Pilar Lorengar
Though internationally her career was somewhat overshadowed by the other lyric sopranos of her day, perhaps due to an often understated presentation, her silvery voice, not large but focused enough to carry through even a Verdi and light Wagner orchestra, and her charm, winsome but not overly kittenish, made her a favorite in many European houses, particularly in Germany.
She studied music at the Barcelona Conservatory, and like many Spanish singers, she began her career in zarzuela, making her stage debut (as a mezzo) in 1949. While she left the zarzuela stage fairly soon, she maintained her ties to that genre, and throughout her career often recorded or performed zarzuela music in recitals. Her classical debut was in Barcelona in 1952, as a soloist in Beethoven's Ninth. Her operatic debut was as Cherubino in 1955 at Aix-en-Provence. She also made her Covent Garden debut that year as Violetta in La traviata, and her Glyndebourne debut the next year as Pamina in The Magic Flute. In 1958, she first appeared at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, beginning an association that lasted over 30 years. She was one of the most beloved artists at that house, and was awarded the title of Kammersangerin after just five years there, in 1963. She made her Salzburg Festival debut in 1961, in Idomeneo, and her Metropolitan Opera debut not until 1966, as Donna Elvira.
Early in her career she focused on the lighter lyric roles, especially Mozart, but as she matured vocally, she was able to add considerably heavier roles, including Eva in Der Meistersinger and Elizabeth in Verdi's Don Carlo without taxing her voice beyond its resources. She made relatively few recordings, but among those, her Violetta in La traviata (London 443 000-2) is one of the few that captures the elegance and style of the famous courtesan as well as the feverishness of her doomed love affair.
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Pilar Lorengar, Cristina Deutekom, Stuart Burrows, Hermann Prey, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1970
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gioacchino Rossini : Stabat Mater
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1971
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spanish Romances
Pilar Lorengar, Alicia de Larrocha, Siegfried Behrend, Richard Klemm
Classique - Paru chez Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. le 1 janv. 1966
4 étoiles Classica16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gounod · Messe solennelle de Sainte-Cécile
Classique - Paru chez G.O.P. le 30 nov. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Highlights
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1970
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Portrait Of Pilar
Pilar Lorengar, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2014
4 étoiles Classica16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
GRANDI VOCI - ANITA CERQUETTI, ELENA SOULIOTIS, PILAR LORENGAR Una collana dedicata con registrazioni originali Decca e Deutsche Grammophon rimasterizzate con le tecniche più moderne che ne garantiscono eccellenza tecnica e artistica
Anita Cerquetti, Elena Souliotis, Pilar Lorengar
Classique - Paru chez UME - Global Clearing House le 12 févr. 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Verdi: La Traviata
Pilar Lorengar, Giacomo Aragall, Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lorin Maazel
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1969
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Pilar Lorengar: Prima Donna in Vienna
Pilar Lorengar, Wiener Opernorchester, Walter Weller
Récitals vocaux - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1972
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Pilar Lorengar : Live & Studio Recordings (1959/62)
Extraits d'opéra - Paru chez audite Musikproduktion le 6 juin 2014
Diapason d'or5 de Diapason16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Pilar Lorengar, Fritz Wunderlich, Gottlob Frick, Rudolf Kempe, Bamberger Symphoniker
Opéra - Paru chez Warner Classics le 1 janv. 1987
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Mozart: Don Giovanni - highlights
Gabriel Bacquier, Dame Joan Sutherland, Pilar Lorengar, Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2000
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Granados: Tonadillas; Canciónes Amatorias
Pilar Lorengar, Alicia de Larrocha
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 27 juil. 1978
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Voice Of Pilar Lorengar
Pilar Lorengar, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jesús López-Cobos
Classique - Paru chez Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. le 1 janv. 1980
4 étoiles Classica16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gluck: Iphigenia auf Tauris (Iphigenia in Tauris), Wq. 46
Opéra - Paru chez Orfeo le 1 janv. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Thomas: Mignon
Pilar Lorengar, Fritz Wunderlich, Gottlob Frick
Classique - Paru chez Past Classics le 6 nov. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Opern-Ausschnitte (Stereo Version)
Pilar Lorengar, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Leopold Ludwig
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1962
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Jesús Guridi: El Caserío [Zarzuela en Tres Actos] (1954)
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Ataulfo Argenta, Pilar Lorengar
Classique - Paru chez Classical Moments le 16 mai 2013
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Schubert · Mass No.6
Classique - Paru chez G.O.P. le 28 févr. 2023
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Jacinto Guerrero: El Huésped del Sevillano [Zarzuela en Dos Actos] (1954), La Alsaciana [Zarzuela en Un Acto] (1954)
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Ataulfo Argenta, Pilar Lorengar
Opérette - Paru chez Classical Moments le 24 mai 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La Alsaciana
Classique - Paru chez Columbia (BMG Spain) le 18 janv. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo