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Tatiana Troyanos

voc, 1938-1993 US, New York City
Singer of Classical

Tatiana Troyanos (September 12, 1938 – August 21, 1993) was an American mezzo-soprano of Greek and German descent, remembered as "one of the defining singers of her generation" (Boston Globe). Her voice, "a paradoxical voice—larger than life yet intensely human, brilliant yet warm, lyric yet dramatic"—"was the kind you recognize after one bar, and never forget," wrote Cori Ellison in Opera News. Troyanos led a distinguished international career and made a variety of admired operatic recordings, and beginning in 1976 was additionally known for her work with the Metropolitan Opera, with over 270 performances spanning twenty-two major roles. "She was extraordinarily intense, beautiful, and stylish in roles as diverse as Eboli, Santuzza, Geschwitz, Venus, Kundry, Jocasta, Carmen, and Giulietta

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
  • Jazz
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Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": 4. Finale - Excerpt on The Music of Beethoven by Ludwig van Beethoven
West Side Story: VII. America on Bernstein: West Side Story - Highlights by Leonard Bernstein & Leonard Bernstein Orchestra
Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise) on Amor - Opera's Great Love Songs by Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne, Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland & Renata Tebaldi
Missa brevis In C, K.220 "Spatzenmesse": 1. Kyrie on Mozart: Requiem; Great Mass in C minor; Missa brevis in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelík
Missa brevis In C, K.220 "Spatzenmesse": 4. Sanctus on Mozart: Requiem; Great Mass in C minor; Missa brevis in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelík
Missa brevis In C, K.220 "Spatzenmesse": 2. Gloria on Mozart: Requiem; Great Mass in C minor; Missa brevis in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelík
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 2: "Voi che sapete" on Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Karl Böhm
Act I: Scene 6: Soave sia il vento on Best Of Mozart by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Various Artists
Missa brevis In C, K.220 "Spatzenmesse": 6. Agnus Dei on Mozart: Requiem; Great Mass in C minor; Missa brevis in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelík
Missa brevis In C, K.220 "Spatzenmesse": 3. Credo on Mozart: Requiem; Great Mass in C minor; Missa brevis in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelík

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Ariadne Auf NaxosJessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, Tatiana Troyanos, James King, Franz Ferdinand Nentwig with The The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra2002Single
Carmen - HighlightsGeorges Bizet : Tatiana Troyanos / Placido Domingo / Kiri Te Kanawa / Georg Solti1998Album
West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein, Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Leonard Bernstein Chorus And Orchestra1998Album
Symphonie Nr. 9Ludwig Van Beethoven : Gwyneth Jones · Tatiana Troyanos · Jess Thomas · Karl Ridderbusch · Wiener Staatsopernchor · Wiener Philharmoniker · PMDC, Germany1997Album
NormaVincenzo Bellini, Renata Scotto, Tatiana Troyanos, Giuseppe Giacomini, Paul Plishka, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine1995Album
Der RosenkavalierRichard Strauss - Christa Ludwig, Tatiana Troyanos, Theo Adam, Otto Wiener, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm1994Album
Somewhere - The Leonard Bernstein AlbumLeonard Bernstein, Jessye Norman, Tyne Daly, Kiri Te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade, June Anderson, Tatiana Troyanos, José Carreras, Thomas Hampson, Mstislav Rostropovich1993Compil.
Le Nozze Di FigaroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Dawn Upshaw, Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Hampson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Tatiana Troyanos, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus, James Levine1991Album
NormaRichard Bonynge, Vincenzo Bellini, Joan Sutherland, Tatiana Troyanos1989Single
Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein / José Carreras / Tatiana Troyanos1985Single
West Side Story [Highlights]Leonard Bernstein - Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Marilyn Horne1985Album
West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein - Kiri Te Kanawa · José Carreras · Tatiana Troyanos · Kurt Ollmann · Marilyn Horne1985Album
Scenes From Les Contes D'Hoffmann - CarmenPlacido Domingo With Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos1982Album
Werther (Extraits)Jules Massenet, Alfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Matteo Manuguerra, Christine Barbaux, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson1981Album
Ariadne Auf NaxosTatiana Troyanos, Edita Gruberova, Walter Berry, Heinz Zednik, René Kollo, Leontyne Price, Georg Solti, The London Philharmonic Orchestra1979Album
WertherJules Massenet / Alfredo Kraus ‧ Tatiana Troyanos / Matteo Manuguerra ‧ Christine Barbaux ‧ Jules Bastin / Jean-Philippe Lafont ‧ Philip Langridge / The London Philharmonic Orchestra ‧ Michel Plasson1979Album
Werther (Complete Opera)Jules Massenet / Alfredo Kraus ‧ Tatiana Troyanos / Matteo Manuguerra ‧ Christine Barbaux ‧ Jules Bastin / Jean-Philippe Lafont ‧ Philip Langridge / The London Philharmonic Orchestra ‧ Michel Plasson1979Album
GurreliederArnold Schoenberg - Jessye Norman • Tatiana Troyanos • James McCracken, Werner Klemperer • Kim Scown • David Arnold, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Seiji Ozawa1979Album
Dido & AeneasHenry Purcell, Tatiana Troyanos, Felicity Palmer, Richard Stilwell, The English Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard1977Album
Bluebeard's Castle = Le Chateau De Barbe-Bleue = Herzog Blaubarts BurgBéla Bartók, Pierre Boulez, Tatiana Troyanos, Siegmund Nimsgern1976Album
CapriccioRichard Strauss - Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Karl Böhm, Gundula Janowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Schreier, Hermann Prey, Tatiana Troyanos, Karl Ridderbusch1972Album
Ariadne Auf NaxosRichard Strauss, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Reri Grist, Tatiana Troyanos, Jess Thomas, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Karl Böhm1970Album
Rappresentatione Di Anima, Et Di CorpoEmilio De' Cavalieri, Tatiana Troyanos • Hermann Prey, Arleen Auger • Sylvia Geszty • Edda Moser • Teresa Żylis-Gara, Theo Adam • Kurt Equiluz • Paul Esswood • Ernst Gutstein • Herbert Lackner, Wiener Kammerchor • Capella Academica Wien • Ensemble Wolfgang Von Karajan, Sir Charles Mackerras1970Album
Giulio CesareGeorg Friedrich Händel / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Tatiana Troyanos, Julia Hamari, Franz Crass, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter1970Album
Cosi Fan TutteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos, Judith Raskin, Sherrill Milnes, George Shirley, Ezio Flagello, Erich Leinsdorf, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, John McCarthy, Valda Aveling1968Album
Cosi Fan TutteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos, Judith Raskin, Sherrill Milnes, George Shirley, Ezio Flagello, Erich Leinsdorf, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, John McCarthy, Valda Aveling1968Album
Le Nozze Di FigaroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Hermann Prey, Gundula Janowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Tatiana Troyanos, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm1968Album
Dido And AeneasHenry Purcell - Tatiana Troyanos • Barry McDaniel • Sheila Armstrong, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg • NDR Sinfonieorchester1968Album
Endimione E CintiaAlessandro Scarlatti / Reri Grist, Tatiana Troyanos, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Carl Mathieu LangeAlbum
Theme From "Sunday Bloody Sunday"Leontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos, Ezio Flagello - New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf / The Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene OrmandySingle
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