Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz
Encyclopedia
Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (born 27 January 1959, Oslo
) is a Norwegian/Italian
opera
tic soprano
.
and theorist, Christian Norberg-Schulz
(1926–2000), and the Italian translator and writer
Anna Maria de Dominicis. She studied at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome
as well as with John Shirley-Quirk
, Peter Pears
, and for a number of years Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
, before beginning her career as an opera
and concert
singer. She has performed in many of the world's leading opera house
s and companies including La Scala
, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
, Teatro Comunale di Bologna
, Teatro Massimo di Palermo
, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro San Carlo in Naples
, Teatro Carlo Felice
in Genoa
, La Fenice
in Venice
, the New York
Metropolitan Opera
, the Lyric Opera of Chicago
, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
, Opéra Bastille
, La Monnaie
in Brussels
, Teatro Real
in Madrid
, Opéra de Genève
, Bavarian State Opera
in Munich
, Vienna State Opera
and the Norwegian National Opera
.
Since 2006 she has been professor
in voice and interpretation at the University of Stavanger
in Norway
.
(Teatro la Scala Milano, Vienna), Zerlina (Rome, Napoli, Vienna), Asteria Tamerlano (Firenze, Halle, London, Teatre des Champs Elysees Paris), Adina
(Teatro alla Scala Milano, Rome, Napoli, Staatsoper Vienna), Lucia
(Staatsoper Vienna, Spoleto, Oslo), Norina (Munich, Hamburg, Macerata, Napoli), Nannetta (Scala Milano, Salzburg,Staatsoper Vienna, Madrid), Gilda
(Vienna, Spoleto, Palermo, Treviso, Oslo), Oscar (Metropolitan Opera, Chicago, Staatsoper Vienna, Oslo), Micaëla (Opera Bastille, Rome, Oslo), Liù (Covent Garden, Athens, Bologna), Mimì
(Glyndebourne Festival, Oslo), Musetta (Firenze, Staatsoper Vienna), Adele Die Fledermaus (Metropolitan Opera), Gretel
(Chicago), Constance Dialogues des Carmélites (Teatro alla Scala Milano), Manon of Massenet (Staatsoper Vienna).
Her festival
appearances include the Rossini Opera Festival
of Pesaro
where she has sung Corinna Viaggio a Riems, Anais Moise, Jemmy Guilielomo Tell and Giulia La scala di seta, Salzburg
, Montreux
, Spoleto
, Macerata
, the Beethoven Festival in Bonn
, and the Handel Festival, Halle
.
with Solti
, Brahms Requiem with Abbado), I Filarmonici della Scala (Mozart Requiem with Muti
, and with Gergiev), Orchestra Nazionale di RAI (Mahler 2 and 4. and Der Wein with Tate
), Dresden Staatskapelle (Beethoven 9, Strauss Lieder and Mozart Requiem, all with Sinopoli
), Munich Philharmonic (Pergolesi Salve Regina with Abbado and Lily Boulanger Clarières dans le Ciel with Viotti), Bayersicher Rundfunk (Mahler 8 with Sir Colin Davis), Oslo Philharmonic (Mahler 4° with Sinopoli, opera recital with Jansons), Bergen Philharmonic (Mahler 4° , Berg Sieben Furhe Lieder, De Falla Atlantide, Brahms Requiem with Ceccato), New York Philharmonic
(Debussy Le Martyr de Saint Sebastien with Masur
), Chicago Symphony (Haydn Creation with Solti), San Francisco Symphony
(Brahms Requiem with Blomstedt
), Boston Symphony (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges with Ozawa
), Orchestre de Paris
(Mahler 2° and Beethoven 9° with Bychkow).
"Mozart Wettbewerb" and the Spoleto
"Sperimentale" prizes, and in 1993, she was awarded the Grieg Prize by the Grieg Academy in Oslo. She has also received the "Minerva Prize" (2004) and the "Verdi Prize" (2006). In 2004, King Harald V of Norway, made her a Knight
of the Order of St. Olav, and in 2006, the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano
made her a "Commander
of the Italian Republic".
, Decca
, EMI
, Ricordi
and BMG
include Mozart's Mass in C minor
, Verdi's Falstaff
with Solti (Nanetta), Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem
with Blomstedt (Grammy Award
), Mahler's Symphony Number 8 with Sir Colin Davis, and Tamerlano
with Trevor Pinnock
(Asteria
). She has also recorded a recital
disc
of songs by Edvard Grieg
with the pianist
Håvard Gims which received the Grieg Award.
