Barbara Bonney
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Biography
[Edit]Barbara Bonney is one of her generation's most versatile singers, having achieved equal success with lied, oratorio, modern vocal music, and opera, and on top of all that having become a highly proficient cellist. Her smallish but well-projected voice is especially suited to Mozart, the lighter Richard Strauss operas, and all but the heaviest lieder, and she has been careful in her choice of repertoire; even in her fortiess, she can still call forth a fresh, girlish timbre when it is needed.
Her family was not a musical one, and it was only by chance that her parents discovered she had perfect pitch and a sense of music—when she was three, they noticed that she could perfectly imitate musical noises, such as the melody that one of the household clocks chimed. When she was older, she started piano, but found that she preferred the more songful tones of the cello. It was an interest in German that led to her singing career—as a college student at the University of New Hampshire she decided to spend a year studying at the University of Salzburg. She worked a wide variety of jobs to support herself, including cooking, selling produce at a vegetable stand, and copying music, and one day a friend suggested that she audition for the famed Mozarteum orchestra there. She hadn't brought her cello overseas with her, since the costs of shipping were prohibitive, so instead she prepared a song for her audition, and was offered a position as a lieder student. Spurred on by this success, she auditioned for the Darmstadt Opera (knowing only two arias out of the entire operatic repertoire), and was given the ingenue role of Anna in Nicolai's Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor). During her years with the company, she learned over forty operatic roles.
In 1984, she made her Vienna State Opera debut as Sophie in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, a role which was to become one of her most famous. Another characteristic role, that of Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflõte, she first undertook in her 1985 La Scala debut. In 1987, she sang Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier at Monte Carlo, which brought her to the attention of conductor Carlos Kleiber. Lucia Popp, too, greatly admired her Sophie, and when Popp relinquished the role, moving on to the Marschallin, she declared that she was passing it on to Bonney, the Sophie of the next generation. Her Met debut was in 1988, as Naiad in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos. During the 1990s, increasingly able to pick and choose what roles and repertoire she would sing, she began to reduce her operatic roles to a few of her special favorites, such as Pamina, Susanna (in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro), and Ilia (in his Idomeneo), and adding a few new roles, such as Zdenka in Strauss's Arabella and Hanna Glawari (in Lehár's Die lustige Witwe [The Merry Widow]). Like Popp, she chose to drop the role of Sophie, leaving it for younger singers. This would allow her to spend more time singing lieder performances, and also to teach.
She was briefly married to baritone Hakan Hagegard. Among her recordings, her Mozart arias (London 460 571) and Schubert lieder (Teldec 90873) capture her voice and singing quite well.
Title: Schubert: Trout Quintet & Arpeggione Sonata
Artist: Yo - Yo Ma, Barbara Bonney, Emanuel Ax, Pamela Frank, Edgar Meyer, Rebecca Young
Genre: Classical
Title: Schubert: Trout Quintet, Arpeggione Sonata & Die Forelle
Artist: Yo - Yo Ma, Barbara Bonney, Emanuel Ax
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito
Artist: Cecilia Bartoli, Barbara Bonney, Uwe Heilmann, Christopher Hogwood, Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus
Genre: Classical
Title: Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione sonata; Die Forelle
Artist: Barbara Bonney, Emanuel Ax, Pamela Frank, Edgar Meyer, Rebecca Young
Genre:
Title: Beethoven: Fidelio
Artist: Peter Seiffert, Barbara Bonney, Sergei Leiferkus, Charlotte Margiono, Deon Van Der Walt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Reinaldo MacIas, Robert Florianschutz, Boje Skovhus, Arnold Schönberg Chor / Arnold Schonberg Chor, Lázló Polgár / Lazlo Polgar
Genre: Opera
Collections
Title: When Love Speaks - The Sonnets
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Title: Mozart - The 50 Best Classical Masterpieces
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Title: Decca 75 - A Celebration
Genre:
Title: Angels - Christmas With the Great Sopranos
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Title: The Decca Sound - Highlights
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Title: Classics For My Baby
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Title: The #1 Opera Album II
Genre: Opera
Title: Wagner: Complete Operas (Vol. 1)
Genre: Opera
Title: Essential Baroque
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Title: Mozart 250 (iTunes Exclusive)
Genre:
Title: Sinfini Music: Best Sopranos
Genre:
Title: The Classical Sound of London
Genre: Classical
Title: Ultimate Haydn
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Title: Mozart: Schatten und Licht
Genre:
Title: The # 1 Mozart Album
Genre:
Title: Baroque and More
Genre:
Title: The John Dowland Collection
Genre:
Title: Discover Mozart
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Title: Love Moods - The Most Romantic Classics
Genre:
Title: The # 1 Soprano Album
Genre: Opera
