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Listen to Alessandra Marc, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Alessandra Marc

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Listen to Messa da Requiem: XII. Offertorio by Alessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Plácido Domingo & Waltraud Meier, see lyrics, music video & more!
Messa da Requiem: XII. OffertorioAlessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Plácido Domingo & Waltraud Meier
Listen to Messa da Requiem: I. Requiem by Alessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Plácido Domingo & Waltraud Meier, see lyrics, music video & more!
Messa da Requiem: I. RequiemAlessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Plácido Domingo & Waltraud Meier
Listen to Messa da Requiem: XIV. Agnus Dei by Alessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim & Waltraud Meier, see lyrics, music video & more!
Messa da Requiem: XIV. Agnus DeiAlessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim & Waltraud Meier
Listen to Messa da Requiem: XI. Lacrymosa by Alessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Plácido Domingo & Waltraud Meier, see lyrics, music video & more!
Messa da Requiem: XI. LacrymosaAlessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Plácido Domingo & Waltraud Meier
Listen to Elektra, Op. 58: "Elektra! Schwester!" by Deborah Voigt, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Philharmonic, Alessandra Marc, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Dietrich D. Gerpheide, see lyrics, music video & more!
Elektra, Op. 58: "Elektra! Schwester!"Deborah Voigt, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Philharmonic, Alessandra Marc, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Dietrich D. Gerpheide
Listen to Messa da Requiem: XVI. Libera me by Alessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim, see lyrics, music video & more!
Messa da Requiem: XVI. Libera meAlessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim
Listen to Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIl. Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis by Alessandra Marc, Margaret Jane Wray, Christiane Boesiger, Dagmar Peckova, Eugenie Grunewald, Glenn Winslade, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Peter Lika, Europe Choir Academy, Aurelius Sangerknaben Calw, SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks & Michael Gielen, see lyrics, music video & more!
Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIl. Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein GleichnisAlessandra Marc, Margaret Jane Wray, Christiane Boesiger, Dagmar Peckova, Eugenie Grunewald, Glenn Winslade, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Peter Lika, Europe Choir Academy, Aurelius Sangerknaben Calw, SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks & Michael Gielen
Listen to Elektra, Op. 58: Es Muss Etwas Geschehen Sein by Deborah Voigt, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Philharmonic, Annette Jahns, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Gabriele Sima, Elisabeth Wilke, Anne Schwanewilms, Siegfried Jerusalem, Alessandra Marc & Dietrich D. Gerpheide, see lyrics, music video & more!
Elektra, Op. 58: Es Muss Etwas Geschehen SeinDeborah Voigt, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Philharmonic, Annette Jahns, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Gabriele Sima, Elisabeth Wilke, Anne Schwanewilms, Siegfried Jerusalem, Alessandra Marc & Dietrich D. Gerpheide
Listen to Elektra, Op. 58: Orest! Orest! Es Rührt Sich Niemand! by Alessandra Marc, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Philharmonic, Samuel Ramey, Goran Simic & Hanna Schwarz, see lyrics, music video & more!
Elektra, Op. 58: Orest! Orest! Es Rührt Sich Niemand!Alessandra Marc, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Philharmonic, Samuel Ramey, Goran Simic & Hanna Schwarz
Listen to Elektra, Op. 58: "Was Willst Du? Seht Doch Dort!" by Hanna Schwarz, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Philharmonic, Alessandra Marc, Christiane Hossfeld & Karin Wieser, see lyrics, music video & more!
Elektra, Op. 58: "Was Willst Du? Seht Doch Dort!"Hanna Schwarz, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Philharmonic, Alessandra Marc, Christiane Hossfeld & Karin Wieser

