Helen Donath
Helen Donath is one of the greatly admired lyric sopranos of her age, noted for her pure timbre and interpretive powers, as well as her vocal longevity. She is equally adept on the opera stage, in recital, and in oratorios. Like many singers of her generation, she fell in love with opera through the Mario Lanza movie The Great Caruso. She first studied music at Del Mar College in her hometown of Corpus Christi at the age of 14 and later in New York with Paola Novikova, where she made her concert debut in 1958. After auditioning for an agent who sent her to the Cologne Opera, she made her opera stage debut in 1962 in the comprimario role of Inez in Verdi's Il Trovatore. In 1966, she joined the Munich Staatsoper as a guest artist, beginning a long association with that house. During the 1960s, she also briefly became a protégé of Herbert von Karajan, but her persistent refusal of his offers of roles she thought were too heavy brought that rapport to an end. She was to have made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1968, but canceled because of her later pregnancy; she didn't appear at the Met until 1991. In 1970, she made her Salzburg Festival debut as Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute. Her United States opera debut was in 1971 as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, the role of her 1974 Chicago debut. In 1979, she first appeared at Covent Garden as Anne in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress. Until her return to the United States in the early '90s, the majority of her career took place in Germany and Austria, and she was awarded the title of Kammersaengerin. Her husband, who has also acted as her vocal advisor, is pianist, choir director, and conductor Klaus Donath. Their son, Alexander, is a stage director.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Pfitzner: Das Christ-Elflein, Op. 20 (Orfeo d'Or)
Opera - Released by Orfeo on Jan 1, 2016
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Sep 1, 1973
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Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1987
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bach, J.S.: Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd, "Hunt Cantata / Oboe D'Amore Concerto in F Major
Classical - Released by Musicaphon on Jan 1, 1995
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Schubert: The Great Masses
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1972
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Haydn: L'anima del filosofo, Hob. XXVIII:13
Classical - Released by Orfeo on Jan 1, 2016
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Beethoven: Symphony No.9
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1986
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Handel, G.F.: Apollo E Dafne
Helen Donath, Peter-Christoph Runge, Cappella Coloniensis, Gunther Wich
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Phoenix on Aug 25, 2009
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Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns
Helen Donath, Siegfried Jerusalem, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Willi Boskovsky
Operettas - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1982
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The Art of Helen Donath
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on Jun 27, 2020
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Beethoven: Mass in D Major, Op. 123 "Missa solemnis"
Classical - Released by Orfeo on Jan 1, 2016
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Lehár: Friederike
Helen Donath, Adolf Dallapozza, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 31, 2014
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Britten: The Turn Of The Screw
Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Robert Tear, Ava June, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1982
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Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten
Kurt Widmer, South German Madrigal Choir, Helen Donath, Adalbert Kraus, Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by Vox Box on Jan 1, 1991
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Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten, Hob. XXI:3
South German Madrigal Choir, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele
Classical - Released by Vox on Jan 1, 1975
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Ein Portrait
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by DA Records on Jan 1, 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo