Cynthia Haymon
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Cynthia Haymon-Coleman, born on September 6, 1958, in Jacksonville, Florida, is an American soprano. She earned a bachelor's degree of music in vocal performance from Northwestern University. Her operatic roles include Bess in Porgy and Bess, Liù in Turandot, Mimì in La bohème, Poppea in L'incoronazione di Poppea, Micaela in Carmen, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro. Haymon-Coleman gave the world premiere of John Williams' "Seven for Luck" with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a piece based on texts by Rita Dove. She was nominated for a Grammy Award for her performance as Bess, which she sang in the 1986 Glyndebourne production, the 1989 album made from that production, and the 1993 television production. Haymon-Coleman retired from the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016 and presently teaches privately from her studio in Champaign, Illinois.
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- Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 3: Porgy, Porgy, dat you there ain't it? by Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 4: One of these mornings you goin' to rise up singin' featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 3: I wants to stay here by Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 4: You is a nice parcel of Christians! featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 2: Oh, what you want wid Bess? featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 3: Take yo' han's off me featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 1: Summertime.... featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 2: Oh, Lawd, what I goin' do?....Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face! featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: Oh, I can't sit down by Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!...Bess, you is my woman featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 2: Crown! featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Here come the Big Boy featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: Six to make featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 2: Oh, the train is at the station featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: 'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic? by Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody? featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 1: Jesus, he's killed him!...That you, Sportin' Life? featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 1: Six to make featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: 'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic? featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 1: Here come the Big Boy featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!...Bess, you is my woman now featuring London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: Oh, I can't sit down featuring Cynthia Haymon
- Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 2: Where is brudder Robbins?...Come on, sister! featuring Cynthia Haymon
- R. Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58 - "Ich habe ihm das Beil nicht geben können!" (Live At Boston Symphony Hall / 1988) featuring Cynthia Haymon