More albums from Alessandra Marc

Listen to Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 3 by Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony & Alessandra Marc
ALBUMWagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 3Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony & Alessandra Marc
Listen to Krenek: Jonny spielt auf by Alessandra Marc, Marita Posselt, Heinz Kruse, Michael Kraus, Krister St. Hill, Leipzig Opernchor, Gewandhausorchester & Lothar Zagrosek
ALBUMKrenek: Jonny spielt aufAlessandra Marc, Marita Posselt, Heinz Kruse, Michael Kraus, Krister St. Hill, Leipzig Opernchor, Gewandhausorchester & Lothar Zagrosek
Listen to Albéniz: Henry Clifford by Alessandra Marc, José de Eusebio, Annette Markert, Aquiles Machado, Carlos Alvarez, Jane Henschel & Coro y Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
ALBUMAlbéniz: Henry CliffordAlessandra Marc, José de Eusebio, Annette Markert, Aquiles Machado, Carlos Alvarez, Jane Henschel & Coro y Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
Listen to Alessandra Marc: Arias - Opera Gala by Andrew Litton, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Chorus & Alessandra Marc
ALBUMAlessandra Marc: Arias - Opera GalaAndrew Litton, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Chorus & Alessandra Marc
Listen to Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In e Flat Major - Schoenberg: Jakobsleiter (Die) by South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, Berlin Radio Choir, Michael Gielen, James Johnson, Guy Renard, Laura Aikin, John Brocheler, Glenn Winslade, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Thomas Harper tenor, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Peter Lika, Aurelius Sangerknaben Calw, Margaret Jane Wray, Europe Choir Academy, Dagmar Peckova, Alessandra Marc, Christiane Boesiger & Eugenie Grunewald
ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 8 In e Flat Major - Schoenberg: Jakobsleiter (Die)South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, Berlin Radio Choir, Michael Gielen, James Johnson, Guy Renard, Laura Aikin, John Brocheler, Glenn Winslade, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Thomas Harper tenor, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Peter Lika, Aurelius Sangerknaben Calw, Margaret Jane Wray, Europe Choir Academy, Dagmar Peckova, Alessandra Marc, Christiane Boesiger & Eugenie Grunewald
Listen to Wagner: Die Walküre by Christoph von Dohnányi, Gabriele Schnaut, Robert Hale, Poul Elming, Alessandra Marc, Alfred Muff, Anja Silja & The Cleveland Orchestra
ALBUMWagner: Die WalküreChristoph von Dohnányi, Gabriele Schnaut, Robert Hale, Poul Elming, Alessandra Marc, Alfred Muff, Anja Silja & The Cleveland Orchestra
Listen to Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie - Sinfonische Gesänge by Alessandra Marc, Håkan Hagegård, Sir Willard White, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
ALBUMZemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie - Sinfonische GesängeAlessandra Marc, Håkan Hagegård, Sir Willard White, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
Listen to Strauss: Elektra by Alessandra Marc, Daniel Barenboim, Deborah Polaski, Johan Botha, Staatskapelle Berlin & Waltraud Meier
ALBUMStrauss: ElektraAlessandra Marc, Daniel Barenboim, Deborah Polaski, Johan Botha, Staatskapelle Berlin & Waltraud Meier
Listen to Krenek: Jonny Spielt Auf by Alessandra Marc, Marita Posselt, Heinz Kruse, Michael Kraus, Krister St. Hill, Leipzig Opernchor, Gewandhausorchester & Lothar Zagrosek
ALBUMKrenek: Jonny Spielt AufAlessandra Marc, Marita Posselt, Heinz Kruse, Michael Kraus, Krister St. Hill, Leipzig Opernchor, Gewandhausorchester & Lothar Zagrosek
Listen to Marc, Alessandra: Arias - Verdi, G. - Catalani, A. - Cilea, F. - Puccini, G. - Charpentier, G. - Wagner, R. by Alessandra Marc, Heinz Wallberg & New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMarc, Alessandra: Arias - Verdi, G. - Catalani, A. - Cilea, F. - Puccini, G. - Charpentier, G. - Wagner, R.Alessandra Marc, Heinz Wallberg & New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

About Alessandra Marc

Listen to Alessandra Marc, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Hometown
Berlin, Germany
Born
1957
Genre
Classical
American dramatic soprano Alessandra Marc emerged in the 1980s as a rejoinder to those who claimed the day of the large voices had disappeared forever. Not only was Marc's instrument of heroic caliber, but it was also of a sleek, fine-grained timbre, capped by an inexhaustible top register. It astounded many with its firm, spinning conformation and a quick silvery vibrato that kept its sound trim, even in the most strenuous outbursts. It seemed the perfect voice for Strauss and Wagner, and Verdi and Puccini's Turandot. Progress to the uppermost echelon of artists was slowed by Marc's large physique, a subject she has approached with candor and often obvious hurt. Nevertheless, conductors and directors who have understood the rarity of such a voice have been unhesitating in engaging Marc, much to the public's advantage. Born Judith Borden to a German mother and a Polish-born father who worked for United States Army Intelligence, Marc heard stories from both parents of wartime privations. In her final year of high school, she began voice lessons and entered the University of Maryland as a music major. During an audition, Marc was confronted by a voice instructor who was in attendance, Marilyn Cotlow, the first Lucy in Menotti's The Telephone. Cotlow informed her that she was no lyric soprano, but one destined for Strauss and Wagner, and thereupon offered to be both teacher and mentor to the young woman. Under Cotlow's ministrations, Marc's instrument became still more secure in the top register even as she was cautioned not to push for more amplitude in the middle and lower voice. A chance meeting with friends at a New York café in the mid-'80s led to Marc's being overheard by a Herbert H. Breslin representative. Several individuals from the firm subsequently attended Marc's audition for the Richard Tucker Foundation and the pleased soprano walked away from the experience with two grants from the Tucker Foundation and a five-year contract from the Breslin office. Several stunning debuts took place over the next several years, most notably at Ireland's Wexford Festival when Marc won raves for her Lisabetta in a 1987 production of Giordano's rarely performed La cena delle beffe and, the year following, at Santa Fe Opera's American stage premiere of Strauss' Friedenstag. Her success in New Mexico led to an engagement to repeat as the Commandant's Wife under Robert Bass for a Carnegie Hall concert performance. The November 1989 event was recorded and issued on Koch International, allowing a worldwide audience to appreciate Marc's mastery of the role's murderously high tessitura and multiple high Cs. Successful debuts at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Metropolitan Opera, and San Francisco (all as Aida) failed to win her long-term contracts. She roused London audiences, however, with Turandot in her 1994 Royal Opera debut and found similar favor in France, Germany, Austria, and Italy. Marc also found favor with the late Italian conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli. Introduced to him by a Polygram employee who passed on a tape of some of her performances, Marc was engaged by the maestro first for Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony and later for the title role in his recording of Elektra. In April of 2001, it was the artist's sad duty to sing at Sinopoli's funeral mass in Rome. Conscientious in musicianship, extravagantly gifted with voice, Marc ranks with the finest singers of her time.

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