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Born: March 16, 1935; Madrid, Spain

Mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza's career always had something of a Spanish flavor to it, even though she excelled in Mozart and Rossini roles and other elements of the traditional repertory. She consistently championed Spanish music, from zarzuela (the Spanish musical theater genre), to the songs of Granados and Falla. She also sang the title role of Carmen frequently, bringing her own unique sense of the character (as well as extensive research, Read more much of it in Spain, observing Spanish gypsy women) to both stage and recordings. A musician of unusual breadth and ability, Berganza was an accomplished pianist and organist, and even studied conducting and composition. Her voice, which had an impressive upper extension, managed to cross boundaries as well: in 1960 she was offered the role of Violetta -- a mainstay of the soprano repertory -- in Verdi's La traviata at La Scala in Milan.

Berganza studied at the Madrid Conservatory, under Lola Rodriguez Aragon, who herself studied with Elisabeth Schumann. She credits her teacher with the complete process of her development, from a raw talent to a polished artist; throughout her career, she continued to study with Aragon, developing interpretations or working out minor vocal problems. Berganza made her professional debut in 1956 at the Madrid Athenaeum in Schumann's song cycle Frauenliebe und -Leben, and made her operatic debut at the Aix-in-Provence Festival as Dorabella in Così fan tutte. She made her Glyndebourne debut in 1958 as Cherubino.

In the same year, she made her U.S. debut in Dallas, singing the comprimario role of Neris in a production of Medea. The Medea was Maria Callas, and Berganza later declared that she never learned as much about musical drama and stage discipline as from Callas, who treated her "like a younger sister," even insisting that Berganza be allowed to portray Neris as a young woman close to Medea's own age, rather than an older, matronly figure, as was customary. Berganza made her Covent Garden debut as Rosina in 1960; throughout the 1960s and early 1970s she sang mostly Rossini and Mozart. She made her Met debut as Cherubino in 1967.

Berganza first sang Carmen in 1977, and described it later as a deeply liberating experience -- personally as well as musically. In preparing the role, she visited Seville to observe gypsy women, read the original novel by Prosper Merimee, and studied the score deeply. She developed her own perceptions of Carmen: she was a free spirit within a restrictive culture, but far from being a prostitute or a tramp, and even possessing a certain sweetness. While many critics applauded her presentation, others found it lacking in blood and guts -- too "ladylike." (Berganza countered this with her observation that, far from being the flamboyant, hand-on-the-hip, promiscuous creatures of popular thinking, real Spanish gypsy women in fact follow a fairly rigid standard of decorum.) She brought the same kind of original thinking to the role of Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and in the famous Joseph Losey film, she sang her as a fully mature and sensual young woman, rather than a simple and bedazzled girl.

Berganza was also a prominent recitalist, specializing in Spanish song. Among her recordings, her Rosina (one of the most beautiful on record), and her collection of Spanish songs on Claves are both outstanding. Read less

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Duruflé: Requiem, Four Motets / Corboz, Berganza, Van Dam

Release Date: 02/03/1992 Label: Erato
Catalog: 45230 Number of Discs: 1

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Rossini: Il Barbieri Di Siviglia / Abbado, Prey, Berganza, Alva

Release Date: 06/14/2005 Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalog: 000427909

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Mozart: Operas / Otto Klemperer [11-CD Set]

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 043782 Release Date: 03/26/2013 Number of Discs: 11
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Margaret Price, Yvonne Minton, Sir Geraint Evans, Luigi Alva ...
Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Orchestra/Ensemble: John Alldis Choir, New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus ...
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100 Best Operetta

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 972635 Release Date: 11/19/2012 Number of Discs: 6
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Solti Conducts The Mozart Operas [15-CD Set]

Label: Decca Catalog: 001745402 Release Date: 10/16/2012 Number of Discs: 15
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Tom Krause, Arthur Davies, Gabriel Bacquier, Pilar Lorengar ...
Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus, London Opera Chorus ...
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Falla: Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas, La Vida Breve, El Amor Brujo / Bream, Reiner, Mata

Label: Rca Catalog: 35636 Release Date: 10/09/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Manuel de Falla
Performer: Felix Lavilla, Teresa Berganza, Julian Bream, Nati Mistral ...
Conductor: Fritz Reiner, Eduardo Mata, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra ...

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Michel Plasson & L'Opera Francais [38-CD Set]

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 36363 Release Date: 10/09/2012 Number of Discs: 38
Composer: Albéric Magnard, Jules Massenet, Charles Gounod, Jacques Offenbach ...
Performer: Nadine Denize, Gary Lakes, José Van Dam, Hildegard Behrens ...
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, Orféon Donostiarra, Toulouse Capitole Chorus ...

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Mozart Complete Edition [170 CDs + CD-ROM]

Label: Brilliant Classics Catalog: 94251 Release Date: 09/04/2012 Number of Discs: 170
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Christian Bach
Performer: Angela Bucci, Baltazar Zuniga, Elena Biscuola, Abramo Rosalen ...
Conductor: Riccardo Favero, Ton Koopman, Paul Freeman, Jaap ter Linden ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Oficina Musicum, Radio Chamber Orchestra, Musica Amphion ...

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Mozart: La Finta Semplice / Hager, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

Label: Brilliant Classics Catalog: 94374 Release Date: 07/31/2012 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Thomas Moser, Robert Lloyd, Robert Holl, Teresa Berganza ...
Conductor: Leopold Hager
Orchestra/Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
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Opera 2012

Label: Decca Catalog: 001675802 Release Date: 05/08/2012 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Vincenzo Bellini, Umberto Giordano ...
Performer: Joyce DiDonato, Andrea Bocelli, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann ...
Conductor: Kazushi Ono, Zubin Mehta, Fabio Luisi, Antonio Pappano ...

