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Rae Woodland (9 April 1922 – 12 December 2013) was a British soprano who studied with Roy Henderson. Her debut was as Queen of the Night at Sadlers Wells. She sang in many European festivals, and debuted at Covent Garden in ''La sonnambula'' with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti. She was first asked to sing for Benjamin Britten on the English Opera Group's tour of Russia, and played many roles for him subsequently. She also created roles for Gottfried von Einem, Nicholas Maw and Sir Arthur Bliss, and made many live broadcasts for the BBC, from the RAH'' Proms'' to ''Friday Night is Music Night''. She retired from the opera stage in 1984. She then taught singing at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and at the Britten-Pears School in Snape Maltings on the invitation of Sir Peter Pears. ==Recordings== *''Bliss: Bliss conducts Bliss'' Woodland with John Shirley Quirk and the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Arthur Bliss *''Bliss: The Olympians'' Woodland with Anne Pashley et al., Polyphonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, under Bryan Fairfax, live at the Royal Festival Hall, 1972 *''Graun: Montezuma'' Woodland with Joan Sutherland, Elizabeth Harwood, et al., and Ambrosian Singers, London Philharmonic, under Richard Bonynge, (Decca Reissue 1999) *''Mahler: Symphony no 2'' Woodland with Janet Baker, BBC Chorus and Choral Society and the London Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski *''Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream'' Woodland, Helen Watts, London Philharmonic, under Grumiaux (Philips) *''Mozart: Idomeneo'' Woodland as Elettra with Peter Pears, Heather Harper, under Benjamin Britten, 1969 *''Mozart: Idomeneo'' Woodland as Elettra with Jessye Norman, Nicolai Gedda, under Colin Davis, Live recording, Rome Opera,1971 *''Novello: Glamorous Night'' Woodland as Militza with Monica Sinclair, and Robert Thomas under (Dods (conductor) ), circa 1964 (EMI LP TWO-243) *''Strauss: Intermezzo'' Woodland with Felicity Lott, John Pringle, Elizabeth Gale, under Gustav Kuhn (conductor), 1983, Glyndebourne (DVD issued 2011) *''Verdi: Macbeth'' Woodland with Kostas Paskalis, Josephine Barstow, under John Pritchard, Glyndebourne, 1972 (Naxos) 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「Rae Woodland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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