#reri grist

[detroitlib]

Portrait of soprano Reri Grist as Rosina in Rossini's opera, "The Barber of Seville." Printed on front: "Louis Melancon. Metropolitan Opera House, New York City." Louis Melancon, New York, N.Y." Label on back: "Metropolitan Opera Assn., Inc. Press Dept. Reri Grist as Rosina in Rossini's 'Il barbiere di Siviglia.'"

E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

#reri grist #louis melancon #opera #music #soprano #singers #metropolitan opera #rosina #rossini #il barbiere di siviglia #the barber of seville #vintage #vintage music #singer #detroit public library

[onegentlemansescapades]

Black History Month: Some of the greatest African-American opera divas of the 20th century: Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Shirley Verrett, Reri Grist, Grace Bumbry, Martina Arroyo, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, Leona Mitchell and Maria Ewing.

#marian anderson #leontyne price #shirley verrett #reri grist #grace bumbry #martina arroyo #jessye norman #kathleen battle #leona mitchell #maria ewing #legendary #opera divas #opera icons

[culturalappreciator]

#reri grist #songstress #opera #classical

[cartermagazine]

Today In History

Grace Bumbry, famed mezzo-soprano opera singer, was born January 4, 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was a member of a pioneering generation of singers beginning with Leontyne Price and including Martina Arroyo, Shirley Verrett, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, and Reri Grist, who succeeded Marian Anderson in the worlds of opera and classical music.

They paved the way for future generations of African American opera and concert singers. Bumbry’s voice was rich and dynamic, possessing a wide range, and was capable of producing a very distinctive plangent tone.

CARTER™ Magazine

#carter magazine #carter #historyandhiphop365 #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #history #cartermagazine #today in history #staywoke #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #Grace bumbry

[princesssarisa]

Opera on YouTube 6

Pagliacci

Franco Enriques studio film, 1954 (Franco Corelli, Mafalda Micheluzzi, Tito Gobbi; conducted by Alfredo Simonetto; no subtitles)

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 1961 (Mario del Monaco, Gabriella Tucci, Aldo Protti; conducted by Giuseppe Morelli; Japanese subtitles)

Herbert von Karajan studio film, 1968 (Jon Vickers, Raina Kabaivanska, Peter Glossop; conducted by Herbert von Karajan; no subtitles)

Franco Zeffirelli film, 1983 (Plácido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons; conducted by Georges Prêtre; English subtitles) – Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI

Metropolitan Opera, 1994 (Luciano Pavarotti, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons; conducted by James Levine; Spanish subtitles)

Ravena Festival, 1998 (Plácido Domingo, Svetla Vassileva, Juan Pons; conducted by Riccardo Muti; Italian subtitles)

Zürich Opera House, 2009 (José Cura, Fiorenza Cedolins, Carlo Guelfi; conducted by Stefano Ranzani; no subtitles)

Chorégies d'Orange, 2009 (Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula, Seng-Hyoun Ko; conducted by Georges Prêtre; French subtitles)

Gran Teatre del Liceu, 2011 (Marcello Giordani, Angeles Blancas, Vittorio Vitelli; conducted by Daniele Callegari; English subtitles – ignore the silly references to Norse mythology and aliens that the translator threw in, they're not in the actual libretto)

Latvian National Opera, 2019 (Sergei Polyakov, Tatiana Trenogina, Vladislav Sulimsky; conducted by Jānis Liepiņš; no subtitles)

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Dresden State Opera, 1977 (Armin Ude, Carolyn Smith-Meyer, Barbara Sternberer, Rolf Tomaszewski; conducted by Peter Gülke; no subtitles)

Bavarian State Opera, 1980 (Francisco Araiza, Edita Gruberova, Reri Grist, Martti Talvela; conducted by Karl Böhm; English subtitles)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1988 (Deon van der Walt, Inga Nielson, Lillian Watson, Kurt Moll; conducted by Georg Solti; English subtitles)

Salzburg Festival, 1989 (Deon van der Walt, Inga Nielson, Lillian Watson, Kurt Rydl; conducted by Horst Stein; no subtitles)

