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Deborah Voigt (born August 4, 1960) is an American
dramatic soprano A dramatic soprano is a type of operatic soprano with a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over, or cut through, a full orchestra. Thicker vocal folds in dramatic voices usually (but not always) mean less agility than lighter voices but a ...
who has sung roles in operas by
Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
and
Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...
.


Biography and career


Early life and education

Debbie Joy Voigt was born into a religious
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family in 1960 and raised in
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, just outside Chicago. At age five, she joined the choir at a Baptist church and began learning the piano. Her mother sang and played piano at church while her two younger brothers sang in
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bands. Those early experiences in church inspired her interest in music. When she was 14, her family moved to Placentia in
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, California. It was traumatic for Voigt, then in her teens, to adjust to Southern California, "land of endless sunshine and impossibly perfect bodies." She attended El Dorado High School, where she was a member of El Dorado's Vocal Music and Theater programs, starring in musicals including ''
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'', ''
The Music Man ''The Music Man'' is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and ...
'' and ''
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''. At that time, Voigt recalled in an interview, she did not seriously consider becoming an opera singer and was unaware of the existence of the
Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is operat ...
. Upon graduation in 1978, she won a vocal scholarship funded by the
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in
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so that she could enroll in the voice program at
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, where she met the voice teacher Jane Paul Hummel, under whom she trained for about eight years. Voigt was the finalist of the Met National Council Auditions for Young Singers in 1985. She won awards at many prestigious singing competitions and made her
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debut in 1988. Named an Adler Fellow, she apprenticed at
San Francisco Opera San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) based in San Francisco, California. History Gaetano Merola (1923–1953) Merola's road to prominence in the Bay Area began in 1906 when he ...
's Merola Program for two years, studying seven major roles. There, she also took a class from
Leontyne Price Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano who was the first African Americans, African American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, where s ...
.


1990s to mid-2000s

Voigt slowly established her career, entering the professional opera world after winning several first prizes at competitions. Her breakthrough role was Ariadne in
Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...
's ''
Ariadne auf Naxos (''Ariadne on Naxos''), Op. 60, is a 1912 opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The opera's unusual combination of elements of low commedia dell'arte with those of high opera seria points up one of the work' ...
'' at
Boston Lyric Opera Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is an American opera company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1976. BLO is the largest and longest-lived opera company in New England. BLO employs nearly 350 artists and creative professionals annually—vocalists ...
in January 1991. The performance was praised by noted arts critic
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in ''
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'', who called Voigt "one truly remarkable singer" and predicted that she would soon become an important
Wagnerian Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
soprano comparable to American soprano
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. ''Ariadne'' first brought her to public notice and international success and remains one of her greatest achievements. Later she often refers to her operatic career jokingly as ''Ariadne Inc.'' When Voigt made her debut at the
Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is operat ...
on October 17, 1991, in the lead role of Amelia in
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's ''
Un ballo in maschera ''Un ballo in maschera'' ''(A Masked Ball)'' is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, '' Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué''. The ...
'', critic
Allan Kozinn Allan Kozinn (born July 28, 1954) is an American journalist, music critic, and teacher. Kozinn received bachelor's degrees in music and journalism from Syracuse University in 1976. He began freelancing as a critic and music feature writer for ''T ...
wrote that she had come with a big reputation. He noted that "Voigt's deep, mezzolike darkness brought impressive range of color to Amelia's music". He also commented on how well she conveyed Amelia's feeling of urgency and despair in the second act
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, sung with a warm and golden tone. Kozinn criticized her acting for not matching her singing, but emphasized that she lost no clarity or smoothness in her big voice. In March 1992, Voigt returned to the Met to sing as Chrysothemis in Strauss's '' Elektra''. In the same month, she won the coveted
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from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. The prize was to participate in the annual
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of the foundation held on November 22, 1992, at
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. Critic
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noted that her "Ozean, du Ungeheuer", a long sequence from Weber's ''
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'', brightened the mood and elevated the gala. He complimented her performance as "the Tucker gala's most satisfying". Two months later Holland, reviewing her substitution for
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at the Met, said that her attractive singing in the opening sequence as Leonora in Verdi's ''
Il trovatore ''Il trovatore'' ('The Troubadour') is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play ''El trovador'' (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez. It was García Gutiérrez's mos ...
'' "reached out and settled comfortably in every corner of this big hall", but said she did not fully immerse herself in the passion of the heroine. In May 2003, Voigt sang and recorded (for DG) the role of Isolde at the
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. Since then she has regularly appeared at the Met and other major opera houses, such as the
San Francisco Opera San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) based in San Francisco, California. History Gaetano Merola (1923–1953) Merola's road to prominence in the Bay Area began in 1906 when he ...
,
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 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included Maria ...
,
Deutsche Oper Berlin The Deutsche Oper Berlin is a German opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house (after Munich's) and also home to the Berlin State Ballet. Since 2004, the De ...
and the
Opéra Bastille The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's '' Grands Travaux'', it became the main facility of the Paris N ...
.


