Éric Tappy [SEP] voice type
Éric Tappy
Éric Tappy (born 19 May 1931 in Lausanne) is a Swiss operatic tenor.
Tappy studied with Fernando Carpi at the Geneva Conservatory and Ernst Reichert in Salzburg. He made his concert debut in Strasbourg in 1959 as the Evangelist in the St. Matthew Passion. He made his American debut as Don Ottavio at the San Francisco Opera in 1974. That same year, the tenor first appeared at Covent Garden, in the name part of "La clemenza di Tito".
Among his recordings are "L'Orfeo
Te Kanawa. In 1981, she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in the same role. She returned in 1987, for Constanze in "Die Entführung aus dem Serail", in John Dexter's production. In 1980, she recorded, for RCA, her Queen of Night, with Ileana Cotrubaș, Éric Tappy, Christian Boesch, José van Dam, and Martti Talvela, conducted by James Levine. In 1989, Donat appeared in a film version of "Der Schauspieldirektor".
As of 2009, Zdzisława Donat-Pajda