June Anderson; “O! Ciel! Quel changement“; IVAN IV; Georges Bizet

THIS IS THE SUCCESSOR CHANNEL TO “liederoperagreats“ WHICH WAS RECENTLY TERMINATED. June Anderson--soprano Michel Plasson--conductor Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse 1989 =============== “Educated to a high level in Connecticut, June Anderson commenced her vocal studies at the age of eleven. At seventeen she was the then youngest-ever finalist in the Metropolitan Opera auditions. Having graduated from Yale University with a degree in French, she decided upon a career in music and studied voice with Robert Leonard in New York. After a slow start she made her operatic début as the Queen of the Night/The Magic Flute with the New York City Opera in 1978. During her time with this company she appeared in a range of operas: from Giulio Cesare to The Golden Cockerel by way of Don Giovanni, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rigoletto and La traviata. Like her distinguished predecessor Beverley Sills, she sang all three soprano parts in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, in 1981. Anders