Marisa Galvany
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Marisa Galvany (née Myra Beth Genis, on June 19, 1936, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American soprano known for the great intensity of her performances. A pupil of Armen Boyajian (also the pedagogue of basses Paul Plishka and Samuel Ramey), she made her operatic debut in Seattle in 1968, in Tosca. The following year, she sang the name part of Mayr's Medea in Corinto, in New York, which she recorded for Vanguard.
Galvany made her New York City Opera debut in 1972, as Elisabetta in Maria Stuarda, opposite Beverly Sills in the title part. With that company, she went on to appear in many operas, including Tosca (opposite José Carreras), Cavalleria rusticana, La traviata, Anna Bolena, Médée (in the Italian version), Attila and Nabucco.
In 1973, Galvany filmed her acclaimed Lady Macbeth, in Macbeth, for the Canadian Broadcasting Company, opposite Louis Quilico. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1979, in the title role of Norma. In 1985, the singing-actress sang Gertrud (in Hänsel und Gretel) and Ortrud (in Lohengrin) on tour with the company, then the Kostelnička (in Jenůfa) during the Fall Season in the theatre. At the Cincinnati Opera, she appeared in Turandot (with Harry Theyard) and Salome (with Ticho Parly as Herod).
For the New Orleans Opera Association, Galvany was seen in La Juive (with Richard Tucker), Aïda, Hérodiade, Les Huguenots (opposite Rita Shane and Susanne Marsee) and Macbeth.
[edit] References
- The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia, edited by David Hamilton, Simon and Schuster, 1987. ISBN 0-671-61732-X
[edit] External links
- [1] YouTube: Marisa Galvany in an excerpt from Nabucco (1981).
