June Anderson

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Full Name	June Anderson
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Dec 30, 1952(1952-12-30)
Age	72
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Sagittarius

June Anderson Biography

June Anderson is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on December 30, 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. June Anderson (born December 30 1952) is a Grammy Award-winning American dramatic coloratura soprano. First known for her bel canto renditions in the works of Rossini, Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini, she was the first non- Italian person to be awarded the prestigious Bellini d’Oro Prize.

After being advised by the Italian agent from Sherrill Milnes Sherrill Milnes, Anderson made her European debut as a performer in the year 1982, playing the part from Rossini’s Semiramide at Rome. The following year, Anderson made her debut with Florence and Geneva as the title character that was played by Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti the role that was among her more popular roles. Anderson also did Die Feen by Wagner in Munich as well as was in two productions on stage in North America: Bellini’s I puritani in Edmonton and Il barbiere di Siviglia in Seattle.

In 1984, she performed her first Amina in Vincenzo Bellini’s La sonnambula in Venice, opening 135 years to the day after Maria Malibran’s final Amina in that same theatre. She also appeared as Marie in La fille du régiment by Donizetti in Parma. In 1985, Anderson debuted as Isabelle in the historic revival of Robert le Diable by Meyerbeer in Paris. That year she also appeared in a rarely seen Verdi work, La battaglia di Legnano, in Pittsburgh.

In 1986, she performed her first Desdemona in Rossini’s Otello in Venice. The same year, she made her debut at La Scala in Milan in La sonnambula, and her debut at Covent Garden in productions of Semiramide and Lucia di Lammermoor. She also appeared in La fille du régiment at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

She made her debut in opera with the character of The queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the New York City Opera in 1978. A few years later she was cast as the role of the Queen of the Night in the Oscar-winning Amadeus produced by Milos Forman. At New York City Opera, she sang in a diverse variety of operas, including The Golden Cockerel by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rigoletto and La Traviata by Verdi as well as Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Giulio Cesare by Handel as well as Mozart’s Don Giovanni (as Elvira). The year was 1981 when she performed the three leading roles of a soprano for Les Contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach the first soprano to perform this in New York City Opera since Beverly Sills in 1973.

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June Anderson is one of the richest Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, June Anderson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Anderson was a part of several productions in the New Haven/Yale area when she was she was a high school student. The year was 1968 and she performed in Haydn’s “L’infedelta delusa” at Yale University. In 1970, she performed as Gilda in her New Haven Opera Company in the Verdi production Rigoletto.

June Anderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Wallingford, Connecticut. She was a student at Lyman Hall High School where she was ranked 5th in academic standing of 505 students in the class of 1970. She began her vocal studies at the age of 11, and, at the age of 17, became the youngest finalist (at at the at the time) for auditions for the Metropolitan Opera auditions.

Anderson left New York City Opera in 1982 and embarked on a European career. Anderson’s career in this decade was marked by numerous debuts in quintessential bel canto roles in major European opera houses. She also participated in the recording of operatic works rarely heard in this era, including: Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto, Wagner’s Die Feen, Bizet’s La jolie fille de Perth, Adolphe Adam’s Le postillon de Lonjumeau, Fromental Halévy’s La Juive, and Daniel Auber’s La muette de Portici.

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Leonard Bernstein selected her to perform as Cunegonde in a December 13, 1989 London concert version of Candide conducted by the composer (for which she later shared an award for Best Classical Album at the 34th annual Grammy Awards (1992), given for the December 1989 Abbey Road Studios recording by the same cast and conductor).

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In the next decade, Anderson continued to pursue traditional bel canto roles, but also expanded her repertoire. Anderson began with a January 1990 performance of the Berlioz song cycle Les nuits d’été at Carnegie Hall, with Giuseppe Sinopoli conducting London’s Philharmonia Orchestra. Later that year, she appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in an opulent production of Rossini’s Semiramide, with Marilyn Horne and Samuel Ramey. In 1990, Anderson also performed in Pesaro in a production of the rarely seen Ricciardo e Zoraide, also by Rossini, and visited the Lyric Opera of Chicago in a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor directed by Andrei Şerban. She closed 1990 with her New Year’s Eve gala concert with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic broadcast nationwide on Live from Lincoln Center on PBS.

Top Facts about June Anderson

1. June Anderson is an American dramatic coloratura soprano.
2. She was born on December 30, 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts.
3. Anderson made her professional debut in 1978 at the Metropolitan Opera.
4. She has performed in major opera houses around the world.
5. Anderson has won three Grammy Awards for Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance.
6. Her repertoire includes works by Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti.
7. Anderson retired from performing in 2019 after a career spanning over four decades.
8. She is known for her virtuosic technique and expressive interpretations.
9. Anderson has been praised for her ability to sing difficult coloratura passages with ease.
10. She has also been recognized for her acting skills on stage.