2004: The "little black dress"

In 2004, Voigt was removed from the role of Ariadne at the
Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Op ...
when she could not fit into one of the costumes, a "
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." The casting director, Peter Mario Katona, wanted her to wear it instead of the typical
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used in such operas, letting out the dress with tailoring, or replacing it with another costume. She was replaced by
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, a German singer of slimmer appearance. She was "very angry" about the incident, but kept silent about it for several months. When the decision became public, the Royal Opera House received substantial criticism. It was pointed out that many notable sopranos, such as the Italian
Luisa Tetrazzini Luisa Tetrazzini (June 29, 1871 in Florence – April 28, 1940 in Milan) was an Italian dramatic coloratura soprano of great international fame. Tetrazzini "had a scintillating voice with a brilliant timbre and a range and agility well b ...
, American
Jessye Norman Jessye Mae Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but refused to be limited to that voice type. A commanding presence on operatic, concert ...
and English
Jane Eaglen Jane Eaglen (born 4 April 1960) is an English soprano particularly known for her interpretations of the works of Richard Wagner and the title roles in Bellini's '' Norma'' and Puccini's '' Turandot''. Background Jane Eaglen was born 4 April ...
, had been "large-boned, zaftig, even enormous", and Voigt had merely "followed in their heavy footsteps." The decision was also criticized because of the popular
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that female opera singers have to be heavy in order to sing well. There is the old expression that "in opera, great voices often come in large packages" and the well-worn saying "
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". Voigt was headlined in the British tabloid press as "The show ain't over till the fat lady slims." There was also an outcry because, it seemed at the time that
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, such as opera, should not emulate low culture Hollywood images of thin female stars. It has been suggested that the incident may have helped Voigt in the long run. She had tried many diets, such as
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and Weight Watchers, unsuccessfully over the years.
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, "who never minced words", had once expressed concern about her weight. She underwent three-hour
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in June 2004, which she has discussed publicly. It is highly risky for any person, but especially for a singer, who depends on a strong
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"to support the column of sound". The operation, performed at
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in New York City, was successful. She lost over 100 pounds (7
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), and went from a
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30 to size 14; but has kept her exact weight, both before and after the operation, private. Voigt has said she had the surgery not only because of the Royal Opera House but also because of her concern about health problems caused by the weight. In other interviews with ''The New York Times'' in 2005 and 2008, she said the fees the Royal Opera House owed her paid in part for the surgery. Her concern was that the firing was done so cruelly. In several interviews, she expressed relief and delight in the weight loss. Since her dramatic weight loss, Voigt was rehired by the Royal Opera House for the role she was fired from. The public reaction was positive. Voigt said in 2005 that she felt "good will from fans and the public." She said in 2008 that she had "assumed" the "
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" would not happen until they had new management.


2006 to 2008

In April 2006, she performed her first ''
Tosca ''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...
'' at the
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and the Metropolitan Opera; her first fully staged '' Salome'' at
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premiered in October of the same year. She performed Ariadne in Richard Strauss's ''
Ariadne auf Naxos (''Ariadne on Naxos''), Op. 60, is a 1912 opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The opera's unusual combination of elements of low commedia dell'arte with those of high opera seria points up one of the work' ...
'' for the theatre during the 2007/08 season, to rave reviews. In January 2006, she sang
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tunes and other
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at UCLA's
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. She performed a similar concert from "the American songbook" in January 2008 at
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. This included tributes to Broadway sopranos
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and
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. Although Voigt's
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is that of the ''dramatischer'' soprano, she made the transition into singing the ' soprano
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with her interpretation of Isolde from Wagner's ''
Tristan und Isolde ''Tristan und Isolde'' (''Tristan and Isolde''), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was compose ...
''. She sang the role in the 2007/08 season at the Metropolitan Opera and in the 2008/09 season at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. During one of the performances at the Met, Voigt took ill and had to leave the stage. She returned at the next performance of ''Tristan und Isolde'' and finished the run to acclaim by most reviewers, including ''
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'', though some critics, including ''
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'', panned her performance. On September 28, 2008, Voigt joined American soprano
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and American
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in singing a comedic tribute to Spanish
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. The three


2009 to 2010

In May 2009, Voigt began
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a younger soprano, Christina Borgioli, in a new program that she has set up. Borgioli has "been selected as the first participant in the Deborah Voigt/Vero Beach Opera Foundation's Protegee Mentoring Program." This will involve both voice and acting training, and a shadowing experience. Voigt sang Strauss at the
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's 60th anniversary concert on August 6, 2009, with
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conducting. Her next formal opera engagement was in the title role of ''
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'' in September and October 2009at the Lyric Opera in Chicago. Christina Borgioli, her
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, accompanied Voigt in this production. In February and March 2010, she sang Ariadne in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' at the
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. Voigt sang again with the Metropolitan Opera during the 2009/10 Season. She sang Chrysothemis in Richard Strauss's '' Elektra'' in December 2009, and Senta in ''
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'' in April 2010, an "iconic Wagnerian role...for the first time on the Met stage." ''The New York Times'' wrote that she "brought steely power and lyrical elegance to her first Met Senta".


