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Diane Curry

*1938 US
Conductor of Classical

Diane Curry (born February 26, 1938) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano who is particularly known for her performances of the works of Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, and Giuseppe Verdi. She was notably the mezzo-soprano soloist on the 1987 recording of Verdi's Requiem by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and conductor Robert Shaw which won the 1988 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance.

     
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Requiem: II. Dies irae on Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses by Giuseppe Verdi, Robert Shaw & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Requiem: I. Requiem & Kyrie on Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses by Giuseppe Verdi, Robert Shaw & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Requiem: V. Agnus Dei on Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses by Giuseppe Verdi, Robert Shaw & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Requiem: VI. Lux aeterna on Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses by Giuseppe Verdi, Robert Shaw & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Requiem: III. Offertory on Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses by Giuseppe Verdi, Robert Shaw & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Requiem: II. Dies irae on The Power & the Majesty: Essential Choral Classics by Various Artists
Porgy and Bess / Act 2: Oh, I Can't Sit Down on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, Leonard Slatkin, Simon Estes, Roberta Alexander & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Requiem: II. Tuba mirum on The Power & the Majesty: Essential Choral Classics by Various Artists
Porgy and Bess / Act 3: Bess is gone - Oh Lawd, I'm on my Way on Gershwin: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, Leonard Slatkin, Simon Estes, Roberta Alexander & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Symphony No. 2 "Ariel": I. Ariel (The Night Dances) on Stephen Douglas Burton: Symphony No. 2 "Ariel" by Stephen Douglas Burton, Diane Curry, Stephen Dickson, Syracuse Symphony Orchestra & Christopher Keene

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Requiem & Operatic ChorusesGiuseppe Verdi - Susan Dunn, Diane Curry, Jerry Hadley, Paul Plishka, Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Atlanta Symphony Chorus1987Album
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