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
) is a Norwegian/Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
tic soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
.
Career
Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz is the daughter of the Norwegian architectural historianArchitectural historian
A architectural historian is a person who studies and writes about the history of architecture, and is regarded as an authority on it Similar profession are known widely such as Historian, Art historian and Archaeologist. Architectural historians survey areas that are often threatened by extinction...
and theorist, Christian Norberg-Schulz
Christian Norberg-Schulz
Christian Norberg-Schulz was a Norwegian architect, architectural historian and theorist.He was born in Oslo. He is the father of singer Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz....
(1926–2000), and the Italian translator and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
Anna Maria de Dominicis. She studied at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
as well as with John Shirley-Quirk
John Shirley-Quirk
John Shirley-Quirk CBE is an English bass-baritone.He was born in Liverpool, England, and sang in his high school choir. He played the violin and was awarded a scholarship. While studying chemistry and physics at Liverpool University, he studied voice with Austen Carnegie...
, Peter Pears
Peter Pears
Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears CBE was an English tenor who was knighted in 1978. His career was closely associated with the composer Edward Benjamin Britten....
, and for a number of years Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, DBE was a German-born Austrian/British soprano opera singer and recitalist. She was among the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century, much admired for her performances of Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, and Wolf.-Early life:Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike...
, before beginning her career as an opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
and concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
singer. She has performed in many of the world's leading opera house
Opera house
An opera house is a theatre building used for opera performances that consists of a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and set building...
s and companies including La Scala
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma is an opera house in Rome, Italy. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat Costanzi Theatre, it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements...
, Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Teatro Comunale di Bologna
The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house in Bologna, Italy, and is one of the most important opera venues in Italy. Typically, it presents eight operas with six performances during its November to April season....
, Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Teatro Massimo
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II....
, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro San Carlo in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, Teatro Carlo Felice
Teatro Carlo Felice
The Teatro Carlo Felice is the principal opera house of Genoa, Italy, used for performances of opera, ballet, orchestral music, and recitals. It is located on the Piazza De Ferrari....
in Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, La Fenice
La Fenice
Teatro La Fenice is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of the most famous theatres in Europe, the site of many famous operatic premieres. Its name reflects its role in permitting an opera company to "rise from the ashes" despite losing the use of two theatres...
in Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, the New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
, the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. It was founded in Chicago in 1952, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox, Nicolà Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included Maria Callas's American debut in Norma...
, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Royal Opera, London
The Royal Opera is an opera company based in central London, resident at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Along with the English National Opera, it is one of the two principal opera companies in London. Founded in 1946 as the Covent Garden Opera Company, it was known by that title until 1968...
, Opéra Bastille
Opéra Bastille
L'Opéra Bastille ' is a modern opera house in Paris, France. It is the home base of the Opéra national de Paris and was designed to replace the Palais Garnier, which is nowadays mainly used for ballet performances....
, La Monnaie
La Monnaie
Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , or the Koninklijke Muntschouwburg is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium....
in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Teatro Real
Teatro Real
The Teatro Real or simply El Real , is a major opera house located in Madrid, Spain.-History:...
in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Opéra de Genève
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Grand Théâtre de Genève is an opera house in Geneva, Switzerland.As with many other opera houses, the Grand Théâtre de Genève is both a venue and an institution. The venue is a majestic building, towering over Place Neuve, officially opened in 1876, partly destroyed by fire in 1951 and reopened in...
, Bavarian State Opera
Bavarian State Opera
The Bavarian State Opera is an opera company based in Munich, Germany.Its orchestra is the Bavarian State Orchestra.- History:The opera company which was founded under Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy has been in existence since 1653...
in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Vienna State Opera
Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera . In 1920, with the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy by the First Austrian...
and the Norwegian National Opera
Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet is the first fully professional company for opera and ballet in Norway. Its seat is the Oslo Opera House.It was founded in 1957...
.
Since 2006 she has been professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
in voice and interpretation at the University of Stavanger
University of Stavanger
The University of Stavanger is located in Stavanger, Norway and has about 8,500 students and 1200 administration, faculty and service staff. It is organised in three faculties, including two national centres of expertise. It includes 107 professors, and more than 150 of the academic staff hold...
in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
.
Opera roles
Her principal roles include: Pamina (Chicago, Madrid, Salzburg Festspiele, Staatsoper Vienna, Bologna), SusannaSusanna
Susanna is a feminine first name. It is not very common in the USA, and is found there predominantly among the American Jewish community. It is the name of at least two women in the Bible. It is often spelled Susannah, although Susanna is the original spelling...