''Alceste''

In May 2009, Voigt starred in the rarely heard 1776 opera '' Alceste'' by
Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire, he g ...
, in concert at
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's Rose Theatre. She performed with the
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and American
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, as King Admète, and the
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Orchestra." According to a ''New York Times'' preview, "The chance to hear Deborah Voigt in her first performance of the title role in Gluck's ''Alceste'' is clearly driving the ticket sales for the Collegiate Chorale's concert performance of this remarkable opera". '' Time Out'' wrote that Voigt "already proved her affinity for similar material a few years back when she sang Cassandre in Berlioz's ''
Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tro ...
'' at the Met." The ''
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'' noted that Voigt and the chorus received French diction training for the performance from Thomas Grubb, a teacher at the
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. Unfortunately, Voigt caught the flu when she was to perform, yet went on with the show; the photograph caption for the ''New York Times'' review was, "Deborah Voigt, even with the flu, led a Collegiate Chorale concert performance on Tuesday." The reviewer wrote, "she did some impressive work, singing with power, gleaming sound and sensitive phrasing, though she clearly struggled. Often her voice sounded congested and her top range tight...her voice nearly gave out, and she had to drop down an octave to get through a phrase." The review reserved judgment but noted that some fans were "disappointed." Another reviewer wrote, "One would like very much to hear Voigt undertake this dramatic role again when she is in peak form."


2010 to 2012

In December 2010, Voigt returned to the Met as Minnie in the 100th anniversary production of the world premiere of Puccini's ''
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''. She reprised this rôle at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in January 2011 and at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège in February 2013. In April 2011, Voigt sang her first
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at the Metropolitan Opera in Canadian stage director
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's new production of ''
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'', the second installment of the Met's highly publicized new production of Wagner's
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directed by Lepage. She sang the role again as the cycle was presented in its entirety during the 2011-12 season, adding to her repertoire the final two operas of the cycle, ''
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'' and ''
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''. She also appeared in a 2012
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, '' Wagner's Dream'', about the production. In the summer of 2011, she sang the lead of
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in the Irving Berlin musical '' Annie Get Your Gun'' at the
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. For that festival,
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,
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, and Voigt collaborated to produce the stage show ''Voigt Lessons''. Voigt revived the show in 2015 at the Art House in
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.


2013 to 2015

In September 2013, Voigt dropped out of a production of ''Tristan und Isolde'' and removed Isolde from her repertoire due to having found "the long, punishing role beyond her current vocal capacities". Her stage performances have dwindled since. In 2015,
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published her autobiography, ''Call Me Debbie: True Confessions of a Down-to-Earth Diva'' co-written with former ''People Magazine'' writer, Natasha Stoynoff.


Personal life

, Voigt had been a New Yorker for about five years. Voigt was once married to her high school sweetheart, John Leitch. She said she relied on him and he worked for her career. They divorced in 1995 after seven years of marriage. As she was getting more famous, she traveled around the world with him, but her crowded schedule and the accompanying stress eventually led to their divorce.


Awards

Voigt has received various awards since her debut as a singer. She won Philadelphia's Luciano Pavarotti Vocal Competition in 1988, the Verdi Competition in 1989, and the gold prize for best female singer at the 1990
International Tchaikovsky Competition The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of ...
. In March 1992, she won the
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, the top award presented by the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, including a $30,000 cash award. Voigt has been nominated for a
Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
several times and shared the 1996 "Best Opera Recording" award for the recording of Berlioz's ''
Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tro ...
'' directed by
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with
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. She was also co-nominated in 2002 for "Best Choral Performance" on a
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recording. In 2013, she shared the "Best Opera Recording" award for the
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's recording of
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's ''
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''. Voigt garnered ''
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s Vocalist of the Year in 2003, and an ''
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'' award for distinguished achievement in 2007. She was honored as a Chevalier of ''
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'' at the
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on 27 March 2002. She was inducted into the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Hall of Fame in 1997.


