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Jill Gomez, Countess of Northesk (born 21 September 1942) is a Trinidadian and British soprano who enjoyed an active career on the operatic stage and in the concert hall in a wide repertoire, and has made many recordings. == Life and career == Gomez was born in New Amsterdam, Guyana〔Blyth, A. Jill Gomez. In: ''The New Grove Dictonary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.〕 to a Hispano-Trinidadian father and British mother, both white; was raised in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; and has made her career primarily in the United Kingdom. After studying briefly at St. Joseph's Convent (Port of Spain) in Trinidad and dominating at the islands' biennial Music Festival, she moved to England at 13, where she studied at London's Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama.〔("You should be in opera" by Michael Church, in ''Caribbean Beat'' magazine (Issue #7, 1993) )〕 She made her stage debut as Adina in Donizetti's ''L'elisir d'amore'' with the Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1968.〔 She then created the role of Flora in ''The Knot Garden'' at the Royal Opera, London in 1970 and that of the Countess in Thea Musgrave's ''The Voice of Ariadne'' at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1973. She also appeared in productions by the English National Opera (Governess), Scottish Opera (Elisabeth, Pamina, Anne Truelove, Leïla), Oper Frankfurt (Cleopatra), Kent Opera (Tatyana, Violetta, Aminta, Donna Anna), Glyndebourne (Mélisande, ''La Calisto''), Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux (Fiordiligi), Wexford (Thaïs and Rosaura) and Teresa at the Berlioz Festival in Lyon.〔 She worked closely with Jonathan Miller in ''La traviata'' for Kent Opera (Edinburgh Festival and UK tour), and ''Eugene Onegin'' and ''The Turn of the Screw'' (with ENO). She also played the Governess with the English Opera Group with the composer, Benjamin Britten, present.〔Symbolic confusion Jill Gomez talks to Simon Mundy. Classical Music 29 March 1980.〕 Gomez was outspoken about the "international opera circus" and had no ambition to sing at the largest houses, preferring smaller venues such as Zürich where there is sufficient rehearsal time.〔 She appeared in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's production of ''Lucio Silla'' there, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. She also sang Arne cantatas with Jaap Schröder and Concerto Amsterdam.〔 She took part in Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with the Israel Philharmonic under Solti. As well as recording of Ravel, with Boulez she performed the Webern Opp. 13 and 14 song cycles.〔 In 1995 Gomez created the lead role of the Duchess of Argyll in ''Powder Her Face''. Her recording of the latter role was nominated for a Grammy Award, and in ''Allmusic'' Erik Eriksson wrote: "Gomez's portrayal is a ''tour de force'', alternately opulent and unhinged. She achieves the difficult task of making a figure of ridicule into a person who evokes sympathy from the listener."〔Erik Eriksson, (Jill Gomez Biography ), ''Allmusic'', All Media Guide, LLC. (accessed 6 December 2007)〕 Alongside ''The Knot Garden'' and ''The Voice of Ariadne'', she was also in the premieres of ''Miss Julie'' (William Alwyn, 1979) and ''Maddalena'' (Prokofiev, radio, 1980).〔Adam, Nicky (ed). Jill Gomez. In: ''Who's Who in British Opera.'' Scolar Press, Aldershot, 1993〕 Her TV debut was in the series ''Music Now'' produced by John Drummond in 1968–69,〔Drummond, J. ''Tainted by Experience''. Faber & Faber, London, 2000, p171.〕 and other TV and film credits include the French film ''Une Femme française'', and television programmes ''A Ladies Knight!'' (1987), ''Rattle on Britten'' (1985) and a BBC programme Opera in Rehearsal: ''The Marriage of Figaro'' Act 2 with Anthony Besch (1973).〔(British Film Institute search for Jill Gomez ), accessed 15 January 2014.〕 Gomez lives in Cambridgeshire with her husband, music critic Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk. 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「Jill Gomez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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