Pamela Coburn (born 29 March 1959) is an American operatic soprano. She has performed leading roles internationally, including regular performances at the Vienna State Opera, the Zürich Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Salzburg Festival. She has also recorded with notable conductors, including Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Carlos Kleiber.
Pamela Coburn | |
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| Born | 29 March 1952 |
| Education | Juilliard School |
| Occupation | Operatic soprano |
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Born in Dayton, Ohio, Coburn grew up in Cincinnati where her mother was a piano teacher and a choral conductor.[1] Coburn studied at DePauw University with Ed White, the Eastman School in Rochester, and the Juilliard School. She moved to Germany in 1980 and won the ARD International Music Competition the same year.[1][2] She won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1982.[3][4]
Her career was promoted by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. She was a member of the Bavarian State Opera from 1982 to 1987 and often returned as a guest.[1] She was Rosalinde in Strauss' Die Fledermaus in a performance with this company which was captured on video. At the Vienna State Opera, she appeared as Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte, as the Countess in his Le nozze di Figaro, and as Ellen in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes,[5] a role which she also performed at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and in Munich.[1] She sang Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Opéra de Marseille (France) in 1988 and also appeared as the Countess at the Salzburg Festival in 1991 and at the Metropolitan Opera.[1] Her roles have included Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare, Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Elettra in his Idomeneo, and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss.[1]
Coburn recorded Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt in a production of the Zürich Opera. In 1990, she recorded Mozart's L'oca del Cairo conducted by Peter Schreier.[6] She has made many other recordings in both opera and concert.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Kutsch, Karl-Josef; Riemens, Leo, eds. (2003). "Coburn, Pamela". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German). Vol. 1 (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. p. 860. ISBN 3-598-11598-9.
- ^ "Preisträger Gesang des Internationalen Musikwettbewerbs der ARD" (PDF) (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Guenther, Roy (10 May 1983). "Pamela Coburn's Vocal Mastery". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Metropolitan Opera National Council Winners" (PDF). Metropolitan Opera. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Vorstellungen mit Pamela Coburn". Vienna State Opera (in German). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Steiger, Karsten (1983). Opern-Diskographie: Verzeichnis aller Audio- und Video-Gesamtaufnahmen (in German). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 41, 290. ISBN 9783110955965.
External links edit
- Pamela Coburn at AllMusic
- Pamela Coburn discography at Discogs