Recordings

Voigt has made a number of recordings, including two solo compact discs. She is on the live recording of the
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's production of Wagner's ''
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'' for
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(2003). In a 2001 interview with
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, she said she had been unlucky with recording because of unexpected cancellations and postponements. The opportunities to cooperate with high-profile musicians could have made her a major
prima donna In opera or commedia dell'arte, a prima donna (; Italian for "first lady"; plural: ''prime donne'') is the leading female singer in the company, the person to whom the prime roles would be given. ''Prime donne'' often had grand off-stage pers ...
more quickly. She had a chance to work with
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in a televised production of Verdi's ''
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'' in 1997, but the performance did not take place since Pavarotti had not learned the role of Alvaro and another opera was substituted. Later the same year, Voigt was to sing on a new recording of ''Tristan und Isolde'' under the direction of Sir
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. Before it proceeded, Solti suddenly died of a heart attack. In April 2001, The Metropolitan Opera intended to broadcast a taping of Strauss's ''
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'' in which Voigt sang the title role, but it was put off until 2003 for co-star
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. Voigt felt frustrated that every recording plan for ''Ariadne'' had been delayed or stopped for five years until late 2001. Finally, she sang Ariadne in a 2001 recording released by Deutsche Grammophon in which Dessay,
Anne Sofie von Otter Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs. Early life Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was Göran von Otter, a Swedis ...
and
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co-starred, and
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conducted. Voigt said that if he had not participated in the project, she doubts she could have ever recorded ''Ariadne''. The album was mentioned as one of the "Top Classical Recordings of 2001" according to the ''New York Times''.


Selected discography

* Berlioz. ''
Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tro ...
'', conducted by
Charles Dutoit Charles Édouard Dutoit (born 7 October 1936) is a Swiss conductor. He is currently the principal guest conductor for the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia and co-director of thMISA Festival in Shanghai In 2017, he became the 103rd recipient of th ...
with
Montreal Symphony Orchestra The Montreal Symphony Orchestra (french: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, or OSM) is a Canadian symphony orchestra based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The orchestra’s home is the Montreal Symphony House at Place des Arts. It is the only orche ...
and Chorus,
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, 1993 * Rossini, ''
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'', conducted by Roger Norrington with the
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,
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0777-7-54643-2-0, 1994 * Beethoven: ''
Fidelio ''Fidelio'' (; ), originally titled ' (''Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love''), Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, with ...
'', conducted by
Colin Davis Sir Colin Rex Davis (25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013) was an English conductor, known for his association with the London Symphony Orchestra, having first conducted it in 1959. His repertoire was broad, but among the composers with whom h ...
with
Bavarian State Opera The Bayerische Staatsoper is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bayerische Staatsorchester. History The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under Ele ...
Chorus & Radio Symphony, BMG, 1996 * Schoenberg:
Gurre-Lieder ' is a large cantata for five vocal soloists, narrator, chorus and large orchestra, composed by Arnold Schoenberg, on poems by the Danish novelist Jens Peter Jacobsen (translated from Danish to German by ). The title means "songs of Gurre", ref ...
, Teldec, 1996 * Beethoven: Cantates, Koch International Classics, 1997 * Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Telarc, 1997 * Robert Shaw: Absolute Heaven, Telarc, 1997 * Richard Strauss: '' Elektra'', Deutsche Grammophon, 1997 * ''The American Opera Singer'', BMG/RCA Victor, 1997 * ''Operatically Incorrect!'', BMG/RCA Victor, 1997 * Wagner: ''
Der fliegende Holländer ' (''The Flying Dutchman''), WWV 63, is a German-language opera, with libretto and music by Richard Wagner. The central theme is redemption through love. Wagner conducted the premiere at the Königliches Hoftheater Dresden in 1843. Wagner claim ...
'', Sony/Columbia, 1997 * Richard Strauss: ''
Friedenstag ''Friedenstag'' (''Peace Day'') is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss, his Opus 81 and TrV 271, to a German libretto by Joseph Gregor. The opera was premiered at the National Theatre Munich on 24 July 1938 and dedicated to the leading singer ...
'', Deutsche Grammophon, 1999 *
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: Sämtliche Chorwerke, EMI Classics, 1999 * Richard Strauss: ''
Ariadne auf Naxos (''Ariadne on Naxos''), Op. 60, is a 1912 opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The opera's unusual combination of elements of low commedia dell'arte with those of high opera seria points up one of the work' ...
'', UNI/Deutsche Grammophon, 2000 * Wagner: Love Duets, EMI Classics, 2000 * Zemlinsky: Cymbeline Suite, EMI Classics, 2001 * ''Obsessions'', EMI Classics, 2004 * ''
James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala ''James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala'' was a concert, lasting (including intermissions) approximately eight hours, that the Metropolitan Opera staged in 1996 in honour of its then principal conductor and artistic director. Exc ...
'', Deutsche Grammophon DVD B0004602-09, 2005 * ''All My Heart'', EMI Classics, 2005 * '' Let The Season In'', Mormon Tabernacle Choir, 2014


References


External links

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Interview
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