Deborah Riedel
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Deborah Riedel (31 July 1958 â 8 January 2009) was an Australian operatic soprano. Hers is generally regarded as one of the greatest voices ever produced in Australia. She died of cancer at the height of her career, at the age of 50. Riedel was born in Carlingford, New South Wales (in north-western Sydney). She gained a Diploma of Music Education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and taught for some time at Riverstone High School. She joined the chorus of Opera Australia (OA) in 1983. She won a number of important competitions, which enabled her to study overseas. Back in Australia, she sang mezzo roles with Victoria State Opera and West Australian Opera. At OA, her mentor Richard Bonynge guided her transition from mezzo to soprano. She first came to notice when she sang Leila in Georges Bizet's The Pearl Fishers with Victoria State Opera in 1986. This was backed up with Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with OA in 1989. That year, she was so successful from her auditions in Europe that she was forced to refuse a number of offers. She sang with such opera companies as the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Paris Opera, Geneva Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Rome Opera, Vienna State Opera, and many others. She won the inaugural Givenchy French Operatic Award in 1994. Her American debut that year was as Amina in La sonnambula in San Diego. She also appeared with the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera. Her work in Australia included roles in The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Maria Stuarda, Norma, La traviata, Il trovatore, La bohème, Tosca, Faust, The Tales of Hoffmann, Turandot and others. Internationally she sang the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes. In 2004, she was Sieglinde in the first modern Australian production of Wagner's Ring Cycle, by the State Opera of South Australia. Riedel was diagnosed with cancer in 1999, but she continued working until close to her death, on 8 January 2009. She was survived by her husband, tenor Paul Ferris, her parents Dawn and Arther Riedel and her sisters Philippa Ryan and Lesley Riedel-Ragg.
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- The Magic Flute, K. 620: So Will We Never Meet Again? featuring Michael Martin
- Lehár: Paganini, Act I: The Devil's Price featuring Richard Bonynge
- Lehár: Paganini, Act I: Finale. Our Highness, Anna Elisa featuring Jerry Hadley
- Lehár: Paganini, Act II: In a Golden Dream featuring Jerry Hadley
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Vorspiel - 3a: Thank you ladies and gentlemen..Mary, so sprach.. featuring Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Lehár: Paganini, Act II: Love, Live Forever featuring Richard Bonynge
- Lehár: Paganini, Act II: Who Could Love You More Than I? featuring Jerry Hadley
- Lehár: Paganini, Act II: Finale. Paganini, You're in Danger Here featuring Jerry Hadley
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Act 2 - 12a: Hoheit, ich sein tief ergriffen... featuring Endrik Wottrich
- Lehár: Paganini, Act I: L'empereur Napoléon! featuring Richard Bonynge
- Lehár: Paganini, Act I: Boundless Feeling featuring Jerry Hadley
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Act 2 - 12c: Aber Walzer,...Der Walzer ist des Lebens... featuring Endrik Wottrich
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Act 2 - 15a: Ihr Herr Papa ist sehr klug! featuring Endrik Wottrich
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Act 2 - 15b: Wenn der Sonne Flammenschein abends am Missouri.. featuring Endrik Wottrich
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Act 2 - 14b: Dialog: Mein Darling, jeder Amerikanerin darf... by Deborah Riedel
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Act 1 - 6a: Lichtreklamen, Riesenlettern featuring Deborah Riedel
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Act 1 - 4a: Dialog: Das wäre ja noch schöner: unser Erbprinz.. featuring Deborah Riedel
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Act 2 - 13b: Dialog: So, mein Kind, jetzt wo wir allein sind
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Vorspiel - 4d: Nun, was sagen Sie zu dieser Tanzart, Gnädigste? featuring Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Act 2 - 12d: Dialog: Nun, Herr Kollege, haben Sie... featuring Deborah Riedel
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Vorspiel - 3b: Dialog: Und darf ich fragen, Mià Lloyd... featuring Deborah Riedel
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Vorspiel - 4a: Amerika will er nicht?...Bobby, jetzt spiel mir... featuring Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Act 2 - 13a: Wir Ladies aus der neuen Welt featuring Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago / Nachspiel - 16c: Dialog: Die Herrschaften wünschen hier Platz... featuring Deborah Riedel
