Sarah Connolly
Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly has been one of Britain's most versatile and committed singers, with a repertory ranging from Monteverdi to newly commissioned works. Her recording career has been notable for a variety of independently conceived recital recordings, as well as appearances in major operatic and choral works.
Connolly was born in County Durham in North East England on June 13, 1963, and grew up in Middleton St. George. She sang in a village choir and studied piano and cello as a youngster in addition to singing. At Queen Margaret's Boarding School, she continued with piano and was impressed by her sister's performance in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, but continued to focus on piano at the Clarendon College of Further Education (as well as winning college championships in tennis and table tennis). Connolly even earned a piano education degree at the Royal College of Music before switching definitively to singing. After graduating, she joined the BBC Singers and became a freelance choral singer, flirting as well with a jazz career. A second-place finish at the International Vocal Competition s'Hertogenbosch, Opera Section, as well as meeting teacher Gerald Martin Moore confirmed her choice of classical music, and she landed solos in Bach concerts conducted by Philippe Herreweghe in the 1990s. In 1997, she made her recording debut on an album of Bach Advent Cantatas conducted by Herreweghe, with his Collegium Vocale, on the Harmonia Mundi label.
She continued to make inroads into the early music scene, recording Rameau's Les Fêtes d'Hébé with William Christie's Les Arts Florissants and performing the title role in Handel's Xerxes in several houses, including the New York City Opera. Gaining a reputation as a Handel specialist, she has moved into Romantic and contemporary repertory as well, performing heavy works such as Mahler's Rückert-Lieder and Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius; in 2011, as part of the observances of the centenary of Mahler's death, she performed all his vocal works with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Connolly has also supported contemporary music, performing and recording Mark-Anthony Turnage's Twice Through the Heart.
Connolly's extensive recording career includes many song recitals, both orchestral and voice-and-piano, that were original in conception. These included The Exquisite Hour (2006), which inaugurated her ongoing relationship with the Signum label. Connolly appeared with the choir Tenebrae on the 2017 release A Walk with Ivor Gurney. That year, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Connolly also recorded for Chandos, and for that label, she appeared on collections of pieces by Elgar, Arthur Bliss, and Frank Bridge between 2018 and 2022. In 2022, she released a complete recording of the songs of Henri Duparc on Signum Classics.
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live)
Robert Dean Smith, Sarah Connolly, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski
Classical - Lançado por PENTATONE em 28 de ago. de 2020
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Bob Chilcott: Christmas Oratorio
Sarah Connolly, Nick Pritchard, Neal Davies
Classical - Lançado por Delphian Records em 3 de nov. de 2023
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Mahler Songs
Joseph Middleton, Sarah Connolly
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Signum Records em 28 de jul. de 2023
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Live at the Cutty Sark
Oliver Zeffman, Sarah Connolly, Philharmonia Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Ozero Records em 14 de abr. de 2023
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius - Sea Pictures
Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, BBC Symphony Chorus, David Soar, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Chandos em 29 de set. de 2014
Gramophone Award24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Offenbach: Fantasio
Classical - Lançado por Opera Rara em 1 de jan. de 2014
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My True Love Hath My Heart - English Songs
Classical - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de out. de 2011
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Rückert-Lieder (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 4, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Joseph Middleton, Sarah Connolly
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Signum Records em 29 de jun. de 2023
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Rückert-Lieder (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 1, Ich atmet' einen linden Duft!
Joseph Middleton, Sarah Connolly
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Signum Records em 13 de jul. de 2023
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Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde
Sarah Connolly, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Toby Spence, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Classical - Lançado por London Philharmonic Orchestra em 30 de set. de 2013
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Turnage: Songs
Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Martin Robertson
Classical - Lançado por London Philharmonic Orchestra em 1 de fev. de 2008
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Turnage: Songs
Marin Alsop, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Connolly, Martin Robertson, Gerald Finley
Classical - Lançado por London Philharmonic Orchestra em 1 de fev. de 2008
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Black and Blue
Pop - Lançado por Sarah Connolly em 18 de out. de 2019
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Heading South
Folk - Lançado por Pillar Artists em 6 de jul. de 2021
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Wishing Bone
Pop - Lançado por Pillar Artists em 1 de mar. de 2021
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