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Lee Venora
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Lee Venora

Born 16 Feb 1932United States1 albums

American operatic singer and musical theatre actress

Biography

Lee Venora (born February 16, 1932) is an American operatic soprano and musical theater actress. She was highly active with the New York City Opera between 1957 and 1967 and a regular performer at the San Francisco Opera between 1961 and 1966. She also appeared in a few Broadway musicals, Lincoln Center revivals, and national tours of musicals during her career. Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein was an admirer of her voice, and she performed with him and the New York Philharmonic on a number of occasions during the late 1950s and early 1960s. She also sang with the orchestra on a couple of recordings and appears on a few musical recordings as well.

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Songs recorded

  1. Stranger in Paradise3 versions
  2. And This Is My Beloved
  3. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
  4. Finale
  5. Four Saints Three Acts Acts III and IV Abridged
  6. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: No. 2 Aria: Ex exultavit
  7. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: No. 9 Trio: Suscepit Israel
  8. Magnificat: Aria: Quia respexit humilitatem (Soprano I) / Omnes generationes (Chorus)
  9. Magnificat: Chorus: Suscepit Israel
  10. Rhymes Have I
  11. Symphony no. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”: V. Im Tempo des Scherzo. Wild herausfahrend “Auferstehn, ja auferstehn wirst du” - “O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube”

Albums

Symphony no. 2 in C minor “The Resurrection Symphony”
Symphony no. 2 in C minor “The Resurrection Symphony”Mahler; Jennie Tourel, Lee Venora, The Collegiate Chorale, Abraham Kaplan, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

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