house in what used to be West Berlin. ...

She sang her first big role, Violetta in La traviata as a guest artist at the Staatstheater Braunschweig in the spring of 1983. In the summer of that same year, the Bayerische Staatsoper called her to their Summer Festival to sing Irene (Rienzi) and Drola (Die Feen), under Maestro Sawallisch (both released on CD by Orfeo). La traviata, an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, published in 1848. ... Braunschweig (historic English name Brunswick, Low Saxon Brunswiek) is a city of 245,500 people (as of December 31, 2004), located in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Categories: Stub | Opera companies ... Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes) is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Bulwer-Lyttons novel of the same name. ... // History Die Feen (The Fairies) is one of Richard Wagners earlier operas. ...

She made her North American opera debut in the role of Micaela (Carmen) in 1984 for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Poster from the 1875 premiere of Carmen Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. ... The Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. ...

She caught the world's attention for the first time at the 1985 Bayreuth Festival, when the sang Elisabeth (Tannhäuser[1]) under Giuseppe Sinopoli. Bayreuth Festspielhaus, as seen in 1882 The annual Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany is devoted principally (but not exclusively) to performances of operas by the 19th century German composer Richard Wagner. ... Giuseppe Sinopoli (November 2, 1946 - April 20, 2001) was a conductor and composer. ...

Since then, she has sung in the most prestigious houses in the world: Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona (debut in 1986 in Das Rheingold as Freia), Opéra de Paris (debut the same year in Die Zauberflöte as Pamina), San Francisco Opera (debut in Die Meistersinger as Eva, also in 1986), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (debut in 1987 in Tannhäuser [2] as Elisabeth), La Scala (operatic debut in Don Giovanni as Donna Anna in 1987), New York Metropolitan Opera (debut in 1988 in Carmen as Micaela), Vienna State Opera (debut in Elektra [3] as Chrysothemis in 1989). She debuted at the Salzburg Festival that same year and in the same role. The façade of the Liceu, as viewed from the Ramblas The Gran Teatre del Liceu (or simply Liceu; in Spanish: Liceo) is an opera house on Las Ramblas in Barcelona. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (Catalan) Ciudad Condal (Spanish) Postal code 08001-08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold) is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. ... Front of the Palais Garnier under winter sun, photography by Eric Pouhier Opéra National de Paris is the leading opera company of France. ... Die Zauberflöte (en: The Magic Flute) is an opera in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. ... San Francisco Opera (SFO) is the second largest opera company in North America. ... Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master Singers of Nuremberg) is an opera in three acts, written and composed by Richard Wagner. ... The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... Covent Garden is a district in central London and within the easterly bounds of the City of Westminster. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, by night. ... Don Giovanni (K.527) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... NY redirects here. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ... Poster from the 1875 premiere of Carmen Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. ... Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper), located in Vienna, Austria, is one of the most important opera companies in Europe. ... The Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama. ...

Her repertoire reveals a soprano of considerable versatility: from Mozart's Queen of the Night, Donna Anna and Countess Almaviva, to Wagner's Sieglinde, Elisabeth and Elsa, from Rossini's Mathilde and Semiramide to Donizetti's Lucia, from Verdi's Odabella and Violetta to Gounod's Marguerite and the great heroines of Richard Strauss, Cheryl Studer's repertoire encompasses more than 70 roles, although some of these parts are merely products of the studio and are not an indication of the soprano's actual vocal prowess on the stage. Mozart redirects here. ... Wilhelm Richard Wagner (Leipzig, May 22, 1813 – Venice, February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Portrait Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (February 29, 1792 – November 13, 1868)[1] was an Italian musical composer who wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. ... Semiramide is an opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini. ... Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was a famous Italian opera composer. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome). ... Charles Gounod Charles François Gounod (June 17, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was a French composer, best known for his opera Faust. ... Richard Strauss Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. ...

In addition to her appearances in the most renowned opera houses of the world, Cheryl Studer has never forgotten her first love: the Lied. Although she has been singing Lieder since her early years, she made her first big European tour in 1992; ever since, she has been giving Lieder recitals in many European cities, as well as in the USA and the Far East. Although an acclaimed interpreter of the great Germanic Lieder composers (in particular Schubert, Brahms, Mahler, Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf), she also loves Debussy's Ariettes oubliées and Samuel Barber's songs. Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, literally meaning song; among English speakers, however, it is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. ... Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, literally meaning song; among English speakers, however, it is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. Typically, Lieder are arranged for a single singer and piano. ... This article is about the continent. ... The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ... Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828) was an Austrian composer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... Richard Strauss Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. ... Photograph of Hugo Wolf Hugo Wolf (March 13, 1860 – February 22, 1903) was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. ... Achille-Claude Debussy (IPA ) (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a French composer. ... Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Samuel Osborne Barber (March 9, 1910–January 23, 1981) was an American composer of classical music, best known for his Adagio for Strings. ...

