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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Singer details:

Voice: Mezzo
Nationality: American
Year of Birth: 1954
Year of Death: 2006

About Lorraine Hunt Lieberson:

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (March 1, 1954 – July 3, 2006) was an American mezzo-soprano. She was noted for her performances of both Baroque era and contemporary works. Her career path to becoming a singer was unconventional – formerly a professional violist, Lieberson did not shift her full-time focus to singing until she was in her thirties.

One of four children, Lorraine Hunt's parents were both involved with opera in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her mother, Marcia, was a contralto and music teacher and her father, Randolph, taught music in high school and college. She performed as a child in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel & Gretel, as a gingerbread boy. She returned to opera after doing a charity performance of the same work at a prison, this time taking Hänsel's role. After this performance, she auditioned for the Met, at age 29.

While rehearsing in his opera Ashoka's Dream at Santa Fe in 1997, she met composer Peter Lieberson and married him two years later, changing her name to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Peter Lieberson composed his song cycles Rilke Songs and Neruda Songs for his wife, both of which were issued in recordings.

Hunt Lieberson died from breast cancer on July 3, 2006, at the age of 52 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Only a few years previously, she had nursed her sister through her final illness with the same disease. Her husband, Peter, fell ill with cancer the following year, and died in April 2011.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1O let me weep Popularity:

Opera: Fairy-Queen, TheComposer: PurcellAct: 5.02

Type: ariaVoice: Language: English

Roles:
2Oh! smania Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.18-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elettra
3Oh! ciel pietoso Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.18-1

Type: recitativeVoice: T T S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Idomeneo/Idamante/Ilia/Arbace
4Ma che piu tardi Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.16-1

Type: recitativeVoice: T T S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Idomeneo/Idamante/Ilia/Sacerdote
5Dove? Popularity:

Opera: PoroComposer: HandelAct: 3.11

Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Poro
6When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) Popularity:

Opera: Dido and AeneasComposer: PurcellAct: 3.10

Type: ariaVoice: mezzo or sopranoLanguage: English

Roles: Dido
7Thy hand Belinda when I am laid Popularity:

Opera: Dido and AeneasComposer: PurcellAct: 3.09

Type: ariaVoice: mezzo or sopranoLanguage: English

Roles: Dido
8La giustizia ha gia sull arco Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.08-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Sesto
9Sire alla reggia tua immensa Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.07

Type: recitativeVoice: T S T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Arbace/Ilia/Idomeneo/Elettra
10Andro ramingo e solo Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.06

Type: quartetVoice: T T S SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Idomeneo/Idamante/Elettra/Ilia
11Cieli che vedo Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.05-1

Type: recitativeVoice: T T S SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Idomeneo/Idamante/Elettra/Ilia
12Principessa a tuoi sguardi Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.03-2

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ilia/Idamante
13Ei stesso vien oh Dei Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.03-1

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ilia
14Zeffiretti lusinghieri Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.02

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ilia
15Solitudini amiche Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.01

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ilia
16Dopo notte Popularity:

Opera: AriodanteComposer: HandelAct: 3

Type: ariaVoice: mezzo or tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ariodante
17L'aura che spira Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 2.18

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Sesto
18Pria di partir oh Dio Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 2.12

Type: trioVoice: T T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Idomeneo/Idamante/Elettra
19Placido e il mar andiamo Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 2.10-1

Type: choirVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elettra
20L'angue offeso mai riposa Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 2.10

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Sesto
21Odo da lunge armonioso Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 2.09-1

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elettra
22Idol mio se ritroso Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 2.08-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elettra
23Frettolosa e giuliva Elettra Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 2.07

Type: recitativeVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Idomeneo/Elettra
24Se mai pomposo Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 2.03

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ilia/Idomeneo
25Scherza infida Popularity:

Opera: AriodanteComposer: HandelAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: mezzo or tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ariodante
26Ogni vento ch'al porto lo spinga Popularity:

Opera: AgrippinaComposer: HandelAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Agrippina
27Pensieri voi mi tormentate Popularity:

Opera: AgrippinaComposer: HandelAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Agrippina
28Son nata a lagrimar Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.20

Type: duetVoice: cA SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cornelia/Sesto
29Cara speme questo core Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.15

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Sesto
30Tutte nel cor vi sento Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 1.09

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elettra
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