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Marilyn Horne

Singer details:

Voice: Mezzo
Nationality: American
Year of Birth: 1934

About Marilyn Horne:

Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts (1992) and the Kennedy Center Honors (1995). She has won four Grammy Awards.

Horne was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, but moved with her parents to Long Beach, California, when she was 11. At the age of 13, she became part of the newly formed Los Angeles Concert Youth Chorus. She attended the University of Southern California where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She is an alumna of Long Beach Polytechnic High School and returned in 1989 in a performance to benefit its music program. As a high school student, Marilyn was part of the St. Luke's Choir of Long Beach under the direction of William Ripley Dorr. This prestigious choir often worked for the movie studios and recorded with Capitol Records. Marilyn and her sister Gloria were part of St. Luke's Quartet along with tenor Bob James and baritone Philip D. Haynes.

She studied voice under William Vennard at the University of Southern California School of Music and participated in Lotte Lehmann's vocal master classes at Music Academy of the West.

Horne's first major professional engagement was in 1954, when she dubbed the singing voice of Dorothy Dandridge in the film Carmen Jones. Until that point, she had worked as a background singer for several TV sitcoms, as well as recorded covers of popular songs of the early 1950s, which were sold in dimestores around the country for $1.98. She made an appearance on The Odd Couple as a character named "Jackie", her own nickname, a meek and nervous would-be singer who develops a crush on character Oscar Madison (Jack Klugman) and into a full-blown diva as well, playing the role of Carmen in Felix Unger's (Tony Randall) opera group production. With brilliant results. She also sang on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. She made her Los Angeles debut the same year when she performed the role of Hata in The Bartered Bride with the Los Angeles Guild Opera.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1O furibonda jena Popularity:

Opera: Gioconda, LaComposer: PonchielliAct: 4.05

Type: trioVoice: T S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enzo/Gioconda/Laura
2La barca s'avvicina Popularity:

Opera: Gioconda, LaComposer: PonchielliAct: 4.07

Type: trioVoice: S T MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Gioconda/Enzo/Laura
3Qual densa notte Popularity:

Opera: SemiramideComposer: RossiniAct: 2.27

Type: trioVoice: cA B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Arsace/Oroe/Assur
4Oh! di qual sei tu vittima Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.23

Type: trioVoice: S T S/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norma/Pollione/Adalgisa
5Al mio furor sfuggite Popularity:

Opera: Don CarloComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04-2

Type: trioVoice: Mz T BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Eboli/Carlo/Rodrigue
6Plus de soucis Mignon Popularity:

Opera: MignonComposer: ThomasAct: 2

Type: trioVoice: Mz/S T SLanguage: French

Roles: Mignon/Wilhelm/Philine
7Vanne si mi lascia indegno Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.27

Type: trioVoice: S T S/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norma/Pollione/Adalgisa
8Mio signore mio marito Popularity:

Opera: Italiana in Algeri, L'Composer: RossiniAct: 2.25

Type: septet,finaleVoice: S Mz B B B cA TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira/Zulma/Haly/Mustafà/Taddeo/Isabella/Lindoro
9Padre amato Popularity:

Opera: TancrediComposer: RossiniAct: 1.14-1

Type: sceneVoice: S T cA/Mz BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amenaide/Argirio/Tancredi/Orbazzano
10Vendetta, rigore Popularity:

Opera: TancrediComposer: RossiniAct: 1.15-1

Type: sceneVoice: S T cA/Mz B cALanguage: Italian

Roles: Amenaide/Argirio/Tancredi/Orbazzano/Isaura
11La nostra morte Popularity:

Opera: Andrea ChenierComposer: GiordanoAct: 4.05

Type: recitative,finaleVoice: T S B/BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Andrea/Maddalena/Schmidt
12Fulgida Alice amor t'offro Popularity:

Opera: FalstaffComposer: VerdiAct: 1.06

Type: recitative,ensembleVoice: B Br 2Ts 2Ss 2MzsLanguage: Italian

Roles:
13Uno stupido uno stolto Popularity:

Opera: Italiana in Algeri, L'Composer: RossiniAct: 2.01

Type: recitative,choirVoice: S Mz BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira/Zulma/Haly
14Amici in ogni evento m'affido a voi Popularity:

Opera: Italiana in Algeri, L'Composer: RossiniAct: 2.20-2

Type: recitative,aria,choirVoice: contraltoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Isabella
15O zittre nicht mein lieber Sohn Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.08

Type: recitative,ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: German

Roles: Queen
16Per raccor d'Almirena Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2.03-1

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: A woman
17D'Amenaide ecco il soggiorno Popularity:

Opera: TancrediComposer: RossiniAct: 1.07-1

Type: recitativeVoice: cA/Mz Mz/TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Tancredi/Roggiero
18Eccola va mi lascia Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.14

Type: recitativeVoice: T S/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Pollione/Adalgisa
19Dei qual sospiro Popularity:

Opera: SemiramideComposer: RossiniAct: 2.30

Type: recitativeVoice: cA B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Arsace/Assur/Semiramide
20Oh! qual traspare orribile Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.24

Type: recitativeVoice: S S/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norma/Adalgisa
21Stolta non sai Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.11

Type: recitativeVoice: B MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico/Giovanna
22Si la stanchezza m'opprime Popularity:

Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 4.12

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Azucena/Manrico
23Trionfa, esulta, barbaro! Popularity:

Opera: TancrediComposer: RossiniAct: 2.02-1

Type: recitativeVoice: cA BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Isaura/Orbazzano
24Ma di l'amato quale fra Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.21

Type: recitativeVoice: S S/MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norma/Adalgisa
25Dio che mi vedi in core Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.02

Type: recitativeVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Giovanna
26Presenteremo un bill Popularity:

Opera: FalstaffComposer: VerdiAct: 2.06

Type: recitativeVoice: S cA MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alice/Quickly/Meg
27Infelice Tancredi! Popularity:

Opera: TancrediComposer: RossiniAct: 2.12-1

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz/T cALanguage: Italian

Roles: Roggiero/Isaura
28Dunque a momenti Popularity:

Opera: Italiana in Algeri, L'Composer: RossiniAct: 2.09

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz S cA TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Zulma/Elvira/Isabella/Lindoro
29Pst pst Nannetta Popularity:

Opera: FalstaffComposer: VerdiAct: 1.09-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Nannetta/Fenton
30Giustizia giustizia Sire! Popularity:

Opera: Don CarloComposer: VerdiAct: 3.03-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S B Br MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elisabeth/Philip II/Rodrigue/Eboli
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