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Milnes as Scarpia in Tosca

Sherrill Milnes (born January 10, 1935) is an American baritone who has carried on the great tradition of American baritones that began in the 1920's with Lawrence Tibbet. He is most famous for his Verdi roles. From the mid-1960s until 1997 he was associated with the Metropolitan Opera. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Download high resolution version (403x714, 46 KB)American opera singer Source: http://www. ... Download high resolution version (403x714, 46 KB)American opera singer Source: http://www. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Baritone (French: ; German: ; Italian: ) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (either October 9 or 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ...

Sherill Milnes' predecessors include such illustrious names as Robert Merrill and Leonard Warren.

Critics and audiences quickly recognized Milnes' gifts. He has a brilliant, high baritone, a sumptuous legato and incisive rhythmic style, allied with a commanding and handsome stage presence. He quickly graduated to the major opera houses and by 1965 had made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera. His international debuts followed soon thereafter and Milnes became THE Verdi baritone of the 1970's and 80's.

He has been a prolific recording artist with scores of opera recordings to his credit. He has often been partnered by two of the famous Three Tenors in all of the major operatic repertoire stretching from Mozart to the Moderns. Many of his finest studio performances are available on the Universal labels, particularly his frequent collaborations with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti.

Milnes was born in Downers Grove, Illinois to a dairy farmer and his wife. As a child, he exhibited strong and varied musical talents; in addition to singing he also played piano, violin, viola, double bass, clarinet, and tuba. Although his interests did not always lean towards opera, he spent many hours singing to his father's cows, and once was found on a tractor practicing an operatic laugh. Incorporated Village in 1873. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... The viola (French, alto; German Bratsche) is a bowed string instrument. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched of brass instruments. ...

While in high school, Milnes planned to be an anaethesiologist, but later returned to music, studying music education at Drake University and Northwestern University, with the idea of becoming a teacher, but after graduating spent a summer as an apprentice at the Santa Fe Opera and thereafter dedicated himself to becoming an opera singer, studying briefly with the famed soprano Rosa Ponselle. Milnes began his career with the Boston Opera Company in 1960, joining Boris Goldovsky's Opera Theater, and debuting as Masetto in Don Giovanni. In 1961, he made his debut at Ponselle's Baltimore Opera as Gérard in André Chénier. Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in the city of Des Moines, Iowa. ... Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian research university located in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois. ... Rosa Ponselle (born Meriden, Connecticut 1897 - died near Baltimore, Maryland 1981), was an American soprano. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Don Giovanni (K.527; complete title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punishd, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Baltimore Opera is an opera company in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Andrea Chénier is an opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, based on the life of the French poet André Chénier (1762-1794). ...

In 1964, Milnes made his first major breakthrough singing the role of Valentin in Gounod's Faust at the New York City Opera, the role with which he also made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1965. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Categories: Stub | 1818 births | 1893 deaths | Opera composers | Romantic composers | French musicians ... Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carrés play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Goethes Faust, Part I. It debuted at the Théatre-Lyrique in Paris on March 19, 1859. ... The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza New York State Theater The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, interior, as seen from the stage The New York City Opera (NYCO) is based in Philip Johnsons New York State Theater at Lincoln Center. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1964, Milnes also made his European debut singing Figaro from The Barber of Seville at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan. However, it was his performance as Miller in Verdi's Luisa Miller in 1968 which catapulted him into international fame. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto (based on Beaumarchaiss comedy Le Barbier de Séville) by Cesare Sterbini. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ...

In the early 1980s, Milnes experienced vocal health problems, but he eventually surmounted them.

In 1998, Milnes published a memoir, American Aria (ISBN ). Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

Starting in 2001, Milnes has been bringing his experience and expertise to young rising operatic talent through V.O.I.C.E. (Vocal and Operatic Intensive Creative Experience), which he founded in 2001 with his third wife, Maria Zouves. Their workshops allow educators and performers to share their knowledge through master classes, private coachings, presentations, one-on-one consultations, lectures, and performances. They strive to create a realistic view of the many challenges that singers face throughout their career. The auditor program allows both opera lovers and singers a unique interaction in the creative process. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Mr. Milnes is currently a member of the voice faculty as a teacher and coach at Northwestern University. Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian research university located in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois. ...

