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right Robert Nagy (March 3, 1929 – November 7, 2008) was an American operatic tenor who had a lengthy and fruitful association with the Metropolitan Opera that lasted for three decades. His association with the Met began when he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1956. He mostly portrayed comprimario roles at the Met where his most memorable early role was the Messenger in ''Aida''; a role he sang 172 times for the company. He notably sang in the world premieres of two operas by Samuel Barber at the Met: ''Vanessa'' (1958) and ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (1966). He also sang in the company premieres of ''Die Frau ohne Schatten'' (1966), ''Billy Budd'' (1978) and ''L'enfant et les sortilèges'' (1981). Although Nagy specialized in supporting roles, he also portrayed several leading parts at the Met, among them Florestan in ''Fidelio'', Herodes in ''Salome'', and the Drum Major in ''Wozzeck'. He remained on the Met roster through the end of the 1987–88 season, performing 1,187 performances with the Met during his thirty years with the company. Nagy also appeared with the New York City Opera, from 1969 to 1976. His debut was as Luigi in ''Il tabarro'', and possibly his most notable role there was Faust in the new production, directed by Tito Capobianco, of ''Mefistofele'', starring Norman Treigle in the name part, in 1969. == Abridged Videography == * Strauss: ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' (Watson, Sills; Leinsdorf, 1969) (Version ) VAI * Strauss: ''Elektra'' (Nilsson, McIntyre; Levine, Graf, 1980) DG 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「Robert Nagy (tenor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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