Teresa Zylis-Gara
Born: 23rd January 1930, Lentvaris, Lithuania
Nationality: Polish
Teresa Żylis-Gara was a Polish operatic soprano who enjoyed a major international career from the 1950s through the 1990s.
She made her stage debut at the Opera Krakowska in 1958 in the title role of Moniuszko's Halka, and later recorded Chopin's Polish songs and songs by Karol Szymanowski. After achieving 3rd prize at the ARD International Music Competition in 1960, she became an ensemble member of the Oper Dortmund and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. She was recognised internationally when she appeared at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1965 in the title role of Der Rosenkavalier, alongside Montserrat Caballé, and two years later as Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni. From 1970, she was a long-time member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she appeared in leading roles including Desdemona in Verdi's Otello, and Puccini's Mimi, Liù and Manon Lescaut.
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Franco Corelli: The Alternative Repertoire 1956-1972
Franco Corelli featuring RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin and Arturo Basile, Franco Corelli (tenor), Franco Ferraris, Franco Corelli featuring Alfredo Simonetto and RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin, Turin and Umberto Cattini, Umberto Cattini, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Teresa Zylis-Gara (soprano), Metropolitan Opera (opera company), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Arturo Basile, Alfredo Simonetto, Horst Stein, Karl Böhm, Anton Guadagno
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The Choral Tradition - Bach, Handel, Mozart, Purcell...
Osian Ellis (harp), Peter Stevens (organ), Stephen Layton (organ), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Charles Brett (countertenor), Ian Partridge (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass, bass-baritone), Tom Winpenny (organ), Benjamin Bayl (organ), Timothy Byram-Wigfield (soprano), Robert Chilcott (tenor), Jonathan Robarts (bass), Francis Grier (organ), Michael Cockerham (contralto), Ashley Grote (organ), Joseph Crouch (cello), Philip Ledger (piano), Tom Williamson (organ), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), Ian Hare (organ), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Evgenia Rubinova (piano), José Gallardo (piano), David Goode (organ), Daniel Hyde (organ), Martin Lane (contralto), Teresa Zylis-Gara (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Max van Egmond (bass, baritone), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Peter Castle (soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Timothy Beasley-Murray (countertenor), Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Cambridge Classical Players, Concentus musicus Wien, Regensburger Domspatzen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Wallace Collection, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cambridge University Musical Society, Royal Military School of Music, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonhardt-Consort, Stephen Cleobury, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Sir David Willcocks, Gustav Leonhardt
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (1970 Live Recording)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Victor von Halem, Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Stuart Burrows (tenor), Teresa Zylis-Gara (soprano), Geraint Evans (bass-baritone), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Olivera Miljaković, Wiener Staatsoper (opera company), Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
Gundula Janowitz, James King, Sylvia Geszty, Teresa Zylis-Gara, Hermann Prey, Peter Schreier & Theo Adam Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe
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