Janice Harsanyi
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Janice Harsanyi was an American operatic soprano and professor who was born as Janice Morris in Arlington, Massachusetts, in 1929. She achieved professional recognition in 1958 after performing as a soloist during the opening ceremonies for the United Nations and is famous for her 1960 recording of Carl Orffâs Carmina Burana with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Harsanyi made a debut at Carnegie Hall (1959) performing Hector Berliozâs La Damnation de Faust. Her career included performances of George Frideric Handelâs opera Amadigi (1969) and works by the composers Roger Sessions and John Harbison. She served as the head of the voice department at Westminster Choir College in the early 1950s and joined the faculty of Florida State University in 1978. Harsanyi was associated with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, which was founded by her husband, Nicholas Harsanyi, in 1979. Harsanyi died in Tallahassee in 2007.
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- Carmina Burana: III. Veris leta facies featuring Rutgers University Choir
- Carmina Burana: XVIII. Circa mea pectora featuring Rutgers University Choir
- Carmina Burana: VII. Floret silva featuring Rutgers University Choir
- Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna featuring Rutgers University Choir
- Carmina Burana: XX. Veni, veni, venias featuring Rutgers University Choir
- Carmina Burana: XXV. O Fortuna featuring Rutgers University Choir
- Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna featuring Philadelphia Orchestra
- String Quartet No. 2
- Carmina Burana: X. Were diu werlt alle min featuring Rutgers University Choir
- Carmina Burana: IX.b. Swaz hie gat umbe... Chume, chum, geselle min featuring Rutgers University Choir
