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Teresa Stich-Randall (December 24, 1927July 17, 2007) was a European-based American soprano opera singer.〔(''Playbill'' "Soprano Teresa Stich-Randall Dies at 79" 23 July 2007 )〕 ==Biography== Teresa Stich-Randall was born in New Hartford, Connecticut in 1927 and studied at Hartford School of Music in Hartford under Ivan Velikanoff.〔Her first appearance in a major production was at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in 1943.(AP via the ''Washington Post'', "Acclaimed Soprano Teresa Stich-Randall, 79" 25 July 2007 )〕 Her operatic debut was in the role of Henrietta M.〔(''New York Times'' "Teresa Stich-Randall, 79, American Operatic Soprano, Is Dead" July 24, 2007 (with correction, August 4, 2007) )〕 in Virgil Thomson's ''The Mother of Us All'' in 1947 and she sang the title role in Otto Luening's ''Evangeline'' in 1948.〔 She was discovered in the late 1940s by Arturo Toscanini, who engaged her for a series of performances with his NBC Symphony Orchestra in New York.〔 Toscanini described her at the time as "the find of the century".〔 She appeared as Nanetta in his two-part NBC radio broadcast of Verdi's ''Falstaff'', in 1950, one of Toscanini's most acclaimed performances. It was also released on LP, 45-RPM, and CD. Stich-Randall travelled on a Fulbright Scholarship to Europe, where she made her name as a singer.〔 She made her European debut in Florence and won a competition in Lausanne the following year. This led to appearances with the Basel Opera in Switzerland. Stich-Randall was a regular performer with the Vienna State Opera and at the Salzburg Festival.〔 From 1955, she was a regular at summer events at Aix-en-Provence in France, where her portrayals of Donna Anna in ''Don Giovanni'' and the Countess in ''The Marriage of Figaro'' were highly esteemed.〔( Adieu à Donna Anna ) (French)〕 In 1962, the Austrian Government awarded her the title of Kammersängerin, given to esteemed vocal artists.〔 Stich-Randall made her debut at the Chicago Lyric Opera as Gilda in ''Rigoletto'' in 1955. She first sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in ''Così fan tutte'' in 1961 and remained on their roster of singers until 1966.〔 Stich-Randall made her Boston debut in 1963 for the Peabody Mason Concert series.〔''Christian Science Monitor'', 16-Feb-1963, Louis Chapin, "Stich-Randall delights in Mason series", Boston〕 Stich-Randall appeared on a number of notable recordings including ''Falstaff'', ''Der Rosenkavalier'', ''The Marriage of Figaro'' and ''L'Orfeo''.〔 Her career had largely ended by 1980 and she died in Vienna, aged 79, in 2007, of natural causes.〔 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「Teresa Stich-Randall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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