Christine Brewer
American singer Christine Brewer is one of the leading sopranos of her generation. With the dawn of the new century, her career has enjoyed numerous major successes, among them her triumphant debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2003, in the role of Ariadne in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos and with her appearance in several important recordings, including William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and Experience on Naxos (2004), Barber's Vanessa on Chandos (2004), the highly praised English-language version of Fidelio on Chandos (2005) where she sang Leonora, and Strauss' Four Last Songs coupled with Wagner's "Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde on Telarc (2006).
Brewer was born in Springfield, IL, on October 26, 1955. Her music studies were at McKendree College in Lebanon, IL, from where she graduated with honors (B.A., music performance) in 1976. Her list of vocal teachers over the years has been impressive: Glenn Freiner, A. Stephen Smith, Edmund LeRoy, and Birgit Nilsson. While Brewer achieved much success in the 1990s and first decade of the new century, she continued vocal studies with Christine Armistead at St. Louis' Washington University.
One of Brewer's first important breakthroughs came in 1989 when she was chosen a National Council Winner by the Metropolitan Opera. Thereafter, appearances on the more prestigious of the world's opera and recital stages became more frequent for her. Her first important recordings began to appear in the 1990s, among them Grand & Glorious: Great Operatic Choruses, with conductor Robert Shaw, on Telarc (1994), and Don Giovanni, with Charles Mackerras conducting, also on Telarc (1996).
By the early 2000s she was in great demand, having already appeared in concert with such conductors as Michael Tilson Thomas, Lorin Maazel, Leonard Slatkin, Kurt Masur, and Sir Simon Rattle (with whom she recorded the Mahler Eighth Symphony in 2005 for EMI). Also, she had become a veteran of the operatic stage, with appearances at such diverse locations as Covent Garden, Opera de Lyon, the New York City Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera.
Her schedule has included a mixture of challenging events, with recitals at London's Wigmore Hall, where she has appeared numerous times, and at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. In 2007, she sang the role of Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the San Francisco Opera, Donald Runnicles conducting.
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14 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Airs célèbres d'opéra
Christine Brewer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Barry Banks, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Janice Watson, David Parry
Extraits d'opéra - Paru chez Chandos le 1 août 2005
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Górecki: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Christine Brewer, Donald Runnicles, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Telarc le 24 mars 2009
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Divine Redeemer
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 4 sept. 2015
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Strauss: Four Last Songs & Death and Transfiguration - Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Donald Runnicles, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Christine Brewer
Classique - Paru chez Telarc le 15 août 2006
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Grands airs d'opéra (Volume 20) : Christine Brewer, Volume 2
Extraits d'opéra - Paru chez Chandos le 1 mars 2009
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Ariadne on Naxos (en anglais) - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Intégrales d'opéra - Paru chez Chandos le 1 sept. 2010
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Dvorak : Stabat Mater / Psaume 149
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 29 juil. 2002
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Songs By Wagner, Wolf, Britten, And John Carter - Wigmore Hall Live
Christine Brewer, Roger Vignoles
Classique - Paru chez Wigmore Hall Live le 1 janv. 2008
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Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 20
David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Christine Brewer, Judith Howarth, Timothy Robinson
Opéra - Paru chez Chandos le 1 mars 2009
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Schubert: Hyperion Song Edition 31 – Schubert & Religion
Christine Brewer, Graham Johnson
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 juil. 1998
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Echoes of Nightingales: Favourite Encores for Soprano & Piano
Christine Brewer, Roger Vignoles
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 28 mars 2011
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R. Strauss: Complete Songs, Vol. 1
Christine Brewer, Roger Vignoles
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 mai 2005
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Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 17
Christine Brewer, David Parry, Philharmonia Orchestra, Barry Banks, Janice Watson, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Opéra - Paru chez Chandos le 1 août 2005
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Great Strauss Scenes
Christine Brewer, Donald Runnicles, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Christine Brewer, Donald Runnicles, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Telarc le 1 janv. 2010
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