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<b>Susan Davenny-Wyner</b> is a nationally-acclaimed conductor based in Massachusetts whose promising career as a soprano was ended in an automobile/bicycling accident that damaged her vocal chords<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/08/arts/a-shattered-career-rebuilt-and-now-a-debut-in-boston.html</ref> Born in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], where her father, pianist Ward Davenny, was professor of music at [[Yale University]], she was a double major at [[Cornell University]] in comparative literature and music, graduating summa cum laude. Embarking on a operatic career, she was a soloist in [[Georg Handel]]’s [[Messiah]] under [[Sir Colin Davis]] with the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]], sang in [[Ludwig Beethoven]]’s Ninth at the [[Kennedy Center]] in [[Washington D.C.]] under [[Leonard Bernstein]], who subsequently invited her to perform his own ''Kaddish'' Symphony and ''Songfest,'' and recorded to critical acclaim the lead role in [[Maurice Ravel]]'s opera ''[[L'Enfant et les Sortileges]]'' with [[Andre Previn]]. In 1981, Ms. Wyner made her [[Metropolitan Opera]] debut as Woglinde in ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' under [[Erich Leinsdorf]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/08/arts/a-shattered-career-rebuilt-and-now-a-debut-in-boston.html</ref> Following her accident, she studied conducting, leading to a subsequent career for which she has received critical acclaim.<ref>www.bostonmidsummeropera.org/2013/d-wyner.htm</ref> |
<b>Susan Davenny-Wyner</b> is a nationally-acclaimed conductor based in Massachusetts whose promising career as a soprano was ended in an automobile/bicycling accident that damaged her vocal chords<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/08/arts/a-shattered-career-rebuilt-and-now-a-debut-in-boston.html</ref> Born in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], where her father, pianist Ward Davenny, was professor of music at [[Yale University]], she was a double major at [[Cornell University]] in comparative literature and music, graduating summa cum laude. Embarking on a operatic career, she was a soloist in [[Georg Handel]]’s [[Messiah]] under [[Sir Colin Davis]] with the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]], sang in [[Ludwig Beethoven]]’s Ninth at the [[Kennedy Center]] in [[Washington D.C.]] under [[Leonard Bernstein]], who subsequently invited her to perform his own ''Kaddish'' Symphony and ''Songfest,'' and recorded to critical acclaim the lead role in [[Maurice Ravel]]'s opera ''[[L'Enfant et les Sortileges]]'' with [[Andre Previn]]. In 1981, Ms. Wyner made her [[Metropolitan Opera]] debut as Woglinde in ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' under [[Erich Leinsdorf]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/08/arts/a-shattered-career-rebuilt-and-now-a-debut-in-boston.html</ref> Following her accident, she studied conducting, leading to a subsequent career for which she has received critical acclaim.<ref>www.bostonmidsummeropera.org/2013/d-wyner.htm</ref> |
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Susan Davenny-Wyner is a nationally-acclaimed conductor based in Massachusetts whose promising career as a soprano was ended in an automobile/bicycling accident that damaged her vocal chords[1] Born in New Haven, Connecticut, where her father, pianist Ward Davenny, was professor of music at Yale University, she was a double major at Cornell University in comparative literature and music, graduating summa cum laude. Embarking on a operatic career, she was a soloist in Georg Handel’s Messiah under Sir Colin Davis with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, sang in Ludwig Beethoven’s Ninth at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. under Leonard Bernstein, who subsequently invited her to perform his own Kaddish Symphony and Songfest, and recorded to critical acclaim the lead role in Maurice Ravel's opera L'Enfant et les Sortileges with Andre Previn. In 1981, Ms. Wyner made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Woglinde in Das Rheingold under Erich Leinsdorf.[2] Following her accident, she studied conducting, leading to a subsequent career for which she has received critical acclaim.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/08/arts/a-shattered-career-rebuilt-and-now-a-debut-in-boston.html
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/08/arts/a-shattered-career-rebuilt-and-now-a-debut-in-boston.html
- ^ www.bostonmidsummeropera.org/2013/d-wyner.htm