Roald Reitan, the Glossary
Roald Reitan (11 November 1928 – 21 February 2011) was an American operatic baritone who had an active international career from the 1950s through the 1970s.[1]
Table of Contents
38 relations: American Broadcasting Company, Andrea Chénier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Baritone, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Die Fledermaus, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Don Giovanni, Ernani, Faust (opera), Fausto Cleva, Il trovatore, Jeanette Scovotti, La bohème, La fanciulla del West, La forza del destino, La traviata, Leonard Warren, Leroy Ostransky, Madama Butterfly, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Milton Katims, Opera, Otello, Pagliacci, Rowman & Littlefield, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Symphony, Stadium High School, Tacoma, Washington, The Barber of Seville, The New York Times, The Olympian, Tosca, Turandot, Un ballo in maschera, University of Puget Sound.
- Deaths from lung cancer in Washington (state)
- Stadium High School alumni
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.
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Andrea Chénier
Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed on 28 March 1896 at La Scala, Milan.
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Ariadne auf Naxos
(Ariadne on Naxos), Op. 60, is a 1912 opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
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Baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
The Deutsche Oper Berlin is a German opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin.
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Dialogues of the Carmelites
Dialogues des Carmélites (Dialogues of the Carmelites), FP 159, is an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956.
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Die Fledermaus
(The Flittermouse or The Bat, sometimes called The Revenge of the Bat) is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874.
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
("The Master-Singers of Nuremberg"), WWV 96, is a music drama, or opera, in three acts, by Richard Wagner.
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Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
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Ernani
Ernani is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the 1830 play Hernani by Victor Hugo.
Faust (opera)
Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part One.
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Fausto Cleva
Fausto Cleva (May 17, 1902August 6, 1971) was an Austro-Hungarian Empire-born American operatic conductor.
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Il trovatore
Il trovatore ('The Troubadour') is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El trovador (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez.
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Jeanette Scovotti
Jeanette Scovotti (born December 5, 1936, in New York City) is an American coloratura soprano.
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La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadri, tableaux or "images", rather than atti (acts).
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La fanciulla del West
La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the 1905 play The Girl of the Golden West by the American author David Belasco.
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La forza del destino
(The Power of Fate, often translated The Force of Destiny) is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi.
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La traviata
La traviata (The Fallen Woman) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
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Leonard Warren
Leonard Warren (April 21, 1911 – March 4, 1960) was an American opera singer. Roald Reitan and Leonard Warren are 20th-century American male opera singers and American operatic baritones.
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Leroy Ostransky
Leroy Ostransky (January 17, 1918 – October 11, 1993) was an American composer, music educator, and writer of books on jazz.
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Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
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Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition (formerly the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions) is an annual singing competition sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera. Roald Reitan and Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions are Winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
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Milton Katims
Milton Katims (June 24, 1909February 27, 2006) was an American violist and conductor.
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Opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.
Otello
Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello.
Pagliacci
Pagliacci (literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
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Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949.
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San Francisco Opera
The San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) based in San Francisco, California.
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Seattle Symphony
The Seattle Symphony is an American orchestra based in Seattle, Washington.
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Stadium High School
Stadium High School is a public high school in Tacoma, Washington, and a historic landmark.
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Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.
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The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution (Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an opera buffa in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Olympian
The Olympian is a daily newspaper based in Olympia, Washington, in the United States.
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Tosca
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
Turandot
Turandot (see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.
Un ballo in maschera
Un ballo in maschera ('A Masked Ball') is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.
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University of Puget Sound
The University of Puget Sound (or Puget Sound) is a private liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington.
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See also
Deaths from lung cancer in Washington (state)
- Andy Hill (politician)
- Bill Kennedy (baseball, born 1921)
- Buddy Knox
- Charlie Rouse
- Howard Kottler
- Jacob Lawrence
- John Archer (actor)
- John Boylan (American actor)
- Kim Thompson
- Lud Kramer
- Mark Prothero
- Paul Dade
- Raymond Carver
- Roald Reitan
- Roberto Maestas
- Roy Nutt
- William D. Dunham
Stadium High School alumni
- Angela Buchdahl
- Bruce Bennett
- Cathryn Damon
- Cliff Marker
- Dale DeArmond
- Dick Greco (baseball)
- Dixy Lee Ray
- Edward LaChapelle
- Evan Hunziker
- Geffrey Davis
- George Chamberlain Duncan
- George Hicks (broadcast journalist)
- Gordon Naccarato
- Harley Hunt
- Harold P. Burdick
- Hiram Fuller
- James Sargent Russell
- Jeanette I. Sustad
- Jeff Durgan
- Jeff Stock
- John Klumb
- Kendall Burks
- Marjie Millar
- Matthew W. Hill
- Milt Woodard
- R. N. DeArmond
- Roald Reitan
- Rosemarie Bowe
- Sam Baker (kicker)
- Tessa M. Hill
- Tony Miles (poker player)
- Vicci Martinez
- W. Don Cornwell