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
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1970
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Gioacchino Rossini : Stabat Mater
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1971
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Spanish Romances
Pilar Lorengar, Alicia de Larrocha, Siegfried Behrend, Richard Klemm
Classical - Lançado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1966
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Gounod · Messe solennelle de Sainte-Cécile
Classical - Lançado por G.O.P. em 30 de nov. de 2023
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Highlights
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1970
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Portrait Of Pilar
Pilar Lorengar, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 2014
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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
Classical - Lançado por UME - Global Clearing House em 12 de fev. de 2021
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Verdi: La Traviata
Pilar Lorengar, Giacomo Aragall, Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lorin Maazel
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1969
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Pilar Lorengar: Prima Donna in Vienna
Pilar Lorengar, Wiener Opernorchester, Walter Weller
Vocal Recitals - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1972
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Pilar Lorengar : Live & Studio Recordings (1959/62)
Opera Extracts - Lançado por audite Musikproduktion em 6 de jun. de 2014
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Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Pilar Lorengar, Fritz Wunderlich, Gottlob Frick, Rudolf Kempe, Bamberger Symphoniker
Opera - Lançado por Warner Classics em 1 de jan. de 1987
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Mozart: Don Giovanni - highlights
Gabriel Bacquier, Dame Joan Sutherland, Pilar Lorengar, Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 2000
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Granados: Tonadillas; Canciónes Amatorias
Pilar Lorengar, Alicia de Larrocha
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 27 de jul. de 1978
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The Voice Of Pilar Lorengar
Pilar Lorengar, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jesús López-Cobos
Classical - Lançado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1980
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Gluck: Iphigenia auf Tauris (Iphigenia in Tauris), Wq. 46
Opera - Lançado por Orfeo em 1 de jan. de 2016
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Schubert · Mass No.6
Classical - Lançado por G.O.P. em 28 de fev. de 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
Operettas - Lançado por Classical Moments em 24 de mai. de 2013
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La Alsaciana
Classical - Lançado por Columbia (BMG Spain) em 18 de jan. de 2019
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Pilar Lorengar sings Zarzuela
Operettas - Lançado por Jube Classic em 5 de mai. de 2023
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Turina, Azpiazu, Falla & Others: Spanish Songs
Pilar Lorengar, José de Azpiazu
Classical - Lançado por SWR Mediaservices GmbH em 8 de jun. de 2018
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Millan, R.: Dogaresa (La) [Zarzuela] (Lorengar, Berganza, Ausensi, Argenta) (1955)
Opera - Lançado por Naxos Classical Archives em 1 de jan. de 1956
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