Discography - Chronological Order

Audiocassettes

• Essential Opera
• A Grand Night for Singing (Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Columbia Symphony -- Ottley, cond.)
• Opera's Greatest Duets
• Sherrill Milnes at the Met

Compact Discs - 1967 -

• Mozart's Cosi fan tutte (with L. Price, Troyanos, Raskin, Shirley, Flagello -- Leinsdorf, cond.)
• Verdi's La Traviata (with Caballe, Bergonzi -- Pretre, cond.)

- 1968 -

• R. Strauss's Salome (with Caballe, R. Lewis, Resnik, J. King -- Leinsdorf, cond.)

- 1969 -

• Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, "Choral" (with J. Marsh, Veasey, Domingo -- Leinsdorf, cond.)
• Verdi's Il Trovatore (with L. Price, Domingo, Cossotto -- Mehta, cond.)

- 1970 -

• Verdi's Aida (with L. Price, Domingo, Bumbry, Raimondi -- Leinsdorf, cond.)
• Verdi's Macbeth (with Ludwig, Cossutta -- Boehm, cond.) Live recording

- 1971 -

• Great Opera Duets (with Domingo)
• Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera (with Tebaldi, Pavarotti -- Bartoletti, cond.)
• Verdi's Don Carlos (with Domingo, Caballe, Raimondi, Verrett -- Giulini, cond.)
• Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor (with Sutherland, Pavarotti, Ghiaurov -- Bonynge, cond.)
• Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci / Puccini's Il Tabarro (Pagliacci: with Caballe, Domingo -- Santi, cond.
• Tabarro: with L. Price, Domingo -- Leinsdorf, cond.)
• Donizetti's Rigoletto (with Sutherland, Pavarotti, Tourangeau -- Bonynge, cond.)

- 1972 -

• Verdi's Attila (with Raimondi, Deutekom, Bergonzi -- Gardelli, cond.)
• Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco (with Caballe, Domingo -- Levine, cond.)

- 1973 -

• Domingo Conducts Milnes -- Milnes Conducts Domingo
• Puccini's Tosca (with L. Price, Domingo -- Mehta, cond.)

- 1974 -

• Puccini's La Boheme (with Caballe, Domingo, Blegen, Sardinero, Raimondi -- Solti, cond.)
• Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani (with Arroyo, Domingo, Raimondi -- Levine, cond.)

- 1975 -

• Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia (with Sills, Gedda, Capecchi, Raimondi, Barbieri -- Levine, cond.)
• Verdi's Luisa Miller (with Pavarotti, Caballe -- Maag, cond.)
• Massenet's La Navarraise (with Horne, Domingo, Bacquier -- H. Lewis, cond.)
• Verdi's Il Trovatore [with bonus tracks from a 1968 recording of Act II with Richard Tucker] (with Caballe, Cossutta, Arkhipova -- Guadagno, cond.)

- 1976 -

• Giordano's Andrea Chenier (with Scotto, Domingo -- Levine, cond.)
• Verdi's Macbeth (with Cossotto, Carreras, Raimondi -- Muti, cond.)
• Massenet's Thais (with Sills, Gedda, van Allan -- Maazel, cond.)

- 1977 -

• Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur (with Scotto, Domingo, Obraztsova -- Levine, cond.)
• Bizet's Carmen (with Berganza, Domingo, Cotrubas -- C. Abbado, cond.)
• Puccini's La Fanciulla del West (with Neblett, Domingo -- Mehta, cond.)
• Verdi's La Forza del Destino (with L. Price, Domingo, Cossotto, Giaiotti, Bacquier -- Levine, cond.)
• Verdi's La Traviata (with Cotrubas, Domingo -- Kleiber, cond.)

- 1978 -

• Bravissimo, Domingo! Arias and Duets with Leontyne Price and Sherrill Milnes
• Rossini's Guglielmo Tell (with Freni, Pavarotti, Mazzoli, Jones, Ghiaurov -- Chailly, cond.)
• Verdi's Otello (with Scotto, Domingo -- Levine, cond.)
• Verdi's Rigoletto (with Sills, Kraus, M. Dunn, Ramey -- Rudel, cond.)
• Puccini's Tosca (with Freni, Pavarotti -- Rescigno, cond.)

- 1980 -

• Massenet's Le Roi de Lahore (with Sutherland, Lima, Giaurov, Morris, Tourangeau -- Bonynge, cond.)

- 1981 -

• Ponchielli's La Gioconda (with Caballe, Baltsa, Pavarotti, Ghiaurov -- Bartoletti, cond.)

- 1990 -

• Faure's Requiem (with Te Kanawa -- Dutoit, cond.)