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Rossini: Operas / Claudio Abbado [9-CD Collector's Edition]

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001676502 Release Date: 05/08/2012 Number of Discs: 9
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Luigi Roni, Stefania Malagú, Renato Cesari, Enzo Dara ...
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Chorus ...
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Vivaldi: Gloria, Magnificat / Muti, Berganza, Terrani, New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 85223 Release Date: 01/24/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Teresa Berganza, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Leslie Pearson, Norman Jones
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus

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Teresa Berganza Master Classes - Mozart: Le Nozze De Figaro, Don Giovanni

Label: Mélisande Catalog: 1 Release Date: 12/13/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Aline Bartissol, Teresa Berganza, Laure André, Sandra Liz Cartagena ...
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Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Giulini, Berganza, Alva, Corena, Vinco

Label: Ica Classics Catalog: 5046 Release Date: 11/15/2011 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Ronald Lewis, Fernando Corena, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva ...
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
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Falla: La Vida Breve / Berganza, Nafe, Carreras, Pons, Navarro

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 435851 Release Date: 11/07/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Manuel de Falla
Performer: Ramon Contreras, Manuel Cid, José Carreras, Paloma Pérez Iñigo ...
Conductor: Luis Garcia-Navarro
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
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Klemperer Edition - Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro

Label: Emi Studio Catalog: 63849 Release Date: 09/22/2011 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Margaret Price, Clifford Grant, Willi Brokmeier, Werner Hollweg ...
Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Orchestra/Ensemble: John Alldis Choir, New Philharmonia Orchestra
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J. Strauss, Jr.: Die Fledermaus / Karajan, Gueden, Kmentt, Resnik

Label: Musical Concepts Catalog: 2018 Release Date: 09/13/2011 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Johann Strauss Jr., Franz Lehár, Louis Ferrari, Frederick Loewe ...
Performer: Waldemar Kmentt, Erika Köth, Walter Berry, Erich Kunz ...
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Sinopoli, Freni, Carreras

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001572002 Release Date: 07/12/2011 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Performer: Teresa Berganza, Juan Pons, Anthony Laciura, Mark Curtis ...
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
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The Opera Album 2011

Label: Decca Catalog: 001566102 Release Date: 06/14/2011 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Alfredo Catalani ...
Performer: Bryn Terfel, Anna Netrebko, Andrea Bocelli, Jonas Kaufmann ...
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth, Gianandrea Noseda, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano ...

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Opera 2011

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 96666 Release Date: 04/19/2011 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Gioachino Rossini, Antonio Caldara, Thomas Augustine Arne, Giacomo Puccini ...
Performer: Joyce DiDonato, Edgaras Montvidas, Philippe Jaroussky, Ian Bostridge ...
Conductor: Kazushi Ono, Emmanuelle Haïm, Bernard Labadie, Antonio Pappano ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale, L'arpeggiata

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Vivaldi: Gloria, Magnificat / Muti, Berganza, Terrani, New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra

Label: Emi Great Recordings Of The Century Catalog: 18755 Release Date: 03/08/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Leslie Pearson, Norman Jones, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Teresa Berganza
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus

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Essential Vivaldi

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 07159 Release Date: 02/15/2011 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin, Christopher Parkening, Emmanuel Pahud, Han-Na Chang ...
Conductor: Alberto Lysy, Iona Brown, Richard Tognetti, Christopher Warren-Green ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus, Virtuosi of England, Teatro Lírico (Ensemble) ...

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Placido Domingo - The Opera Collection [26-CD Set]

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001515202 Release Date: 01/25/2011 Number of Discs: 26
Composer: Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni ...
Performer: Geoffrey Pogson, Jean Lainé, Alicia Nafé, Richard Amner ...
Conductor: Claudio Abbado, Ion Marin, Georges Prêtre, Giuseppe Sinopoli ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra ...

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Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Solti, Lorengar, Berganza, Krause

Label: London/Decca Grand Opera Series Catalog: 430101 Release Date: 01/18/2011 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Tom Krause, Arthur Davies, Gabriel Bacquier, Pilar Lorengar ...
Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
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111 - The Collector's Edition 2 [56-CD Set - Limited Edition]

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 4779142 Release Date: 11/09/2010 Number of Discs: 56
Composer: Georges Bizet, Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Ludwig van Beethoven ...
Performer: Stuart Harling, Robert Lloyd, Sherrill Milnes, Placido Domingo ...
Conductor: Claudio Abbado, John Nelson, Leonard Bernstein, Jerzy Semkow ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, George Watson's College Boys' Chorus ...

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111 More Classic Tracks [6-CD Set - Limited Edition]

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001483202 Release Date: 11/09/2010 Number of Discs: 6
Composer: Georges Bizet, Dmitri Shostakovich, Franz Liszt, Franz Joseph Haydn ...
Performer: Géza Anda, Maurice André, Stefan Askenase, Martha Argerich ...
Conductor: Claudio Abbado, Karel Ancerl, Hans Stadlmair, John Nelson ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra ...

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Mozart Edition - Complete Works

Label: Brilliant Classics Catalog: 94051 Release Date: 11/09/2010 Number of Discs: 170
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Christian Bach
Performer: Angela Bucci, Baltazar Zuniga, Elena Biscuola, Abramo Rosalen ...
Conductor: Riccardo Favero, Ton Koopman, Paul Freeman, Jaap ter Linden ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Oficina Musicum, Radio Chamber Orchestra, Musica Amphion ...
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