Théâtre du Châtelet, 1991 (Stanford Olsen, Luba Orgonasova, Cyndia Sieden, Cornelius Hauptmann; conducted by John Eliot Gardiner; French subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 1989 (Kurt Streit, Aga Winska, Elzbieta Szmytka, Artur Korn; conducted by Nicolaus Harnoncourt; Hungarian subtitles) – Act I, Act II

Teatro della Pergola, 2002 (Rainer Trost, Eva Mei, Patrizia Ciofi, Kurt Rydl; conducted by Zubin Mehta; Spanish subtitles)

Gran Teatre del Liceu, 2012 (Christoph Strehl, Diana Damrau, Olga Peretyatko, Franz-Josef Selig; conducted by Ivor Bolton; Catalan subtitles)

Bankhead Theatre, 2018 (David Walton, Alexandra Batsios, Elena Galvan, Kevin Langan; conducted by Alex Katsman; English subtitles)

Theatro São Pedro, 2023 (Daniel Umbelino, Ludmilla Bauerfeldt, Ana Carolina Coutinho, Luiz-Ottavio Faria; conducted by Cláudio Cruz; Brazilian Portuguese subtitles)

Un Ballo in Maschera

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 1967 (Carlo Bergonzi, Antonietta Stella, Mario Zanassi; conducted by Oliviero di Fabritiis; Spanish subtitles)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1975 (Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Piero Cappuccilli; conducted by Claudio Abbado, English subtitles)

Teatro alla Scala, 1978 (Luciano Pavarotti, Mara Zampieri, Piero Cappuccilli; conducted by Claudio Abbado; Italian subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1980 (Luciano Pavarotti, Katia Ricciarelli, Louis Quilico; conducted by Giuseppe Patané; no subtitles)

Royal Swedish Opera, 1986 (Nicolai Gedda, Siv Wennberg, Carl Johan Falkman; conducted by Eri Klas; sung in Swedish; Swedish subtitles)

Salzburg Festival, 1990 (Plácido Domingo, Josephine Barstow, Leo Nucci; conducted by Georg Solti; Spanish subtitles)

Leipzig Opera House, 2006 (Massimiliano Pisapia, Chiara Taigi, Franco Vassallo; conducted by Riccardo Chailly; English subtitles) – Part I, Part II

Teatro Regio di Torino, 2012 (Gregory Kunde, Oksana Dyka, Gabriele Viviani; conducted by Renato Palumbo; no subtitles) – Part I, Part II

Chorégies d'Orange, 2013 (Ramón Vargas, Kristin Lewis, Lucio Gallo; conducted by Alain Altinoglu; French subtitles)

Arena di Verona, 2014 (Francesco Meli, Hui He, Luca Salsi; conducted by Andrea Battistoni; no subtitles)

Cavalleria Rusticana

Giorgio Strehler studio film, 1968 (Gianfranco Cecchele, Fiorenza Cossotto; conducted by Herbert von Karajan; no subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1974 (Franco Tagliavini, Grace Bumbry; conducted by John Nelson; no subtitles)

Franco Zeffirelli film, 1983 (Plácido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova; conducted by Georges Prêtre; no subtitles)

Ravenna Festival, 1996 (José Cura, Waltraud Meier; conducted by Riccardo Muti; Italian subtitles)

Ópera de Bellas Artes, 2008 (Alfredo Portilla, Violeta Dávalos; conducted by Marco Zambelli; Spanish subtitles)

Zürich Opera, 2009 (José Cura, Paoletta Marrocu; conducted by Stefano Ranzani; no subtitles)

Chorégies d'Orange, 2009 (Roberto Alagna, Beatrice Uria-Monzon; conducted by Georges Prêtre; French subtitles)

Gran Teatre del Liceu, 2011 (Marcello Giordani, Ildiko Komlosi; conducted by Daniele Gallegari; Spanish subtitles)

Mikhailovsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, 2012 (Fyodor Ataskevich, Iréne Theorin; conducted by Daniele Rustioni; English subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 2019 (Younghoon Lee, Elina Garanča; conducted by Graeme Jenkins; English subtitles)

#opera #youtube #complete performances #pagliacci #die entführung aus dem serail #the abduction from the seraglio #un ballo in maschera #cavalleria rusticana #ruggero leoncavallo #wolfgang amadeus mozart #giuseppe verdi #pietro mascagni

