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Claire Watson

voc, 1927-1986 US, New York City
Classical

Claire Watson (née McLamore) (February 3, 1927 – July 16, 1986) was an American soprano, particularly associated with Mozart and Richard Strauss roles.Born in New York City, she studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, and later privately with Elisabeth Schumann and Sergius Kagen, in New York. She then left for Europe, where she studied in Vienna with Otto Klemperer. She made her stage debut in Graz, as Desdemona, in 1951.Watson died of a brain tumor in 1986 in Utting, Ammersee, Germany.

     
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Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene 2: "Wotan! Gemahl! Erwache!" on Solti - Wagner - The Operas by Richard Wagner, Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene 2: "Sanft schloß Schlaf dein Aug'" on Solti - Wagner - The Operas by Richard Wagner, Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene 2: "Zu mir, Freia!" on Solti - Wagner - The Operas by Richard Wagner, Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene 2: "Hör', Wotan, der Harrenden Wort!" on Solti - Wagner - The Operas by Richard Wagner, Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene 4: "Hört, ihr Riesen!" on Solti - Wagner - The Operas by Richard Wagner, Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene 2: "Gepflanzt sind die Pfähle" on Solti - Wagner - The Operas by Richard Wagner, Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Act 3: Schweigt eures Jammers jauchzenden Schwall on Solti - Wagner - The Operas by Richard Wagner, Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Act 1: Wen rätst du nun zu frein on Solti - Wagner - The Operas by Richard Wagner, Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Act 3: Hoiho! Hoiho! Wacht auf! Wacht auf! on Solti - Wagner - The Operas by Richard Wagner, Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "You Sailed Your Boat" on Britten: Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears, Claire Watson & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Der Ring Des NibelungenRichard Wagner, Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker, Kirsten Flagstad / George London / Set Svanholm / Gustav Neidlinger / Birgit Nilsson / Régine Crespin / Christa Ludwig / James King / Hans Hotter / Gottlob Frick / Wolfgang Windgassen / Gerhard Stolze / Joan Sutherland / Claire Watson / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau2009Album
Peter GrimesBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Claire Watson, James Pease, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden2000Album
Don GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Irène Salemka, Rita Streich, Claire Watson, Ernst Haefliger, Walter Berry, Hans Löwlein1997Album
Die FreischutzCarl Maria von Weber, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Lovro Von Matacic, Claudio Nicolai, Fritz Ollendorff, Claire Watson, Lotte Schädle, Gottlob Frick, Rudolf Schock1995Album
Don GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus Mozart − Otto Klemperer, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Franz Crass, Claire Watson, Nicolai Gedda, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, Mirella Freni, Paolo Montarsolo, New Philharmonia Orchestra And New Philharmonia Chorus1991Album
Highlights From Der FreischützCarl Maria von Weber / Claire Watson, Rudolf Schock, Gottlob Frick, Fritz Ollendorff, Lotte Schädle, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin1988Album
Lulu (Suite) / Peter Grimes (Selección)Alban Berg / Benjamin Britten - Anja Silja, Peter Pears, Claire Watson, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Y Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Directed By Christoph von Dohnányi, Douglas Robinson1984Compil.
Canciones De Schubert Y WolfClaire Watson / Hubert Giesen1977Album
Das Rheingold / An Introduction To Der Ring Des NibelungenRichard Wagner - Georg Solti1972Album
Der Ring Des NibelungenRichard Wagner, Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker, Kirsten Flagstad / George London / Set Svanholm / Gustav Neidlinger / Birgit Nilsson / Régine Crespin / Christa Ludwig / James King / Hans Hotter / Gottlob Frick / Wolfgang Windgassen / Gerhard Stolze / Joan Sutherland / Claire Watson / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau1967Album
GötterdämmerungRichard Wagner, Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Claire Watson, Gustav Neidlinger, Helen Watts, Grace Hoffman, Anita Välkki, Lucia Popp, Gwyneth Jones, Maureen Guy, Georg Solti Conducting The Wiener Philharmoniker1965Album
L'Or du RhinRichard Wagner, Gustav Neidlinger, Set Svanholm, Eberhard Wächter, Kirsten Flagstad, Claire Watson, George London, Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg SoltiAlbum
Die Unvollendete • Deutsche Tänze • Deutsche Messe • Lieder • Impromptus • Streichquartett »Der Tod Und Das Mädchen« • ForellenquintettFranz Schubert, Ernst Gröschel, Rudolph Stephan, Josef Ebers, Ican Renee, Manfred Simmel, Eckart Sellhem, Claire Watson, Hubert Giesen, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Günther Neidlinger, Leonard Epstein, Sängervereinigung Haßloch, Karl-Heinz Walz, Siegfried Salten, Novák QuartetAlbum
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