Ellen Beach Yaw
Ellen Beach Yaw (September 14, 1869 – September 9, 1947) was an American coloratura soprano, best known for her concert career and extraordinary vocal range, and for originating the title role in Arthur Sullivan's comic opera The Rose of Persia (1899). After she undertook American and European concert tours in 1894 and 1895, Yaw was heard by Sullivan at a private concert in London and arranged for her to be cast as the lead in The Rose of Persia. Yaw received mixed reviews in the role, and Helen Carte dismissed her after less than two weeks. After further vocal studies, Yaw made her grand opera debut as Ophelia in Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet in Nice, France, in 1903 or 1904. She eventually performed about 18 leading opera roles. In 1908, she gave a single performance of the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, her only appearance there. She continued to perform on concert tours and at charitable benefits for the next several decades.
Genre: vintage-classical-singing
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Top Tracks
- Les noces de Jeannette: Le chant du rossignol
- L'Etoile du nord, Act II: Cadenza
- Manon Lescaut, Act I: C'est l'histoire amoureuse
- C'est l'histoire amoureuse (Manon Lescaut, Act I)
- L'Etoile Du Nord: Cadenza
- Manon Lescaut: The Laughing Song
- The Skylark
- L'etoile Du Nord: Cadenza
- O Dolce Contento
- Manon Lescaut: L'eclat De Rire
- The Skylark
- Mignon: Polonaise
- La Perle De Bresil: Charmant Oiseau
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- The Nightingale
- Lucia: Mad Scene
- Lakme: Bell Song
- Swiss Echo Song
Albums (5)
- Opera! The French School (2011)
- The First Opera Recordings (1895-1902) (2011)
- The Harold Wayne Collection, Vol. 25 (1902-1937) (2011)
- The Art Of The Savoyard, Vol. 2 (2000)
- The Skylark (2000)
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