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Yvonne Kenny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yvonne Kenny

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yvonne Kenny AM (November 25, 1950) is an Australian soprano, particularly associated with Handel and Mozart roles.

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, she first studied at the University of Sydney in science, hoping to become a biochemist, but decided to pursue a career in music instead. She studied first with Myra Lambert at the Sydney Conservatorium, and later won a schorlarship to study at the opera school at La Scala in Milan.

After a year of study there she came to England, where after a few recitals and TV appearances, her breakthrough came on October 11, 1975, when she replaced, with only four days' notice, the soprano scheduled to sing in an Opera Rara concert performance of Donizetti 's Rosmonda d'Inghilterra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. It was a triumph and the virtually unknown Kenny became an overnight star.

She made her debut at the Royal Opera House the following year, in the premiere of Henze 's We Come to the River, later singing in Handel operas such as: Semele, Alcina, Giulio Cesare, and Mozart operas such as: Idomeneo, Mitridate, re di Ponto, La clemenza di Tito, The Abduction of the Seraglio, The Magic Flute. She also sang Sophie in both Werther and Der Rosenkavalier.

She was also a regular guest at the Glyndebourne Festival and the English National Opera. On the international scene, she appeared in Zurich, Munich, Vienna, Aix-en-Provence, Washington, etc.

Kenny often returned home, appearing at the Sydney Opera House in roles including: Mélisande, Manon, Leila, Micaela, Fiordiligi, Pamina, and Cleopatra. Most recently, she appeared as Blanche DuBois in the Australian premiere of Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire for Opera Australia.

After her initial success with Opera Rara, she appeared in many recordings with them, notably: Donizetti's Ugo, conte di Parigi and Emilia di Liverpool, Meyerbeer 's Il crociato in Egitto, and Johann Simon Mayr 's Medea in Corinto.

Kenny reveals through her many recordings, a full-toned, silvery voice, used with a fine sense of style, musicanship, and excellent coloratura technique.

She provided the voice for the title role in the TV mini-series Melba, about the great Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba.

She was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music by the University of Sydney in June 1999.

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  • Grove Music Online, Elizabeth Forbes, March 2008.

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