Rachel Yakar
Rachel Yakar (3 March 1936 – 24 June 2023) was a French operatic soprano and academic voice teacher. She was known for Mozart roles such as Elvira in Don Giovanni, Baroque opera and contemporary opera. She was a member of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein from 1964 to 1991, and appeared also in Paris, at the Royal Opera House in London and at festivals including Bayreuth and Glyndebourne. She received international attention as Poppea in the 1977 production of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Oper Zürich conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, which was recorded and filmed. She made many more recordings reviving Baroque operas in historically informed performance. Her portrayal of Debussy's Mélisande was described as ideal. She was admired not only for her voice and diction but also for her stage presence. After her retirement from the stage she taught at the Paris Conservatoire. Ivan A. Alexandre from Diapason summarised her performing: "A darling of the Baroque pioneers and a Mozartian at heart and in style, the soprano from Lyon was also the intimate voice of Strauss, Debussy and Messiaen."
Genre: opera, requiem
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Top Tracks
- Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!
- Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Introitus
- Lully: Armide, LWV 71, Act 3: "Je réponds à tes vœux" (La Haine, Chœur, Armide)
- Lully: Armide, LWV 71, Act 3: "Ah ! Si la liberté me doit être ravie" (Armide)
- Lully: Armide, LWV 71, Act 2: "Enfin, il est en ma puissance" (Armide)
- Lully: Armide, LWV 71, Act 2: "Arrêtons-nous ici, c'est dans ce lieu fatal" (Hidraot, Armide)
- Lully: Armide, LWV 71, Act 1: "Ô ciel ! Ô disgrâce cruelle !" (Aronte, Hidraot, Armide, Chœur)
- Lully: Armide, LWV 71, Act 1: "Armide, que le sang qui m'unit avec vous" (Hidraot, Armide, Phénice, Sidonie)
- Lully: Armide, LWV 71, Act 1: "Dans un jour de triomphe" (Armide, Phénice, Sidonie)
- Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14, Pt. 2: No. 23, Rezitativ. "Und Paulus kam zu der Gemeinde" - No. 24, Duettino. "So sind wir nun Botschafter"
- Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14, Pt. 1: No. 20, Rezitativ. "Und Ananias ging hin" - No. 21, Chor. "O welch eine Tiefe des Reichtums"
- Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14, Pt. 1: No. 18, Rezitativ. "Es war aber ein Jünger zu Damaskus"
- Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14, Pt. 1: No. 9, Rezitativ. "Und die Zeugen legten ab ihre Kleider" - No. 10, Chor. "Siehe! Wir preisen selig"
- Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14, Pt. 1: No. 6, Arie. "Jerusalem, die du tötest die Propheten"
- Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14, Pt. 1: No. 5, Rezitativ mit Chor. "Und sie sahen auf ihn alle"
- Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14, Pt. 1: No. 3, Rezitativ und Duett. "Die Menge der Gläubigen"
- Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Introitus
- Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!
- Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!
- Handel: Admeto, HWV 22, Act 2: Aria. "Chi è nato alle sventure" (Trasimede)
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