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Christine Weidinger

Singer details:

Voice: Soprano
Nationality: American
Year of Birth: 1946

About Christine Weidinger:

Christine Weidinger (born March 31, 1946) is an American operatic soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since the early 1970s. Her career started at the Metropolitan Opera, after which she was active as a resident artist with opera houses in Germany during the late 1970s and 1980s. From the 1970s through the 1990s she worked as a guest artist with many leading opera houses throughout Europe, South America, and the United States.

Born in Springville, New York, Weidinger grew up in New York and Arizona. She studied singing with Marlene Delavan at Grand Canyon University, Richard Dales at Arizona State University, David Scott at San Fernando Valley State College, and Margaret Harshaw at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. In April 1972 she won the national first prize in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions with a contract at the Met and the enthusiastic endorsement of the incoming General Manager Göran Gentele, who announced to the "New York Times" that Weidinger would be his first "home-grown" star. This was followed just a few months later by her professional opera debut as Cherubino in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Central City Opera in Colorado.

On November 24, 1972 Weidinger made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House as Ortlinde in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre with conductor Erich Leinsdorf, Birgit Nilsson as Brünnhilde, Jon Vickers as Siegmund, and Gwyneth Jones as Sieglinde. This performance was a jump-in. She had been scheduled to debut as Musetta in "La Boheme", which she finally sang a few days later. She performed regularly at the Met through the Spring of 1976 where she was heard as Elvira in Gioachino Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri, Frasquita in Georges Bizet's Carmen, Gianetta in Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, the High Priestess in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, Naiad in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos, Stéphano in Charles Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Woglinde in Wagner's The Ring Cycle, Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, Marzelline in Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio, and, of course, Musetta in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1O soave fanciulla Popularity:

Opera: Bohème, LaComposer: PucciniAct: 1.10

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rodolfo/Mimì
2Cara sposa Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
3Si vendetta Popularity:

Opera: RigolettoComposer: VerdiAct: 3.07-2

Type: duetVoice: S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Gilda/Rigoletto
4Di tanti palpiti Popularity:

Opera: TancrediComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles:
5Ernani involami Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 1.06

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira
6Venti turbini prestate Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
7Era desso il figlio mio Popularity:

Opera: Lucrezia BorgiaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Lucrezia Borgia
8Or la tromba Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.02

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
9D'amore al dolce impero Popularity:

Opera: ArmidaComposer: RossiniAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles:
10Serbami ognor Popularity:

Opera: SemiramideComposer: RossiniAct: 1.27

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Semiramide/Mitrane
11Deh! tu di un umile preghiera Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.14

Type: duetVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maria/Anna
12Giusto ciel Popularity:

Opera: Maometto IIComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: Voice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles:
13Nella pace del mesto riposo Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.04

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maria
14All afflitto e dolce il pianto Popularity:

Opera: Roberto DevereuxComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.03

Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Sara
15Ah! ritorna qual ti spero Popularity:

Opera: Roberto DevereuxComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.07

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elisabetta
16L'ora fatal s'appressa Popularity:

Opera: Assedio di CorintoComposer: RossiniAct: 3

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles:
17Ah! se un giorno da queste ritorte Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.18

Type: aria,ensemble,finaleVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maria/Anna/Roberto/Giorgio Talbot/Cecil
18Come dolce all alma mia Popularity:

Opera: TancrediComposer: RossiniAct: 1.01

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amenaide
19Amor..possente nome! Popularity:

Opera: ArmidaComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: Voice: Language: Italian

Roles:
20Da tutti abbandonata Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.06

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maria/Roberto
21Vo' far guerra Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Armida
22Cor ingrato Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.02

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
23L'amor suo mi fe beata Popularity:

Opera: Roberto DevereuxComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.05

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elisabetta
24Surta e la notte Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 1.05

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira
25Lasciami non t'ascolto Popularity:

Opera: TancrediComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: Voice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles:
26Dove son io Popularity:

Opera: ArmidaComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: Voice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles:
27Bel piacere Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Almirena
28Era d'amor l'immagine Popularity:

Opera: Maria StuardaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.12

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Roberto/Elisabetta
29Vivi ingrato a lei d'accanto Popularity:

Opera: Roberto DevereuxComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.07

Type: aria,trioVoice: S T MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elisabetta/Cecil/Sara
30O amore vieni a me Popularity:

Opera: MedeaComposer: CherubiniAct: 1.04

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Dircé
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