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Gwyneth Jones
12+ albums
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Dame Gwyneth Jones DBE (born November 7, 1936 in Pontnewynydd, Wales) is a Welsh soprano. Dame Gwyneth studied music at the Royal College of Music, London, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena as well as the International Opera Studio in Zürich. After making her professional debut in 1962 as a mezzo-soprano in Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice, she was engaged by the Zurich Opera House. She soon discovered that her easy top range could enable her to sing soprano roles and she switched to the soprano repertoire from around 1964, her first major soprano role being Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. Dame Gwyneth came to prominence in 1964 when she stood in for Leontyne Price as Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Her career then developed rapidly, and she met with success as Aïda, Leonore (in Fidelio), Desdemona (in Otello), Elisabeth (in Don Carlos), Donna Anna (in Don Giovanni), Cio-cio-san (in Madama Butterfly), Lady Macbeth (in Verdi's Macbeth), Santuzza (in Cavalleria rusticana), Octavian (in Der Rosenkavalier), Médée (in the Italian version) and Tosca. From these, she gradually proceeded to heavier roles like Minnie (in La fanciulla del West), Chrysothemis (in Elektra), Salome, the Marschallin (in Der Rosenkavalier), Eva (in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Senta (in Der fliegende Holländer), Kundry (in Parsifal), both Venus and Elisabeth (in Tannhäuser), Helena (in Strauss's Die ägyptische Helena), Ariadne (in Ariadne auf Naxo
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"Elektra": Allein! Weh, ganz allein. (Elektra)
752Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - 4. Finale
653Symphony No.9 In D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral" / 4. : Ludwig van BEETHOVEN : Symphonie n° 9, op.125. Final : Ode à la joie (extrait)
644Symphony No.9 In D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral" / 4.-Presto- "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" -Allegro assai (Live At Staatsoper, Vienna / 1979)
535"Elektra": Elektra! (Chrysothemis, Elektra)
526Beethoven: Symphony No.9 In D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral" / 4. - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN : Symphonie n° 9, op.125. Final : Ode à la joie
507"Elektra": Ich kann nicht sitzen und ins Dunkel starren (Chrysothemis, Elektra)
438"Elektra": Es geht ein Lärm los. (Elektra, Chrysothemis)
389"Elektra": Die Götter! Bist doch selber eine Göttin. (Elektra, Klytämnestra, die Vertraute, die Schleppträgerin)
3710Beethoven: Symphony No.9 In D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral" / 4. - 4. Finale
35albums
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Les 100 chefs-d'oeuvre de la musique classique
Gwyneth Jones
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Richard Strauss: Elektra
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50 ШЕДЕВРОВ КЛАССИКИ
Classical Masterpieces Vol. 5
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100 Meisterwerke der Klassik
Wagner: Die Walküre
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral"
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Humperdinck: Hansel And Gretel
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Midnight Lounge - Chill Out Classics and Meditation
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Wagner: Parsifal