Frederica von Stade [SEP] voice type
Frederica von Stade
Frederica von Stade (born June 1, 1945) is an American singer, teacher, philanthropist and poet. Since her debut in New York in 1970, she has performed in operas, musicals, concerts and recitals in venues throughout the world, including the Met, La Scala, the Palais Garnier, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Salzburger Festspielhaus, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne and Carnegie Hall. Conductors with whom she has appeared include Abbado, Bernstein, Giulini, Karajan and Solti. She has also been a
and two sons.
Stilwell sang Billy Budd in the premiere of Britten's "Billy Budd" at the Metropolitan Opera, directed by John Dexter, and The Lodger in the premier of Dominick Argento's "The Aspern Papers (opera)" (alongside Frederica Von Stade and Elisabeth Soderstrom. He appears alongside Frederica von Stade in the landmark recording of "Pelléas et Mélisande" under the baton of Herbert von Karajan, and as the voice of Count Almaviva (from "Le nozze di Figaro") and Don Giovanni in