(Teatro la Scala Milano, Vienna), Zerlina (Rome, Napoli, Vienna), Asteria Tamerlano (Firenze, Halle, London, Teatre des Champs Elysees Paris), Adina
Adina (opera)
Adina is an operatic farsa in one act by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Marchese Gherardo Bevilacqua-Aldobrandini. The opera develops the popular theme of the "abduction from the seraglio"....
(Teatro alla Scala Milano, Rome, Napoli, Staatsoper Vienna), Lucia
Lucia
- Surname :* Bruno Lucia, Australian stand-up comedian and performer* Fernando de Lucia, Italian tenor- Given name :* Lucia Cifarelli, member of industrial band KMFDM* Lucía Etxebarria de Asteinza, Spanish writer* Lucia Galeazzi Galvani, Italian scientist...
(Staatsoper Vienna, Spoleto, Oslo), Norina (Munich, Hamburg, Macerata, Napoli), Nannetta (Scala Milano, Salzburg,Staatsoper Vienna, Madrid), Gilda
Gilda
Gilda is a 1946 American black-and-white film noir directed by Charles Vidor. It stars Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth in her signature role as the ultimate femme fatale. The film was noted for cinematographer Rudolph Mate's lush photography, costume designer Jean Louis' wardrobe for Hayworth , and...
(Vienna, Spoleto, Palermo, Treviso, Oslo), Oscar (Metropolitan Opera, Chicago, Staatsoper Vienna, Oslo), Micaëla (Opera Bastille, Rome, Oslo), Liù (Covent Garden, Athens, Bologna), Mimì
Mimi
-People:* Mimi * Constantin Mimi , a Bessarabian politician and winemaker-Places:* Mimi, Nepal* Mimi, New Zealand, a locality in Taranaki, New Zealand* Mimi River -Other uses:* Mimi , a 1935 British film...
(Glyndebourne Festival, Oslo), Musetta (Firenze, Staatsoper Vienna), Adele Die Fledermaus (Metropolitan Opera), Gretel
Gretel
Gretel is a German shortening of the name Margarete. It may refer to:*Gretel, one of the main characters in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel...
(Chicago), Constance Dialogues des Carmélites (Teatro alla Scala Milano), Manon of Massenet (Staatsoper Vienna).
Her festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
appearances include the Rossini Opera Festival
Rossini Opera Festival
The Rossini Opera Festival is an opera festival held in August of each year in Pesaro, Italy, the birthplace of the opera composer Gioachino Rossini....
of Pesaro
Pesaro
Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....
where she has sung Corinna Viaggio a Riems, Anais Moise, Jemmy Guilielomo Tell and Giulia La scala di seta, Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, Montreux
Montreux
Montreux is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.It is located on Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps and has a population, , of and nearly 90,000 in the agglomeration.- History :...
, Spoleto
Spoleto
Spoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.-History:...
, Macerata
Macerata
Macerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...
, the Beethoven Festival in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, and the Handel Festival, Halle
Handel Festival, Halle
The Handel Festival in Halle is an international music festival, concentrating on the music of George Frideric Handel, in the composer's birthplace in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The festival was founded in 1922 and grew into a center of Handel studies and performance in Europe...
.
Concert repertoire
Her concert appearances have included: the Berlin Philharmonic (Schumann Requiem für Mignon and Brahms Requiem with Abbado), Vienna Philharmonic (Mozart Mass in C minorC minor
C minor is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. The harmonic minor raises the B to B. Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with naturals and accidentals as necessary.Its key signature consists of three flats...
with Solti
Solti
- Family names :* Krisztina Solti , a Hungarian high jumper* Sir Georg Solti , a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor* Valerie Pitts, Lady Solti, the widow of Sir Georg Solti- See also :...
, Brahms Requiem with Abbado), I Filarmonici della Scala (Mozart Requiem with Muti
Muti
Muti is a term for traditional medicine in Southern Africa as far north as Lake Tanganyika. The word muti is derived from the Zulu word for tree, of which the root is -thi...
, and with Gergiev), Orchestra Nazionale di RAI (Mahler 2 and 4. and Der Wein with Tate
Tate
-Places:*Tate, Georgia, a town in the United States*Tate County, Mississippi, a county in the United States*Táté, the Hungarian name for Totoi village, Sântimbru Commune, Alba County, Romania*Tate, Filipino word for States...
