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Frances Yeend

voc, 1913-2008 US
Singer of Classical

Frances Yeend /ˈjɛnd/ (28 January 1913 – 27 April 2008) was an American classical soprano who had an active international career as a concert and opera singer during the 1940s through the 1960s. She had a long and fruitful association with the New York City Opera (NYCO) between 1948 and 1958, after which she joined the roster of principal sopranos at the Metropolitan Opera where she sang between 1961 and 1963. She also had an extensive concert career, particularly in the United States. By 1963 she had sung in more than 200 orchestral concerts in North American with major symphonies like the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra among others.

     
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Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc: II. Gloria on Paray: Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc by Paul Paray, Frances Yeend, Frances Bible, David Lloyd, Yi-Kwei-Sze, Rackham Symphony Choir & Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Finale. Presto on Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" by Ludwig van Beethoven, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Serge Koussevitzky
Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc: III. Sanctus - Benedictus on Paray: Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc by Paul Paray, Frances Yeend, Frances Bible, David Lloyd, Yi-Kwei-Sze, Rackham Symphony Choir & Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major: Pt. 1, Veni, creator spiritus - Live on Mahler: Symphony No. 8 by Gustav Mahler, New York Philharmonic & Leopold Stokowski
Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Faust on Mahler, G.: Symphony No. 8 by Gustav Mahler & Leopold Stokowski
In A Persian Garden: A Jug Of Wine on Mario Lanza Live by Mario Lanza, Johnny Green, Roger Wagner & Miklós Rózsa
Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc: IV. Agnus Dei on Paray: Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc by Paul Paray, Frances Yeend, Frances Bible, David Lloyd, Yi-Kwei-Sze, Rackham Symphony Choir & Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand" (Excerpts): Ia. Veni, creator spiritus on Rimsky-Korsakov, Herbert & Others: Works by Eugene Ormandy
Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc: I. Kyrie on Paray: Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc by Paul Paray, Frances Yeend, Frances Bible, David Lloyd, Yi-Kwei-Sze, Rackham Symphony Choir & Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand" (Excerpts): Ic. Infirma nostri corporis on Rimsky-Korsakov, Herbert & Others: Works by Eugene Ormandy

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Te Deum / RequiemAnton Bruckner / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Bruno Walter, Frances Yeend, Martha Lipton, David Lloyd, Mack Harrell, Irmgard Seefried, Jennie Tourel, Leopold Simoneau, William Warfield, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra1995Compil.
Johannes Brahms - German RequiemJohannes Brahms / Frances Yeend, John Boyden, Chorus & Orchestra Of The Handel & Haydn Society, Dr. Edward Gilday1963Album
Frances Yeend SingsFrances YeendAlbum
Le Martre de St. SébastienVictor Alessandro, Oklahoma City Symphony Chorale, Robert Rudié, Frances Yeend, Miriam Stewart, Anna Kaskas, Claude Debussy, Oklahoma City Symphony OrchestraAlbum
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