voc, 1946-2012 ZA, Port Elizabeth
Classical
Frances Elizabeth Connell (22 October 1946 – 18 February 2012) was a South African-born operatic mezzo-soprano, and later soprano, whose career took place mainly in the United Kingdom and Australia.Connell was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1946, to an English Catholic father from Yorkshire and an Irish Protestant mother from Ulster, one of five children. She read music at the University of the Witwatersrand, and after taking her degree, taught geography in secondary school.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Song Of Songs / The Wilderness & The Solitary Place / Pierrot Of The Minute / Overture To A Greek Tragedy | Granville Bantock, Elizabeth Connell, Kim Begley, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 2003 | Album |
Symphonies No. 8 / Das Knaben Wunderhorn | Gustav Mahler, Elizabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Trudeliese Schmidt, Nadine Denize, Richard Versalle, Jorma Hynninen, Hans Sotin, Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt | 2002 | Compil. |
Die Gezeichneten | Franz Schreker – Heinz Kruse, Elizabeth Connell, Monte Pederson, Alfred Muff, László Polgár, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 1995 | Album |
Poliuto | Gaetano Donizetti - Nicola Martinucci, Elizabeth Connell, Renato Bruson, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma & Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Jan Latham-König | 1989 | Album |
Symphonie N°8 ("Symphonie Des Mille") | Gustav Mahler, Klaus Tennstedt, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Elizabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Trudeliese Schmidt, Nadine Denize, Richard Versalle, Jorma Hynninen, Hans Sotin | 1986 | Album |
Mendelssohn - Symphonie Nr. 2 B-dur op. 52 "Lobgesang" | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - The London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Elizabeth Connell, Karita Mattila, Hans Peter Blochwitz, London Symphony Chorus | 1985 | Album |
Lohengrin | Richard Wagner, Peter Hofmann, Karan Armstrong, Elizabeth Connell, Leif Roar, Siegfried Vogel, Bernd Weikl, Woldemar Nelsson, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele | 1983 | Album |
Highlights From/Höhepunkte Aus/Extraits De Bayreuther Festspiele 1982 - Lohengrin | Richard Wagner - Peter Hofmann, Karan Armstrong, Elizabeth Connell, Leif Roar, Siegfried Vogel, Bernd Weikl ; Woldemar Nelsson | 1983 | Album |