Title: The Legend of Sacred Music
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Title: Schumann: Lieder (200th Anniversary)
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Title: 111 Classics For Christmas
Genre:
Title: I Love Mom
Genre:
Title: The 50 Absolute Essentials of Classical Music
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Title: Baroque Adagios
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Title: Classic Lullabies - Music for the sweetest dreams
Genre:
Title: Absolute Masterworks - Angels
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Title: 111 More Classic Tracks
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Title: Brahms: Complete Choral Works (Collectors Edition)
Genre: Choral
Title: Prima Donnas Vol 2
Genre: World Music
Title: Weekend Favourites
Genre:
Title: Brahms Edition: Works for Chorus and Orchestra
Genre:
Title: Best of Grieg
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Title: Compact Disc Club - Voices In Harmony CD 4
Genre: Classical
Title: Absolute Opera (CD3)
Title: 50 Chefs-D’œuvre De Mozart
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart - The Christmas Album
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: Elvis Und Hänsel Und Grete 2018
Genre: Classical
Title: 100 Christmas Masterworks 2018 (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Aria: Bachs Schönste Arien
Genre: Classical
Title: 100 Chefs-D'oeuvre De La Musique Classique II (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: 100 Chefs-D'oeuvre De La Musique Classique II (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart 225: The Late Operas (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: The Power Of Mozart (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Autumnal Grieg (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Autumnal Donizetti
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart Cosy Moments (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Relaxed Holidays With Grieg (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Relaxed Holidays With Grieg (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart - Christmas Present (CD1)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: Mozart - Winter Vibes (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Archiv Produktion - Baroque Masterpieces (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart: Autumn Leaves (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Cosy Fireplace With Grieg (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Cosy Fireplace With Grieg (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Cosy Fireplace With Grieg (CD3)
Genre: Classical
Title: Deep Dive - Grieg (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Deep Dive - Grieg (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Positive Classical For Kids
Genre: Kids
Featuring albums
Title: Mahler: The Symphonies
Artist: Riccardo Chailly, Radio - Symphonie - Orchester Berlin, Concertgebouworkest
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart: Opera Essentials
Artist: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Netherlands Opera Chorus, Concertgebouworkest
Genre: Opera
Title: Schubert: Essentials
Artist: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Concertgebouworkest, Theodor Guschlbauer, Vermeer Quartet
Genre:
Title: Harnoncourt conducts Beethoven
Artist: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe
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Title: Harnoncourt Conducts Johann Strauss II
Artist: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concertgebouworkest
Genre:
Title: Grieg: Peer Gynt - Sigurd Jorsalfar
Artist: Neeme Järvi / Neeme Jarvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Genre:
Title: The Classical Guide to Schubert
Artist: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Concertgebouworkest, Theodor Guschlbauer, Vermeer Quartet
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Title: Mozart: Essentials
Artist: Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Netherlands Opera Chorus, Concertgebouworkest
Genre:
Title: The Classical Guide to Mozart Opera
Artist: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Netherlands Opera Chorus, Concertgebouworkest
Genre: Opera
Title: Giulini in Vienna
Artist: Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker
Genre:
Title: Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe / Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe
Artist: John Eliot Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker
Genre:
Title: Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Franz Mazura
Genre: Classical
Title: Mendelssohn: Essentials
Artist: Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Armin Jordan, Maxim Vengerov
Genre:
Title: J.S. Bach: The Great Choral Masterpieces
Artist: Peter Schreier, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden
Genre:
Title: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Ode to Joy'
Artist: Simon Rattle, Wiener Philharmoniker
Genre: Orchestral, Orchestral
Title: Grieg: Complete Music With Orchestra
Artist: Neeme Järvi / Neeme Jarvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Genre:
Title: Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (3 CD's)
Artist: The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists
Genre:
Title: Wagner: Tannhäuser (3 CDs) / Wagner: Tannhauser (3 CDs)
Artist: Giuseppe Sinopoli, Covent Garden
Genre: Classical
Title: Grieg: Peer Gynt; Sigurd Jorsalfar (2 CD's)
Artist: Neeme Järvi / Neeme Jarvi, Goteborgs Symfoniker
Genre: Classical