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Grace Bumbry - Verdi: Die Macht Des Schicksals / ETERNA LP Stereo 1966
8 20 606
Grace Melzia Bumbry (January 4, 1937 – May 7, 2023) was an American opera singer, considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, who also ventured to soprano roles. She belonged to a pioneering generation of African-American classical singers, led by Marian Anderson. She was recognized internationally when Wieland Wagner cast her for the 1961 Bayreuth Festival as Venus in Tannhäuser, the first black singer to appear at the festival.
Bumbry's voice was rich and dynamic, possessing a wide range, and was capable of producing a very distinctive plangent tone. In her prime, she also possessed good agility and bel canto technique, as for example her rendition of Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlo in the 1970s and 1980s. She was particularly noted for her fiery temperament and dramatic intensity on stage. Later, she also became known as a recitalist and interpreter of lieder, and as a teacher. From the late 1980s on, she concentrated her career in Europe, rather than in the United States. A long-time resident of Switzerland, she spent her last years in Vienna.
| Label: | ETERNA – 8 20 606 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
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| Country: | German Democratic Republic (GDR) |
| Released: |
1966 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| A1 | Schändlicher Schuft! Du Feile Dirne! | |
| A2 | Holla, Holla, Holla... Das Tagwerk Ist Vollbracht / Ein Student Bin Ich Und Heiße Pereda | |
| A3 | Ach Endlich! Dank, O Himmel! / Mutter Der Reinsten Gnade | |
| A4 | Die Himmelsjungsfrau Gnadenvoll Den Mantel Um Dich Breite | |
| A5 | Schwer Ruht Auf Mir Der Fluch Des Schicksals / Du Stiegst Empor Zur Seligkeit | |
| A6 | Die Stunde Ist Heilig | |
| B1 | Dem Tod Sollt' Er Erliegen? / Was Ihr Auch Berget, Blätter Des Schicksals | |
| B2 | Rataplan | |
| B3 | Gnade, Gnade, Mein Heiland, Schenke Mir Gnade | |
| B4 | Ich Sterbe! Laßt Mich Beichten! / Nein, Nicht Fluchen, Beuge Dich |
- Baritone Vocals – Hermann Prey
- Bass Vocals – Gottlob Frick, Siegfried Vogel
- Choir – Chor Der Staatsoper Dresden
- Chorus Master – Gerhart Wüstner
- Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
- Conductor – Giuseppe Patanè
- Design – Semder
- Orchestra – Staatskapelle Dresden
- Photography By – GFF-Werbung, Dresden
- Sleeve Notes – Günter Rimkus
- Soprano Vocals – Grace Bumbry, Helga Dernesch
- Sound Designer [Tonregie] – Claus Strüben
- Tenor Vocals – Nicolai Gedda
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