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Teresa Stratas TERESA STRATAS was born on May 26, 1938, in Toronto, Canada, to a poor family of Greek immigrants, and was hailed as a young Callas when she appeared as a comet in the international opera firmament in the early 60 ‘ s. Teresa Stratas and Antonio Theba in Lehar's Opera Stratas passed in a seemingly effortless way from that picture in which she showed a wordly happiness and feminine fullness, from those days of ovations in New York, Toronto, Vienna, Paris or London to a total discretion and silence. www.freewebs.com /voicemag/summer05/ricardo.htm   (765 words)

Stratas Text   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) Stratas’ mother, whom she loved and doted upon, died at the relatively early age of 52 in 1963. Stratas’ umbilical ties to her own past have always prevented her from indulging in the glittering social orbit of the operatic world. Stratas, who vows she is not rich by any stretch of the imagination, had just in fact cancelled a trip to Europe a few days before this interview. www.wideopenwest.com /~eirish/Article1.html   (2445 words)

Teresa Stratas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Teresa Stratas, OC (born Anastasia Stratakis, May 26, 1938, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian soprano. Teresa Stratas - The Unknown Kurt Weill Nonesuch 79019 Stratas, Edita Gruberová, Luis Lima, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Vienna Philharmonic, cond. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Teresa_Stratas   (665 words)

Sony Classical Artist: TERESA STRATAS, (Biography)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) Teresa Stratas began voice lessons at the age of 12 and made her radio debut singing Greek pop songs at 13. Stratas possesses a lyric soprano, smooth and rich throughout its range. Stratas became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1972, and the CMCouncil named her artist of the year in 1980. www.sonyclassical.com /artists/stratas/bio.htm   (473 words)

Canada's Walk of Fame: Teresa Stratas, Opera Soprano Stratas began formal voice training at age 12, the same year she made her professional debut singing Greek favourites for audiences on CBC Radio's Songs of My People. Stratas holds five honorary degrees - from the University of Toronto, York University, McMaster University in Hamilton, the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, New York, and the Julliard School of Music in New York. Stratas was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1972 and last year was presented with the Governor General's Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Performing Arts. www.canadaswalkoffame.com /inductees/01_teresa_stratas.xml.htm   (793 words)

classical music - andante - berg lulu (cpted cerha). Teresa Stratas (soprano) Lulu; Franz Mazura (baritone) Dr Schön, Jack the Ripper; Kenneth Riegel (tenor) Alwa; et al; Paris Opéra Orchestra/Pierre Boulez. The all-encompassing title-role is strikingly taken by Teresa Stratas, who is an artist definitive of a 'singing actress'. Dramatically, Stratas captures Lulu's knowing innocence without one-dimensionalizing her as a vamp or femme fatale at the expense of the character actually created by Berg's music. www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=12939   (743 words)

Amazon.com: Teresa Stratas - The Unknown Kurt Weill: Music: Howard Dietz,Felix Gasbarra,Kurt Weill,Richard ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) In my humble opinion, Stratas walks this `razor's edge' very nimbly on this recording - her voice is obviously a finely trained instrument, but she is also able of conveying a lot of feeling and emotion with these lyrics. Stratas is uncanny in her ability to capture the correct emotion and meaning of each word of the songs. Teresa Stratas - The Unknown Kurt Weill ~ Howard Dietz www.amazon.com /Teresa-Stratas-Weill-Richard-Woitach/dp/B000005IX0   (1282 words)

Teresa Stratas Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) With her "glorious voice" and "mesmerizing stage presence" Stratas has for four decades brought unforgettable artistry, in more than 50 diverse roles, to the great opera houses across the globe, such as Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Paris Grand Opera, L'Opera De Paris, and the Metropolitan Opera. Stratas' La Traviata film and her Salome' film stand as two of the most acclaimed examples of that genre. Kurt Weill's widow, Lotte Lenya, declared that "Stratas sings Weill like he wrote it for her" and entrusted Stratas with a collection of unpublished songs which Stratas recorded. www.ailf.org /notable/iaa/ny2000/stratas.htm   (433 words)

