Betsy Norden [SEP] voice type
Betsy Norden
Betsy Norden (born October 17, 1945) is an American soprano who appeared with the Metropolitan Opera over 500 times.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, she studied at Boston University, and began her career in musical comedy. Norden joined the Met chorus in 1969, and sang her first solo role there on January 27, 1972, as the Peasant Girl in "Le nozze di Figaro", opposite Cesare Siepi in the name part, with Karl Böhm conducting. The lyric soprano went on to sing
of radio broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera, including bootleg recordings.
Video recordings.
Unlike the studio recordings, Moldoveanu’s videography is more consistent:
- Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo
- Cast: Vasile Moldoveanu (Don Carlo); Renata Scotto (Elisabeth of Valois); Tatiana Troyanos (Princess of Eboli); Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa); Paul Plishka (Philip II); Jerome Hines (The Grand Inquisitor); Peter Sliker (A forester); Betsy Norden (Tebaldo)