Carole Farley
American soprano Carole Farley has sung operatic roles such as Mimì, Cio-Cio San, Tosca, Kundry, Violetta, and Constanze, but because she has specialized in operas outside the standard repertoire, particularly twentieth century works, and is deeply committed to living composers, as well as to relatively obscure composers of the recent past, she is not widely known to traditional opera audiences.
Farley received her training from Indiana University and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Hochschule für Musik, Munich. She made her recital debut at New York's Town Hall in 1969. At the Metropolitan Opera, Farley made her debut as Mimì in 1975, and went on to sing Lulu in 1977, and the Met's premiere of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in 1994. Lulu was a signature role of hers and she sang it over 100 times, in four languages, including the British premiere at the Welsh National Opera in 1971. She also gave over 100 performances of Salome. During the last quarter of the twentieth century she sang at the New York City Opera, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the Canadian Opera, and Théâtre de la Monnaie, as well as the houses of Brussels, Lyon, Zürich, Cologne, Florence, and Turin, among others.
She has devoted much of her career to newer music and has sung works of Janácek, Schoenberg, Weill, Britten, Rorem, Bernstein, and Bolcom. She is also committed to lesser known composers, such as Ernesto Lecuona, Aubert Lemeland, and conductor José Serebrier, to whom she is married. Her recordings include works by Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Delius, Milhaud, Prokofiev, and Richard Strauss. One of her most popular releases is a video of two one-act operas, Poulenc's La voix humaine and Menotti's The Telephone.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Carole Farley chante des chansons d'amour américaines classiques
Classical - Released by Naxos on Jun 11, 2007
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Barber: Canzonetta - Britten: Les Illuminations & Young Apollo
London Symphony Orchestra, Julia Girdwood, Carole Farley, José Serebrier, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Phoenix USA on Jan 1, 1990
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Albéniz: Iberia
Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Carole Farley, José Serebrier
Classical - Released by Phoenix USA on Jun 28, 2000
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Lemeland: Ballades du Soldat & Épilogue
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Carole Farley, Francine Bessac Vocal Ensemble, Ensemble instrumental de Grenoble, Marc Tardue
Classical - Released by Skarbo on Oct 26, 2004
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BOLCOM: Songs
Classical - Released by Naxos on Jun 1, 2005
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Serebrier: Symphony No. 3 / Elegy for Strings / Fantasia
Classical - Released by Naxos on Sep 18, 2003
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Grieg: Songs
Carole Farley, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, José Serebrier
Classical - Released by SOMM Recordings on Jan 1, 1998
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Carole Farley Sings Richard Strauss: Capriccio and Daphne Closing Scenes
Carole Farley, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, José Serebrier
Opera - Released by Chandos on Apr 1, 1985
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Lemeland: Symphony No. 6, "Les Elements", Time Landscapes, Memorial & Concert Nocturne
Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Carole Farley, Sabine Chefson, José Serebrier, Ensemble instrumental de Grenoble, Marc Tardue
Classical - Released by Skarbo on Jul 13, 2010
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Lemeland: Omaha - Songs for the Dead Soldiers
Carole Farley, Francine Bessac Chorale, Sabine Chefson, Ensemble instrumental de Grenoble, Marc Tardue
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Skarbo on Jul 1, 2013
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Tchaikovsky: Soprano Arias
Carole Farley, The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier
Classical - Released by imp on Jan 1, 1993
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Lecuona: On A Night Like This
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by BIS on May 1, 2004
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Poulenc: La voix humaine
Carole Farley, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier
Opera - Released by Phoenix USA on Jan 1, 1982
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Lemeland: Time Landscapes, Airmen, Epilogue & Memorial (Carole Farley)
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Skarbo on Sep 1, 2013
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Cycles de mélodies pour soprano et piano
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Naxos on Jan 1, 1992
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Prokofiev Songs
Mélodies - Released by Chandos on Mar 1, 1987
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