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Freda Betti (26 February 1924 – 13 November 1979), whose birth name was Frédérique Thérèse Augusta Betti, was a French mezzo-soprano singer whose career was mainly confined to France.〔(''Central Opera Service bulletin'', Volume 23, No. 1 ). (1981). Obituary: Freda Betti. p. 39〕 She left a range of recordings representative of her repertoire. == Biography == Freda Betti was born at 52 rue des Ponchettes in 1924〔(Years of birth and death in the German National Library ) accessed 27 December 2014.〕 into a modest family: her father was a house painter and her mother a fishmonger. His paternal family originates from the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy : his grandfather was born in Parma and he immigrated to Nice with his wife and children in the late 1890s. She studied music and especially singing at the Conservatory of Nice with Édouard Rouard,〔(Obituary for Freda Betti in ''Opera'', Vol 31, p299, 1980. ) accessed 27 December 2014.〕 where she obtained a ''Premier Prix de Chant'' in 1943. She made her debut at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in 1947 as Siébel in ''Faust'' by Charles Gounod.〔 She appeared frequently with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France of the RTF in the early 1950s, before entering the troupe of the Opéra-Comique in the 1960s. She sang the title role in particular of ''Carmen'' by Georges Bizet which she sang more than 150 times, and her repertoire also included Fricka, Brangaene, Dulcinée in ''Don Quichotte'' and Suzuki.〔 Betti sang on major national stages〔 (Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg, Toulouse) and European (Monte-Carlo, La Scala), as well as in numerous opera festivals, including Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Bayreuth. Betti recorded for Philips and EMI.〔 Among published recordings she took part in were ''The Snow Maiden'' (Bobilicka),〔(Listing of 1955 radio recording of ''The Snow Maiden'' conducted by Charles Bruck at the Operadiscography site ) accessed 27 December 2014.〕 ''Démophon'',〔(Listing of 1957 studio recording of ''Démophon'' by Johann-Christoph Vogel conducted by Georges Tzipine ) accessed 27 December 2014〕 ''Tosca'' (shepherd boy)〔(Listing of 1960 studio recording of ''Tosca'' conducted by Manuel Rosenthal at the Operadiscography site ) accessed 27 December 2014.〕 and ''Philippine'' (Isabelle).〔(L'encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France (1918-1944), Delannoy's Philippine ) accessed 27 December 2014.〕 In 1958 she recorded excerpts from ''Carmen'' with Ken Neate, Gabriel Bacquier and Andréa Guiot on Philips P 77118 L. She also participated in the original production of ''L'Opéra d'Aran'' by Gilbert Bécaud, in 1962, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.〔(Freda Betti page at the Association de l'Art Lyrique Français website ) accessed 13 July 2015.〕 In the 1970s she was a vocal teacher at the Conservatory of Monaco. Freda Betti died at her home in Nice in 1979, at the age of 55, and is buried in the family vault "Famille Betti" with her husband in the Cimetière du Château ("Carré de l'O.N.U"). 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「Freda Betti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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