Cheryl Studer also appears regularly as a concert soloist with the world's most famous orchestras: the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the London Symphony, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw, the Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, to name but a few. Her concert repertoire includes Beethoven's Missa solemnis, Mozart's concert arias, Verdi's Requiem, Wagner's Wesendonk-Lieder and Strauss's Vier letzte Lieder, as well as other orchestral Lieder. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (in German: Wiener Philharmoniker) is the best known orchestra in Austria and one of Europes major ensembles. ... The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the worlds leading orchestras. ... The Dresden Staatskapelle is an orchestra based in Dresden,Germany. ... There are two famous pieces of music known as the London Symphony: by Joseph Haydn; see Symphony No. ... The Philharmonia is an orchestra based in London. ... The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest in Dutch) is the best known and most respected orchestra in the Netherlands, and is generally considered to be among the worlds finest. ... The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the worlds most renowned orchestras. ... The Philadelphia Orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the Big Five symphony orchestras in the United States and usually considered among the finest in the world. ... 1820 portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler Beethoven redirects here. ... Missa Solemnis is Latin for solemn mass, and is a name which has been applied to a number of musical settings of the mass, especially particularly serious or large-scale ones. ... Mozart redirects here. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome). ... Wilhelm Richard Wagner (Leipzig, May 22, 1813 – Venice, February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... The Four Last Songs (German: Vier letzte Lieder) for soprano and orchestra were the final works of Richard Strauss, composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. ...

For her third summer's work as a Vocal Fellow of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, Cheryl Studer won the 1977 High Fidelity/Musical America Prize. The following year, she competed in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions Finals and won the Mrs. Frederick A. Stoughton Award. In 1979, she won the Franz-Schubert-Institut-Preis for excellence in Lied interpretation. She received the Grand Prix du Disque - Prix Maria Callas, in 1989. Cheryl Studer was particularly honoured to be chosen by an international jury as the first recipient of the International Classical Music Award in 1993 (London) in the category Best Female Singer of the Year; in the same year, she also received the Wilhelm Furtwängler Prize. One year later, she was chosen as Musical America's Vocalist of the Year (1994). Maria Callas by Cecil Beaton, London, 1957 Maria Callas (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

A great many recordings featuring Cheryl Studer have also received numerous prizes, awards and distinctions. Among others: Tannhäuser (Elisabeth - DG [4] - Giuseppe Sinopoli): Gran Premio del disco Ritmo, Orphée d'Or, CD Compact, Diapason d'Or; Attila (Odabella - EMI - Riccardo Muti): Diapason d'Or, L'Académie Charles Cros|Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy, L'Opera-Città di Mondovì, Musica Viva; Salome (Salome - DG - Sinopoli): Stella d'Argento, Diapason d'Or, Grand Prix de la Nouvelle Académie du disque, Edison Award, Orphée d'Or; Faust (Marguerite - EMI - Michel Plasson): Diapason d'Or, 10 de Répertoire, Choc du Monde de la Musique, FFFF de Télérama, Orphée d'Or de l'Académie du disque lyrique, Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros, Grand Prix de la Nouvelle Académie du disque, Classic CD 5-Star Award; Lohengrin [5] (Elsa - DG - Claudio Abbado): FFFF de Télérama, 10 de Répertoirte, Timbre de platine d'Opéra international, Outstanding from BBC Music Magazine; Samuel Barber's Complete Songs (With Thomas Hampson - DG - John Browning, piano): Caecilia Prijs, Diapason d'Or, 10 de Répertoire, First Cannes Classical Awards, Vocal Recital, XIX/XX centuries category, Hilary Finch's Record of the Year (BBC Music Magazine), Gramophone Awards, Solo Vocal category; Susannah (Title role - Virgin Classics - Kent Nagano): Grammy Award; Hérodiade (Salomé - EMI - Michel Plasson): Choc du Monde de la Musique, Diapason d'Or. Giuseppe Sinopoli (November 2, 1946 - April 20, 2001) was a conductor and composer. ... The EMI Group is a music company comprising the major record label, EMI Music, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ... Riccardo Muti (born July 28, 1941, in Naples) is an Italian conductor best known for being the Music Director of Milans La Scala opera house, a position he held from 1986 to 2005, and of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 1980 to 1992. ... Mondovì is a town and comune (township) of Italy, 44°23′N 7°49′E, at 559 m (1834 ft) above sea-level; it is located in the Province of Cuneo. ... Salome is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by the composer, based on Hedwig Lachmann’s German translation of the French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde. ... Faust (Latin Faustus) is the protagonist of a popular German tale of a pact with the Devil, assumed to be based on the figure of the German magician and alchemist Dr. Johann Georg Faust (approximately 1480–1540). ... Michel Plasson (born 2 October 1933 in Paris, France) is a French conductor. ... Claudio Abbado (born June 26, 1933) is a noted Italian conductor. ... Thomas Hampson is the name of: Thomas Hampson, the British athlete. ... The Gramophone Awards are one of the most significant honours bestowed on the classical record industry, often referred to as the Oscars for classical music. ... Kent Nagano is the current music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. ... Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards, commonly abbreviated as the Grammys or GRAMMYs ), presented by the Recording Academy known as NARAS, (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards... Original Poster Artwork for Massenets Herodiade Hérodiade is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Paul Milliet and Henri Grémont, based on the novella Hérodias by Gustave Flaubert. ... Michel Plasson (born 2 October 1933 in Paris, France) is a French conductor. ...

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