YORK UNIVERSITY MEDIA RELEASE The other distinguished recipients are internationally renowned soprano Teresa Stratas, arts philanthropist Joan Chalmers, Harvard astronomer Alexander Dalgarno, pioneering rose breeder Felicitas Svejda, former Ontario Deputy Minister Valerie Gibbons, and former York University Chancellor and Imperial Oil President and CEO Arden Haynes. TERESA STRATAS: An internationally renowned Canadian-born soprano who has graced New York's Metropolitan Opera stage, Broadway, and many of Europe's great Opera houses, Teresa Stratas has starred in numerous leading roles including: Mimi and Zerlina in Don Giovanni; Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro; and Marguerite in Faust. She abandoned the opera stage in 1981 to travel to Calcutta to work with Mother Teresa in helping the poor and terminally ill. Stratas became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1972, and the Canadian Music Council named her artist of the year in 1980. www.yorku.ca /mediar/releases_1996_2000/archive/041100.htm   (1432 words)

New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) Noted soprano Teresa Stratas presented a new generation of performers of the music of Kurt Weill (1900-1950), all prizewinners at 1999's Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers, on Sunday (Feb. 6) at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Stratas -- closely linked to Weill through her friendship with the composer's widow Lenya, and her recordings of his music -- introduced each number offered by the five young singers. Her anecdotes veered from tragic to burlesque, until she had the audience in the palm of her hand, at times almost overshadowing the other performers. www.dirk-weiler.com /press/cd-now.html   (280 words)

Faculty of Fine Arts: Music News: Internationally Renowned Soprano Teresa Stratas, Arts Philanthropist Joan Chalmers to ... Teresa Stratas has graced New York's Metropolitan Opera stage, Broadway, and many of Europe's great Opera houses. In 1987, Stratas made her Broadway debut in the musical production Rags, earning her a Tony Award nomination and a Best Actress award by Drama Desk, the association of New York drama critics, writers and performers. She abandoned the opera stage in 1981 to travel to Calcutta to work with Mother Teresa in helping the poor and terminally ill. Stratas became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1972 and the Canadian Music Council's Artist of the Year in 1980. www.yorku.ca /finearts/news/stratas_chalmers.htm   (319 words)

Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers--Previous Winners Judges: Teresa Stratas, Jonathan Eaton, and John Mauceri. Judges: Teresa Stratas, Elmar Ottenthal, and James Holmes. Judges: André Bishop, Teresa Stratas, and Welz Kauffman. www.kwf.org /pages/llcs/llcswinners.html   (837 words)

dOc DVD Review: La Boheme (1982) - Printable The cast is extremely good, with Stratas bringing an innocence and nearly ethereal air to Mimi. Stratas' voice has a clarity which echoes this innocence and quite transcends the earthly concerns of the story. Stratas' voice on the other hand, appropriately sounds as if she's on another place of existence altogether. www.digitallyobsessed.com /showrevpdf.php3?ID=400   (815 words)

Amazon.co.uk: I Pagliacci [1982]: Video: Teresa Stratas,Plácido Domingo,Franco Zeffirelli,Juan Pons,Alberto Rinaldi ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) Actors: Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons, Alberto Rinaldi (III), Florindo Andreolli The absence of subtitles may be a nuisance for some, especially anyone not aquainted with the storyline, but I found it enhanced the experience, allowing no distraction from the action. Teresa Stratos was a fine Nedda, although overshadowed by Domingo. www.amazon.co.uk /I-Pagliacci-Teresa-Stratas/dp/B00004R6DH   (237 words)

Stratas Discography at CD Universe Burns / Hadley / Kern / Mcglinn / Stratas Argenta / Falla / Schippers / Simionato / Stratas Noted stage and opera director Peter Sellars directs this adaptation of Kurt Weill's "The Seven Deadly Sins." Famed legendary conductor Kent Nagano conducts the Orchestra of the Lyon Opera, and Teresa... www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/artist/Stratas/a/Stratas.htm   (137 words)

