Benita Valente
Benita Valente (October 19, 1934 – October 24, 2025) was an American soprano in opera, lieder, chamber music and oratorio. She appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1973 through 1992, as Almirena in Handel's Rinaldo, as Mozart's Pamina, Susanna and Ilia, and Verdi's Gilda and Nanetta. She performed and recorded a broad repertoire of lieder, and was particularly interested in contemporary music; several composers wrote music for her. She performed with the Juilliard String Quartet Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2, earning a 1978 Grammy Award, and Alberto Ginastera's Third String Quartett, written for her. John Rockwell from The New York Times wrote about her in a 1983 recital review: "as gifted a singer as we have today, worldwide".
Genre: chamber-music
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Top Tracks
- Spanisches Liederbuch, Pt. 2 "Weltliche Lieder": No. 12, In dem Schatten meiner Locken
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 11. Das Gluck (Happiness)
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 10. Lied eines Madchens (The Young Girl's Song)
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 9. Schones Leben (A Good Life)
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 8. Winter (Winter)
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 7. Wiegenlied von der Not (The Song of Misery)
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 6. Der verlassene Vater (The Abandoned Father)
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 5. Warnung (A Warning)
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 4. Vor einer langen Trennung (Before a Long Parting)
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 3. Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 2. Die fursorgliche Tante zur Mutter (The Thoughtful Mother and Aunt)
- From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Sung in German): No. 1. Klage uber den Tod eines kleinen Kindes (The Lament for the Dead Child)
- Canciones clásicas españolas, Vol. 1 (Excerpts): No. 7, Chiquitita la novia [Coplas de curro dulce]
- Canciones clásicas españolas, Vol. 1 (Excerpts): No. 6, Del cabello más sutil
- Canciones clásicas españolas, Vol. 1 (Excerpts): No. 5, Con amores, la mi madre
- Canciones clásicas españolas, Vol. 1 (Excerpts): No. 2, Al amor
- Ariettes oubliées, L. 60 (Excerpts): No. 6, Aquarelles II [Spleen]
- Ariettes oubliées, L. 60 (Excerpts): No. 5, Aquarelles I [Green]
- Ariettes oubliées, L. 60 (Excerpts): No. 4, Paysages belges [Chevaux de bois]
- Ariettes oubliées, L. 60 (Excerpts): No. 2, Il pleure dans mon coeur
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