[lboogie1906]

Grace Melzia Bumbry (born January 4, 1937), an opera singer, is considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, as well as a major soprano earlier in her career. She is a member of a pioneering generation of African-American opera and classical singers (including Jessye Norman, Leontyne Price, Martina Arroyo, Shirley Verrett, and Reri Grist) who followed Marian Anderson in the world of opera and classical music paving the way for future African-American opera and concert singers. Her voice was rich and dynamic, possessing a wide range, and was capable of producing a very distinctive plangent tone. She was born in St. Louis, the third child of Benjamin and Melzia Bumbry. In her prime, she possessed good agility and bel canto technique (see for example her renditions of the 'Veil Song' from Verdi's Don Carlo in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as her Ernani from the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1984). She was particularly noted for her fiery temperament and dramatic intensity on stage. More recently, she has become known as a recitalist and interpreter of lieder, and as a teacher. From the late 1980s on, she concentrated her career in Europe, rather than in the US. A long-time resident of Switzerland, she now makes her home in Salzburg, Austria. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #zetaphibeta https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm_iJigLoUZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #zetaphibeta

[twixnmix]

Coloratura soprano Reri Grist photographed by Carl Van Vechten on December 15, 1959.

#Reri Grist #coloratura soprano #opera #singer #1959 #african american #1950s #photography #glamour #1950s fashion #1950s music

[goldencarrot]

#Reri Grist #Carl Van Vechten #photography

[musicalirica]

Reri Grist - such a beautiful pure voice. Perhaps my favourite Despina, and my go-to Gilda when I want to listen to something different than the usual type voices in that role.

#reri grist #soprano #opera

[vintagewoc]

Reri Grist (1965)

#reri grist #60s

[detroitlib]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791)

View of soprano Reri Grist, as Susanna, and unidentified singer in Mozart's opera, "Marriage of Figaro." Stamped on back: "Salzburger Festspiele 1967, 'Figaros Hochzeit.' Salzburger Festspiele Presseburo. Dieses Pressephoto kann in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften honorarfrei reproduziert werden, seng der Vermerk 'Presseburo Salzburger Festspiele' oder 'P.S.F.' beigefugt wird. Publication autorisee seulement avec la mention 'Presseburo Salzburger Festspiele' ou 'P.S.F.' Publication permitted only when 'Presseburo Salzburger Festspiele' or 'P.S.F.' is mentioned." Handwritten on back: "Grist, Reri."

Courtesy of the E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

#mozart #wolfgang amadeus mozart #marriage of figaro #music #opera #reri grist #salzburg #opera singers #figaro #music history #presseburo salzburger festspiele #psf #susanna #detroit public library

[barcarole]

Leontyne Price, Shirley Verrett and Reri Grist recording Verdi’s Ballo in maschera, ca. 1950s.

#Leontyne Price #Shirley Verrett #Reri Grist #Giuseppe Verdi #Opera #Music

[culturalappreciator]

#reri grist #songstress #classical #opera

[cartermagazine]

Today In History Grace Bumbry, famed mezzo-soprano opera singer, was born January 4, 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was a member of a pioneering generation of singers beginning with Leontyne Price and including Martina Arroyo, Shirley Verrett, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, and Reri Grist, who succeeded Marian Anderson in the worlds of opera and classical music. They paved the way for future generations of African-American opera and concert singers. Bumbry's voice was rich and dynamic, possessing a wide range, and was capable of producing a very distinctive plangent tone. CARTER™ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #gracebumbry #blackhistory #staywoke #blackhistorymonth #history #opera #blacktwitter https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm_fnZMOFyt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #gracebumbry #blackhistory #staywoke #blackhistorymonth #history #opera #blacktwitter

[princesssarisa]

The Top 40 Most Popular Operas, Part 4 (#31 through #40)

A quick guide for newcomers to the genre, with links to online video recordings of complete performances, with English subtitles whenever possible.

Donizetti's Don Pasquale

Another comedy of manners with a melodic bel canto score.

Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, 2003 (Alessandro Corbelli, Eva Mei, Antonino Siragusa, Roberto de Candia; conducted by Gérard Korsrten)

Verdi's Macbeth

The first of Verdi's great Shakespearean operas.

