- Judith Forst
Judith Doris Forst (born
November 7 ,1943 ) is a Canadianmezzo-soprano .Born in
New Westminster, British Columbia , she received aBachelor of Music from theUniversity of British Columbia in 1964.Forst made her debut at the
Metropolitan Opera on September 19, 1968 at the age of 24 in the small role of the Page inRigoletto . Other Met roles include (in chronological order) Tebaldo inVerdi 'sDon Carlo , Stéphano inGounod 'sRoméo et Juliette , Mercédès inBizet 'sCarmen , Teresa inBellini 'sLa Sonnambula , Siebel inGounod 'sFaust , Kate Pinkerton inPuccini 'sMadama Butterfly , Lola inMascagni 'sCavalleria Rusticana , Bersi inUmberto Giordano 'sAndrea Chenier , Estrella inOffenbach 'sLa Perichole , Preziosilla inLa Forza del Destino , Hänsel inHänsel und Gretel , Flora inLa Traviata , Giulietta inLes Contes d'Hoffman , Donna Elvira inDon Giovanni , Mère Marie in Poulenc'sDialogues of the Carmelites , Kabanicha inJanacek 'sKáťa Kabanová , Adelaide inArabella , The Witch inHänsel und Gretel , and Kostelnicka inJenufa .In 1991, she was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada . In 2001, she was awarded theOrder of British Columbia .External links
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