Cathy Berberian
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American mezzo-soprano and composer
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- 3
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1925-07-04
- Active to
- 1983-03-06
Discography
- Berio: Circles / Bussotti: Frammento / Cage: Aria With Fontana Mix1961
- Beatles Arias1967
- Revolution: An Operatic First1967
- Cathy Berberian’s Second Hand Songs1981
- L’incoronazione di Poppea1985
- Cathy Berberian Sings Monteverdi1987
- L'Orfeo1992
- Recital 1 for Cathy / Folk songs / Weill-Berio: Songs1995
- Epifanie / Coro2004
- Folk Songs of the World (Volkslieder aus aller Welt)2016
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Cathy Berberian (Attleboro, Massachusetts, July 4, 1925 - Rome, Italy, March 6, 1983) was a composer, mezzo-soprano singer, and vocalist. From 1950 to 1966 she was married to composer Luciano Berio, who deconstructed her voice in Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) (1958) and wrote his Circles (1960) and Recital I (for Cathy) (1972) for her. In addition Sylvano Bussotti, John Cage, Hans Werner Henze and Igor Stravinsky wrote works for her voice. She interpreted contemporary avant-garde music <a href="https
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Cathy
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Attleboro
- Place of death
- Paris
- Spouse
- Luciano Berio
- Occupation
- translator
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Field of work
- music
- Record label
- RCA Red Seal
- Official website
- cathyberberian.com
- Image
- Cathy Berberian (1972).jpg
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- place of burial
- major cemetery of Milan
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of death
- 1983-03-06
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- Armenians
- date of birth
- 1925-07-04
- Commons category
- Cathy Berberian
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