Ellen Shade
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Ellen Shade is an American operatic soprano
from New York. Shade had an international career, but did not make many recordings. Her Saffi, in The Gypsy Baron
film conducted by Kurt Eichhorn
, is available on DVD.
In 1978 she created the part of Eve in Penderecki's Paradise Lost at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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...
from New York. Shade had an international career, but did not make many recordings. Her Saffi, in The Gypsy Baron
The Gypsy Baron
The Gypsy Baron is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. Its libretto was by the author Ignaz Schnitzer and in turn was based on Sáffi by Mór Jókai. During the composer's lifetime, the operetta enjoyed great success, second...
film conducted by Kurt Eichhorn
Kurt Eichhorn
Kurt Peter Eichhorn , was a German conductor.Eichhorn was born in Munich, the son of a painter. He studied music at the conservatory in Würzburg with Hermann Zilcher. His conducting debut was in 1932 as a conductor and choral conductor in Bielefeld...
, is available on DVD.
In 1978 she created the part of Eve in Penderecki's Paradise Lost at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Sources
- Charles Jahantz/Elizabeth Forbes, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, IV (1992), p. 338.
- Lyric Opera of Chicago, Paradise Lost, 1978 cast
- Warrack, John and West, Ewan, "Shade, Ellen" in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Oxford University Press, 1996