Zürich Opera, 2001 (Thomas Hampson, Paoletta Marrocu, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Luis Lima; conducted by Franz Welser-Möst)

Beethoven's Fidelio

Beethoven's only opera, a drama of love, courage, and idealism in the face of political corruption.

Vienna State Opera, 1979 (Gundula Janowitz, René Kollo, Hans Sotin, Manfred Jungwirth, Lucia Popp; conducted by Leonard Bernstein)

Gounod's Faust

One of the most wildly popular operas in the 19th and early 20th centuries: a melodic French interpretation of the Faust legend.

Vienna State Opera, 1985 (Francisco Araiza, Gabriela Benacková, Ruggero Raimondi; conducted by Erich Binder)

Richard Strauss's Salome

Strauss's one-act operatic translation Oscar Wilde's erotic and powerful Biblically-inspired play.

Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 2010 (Erika Sunnegårdh, Mark S. Doss, Robert Brubaker, Dalia Schaechter, Mark Milhofer; conducted by Nicola Luisotti)

Puccini's Gianni Schicchi

Puccini's only comic opera, a rollicking one-act farce inspired by a passage from Dante's Divine Comedy.

Teatro alla Scala, 2008 (Leo Nucci, Nino Machiadze, Vittorio Grigolo, Cinzia De Mola; conducted by Riccardo Chailly)

Verdi's Don Carlo

A grand, tragic historical drama of politics, love vs. duty, intergenerational conflict, friendship (of the vaguely homoerotic variety), and abuse of power.

Metropolitan Opera, 1983 (Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Louis Quilico, Grace Bumbry, Ferruccio Furlanetto; conducted by James Levine)

Bellini's Norma

A great bel canto soprano vehicle, depicting a tragic love triangle amid the Roman conquest of Gaul.

Sydney Opera House, 1978 (Joan Sutherland, Margareta Elkins, Ron Stevens, Clifford Grant; conducted by Richard Bonynge)

Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos

A unique "opera within an opera" that explores the themes of comedy vs. drama and "low art" vs. "high art."

Salzburg Festival, 1965 (Hildegard Hillebrecht, Sena Jurinac, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas; conducted by Karl Böhm)

Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice)

A groundbreaking early Classical interpretation of the Orpheus myth, replacing the pageantry of Baroque opera with "noble simplicity."

Feature film, 2014 (Bejun Mehta, Eva Liebau, Regula Mühlemann; conducted by Vaclav Luks) (no subtitles; read the libretto in English translation here)

#opera #top 40 #31 through 40 #video #complete performances #english subtitles #don pasquale #macbeth #fidelio #faust #salome #gianni schicchi #don carlo #norma #ariadne auf naxos #orfeo ed euridice

[jempai]

Beethoven isn’t black. There are, however, a multitude of incredibly talented Black classical composers whose works deserve to be more well known. Here is just a couple of my favorite Black composers and one or two works of theirs  I love:

Terence Blanchard (1962- ): Fire Shut Up in My Bones Florence Price (1887-1953): Songs to the Dark Virgin, Five Folksongs in Counterpoint William Grant Still (1895-1978): Afro-American Symphony, The Breath of a Rose Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799): Op. 11, Symphony in D Major, no. 2 Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989): Scenes from the Life of a Martyr Julius Eastman (1940-1990): Stay on It, The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc Julia Perry (1924-1979): Song of Our Savior, Stabat Mater Harry Lawrence Freedman (1869-1954): Voodoo Catalina Berroa Ojea (1849-1911): Save for two voices John Rosalind Johnson (1873-1954): Lift Every Voice and Sing Margaret Bonds (1913-1972): Ballad of a brown king Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007): The Mother of Three Sons George Bridgetower (1778-1860): Henry: A ballad And just to top it off, some of my favorite black opera singers: Reri Grist (soprano), Eric Owns (bass), Jessye Norman (soprano), Marian Anderson (contralto), Pretty Yende (soprano), Leontyne Price (soprano), and Shirley Verrett (soprano) This is only a slim number of black composers and singers who exist. Please research and expose yourself to classical music that isn’t just old dead white guys. Don’t let their names and music be forgotten just because the institution of classical music is racist and blocked them at every turn.

#mumblings #classical music #opera #blm