- 1992 -

• Orff's Carmina Burana (with Mandac, Kolk -- Ozawa, cond.)

- 2001 -

• Wolf-Ferrari's Sly (with Carreras, Kabatu -- Gimenez, cond.)

Recital Discs

• Sherrill Milnes in Recital, Volume 1, "There but for You Go I" (Jon Spong, piano)
• Sherrill Milnes in Recital, Volume 2, "Kingdom by the Sea" (Jon Spong, piano)
• Met Legends: Sherrill Milnes
• Grandi Voci: Arias (de la Fuente, cond.)
• The Baritone Voice
• Copland: Old American Songs
• Griffes: Four German Songs; Songs of the Dagger (Ozawa, cond.)

Videos

- 1976 -

• Puccini's Tosca (with Kabaivanska, Domingo -- Bartoletti, cond.)

- 1983 -

• Verdi's Ernani (with L. Mitchell, Pavarotti, Raimondi -- Levine, cond.)

- 1984 -

• Verdi's Simon Boccanegra (with Tomowa-Sintow, Moldoveanu, Plishka -- Levine, cond.)

- 1985 -

• Verdi's Nabucco (with Bumbry, Cortez, Raimondi -- Santi, cond.)
• Sherrill Milnes: An All-Star Gala (various artists)

- 1986 -

• Sherrill Milnes at Julliard: An Operatic Masterclass

- 1988 -

• Verdi's Il Trovatore (with Marton, Zajick, Pavarotti -- Levine, cond.)

- 1989 -

• Verdi's Aida (with Millo, Zajick, Domingo -- Levine, cond.)

- 1991 -

• Met's 25th Anniversary Gala at Lincoln Center (various artists)

- 1996 -

• James Levine 25th Anniversary Gala (various artists)

Recommended Recordings

• Puccini

 Title: Tosca (2CDs) Catalogue number: 414 036-2 Artists: Freni/Pavarotti/Milnes etc., Nicola Rescigno, National Philharmonic Orchestra International release date: April 1988 Label: Decca 

• Verdi

 Title: Rigoletto (2 CDs) Catalogue number: 414 269-2 (2CDs) Artists: Sutherland/Pavarotti/Milnes/Talvela etc., Richard Bonynge, London Symphony Orchestra International release date: January 1985 Label: Decca 

• Rossini

 Title: Guglielmo Tell Catalogue number: 417 154-2 (4CDs) 

Other Recordings Featuring Sherrill Milnes

• Title: Atilla (2 CDs)

 Artists: Raimondi/Deutekom/Bergonzi/Milnes etc., Lamberto Gardelli, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra International release: September 1989 Label: Philips 

• Title: Gugliemo Tell (4 CDs)

 Artists: Pavarotti/Freni/Milnes/Ghiaurov etc., Riccardo Chailly, National Philharmonic Orchestra International release: October 1986 Label: Decca 

• Title: La Gioconda (3 CDs)

 Artists: Caball‚/Pavarotti/Baltsa/Milnes etc., Bruno Bartoletti, London Opera Chorus/National Philharmonic Orchestra International release: February 1985 Label: Decca 

• Title: Lucia di Lammermoor (3 CDs)

 Artists: Sutherland/Milnes/Pavarotti/Ghiaurov etc., Richard Bonynge, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden International release: April 1985 Label: Decca 

• Title: Luisa Miller (2 CDs)

 Artists: Caball‚/Pavarotti/Milnes etc., Peter Maag, National Philharmonic Orchestra International release: March 2003 Series: Compact Opera Collection Label: Decca 

• Title: Requiem/Pell‚as et M‚lisande/Pavane for Orchestra and Choir

 Artists: Kiri Te Kanawa/Sherrill Milnes, Charles Dutoit, Le Choeur et L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montr‚al International release: August 1988 Label: Decca 

• Title: Rigoletto (2 CDs)

 Artists: Sutherland/Pavarotti/Milnes/Talvela etc., Richard Bonynge, London Symphony Orchestra International release: January 1985 Label: Decca 

• Title: Tosca (DVD)

 Artists: Raina Kabaivanska/Placido Domingo/Sherrill Milnes, Bruno Bartoletti, New Phiharmonia Orchestra International release: Label: Decca 

External links

• Unofficial Sherrill Milnes website
• Bio and discography
• Official V.O.I.C. Experience Website
• Northwestern University Notable Alumni Website