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Eva Turner
12+ albums
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Dame Eva Turner DBE (10 March, 1892–16 June,1990) was a dramatic soprano whose well-trained voice was renowned for its clarion power. Born in Werneth, Oldham, England, her first formal singing lessons were with Dan Rootham, the teacher of Clara Butt. From 1911 to 1914 she studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She began her career as a chorister with the Carl Rosa Opera Company and steadily took on larger roles such as Kate Pinkerton and the title role of Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly, Micaela in Carmen, Musetta in Puccini's La bohème, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Freia, Elsa in Lohengrin, Brünnhilde, Leonora in La Forza del destino, Leonora in Fidelio, Eva in Die Meistersinger, and the title roles in Aida, Tosca and Thaïs. In 1924 after an audition for the La Scala Company, she was engaged by Arturo Toscanini as Freia and Sieglinde for the La Scala Ring Cycle of 1924-25. The role for which she was, and remains, most famous, was the title role in Turandot. She first sang it in December 1926 at the Teatro Grande in Brescia only seven months after its première. In 1928 she performed it at Covent Garden (also playing Aida and Santuzza during the season), and in 1929 she took the part at La Scala. Recordings of her Turandot recorded live at in 1937 with Giovanni Martinelli as Calaf and John Barbirolli conducting remained unissued at the time but when finally released in the 1980s inspired reviewers to superlatives. When Vaughan Will
top songs
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Turandot: In Questa reggia
332In questa reggia (Turandot)
293Madama Butterfly: Act II: One Fine Day
204Aida: Ritorna Vincitor
175Madame Butterfly: Act II - "One Fine Day"
166Madama Butterfly: Act II, One Fine Day
137Tosca: Vissi D'Arte
118Suicidio! (La Gioconda)
109O lovely night
810D´amor sull´ali rosse (Il Trovatore)
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