Ann Murray
Ann Murray is one of the leading mezzo-sopranos on the international scene. (She is not related to the famous Canadian popular music singer with a similar name.) The Irish-born singer was educated at the Royal Manchester College of Music, where she studied with Frederic Cox. She bases her career in London, where she sings regularly at the English National Opera and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With the former she has sung Charlotte, Rosina, Beatrice, Xerxes, and Ariodante. At the Royal Opera House she has sung Cherubino, Dorabella, Rosina, Oktavian, and Donna Elvira and has been given roles in the openings of new productions of Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortiléges; Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos; Mozart's Idomeneo, Mitridate Rè de Ponto, and Così fan tutte; Rossini's Moses in Egypt; Wagner's Götterdämmerung; and Handel's Alcina and Giulio Cesare.
Other opera houses where she has appeared are the major houses of Hamburg, Dresden, Berlin, Zurich, and Cologne, La Monnaie of Brussels, the Opéra de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera of New York, and the Chicago Lyric Opera. At La Scala in Milan, she has sung Donna Elvira, Sextus, Dorabella, and Cherubino under the baton of Riccardo Muti.
At the end of the century, she was invited to make frequent appearances at the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, and the Salzburg Festival. In one or more of these houses, in addition to several of the roles already mentioned, she was to sing Oktavian (Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier), Nicklaus in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, and the title role of La Cenerentola under such conductors as Maazel, Muti, Levine, Chailly, and Cambreling. She also planned to sing Maria Stuarda for the English National Opera and Alceste for the Netherlands Opera.
She has sung in orchestral concerts with many major orchestras, including the Orchestre de Paris under Rafael Kubelik, the Philadelphia Orchestra under Wolfgang Sawallisch, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Muti, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Solti. Her concert appearances also include all the major symphony orchestras of the British Isles under many leading conductors, including both the first nights and the last nights of the BBC Promenade Concerts.
She is also an esteemed solo recitalist. She is a founding member of Graham Johnson's organization The Songmakers' Almanac. She has sung at the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh, and Munich Festivals, as well as giving recitals in Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Dresden, Zürich, Frankfurt, Madrid, London, Dublin, and Vienna (both the Konzerthaus and the Musikverein).
She has recorded for Hyperion and other labels in a wide variety of music from her concert and recital repertoire as well as several operas. These include Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas under Harnoncourt, Dorabella under Levine, Cherubino under Muti, Despina under Rattle, Hansel under Colin Davis, Sextus under Harnoncourt, and Donna Elvira under Solti. Her recital recordings include songs of Bizet and Gounod, as well as entries in Graham Johnson's complete Schubert series.
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Discography
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Arleen Auger, Ann Murray, Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1983
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Hummel: Mass in E-Flat Major, Te Deum & Quod in orbe
Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum, Susan Gritton, Ann Murray, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Released by Chandos on Oct 1, 2004
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Ann Murray, Michele Pertusi, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1997
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Decades - A Century of Song - volume 1 (1810-1820)
Michael Schade, Lorna Anderson, Sylvia Schwartz, Ann Murray, Florian Boesch, Malcolm Martineau
Classical - Released by VIVAT on May 1, 2016
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Schubert: Hyperion Song Edition 3 - Schubert & His Friends I
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Dec 25, 1989
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Brahms & Schumann: Lieder
Classical - Released by Linn Records on Feb 16, 2015
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Sweet Power of Song
Dame Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Graham Johnson
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Apr 3, 2006
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Ann Murray The All Time Favourites (Deluxe Edition)
Pop - Released by Goes Inc. on Jan 27, 2022
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Mélodies & Lieders (Lieder und Gesange)
Iain Burnside, Roderick Williams, Ann Murray
Classical - Released by Signum Classics on Oct 27, 2008
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Schumann / Mahler / Britten
Classical - Released by Avie Records on Sep 26, 2005
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Delirio Amoroso/Handel: Italian Secular Cantatas
Ann Murray, Harry Christophers
Classical - Released by CORO on May 16, 1997
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Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te - Flute Concerto No. 1 - Symphony No. 34
Ann Murray, Konrad Hünteler, Malcolm Frager, Cappella Coloniensis, Georg Fischer
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by CapriccioNR on Jul 12, 1994
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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1993
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The Last Rose of Summer: Best-Loved Songs of Ireland
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Mar 1, 1993
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Gounod: Songs (Hyperion French Song Edition)
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Anthony rolfe Johnson
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Oct 1, 1993
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Bizet: Songs (Hyperion French Song Edition)
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Feb 1, 1998
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¡España! – Spanish and Spanish-Inspired Song
Ann Murray, The Songmakers' Almanac, Graham Johnson
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Jul 1, 1988
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Schumann: The Complete Songs, Vol. 9
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Graham Johnson
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Nov 1, 2004
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