Yvonne Kenny

Yvonne Kenny

*1950 AU, Sydney
Classical
A.k.a. Winton Kenny

Yvonne Kenny AM (born 25 November 1950) is an Australian soprano, particularly associated with Handel and Mozart roles.Born in Sydney, she first studied at the University of Sydney in science, hoping to become a biochemist, but decided to pursue a career in music instead. She studied first with Myra Lambert at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and later won a scholarship to study at the opera school at La Scala in Milan. After a year of studying there, she went to England, where after a few recitals and TV appearances, her breakthrough came on 11 October 1975, when she replaced, with only four days' notice, the soprano scheduled to sing in an Opera Rara concert performance of Donizetti's Rosmonda d'Inghilterra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. It was a triumph and the virtually unknown Kenny

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Simple Gifts	Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski	2014	Album
Yvonne Kenny sings Four Last Songs	Richard Strauss, Yvonne Kenny, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch	2010	Album
Vienna, City Of My Dreams	Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge	2008	Album
The Fairy Queen	Henry Purcell / Yvonne Kenny, Thomas Randle, Simon Rice, Richard Van Allan, The English National Opera Orchestra And The English National Opera Chorus, Nicholas Kok, David Pountney, Quinny Sacks	2004	Single
The Marriage of Figaro	Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca Evans, Diana Montague, Christopher Purves, William Dazeley, Philharmonia Orchestra, The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry	2004	Album
Yvonne Kenny 2	Yvonne Kenny, The London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox	2003	Compil.
Falstaff	Giuseppe Verdi, Andrew Shore, Yvonne Kenny, Barry Banks, Susan Gritton, Ashley Holland, The English National Opera Chorus And The English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel	2002	Album
Make Believe	Yvonne Kenny	2002	Compil.
Symphony No. 3 'Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs'	Henryk Górecki — Yvonne Kenny, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa	2001	Album
Christmas Gift	Yvonne Kenny, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope, The Contemporary Singers, Sydney Children's Choir	1999	Album
Der Rosenkavalier Highlights	Richard Strauss - Yvonne Kenny, John Tomlinson, Diana Montague, David Parry	1999	Album
Handel Arias	Georg Friedrich Händel - Yvonne Kenny, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer	1998	Album
Orchestral Works - Volume 2	Herbert Howells, Yvonne Kenny, Lydia Mordkovitch, The London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox	1997	Album
Lucio Silla	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Peter Schreier / Edita Gruberova / Cecilia Bartoli / Dawn Upshaw / Yvonne Kenny / Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt	1997	Album
Arias With Obbligato Instruments	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Yvonne Kenny, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti	1994	Album
The Beggar's Opera	John Gay, Benjamin Britten - Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Anne Collins, Philip Langridge, John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford	1993	Album
Sancta Civitas, Dona nobis pacem	Ralph Vaughan Williams, London Symphony Chorus, The London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Yvonne Kenny, Philip Langridge, Bryn Terfel, Choristers Of St Paul's Cathedral Choir	1993	Album
Deborah	Georg Friedrich Händel, Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, Michael George, The New College Oxford Choir, Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers, The King's Consort, Robert King	1993	Album
Elijah • Elias	Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Thomas Allen, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Yvonne Kenny, Anne Sofie Von Otter, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields & Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields, Sir Neville Marriner	1992	Album
Pulcinella • Octet • Renard • Ragtime	Igor Stravinsky, Yvonne Kenny • John Aler • John Tomlinson, London Sinfonietta, Esa-Pekka Salonen	1991	Album
Apollon Musagète • Concerto In D • Cantata	Igor Stravinsky - Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta & London Sinfonietta Chorus, Yvonne Kenny • John Aler, Esa-Pekka Salonen	1991	Album
Dewi Sant (Saint David)	Arwel Hughes - Yvonne Kenny, Martyn Hill, David Wilson-Johnson, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales & BBC Welsh Chorus, Owain Arwel Hughes	1990	Album
A Pastoral Symphony (No.3) / Oboe Concerto	Ralph Vaughan Williams, David Theodore, Bryden Thomson, The London Symphony Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny	1988	Album
Emilia di Liverpool	Gaetano Donizetti, Yvonne Kenny, Sesto Bruscantini, Christopher Merritt, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry	1987	Album
Four Burns Songs / A Charm Of Lullabies / Folksongs	Benjamin Britten - Yvonne Kenny, Carolyn Watkinson, Tan Crone	1987	Album
Recital At Wigmore Hall	Yvonne Kenny, Lawrence Skrobacs - Thomas Arne / Franz Schubert / Richard Strauss / Francis Poulenc / Joaquín Rodrigo / Aaron Copland	1984	Album
Der Zufriedengestellte Äolus - Aeolus Propitiated - Eole Apaisé	Johann Sebastian Bach, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Yvonne Kenny, Marjana Lipovšek, Kurt Equiluz, Robert Holl, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien	1983	Album
Der Zufriedengestellte Äolus - Aeolus Propitiated - Eole Apaisé	Johann Sebastian Bach, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Yvonne Kenny, Marjana Lipovšek, Kurt Equiluz, Robert Holl, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien	1983	Album
Il crociato in Egitto	Giacomo Meyerbeer, Yvonne Kenny, Felicity Palmer, Rockwell Blake, Justino Diaz, James Atherton, Gianfranco Masini	1979	Album

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