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Emily van Evera (Soprano)

Born: Minnesota, USA

The American soprano, Emily Van Evera, has lived in England for many years. She has appeared as a soloist throughout Europe and her native North America with ensembles including The Tallis Scholars (Director: Peter Phillips), Taverner Consort, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Hilliard Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Tragicomedia, Circa 1500, Musicians of Swanne Alley, Sequentia, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Gothic Voices and Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. Conductors for whom she has sung include Andrew Parrott, Frans Brüggen, Joshua Rifkin and Gustav Leonhardt.

Amongst Emily Van Evera’s numerous recordings are award-winning discs of music by Monteverdi, J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi and George Frideric Handel with the Taverner Players (EMI, Virgin), by Luigi Rossi with Tragicomedia (Teldec), Cavalli with Concerto Palatino (Harmonia Mundi France) and Elizabethan song and ballads with Musicians of Swanne Alley (Virgin). Most recently, she sang the role of Dido in a Taverner Players/Sony recording of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas ('given a simple choice [among all recordings of the work]...I'd walk away with this one' BBC Music Magazine) and featured on The Promise of Ages ('which Sony might safely have named "Quite Simply the Best Christmas Album Ever" had not that title already been nabbed' BBC Music Magazine). Her unaccompanied singing of music by Hildegard of Bingen was used by Angel Records as the basis of their best-selling Vision, awarded Best Classical Crossover CD of 1995 (Billboard).

Stage and television appearances have included leading roles in operas and dramatic works by Monteverdi, G.F. Handel, Charpentier and Lully. Recent engagements include a live broadcast of songs by Charles Ives and Carl Ruggles for the BBC Proms and of dramatic solo works by Rameau and Johann Adolf Hasse for CBC, recitals of lieder by Fanny Mendelssohn and performances of G.F. Handel's Messiah for American National Public Radio.

Source: Jonathan Wentworth Associates Website (April 2000)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (May 2001)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Bruce Dickey

Soprano

BWV 118 [w/ Concerto Palatino]

Andrew Parrott

Soprano

BWV 4, BWV 244a
BWV 232, BWV 243, BWV 245, BWV 249
V-3 (2013):
BWV 244

Andrew Parrott

Soprano

Member of Taverner Consort:
[C-4] (1997): BWV 229, BWV 198, BWV 227

Stephen Stubbs

Soprano

Anna Magdalena Notenbüchlein

Jeffrey Thomas

Soprano

BWV 55: Chorale [w/ American Bach Soloists]

Links to other Sites

Emily Van Evera – soprano (Jonathan Wentworth) [N/A]
Raphi's Serious Singers List: Sopranos: Emily Van Evera [N/A]
Emily Van Evera – soprano (Soton) [N/A]
Emily Van Evera – soprano (Sarasa Music) [N/A]


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