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John Brownlee

voc, 1900-1969 AU, Geelong
Classical
A.k.a. John Donald Mackenzie Brownlee

John Donald Mackenzie Brownlee (7 January 1900 – 10 January 1969) was an Australian operatic baritone. For most of his professional career he was based in Europe and then United States. He married former Countess Donna Carla Oddone di Feletto in Paris on 29 November 1928, and the couple had a daughter and two sons. He died in New York and was buried in Ferncliff cemetery, Hartsdale.

     
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La traviata*: Act I: Ah forse e lui … sempre libera on Dame Nellie Melba: An Opera Recital by Nellie Melba
Così Fan Tutte: Act I - " Soave Sia Il Vento (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso) on Mozart, K588: Così Fan Tutte - Opera In Two Acts by Various Artists
Die Fledermaus, IJS 481: Act I: No. 3 Duett: "I've a plan for a man" - 2021 Remastered Version on Strauss: Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II, Eugene Ormandy, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Roméo et Juliette: Overture on Gounod: Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod & Emil Cooper
Madama Butterfly, Act III: Act III: Addio, fiorito assil (Pinkerton, Sharpless, Kate, Suzuki) on Puccini: Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, Licia Albanese, Rosalind Elias, Madelaine Chambers, Osie Hawkins & Dimitri Mitropoulos
Roméo et Juliette: Enfin la place est libre...Mab, la reine des mensonges on Gounod: Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod, Various Artists & Emil Cooper
Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture on Mozart: Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Fritz Busch
Roméo et Juliette: Act I: Ariette: Ah! Je veux vivre dans le reve (Juliette) on Gounod: Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod & Emil Cooper
Così fan tutte, K. 588: Act I: No. 17 Aria: Un'aura amorosa - (Recitativo) Oh, la faria da ridere! on Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Madama Butterfly, Act I: Act I: Amore e grillo (Pinkerton, Sharpless) on Puccini: Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, Licia Albanese, Rosalind Elias, Madelaine Chambers, Osie Hawkins & Dimitri Mitropoulos

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Title Artist Year Type
Songs Of Henry PurcellJohn Brownlee2015Album
Roméo Et JulietteCharles Gounod, Bidú Sayão, Jussi Björling, John Brownlee, Thomas Hayward, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus Direction: Emil Cooper2001Album
Orchestral Works, Volume 2Frederick Delius, John Brownlee, London Select Choir, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham2000Compil.
Le Nozze Di FigaroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ezio Pinza, John Brownlee, Bidú Sayão, Eleanor Steber, Jarmila Novotná, Salvatore Baccaloni, Bruno Walter1994Album
ManonJules Massenet - Bidú Sayão, Charles Kullman, John Brownlee, Sir Thomas Beecham1994Album
Così Fan TutteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ina Souez, Luise Helletsgruber, Irene Eisinger, Heddle Nash, Willy Domgraf-Faßbaender, John Brownlee, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus And Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, Fritz Busch1991Album
Don GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Audrey Mildmay, Ina Souez, Luise Helletsgruber, Koloman Von Pátaky, John Brownlee, Roy Henderson, Salvatore Baccaloni, David Franklin, Fritz Busch1989Album
Hansel and Gretel - Sung in EnglishEngelbert Humperdinck, Risë Stevens, Nadine Conner, Thelma Votipka, John Brownlee, Claramae Turner, Max Rudolf Conducting The Chorus Of The Metropolitan Opera Association Of New York And Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera Association Of New York1973Album
Great Australian SingersNellie Melba, John Brownlee, Peter Dawson, Stella Power, Harold Williams, Margherita Grandi, Gladys Moncrieff, Clara Serena, Evelyn Scotney, Gertrude Johnson, Florence Austral, Arnold Matters, Frances Alda, Marjorie Lawrence1973Compil.
Society Set - Volume IIJohn Brownlee, London Select Choir, Sir Thomas Beecham Conducting The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Frederick Delius1936Album
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: 10 April 1943Gioacchino Rossini - John Brownlee, Bidú Sayão, Ezio Pinza, Salvatore Baccaloni, Nino Martini, Irra Petina, Frank St. LegerAlbum
Hansel And Gretel ExcerptsRisë Stevens, Nadine Connor, John Brownlee, Thelma VotipkaSingle
A Souvenir Of Dame Nellie Melba's Farewell Performance At Covent Garden June 8th, 1926Nellie Melba With Browning Mummery, John Brownlee, Aurora Rettore Orchestra Conducted By Vincenzo BellezzaSingle
Toreadro Song / In The GloamingJohn BrownleeAlbum
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