Frederica von Stade
Frederica von Stade (born 1 June 1945) is an American former classical singer. Best known for her work in opera, she was also a recitalist and concert artist, and she recorded more than a hundred albums and videos. She is especially associated with operas by Mozart and Rossini, and also with music by French and American composers, particularly Jake Heggie. A Chevalier of France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, twice the winner of a Grand Prix du Disque and nominated nine times for a Grammy award, she is widely regarded as the pre-eminent lyric mezzo-soprano of her generation.
Genre: opera, classical-mezzo-soprano
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Top Tracks
- Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Soave sia il sento" (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
- Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Voi che sapete
- Cosi fan tutte, Act 1: Soave sia il sento (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
- Fauré: 3 Mélodies, Op. 85: No. 1, Dans la forêt de septembre
- Begegnung, TrV 98 (Live)
- Die erwachte Rose, TrV 90 (Live)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61: No. 3 Song with Chorus You spotted snakes
- Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: No. 12, Voi che sapete
- La belle Hélène: Amours divins
- Cendrillon: Enfin, je suis ici
- La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 - original version - Part 4: Scène 15. Romance. "D'amour l'ardente flamme"
- Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Soave sia il sento" (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
- Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Soave sia il sento" (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
- Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: Soave sia il sento (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
- Song of a Wayfarer: IV. Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz
- Song of a Wayfarer: III. Ich hab' ein glühend Messer
- Song of a Wayfarer: II. Ging heut' Morgen über's Feld
- Song of a Wayfarer: I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
- Symphony No. 4 in G Major: IV. Sehr behaglich
- Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act III: Andiam, andiam, bel paggio
Albums (40)
- Lieder (Live) (2019)
- Frederica von Stade - Collaborations (2016)
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (2016)
- Ricky Ian Gordon: A Coffin in Egypt (2014)
- A Coffin in Egypt (2014)
- Bernstein: On The Town (2013)
- Heggie: Dead Man Walking (Live) (2012)
- Argento: Casa Guidi, Capriccio "Rossini in Paris" & In Praise of Music (2012)
- Rodgers & Hart: Songs from the Shows (2011)
- Frederica von Stade: Faure Melodies (2011)
- Passing By: Songs by Jake Heggie (2010)
- Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (2008)
- Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major & Songs of a Wayfarer (1999)
- Across Your Dreams: Frederica von Stade Sings Brubeck (1996)
- Frederica von Stade Sings Offenbach Arias and Overtures (1970)
- Voyage à Paris (1994)
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1994)
- A Song of Thanksgiving (1992)
- Mahler: Symphony No.4 (1992)
- Mozart: Great Mass in C minor K.427 (1991)
- Another Side of Frederica von Stade (1970)
- Mozart: Missa solemnis K.139 "Waisenhaus-Messe" (1989)
- Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81 - Debussy: La damoiselle élue, L. 62 (1970)
- Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (1982)
- Frederica von Stade Sings Chants d'Auvergne (1970)
- Frederica von Stade Sings Cantaloube Chants (1970)
- Massenet: Werther (1981)
- Ravel: Vocal Works (1970)
- Rameau : Dardanus (1970)
- Frederica von Stade - Live! (1970)
- Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (1979)
- Rossini: Otello (1979)
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Highlights) (1979)
- Massenet: Cendrillon - The Sony Opera House (1970)
- Italian Opera Arias (1970)
- Frederica von Stade Sings Mahler Lieder (1970)
- Frederica von Stade Sings Highlights from Monteverdi and Massenet (1970)
- Frederica von Stade Song Recital (1970)
- Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier (1977)
- French Opera Arias (1970)
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