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Benita Valente
Benita Valente (born October 19, 1934), is a distinguished American soprano whose long career has encompassed the operatic stage as well as performance of lieder, chamber music and oratorio. She is especially lauded for her interpretations of Mozart and Handel, but she also excelled in certain Verdi roles. "The New York Times" once referred to her "as gifted a singer as we have today, worldwide."
Benita Valente was born in Delano, California. She studied voice at the Music Academy of
voice. The instrument was not meant to necessarily play what Troyanos would have sung; it had a line of its own and was a support and counter-melody to Valente’s voice. “Let Evening Come” is the last song in the set. Bolcom uses some of his sweetest music with Kenyon’s short stanzas. The key statement in this song is the phrase, “God does not leave us comfortless.” Let Evening Come was recorded by Benita Valente as the sopranist, Cynthia Raim as the pianist, and