Teresa Berganza; "Piango, gemo sospiro"; Antonio Vivaldi

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ================ Teresa Berganza--mezzo-soprano Ricardo Requejo--piano 1978 ================== "Born: March 16, 1935 - Madrid, Spain Died: May 13, 2022 - San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain The Spanish mezzo-soprano, Teresa Berganza, studied music at the Madrid Conservatory with professors such as Gerardo Gombau or Jesús Guridi, and singing with Lola Rodriguez Aragón (a disciple of the German soprano Elisabeth Schumann). She was awarded first prize for singing in 1954 at the Conservatory, and made her concert debut in Madrid in 1955. In 1957 Teresa Berganza gave her first recital at the Madrid Ateneo, performed with the great Bulgarian bass Boris Christoff in Milan and took part in a film version of L&in Alqeri for the RAI. In the same year she participated in the Aix-en-Provence Festival, where her performance as Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte brought her internacional acclaim. That same year, she made her La Scala debut. The following year (1958) she made her debut at Glyndebourne in Le Nozze di Figaro, and played Neris in Medea at the Dallas Opera where she shared the stage with the legendary María Callas. In 1959, she first appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, which became one of her signature roles. In 1967, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro. Her vast repertoire ranges from the Italian baroque...