Regina Sarfaty [SEP] voice type
Regina Sarfaty
Regina Sarfaty (born 1934), later "Regina Sarfaty Rickless" after her marriage to Elwood A. Rickless in 1963, is an American operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active career during the 1950s through the 1980s. Sarfaty first rose to prominence through her work at the Santa Fe Opera and the New York City Opera during the late 1950s. She later enjoyed international success in the 1960s and 1970s, and had a particularly lengthy career singing with the Zurich Opera.
Biography.
Born in Rochester,
premiere of Rudolf Kelterborn's "Die Befreiung Thebens" in Zurich in 1963.
Sarfaty continued to appear in operas into the mid 1980s. In 1981 she sang Mrs Herring in "Albert Herring" at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. One of her last appearances was at the Baltimore Opera in 1984 as Madame Croissy in "Dialogues of the Carmelites".
Sources.
- Biography of Regina Sarfaty at operismo.com