- Teresa Stich-Randall
Teresa Stich-Randall (
December 24 1927 –July 17 2007 ) was aEurope an-based Americansoprano opera singer . [http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6830.html "Playbill" "Soprano Teresa Stich-Randall Dies at 79" 23 July 2007] ]Early life and career
She was born in
New Hartford, Connecticut in 1927 and studied at theHartt School of Music in West Hartford. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/24/AR2007072402210.html?nav=rss_metro/obituaries AP via the "Washington Post", "Acclaimed Soprano Teresa Stich-Randall, 79" 25 July 2007] ] Her operatic debut was in the role of Henrietta M. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/24/arts/24stich-randall.html?ex=1342929600&en=30980241a7dac7d9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss "New York Times" "Teresa Stich-Randall, 79, American Operatic Soprano, Is Dead" July 24, 2007 (with correction, August 4, 2007)] ] inVirgil Thomson 's "Mother of Us All " in 1947 and she sang in the title role inOtto Leuning 's "Evangeline" in 1948.She was discovered in the late 1940s by
Arturo Toscanini , who engaged her for a series of performances with hisNBC Symphony Orchestra inNew York . Toscanini described her at the time as "the find of the century".inging career
Stich-Randall travelled to
Europe on aFulbright Scholarship where she made her name as a singer. She made her European debut inFlorence and won a competition inLausanne the following year. This led to appearances with theBasel Opera inSwitzerland .Stich-Randall was a regular performer with the
Vienna State Opera and at theSalzburg Festival . From 1955, she was a regular at summer events atAix-en-Provence inFrance , where her portrayal of Donna Anna in "Don Giovanni " was highly esteemed [ [http://www.altamusica.com/chroniques/index.php?action=MoreDocument&DocRef=3490&DossierRef=3123 Adieu à Donna Anna] (French)] .In 1962, the
Austria n Government awarded her the title of Kammersängerin given to esteemed artists. Stich-Randall made her debut at theChicago Lyric Opera as "Gilda" inRigoletto in 1955.She first sang at theMetropolitan Opera inNew York City in "Cosi Fan Tutte " in 1961 and remained on their roster of singers until 1966.Stich-Randall appeared on a number of notable recordings including "Falstaff", "
Der Rosenkavalier " and "Orfeo ".Her career had largely ended by 1980 and she died in
Vienna , aged 79, in 2007, "of natural causes".References
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