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Ariel Bybee (born January 9, 1943) is a mezzo-soprano who has had a distinguished career as a soloist, voice teacher and university opera director. According to ''Opera News'' (June 2000), she was "a prominent mezzo at the Metropolitan Opera for eighteen seasons." She sang over 460 performances at the Metropolitan Opera. Bybee received a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 1965. She later did advance musical studies in New York where one of her voice teachers was Cornelius L. Reid. Bybee is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has soloed with the Tabernacle Choir.〔(ldsfilm bios )〕 At the 2001 dedication of the Winter Quarters, Nebraska Temple Bybee sang a solo.〔("Newest temple stands on sanctified soil", ) ''Church News'', April 28, 2008.〕 == Performance history == Bybee sang at the Met in every season from 1977 through 1995. She first earned accolades at the Met for her performance as Jenny in ''Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'' when she replaced Teresa Stratas on very short notice. Further acclaim came from her performances as Annio in the Met's premiere of Mozart's ''La clemenza di Tito''. Bybee has sung numerous leading roles at the Met including Hansel in ''Hänsel und Gretel'', Niclausse in ''Les contes d'Hoffmann'' and Suzuki in ''Madama Butterfly''. She made her highly successful debut at the Washington, D.C. Opera in a new production of Menotti's ''The Consul'' and her European opera debut as Melisande at the Sofia Music Weeks in Bulgaria. She made her debut with the Vienna Philharmonic (Lorin Maazel, conducting) in a concert performance of ''Elektra'' at Carnegie Hall. Bybee's professional talents were discovered by Maestro Maurice Abravanel of the Utah Symphony and later by Kurt Herbert Adler of the San Francisco Opera. Adler invited Bybee to sing in San Francisco for several seasons, during which she appeared in many roles, including the title roles in ''Carmen'', Musetta in ''La bohème'' and Inez in ''La favorita''. She first performed on the East Coast when she sang the title role of Monteverdi's ''Coronation of Poppea'' at the Tanglewood Music Festival. In the spring of 1985, Bybee appeared on stage with the New York City Ballet in its production of ''Songs of the Auvergne'', and she debuted at the Ravinia Festival in ''Elektra'' conducted by James Levine. She made her debut in Kuhmo, Finland in Pergolesi's ''Stabat Mater'' and Vivaldi's 'Gloria''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ariel Bybee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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