Cheryl Barker
Cheryl Ruth Barker (born 22 April 1960, Sydney) is an Australian operatic soprano who has had an active international career since the late 1980s. She has sung on several complete opera recordings with Chandos Records, including the title roles in Dvořák's Rusalka, Janáček's Káťa Kabanová and Puccini's Madama Butterfly, and Emilia Marty in Janáček's The Makropulos Case. She has also made two solo recordings of opera arias, one with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor David Parry and the other with Orchestra Victoria and conductor Richard Bonynge. On the stage she has had partnerships with the English National Opera (ENO) and Opera Australia.
Genre: opera
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Top Tracks
- E l'uccellino
- Sole e amore
- Turandot, SC 91: "Tu che di gel sei cinta"
- Turandot, SC 91: "Signore Ascolta"
- Gianni Schicchi, SC 88: "O mio babbino caro"
- Suor Angelica, SC 87: "Senza Mamma"
- La rondine, SC 83: "Ore dolci e divine"
- La rondine, SC 83: "Ch’il bel Sogno"
- Madama Butterfly, SC 74: "Con onor muore Tu?"
- Madama Butterfly, SC 74: "Che tua madre"
- Madama Butterfly, SC 74: "Un bel di"
- Tosca, SC 69: "Vissi d'arte"
- La bohème, SC 67: "Donde lieta"
- La bohème, SC 67: "Quando m'en vo"
- La bohème, SC 67: "Mi chiamano Mimi"
- Manon Lescaut, SC 64: "Sola, perduta, abbandonata"
- Manon Lescaut, SC 64: "In quelle trine morbide"
- Edgar, SC 62: "Addio mio dolce amor!"
- Le villi, SC 60: "Se come voi piccina"
- Thaïs, Act III: "Thaïs!... C'est toi, mon père!"
Albums (16)
- Puccini = Passion (2011-01-11)
- Janáček: Katya Kabanova (2007-01-01)
- Dyson: Quo Vadis (2003-04-01)
- Isaac Nathan: Don John of Austria (2011-01-14)
- Within a Dream - A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox (2002-09-01)
- The Classic 100: Opera - The Top 10 & Selected Highlights (2014-08-01)
- 50 Best - Verdi (2016-04-29)
- 50 Best - Opera (2015-07-03)
- Janáček: The Makropulos Case (2007-02-01)
- Puccini: Madam Butterfly (2001-10-01)
- Puccini Passion - Opera Arias in English (2000-01-01)
- Dvořák: Rusalka (2008-01-01)
- The Classic 100: Voice - The Top 10 and Selected Highlights (2017-02-03)
- Pure Diva (2009-09-01)
- Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 21 (2009-09-01)
- Persuasion & Seduction - Opera Duets (2002)
Recordings with proof (5)
- Rigoletto, Act III: Un dì, se ben rammentomi - Bella figlia dell'amore - Live; ISRC AUAB00650632; CopyrightID 0x2a1345799e21abb3acd94a420123e21006c5c72ea56bc2cd6c9e50b5ada7af6e; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Der Rosenkavalier, Act III: Marie Theres' - Hab' mir's gelobt - Ist ein Traum - Spür nur dich; ISRC AUAB01450302; CopyrightID 0x9d3b3eac83509adcc56c6a66edf70f34ef9215bf7b7f6597d156314604c512d5; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Makropulos Case, JW 1/10, Act I: Prelude; ISRC GBLWD0701101; CopyrightID 0x8599e0d112ed026bb31bd5b9314aad2749eb65d730a9369c16011ef9c61a5971; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Makropulos Case, JW 1/10, Act I: Daddy, she really is wonderful (Vitek, Gregor); ISRC GBLWD0701103; CopyrightID 0x211e19f59f66ab25bef680d2cef188a8ff8beceeefbf5f38474c4fff1ee1e196; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Makropulos Case, JW 1/10, Act I: Come this way please (Kolenaty, Kristina, Marty, Gregor); ISRC GBLWD0701104; CopyrightID 0x9097e49394a7d712719af976daffcf2c6913f1fed7abaac95c5dcef4f2779f61; Bitcoin block 957122; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
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Popularity-0 recordings of Cheryl Barker in everplay, described from supplier metadata.