PLANETCAST / Biography of William C. Stratas William C. Stratas [president@planetcast.com] is an information-age entrepreneur with a varied and accomplished background. Eldest son in a talented family, his father is a retired veterinarian, his mother a former elected member for the constituency of Scarborough Centre in the 31st Parliament of Canada, one brother is a litigation lawyer, and the other is an engineer and technology executive, while renowned opera soprano Teresa Stratas is a 2nd cousin. William Stratas is a four-year member of Business Network International, Toronto Corporate Connections chapter (BNI: Canada/USA), Young Entrepreneurs Association of Canada (YEA), the Toronto Internet Developers Association (TIDA), and the former Interactive Multimedia Arts and Technologies Association (IMAT), where in addition he served as an elected member of the board of directors. www.planetcast.com /williamstratas-biography.shtml   (766 words)

TIME.com: Angelic Purity, Raw Urgency -- Jan. 25, 1982 -- Page 1 "Hell on earth, wall-to-wall misery." Forsaking singing for a time, Teresa Stratas enters Mother Teresa's mission to work at the orphanage, with sick children and, finally, with the terminally ill. At the top of the stairs stands a little girl, hanging on to the railing. always with you." Stratas' voice, so robust in the earlier acts, has trailed off to a musical whisper; her strong and forceful gestures are reduced to one outstretched arm, which falls to her side as the opera ends. Unwanted as an extra mouth to feed, Stratas survived tuberculosis at the age of four. www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,925235,00.html   (711 words)

YouTube - Teresa Stratas in La Rondine Metropolitan Opera superstar Teresa Stra Metropolitan Opera superstar Teresa Stratas is Magda in this 1972 television production of Puccini's opera "La rondine." In this scene from Act 2, La Stratas is joined by Anastasios Vrenios, Barbara Shuttleworth and Mallory Walker. Stratas' wig looks like it was borrowed from Patty Duke in "Valley of the Dolls!")... Teresa Stratas Rondine Puccini opera lacieca parterre (more) (less) youtube.com /?v=nktuat8isSY   (175 words)

Tower Records - Domingo/Stratas/Levine: Traviata:Verdi (WDS) Teresa Stratas is heartbreaking as the dying courtesan Violetta, who turns her back on the love of Alfredo (Placido Domingo) in order to preserve his family reputation. Celebrated tenor Placido Domingo stars with soprano Teresa Stratas as the doomed lovers caught in the sticky web of 1840s Parisian society. Stratas, as Violetta, is the real star of the film; close-ups prove she is a gifted actress as well as a sublime singer, and she radiates an almost painfully exquisite blend of joy and despair in her every scene. www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1520420   (377 words)

Amazon.co.uk: Liliana Cavani's La Traviata (1992) (TV) [1982]: Video: Teresa Stratas,Plácido Domingo,Cornell ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) Actors: Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Allan Monk, Pina Cei Verdi's La Traviata performed in 1982 by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by James Levine. Stratas actually looks like a consumptive and sings gorgeously. www.amazon.co.uk /Liliana-Cavanis-Traviata-Teresa-Stratas/dp/B00004R6R9   (544 words)

AMCTV.com SHOW - La Traviata Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratas star in Franco Zeffirelli's visually arresting adaptation of Verdi's opera, filmed with the Metropolitan Opera both on location in France and with opulent Oscar-nominated stage sets. Opera purists should be aware that some of the opera's arias were shortened by Zeffirelli, although the stunning vocal performances and magnificent costumes create a dazzling exhibition of Verdi's classic. Maurizio Barbacini, Pina Cei, Placido Domingo, Axelle Gall, Cornell MacNeil, Alan Monk, Robert Sommer, Teresa Stratas www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=58832-1-1   (99 words)

Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music Sesto Bruscantini; Teresa Stratas; Sena Jurinac; Mario Petri; Teresa Berganza; Giorgio Tadeo Here's a surprise entry into the Figaro sweepstakes: A live reading under the energetic, witty-but-firm leadership of Zubin Mehta, a too-infrequent visitor to the opera house, with a fine international cast. Sesto Bruscantini is the ideal Figaro, knowing and outraged but a really good guy, and Teresa Stratas, early in her career, is simply perfect as Susanna--on top of it all, sassy, and, I might add, in very good voice. www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=1398   (203 words)