), Dresden Staatskapelle (Beethoven 9, Strauss Lieder and Mozart Requiem, all with Sinopoli
Sinopoli
Sinopoli is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 90 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 30 km northeast of Reggio Calabria...
), Munich Philharmonic (Pergolesi Salve Regina with Abbado and Lily Boulanger Clarières dans le Ciel with Viotti), Bayersicher Rundfunk (Mahler 8 with Sir Colin Davis), Oslo Philharmonic (Mahler 4° with Sinopoli, opera recital with Jansons), Bergen Philharmonic (Mahler 4° , Berg Sieben Furhe Lieder, De Falla Atlantide, Brahms Requiem with Ceccato), New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
(Debussy Le Martyr de Saint Sebastien with Masur
Masur
-People:* The Masurians, residents of Masuria* A surname signifying membership in the Masurian ethnic group :...
), Chicago Symphony (Haydn Creation with Solti), San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony is an orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980, the orchestra has performed at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus are part of the organization...
(Brahms Requiem with Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt is a Swedish conductor.Herbert Blomstedt was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and two years after his birth, his Swedish parents moved the family back to their country of origin...
), Boston Symphony (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges with Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
is a Japanese conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of large-scale late Romantic works. He is most known for his work as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera.-Early years:...
), Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre de Paris
The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra performs most of its concerts at the Salle Pleyel.-History:In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conductor Charles Munch was called on by the Minister of Culture,...
(Mahler 2° and Beethoven 9° with Bychkow).
Awards
Early in her career she won the SalzburgSalzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
"Mozart Wettbewerb" and the Spoleto
Spoleto
Spoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.-History:...
"Sperimentale" prizes, and in 1993, she was awarded the Grieg Prize by the Grieg Academy in Oslo. She has also received the "Minerva Prize" (2004) and the "Verdi Prize" (2006). In 2004, King Harald V of Norway, made her a Knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
of the Order of St. Olav, and in 2006, the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano
Giorgio Napolitano
Giorgio Napolitano is an Italian politician who has been the 11th President of Italy since 2006. A long-time member of the Italian Communist Party and later the Democrats of the Left, he served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 1994 and as Minister of the Interior from 1996 to...
made her a "Commander
Commander
Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...
of the Italian Republic".
Recordings
Norberg-Schulz's recordings for PhilipsPhilips
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
, Decca
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
, EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
, Ricordi
Casa Ricordi
Casa Ricordi is a classical music publishing company founded in 1808 as G. Ricordi & Co. by violinist Giovanni Ricordi in Milan, Italy...
and BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
include Mozart's Mass in C minor
Mass in C minor
Mass in C minor may refer to:*Great Mass in C minor, No. 17, K. 427, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart*Missa solemnis in C minor, "Waisenhaus", No. 4, K. 139, also by Mozart*Mass in C minor, Op. 147, by Robert Schumann...
, Verdi's Falstaff
Falstaff
Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare. In the two Henry IV plays, he is a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V. A fat, vain, boastful, and cowardly knight, Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into trouble, and is...
with Solti (Nanetta), Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem
Ein deutsches Requiem
A German Requiem, To Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and a soprano and a baritone soloist, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest...
with Blomstedt (Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
), Mahler's Symphony Number 8 with Sir Colin Davis, and Tamerlano
Tamerlano
Tamerlano is an opera in three acts written for the Royal Academy of Music , with music by George Frideric Handel to an Italian text by Nicola Francesco Haym, adapted from Agostin Piovene's Tamerlano together with another libretto entitled Bajazet after Nicolas Pradon's Tamerlan, ou La Mort de...
with Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor David Pinnock CBE is an English conductor, harpsichordist, and occasional organist and pianist.He is best known for his association with the period-performance orchestra The English Concert which he helped found and directed from the keyboard for over 30 years in baroque and early classical...
(Asteria
Asteria
In Greek mythology, Asteria was a name attributed to the following eight individuals:-Daughter of Coeus:Asteria was the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe and sister of Leto...
). She has also recorded a recital
Recital
A recital is a musical performance. It can highlight a single performer, sometimes accompanied by piano, or a performance of the works of a single composer.The invention of the solo piano recital has been attributed to Franz Liszt....
disc
Disc
- Data storage :* Disk storage, a general category of data storage mechanisms** Magnetic disk*** Floppy disk, a magnetic data storage device using a flexible disc*** Hard disk drive, a non-volatile magnetic data storage device...
of songs by Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
with the pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
Håvard Gims which received the Grieg Award.
External links
- Biography: Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (Soprano) on bach-cantatas.com