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Glenys Rae Fowles AM (born 4 November 1941; some sources say 1946〔)〔(MusiClassical.com )〕 is an Australian operatic soprano who sang with Opera Australia and its predecessors for many years. She also sang at Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, and for the New York City Opera, San Diego Opera, and Scottish Opera. She also appeared at the BBC Proms and with the New York Philharmonic.〔(Mathy Award Winners )〕 Her recording with Heather Begg of the "Flower Duet" from Delibes's ''Lakmé'' has become famous.〔(Ovation Shop )〕 ==Life and career== Fowles was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1941; she studied there with Lucy Howell.〔 She appeared as Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck's ''Hansel and Gretel'' in her school's production, at age 12.〔(The Age, 13 April 1984 )〕 Her adult debut was as Micaela in ''Carmen'' for West Australian Opera. In 1967 she won the vocal section in the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition〔(ADB: Lucy Howell )〕〔(ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards )〕 (now known as the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards).〔(ABC Classic FM )〕 In 1968 she was the first Australian to win a cash prize in the finals of the New York Metropolitan Opera Auditions,〔〔(Opera Foundation Australia )〕 when she won the $500 Ludwig Donath Memorial Metropolitan Opera Studio Scholarship.〔( Central Opera Service Bulletin )〕 She trained with the Met for two months, then joined the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera, making her debut in 1969 as Oscar in Verdi's ''Un ballo in maschera''. She appeared at Covent Garden in 1973,〔 and as Ilia in ''Idomeneo'' in 1974 at Glyndebourne.〔 For Scottish Opera she sang Sophie (''Der Rosenkavalier'') and Tatiana (''Eugene Onegin'').〔 Fowles made New York debut in 1974, as Micaela at New York City Opera (conducted by Christopher Keene), and till 1982 she was a resident lyric soprano there,〔 singing such roles as Poppea (''L'incoronazione di Poppea''), Mélisande (''Pelléas et Mélisande''), Mimì (''La bohème'') and Micaela.〔 She studied with Margarita Meyer in Sydney, Kurt Adler in New York, and Jani Strasser in London.〔(International Who's Who in Music and Musicians Directory )〕 She sang with San Diego Opera in 1977-1978 (Valencienne in ''The Merry Widow'', opposite Beverly Sills),〔(Los Angeles Times, 6 April 1992 )〕 1987-88 (Adina in ''L'elisir d'amore''), and 1991-92 (Hanna Glawari in ''The Merry Widow'').〔(San Diego Opera )〕 Glenys Fowles's Opera Australia roles include: the title role in ''Manon'',〔 Mimi, Susanna (''The Marriage of Figaro''), Sophie (1972 to Yvonne Minton's Octavian)〔(Bravo! )〕 and Marschallin (''Der Rosenkavalier''), Gilda (''Rigoletto''), Pamina (''The Magic Flute''), Tatiana, Rosina (''The Barber of Seville''), Hanna Glawari, Juliet (''Roméo et Juliette''; in 1983 to Anson Austin's Roméo),〔(State of the Arts News )〕 Liu (''Turandot'')〔 and Rosalinde (''Die Fledermaus'').〔(Atkinson et al: The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia )〕 The movie ''Foul Play'' incorporates some segments of her performance as Yum-Yum in ''The Mikado''. 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「Glenys Fowles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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