Gracenote: Search CDDB Teresa Stratas, Yvonne Minton, Etc., Pierre Boulez; Orchestre De L'Opera De Paris / Berg: Lulu - Teresa Stratas, Yvonne Minton, Etc. [Disc 1] Pierre Boulez / Lulu 2- Teresa Stratas, Yvonne Minton, Etc. Pierre Boulez / Lulu 3- Teresa Stratas, Yvonne Minton, Etc. www.gracenote.com /music/search-adv.html?qdisc=Yvonne   (128 words)

Barnes & Noble.com - Music: September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill, CD Appearing on 1997's SEPTEMBER SONGS -- - the soundtrack to a film documentary directed by Larry Weinstein - -- are such diverse artists as opera diva Teresa Stratas, proto-punkster Lou Reed, jazz vocalist Betty Carter, and alternative rocker PJ Harvey. German-born composer Kurt Weill's music has aged quite well through the years and has been rediscovered and reinterpreted by such diverse artists as Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin, Willie Nelson, the Doors, and Teresa Stratas. Wilner once again chose a wide array of artists for the project, ranging from pop musicians such as PJ Harvey and Elvis Costello to jazz vocalist Betty Carter, opera soprano Teresa Stratas, beat author William S. Burroughs, and the gospel stylings of the Persuasions. music.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?ean=74646304624   (238 words)

DVD Pacific Instead of a traditional filmed stage performance, Zeffrelli's La Traviata is an exquisitely designed, opulently mounted production made expressly for the movie medium. Placido Domingo, one of opera's greatest tenors, makes his cinematic debut in this glorious "opera-film" which also marks the first starringrole for renowned soprano, Teresa Stratas. The definitive schore, stirring voices of Domingo and Stratas, and the spectacular visuals of Zeffirelli offer Verdi's tale of ill-fated lovers in a way never before possible. www.dvdpacific.com /item.asp?ID=9880   (130 words)

La Traviata - Moviefone Starring: Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Alan Monk more cast Synopsis: Tenor Plácido Domingo and soprano Teresa Stratas star in director Franco Zeffirelli's lushly cinematic version of Verdi's opera La Traviata ("The... La Traviata DVD Review - Zeffirelli Movie of Verdi Opera La Traviata To my mind, Franco Zeffirelli's dazzlingly cinematic 1982 Italian-language movie version of Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera "La Traviata" is one of cinema's... movies.aol.com /movie/la-traviata/1044612/main   (169 words)

Kurt Weill at Eastman, Rochester, NY, November 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) Sponsored by the Kurt Weill Foundation in honor of the 100th anniversary of Lotte Lenya’s birthday Judges: Teresa Stratas, Julius Rudel, Mark Cuddy Musicology colloquium. NSL 404 4:30 pm Topic: “A New Edition of The Three Penny Opera: Challenges and Solutions” Speaker: Stephen Hinton, Stanford University Friday November 13 Stratasphere and clips from Teresa Stratas's performances of Kurt Weill (video screening) at 12:30 p.m., followed by question and answer session with Teresa Stratas at 2:00 p.m.. ET 8 pm Program: Honegger: Pacific 231 Hindemith: Symphononic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber Weill: Symphony no. 2 Teresa Stratas to receive honorary dotorate Reception (Eastman Place Atrium) Saturday November 14 Symposium: “Relocating Kurt Weill. www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk /Music/Conferences/98-b-kwe.html   (404 words)

Under the Piano - 1995 - Amanda Plummer, Megan Follows, Teresa Stratas Under the Piano - 1995 - Amanda Plummer, Megan Follows, Teresa Stratas Use keywords to find the product you are looking for. The poignant story of one woman's overwhelming faith in her talented but emotionally defenseless sister. www.learmedia.ca /product_info.php/products_id/1468   (211 words)

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