Marie McLaughlin

Marie McLaughlin ( born November 2, 1954 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ) is a Scottish soprano.

Life and work

McLaughlin studied singing in Glasgow and at the London Opera Centre. She made her debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. After appearances at the Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera she came in 1978 at the English National Opera and 1980 at the Royal Opera House in London. Quickly made ​​the artist an international career - among other things she sang at the Hamburg State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra National de Paris, the Bavarian State Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. As a light lyric soprano McLaughlin was particularly appreciated for their Mozart roles - Susanna, Zerlina, Despina, as well as Donna Elvira. She sang Norina further, Marcellina, Nannetta, Micaela, Hanna Glawari, Anna in the Seven Deadly Sins, as well as Titania in A Midsummer Night 's Dream and Miss Jessel and both Mrs. Grose in The Turn of the Srew, both operas by Benjamin Britten.

A special close relationship connects the singer with the Salzburg Festival, the Vienna State Opera and the Theater an der Wien. In Salzburg she sang in 1987 and 1988, Susanna, Marcellina in Fidelio in 1990 and 2006 - the opening of the House for Mozart - the Marcellina in Claus Guth's production of Figaro. They took over this role in 2007, 2009 and 2011. At the State Opera, she was 5 times the Adina, 19 times the Susanna, 2 times the Fidelio Marcellina (all in 1986 ), 10 times the Ilia by Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1987 and 1988) and 6 times the Zerlina (1990). In Theater an der Wien she was in 2006 a formidable Despina in Patrice Chéreau 's production of Così fan tutte, in 2013, she returned as a matchmaker Mother Needham in the world premiere of A Harlot 's Progress back and could - on the side of Diana Damrau - a large fight for personal success.

Selected recordings

  • Despina in Così fan tutte, Conductor: James Levine ( German Grammophon CD, DGG 4238972 1989)
  • Micaela in Carmen, conducted by Bernard Haitink ( culture video DVD, KUL, 2843 )
  • Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, conducted by Claudio Abbado (Sony Classics DVD).
  • Zerlina in Don Giovanni, conducted by Neville Marriner (Philips CD)
  • Zdenka in Arabella, Conductor: Christian Thielemann ( German Grammophon DVD)
  • Suor Angelica, Conductor: Richard Bonynge ( Decca CD, DEC 2894582182 )
  • Soprano solo in Mozart's Requiem, conducted by Leonard Bernstein ( German Grammophon CD, DGG 4273532 1989)
  • Schubert songs with Graham Johnson at the piano ( Hyperion Schubert Edition 13 CD, HYP 33013, 1992)
  • Richard Strauss Lieder with Graham Johnson at the piano ( Hyperion CD, HYP 55202, 2005)
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