Rachel Yakar
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Rachel Yakar â born March 3, 1936, in Lyon, France â was an operatic soprano best known for a repertoire that focused on baroque music. After studying at the Paris Conservatoire and four years of training under dramatic soprano Germaine Lubin, Rachel Yakar made her debut at the Strasbourg Opera in 1963. Moving to Germany in 1964, she joined Deutsche Oper am Rhein, an opera company based in Düsseldorf, and was a member of the ensemble for over 25 years. With this opera company, she performed in many productions including Gluck's Orpheus und Eurydike, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Verdi's Rigoletto, Puccini's La Bohème, Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann, and many others. She also performed on international stages during the 1960s and made her first appearance â in Bizetâs Carmen - at the Palais Garnier (Paris) in 1970. Rachel Yakar was invited to perform at many prestigious festivals located in Bayreuth, Glyndebourne, Edinburgh, Salzburg, and Covent Garden. In 1974, she became a major supporter of the baroque music revival beginning with her performance in Rameauâs Les Indes galantes. She also performed in acclaimed productions of operas written by Monteverdi, Rameau, Handel, Clérambault, Purcell, Lully, and Leclair. In 1980, she participated in a recording of Mozartâs Idomeneo and, for the next few years, performed in other operas including Debussyâs Pelléas et Mélisande (1981), Mozartâs Cosà fan tutte (1985), Mendelssohnâs Paulus (1988), Poulencâs Le Dialogue des carmélites (1992), and more. She also recorded several albums on her own including L'Heure Exquise (1990) and Fauré â Hahn: French Songs (1998), which featured pianist Claude Lavoix. From 1990 to 1997, she taught singing at the Paris Conservatoire and her students included French soprano Patricia Petibon. After retiring from the stage and her teaching position, she and her husband, tenor Michel Lecocq, lived in Loix on the Ãle de Ré. Rachel Yakar died on June 24, 2023, at the age of 87.
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- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Ah, guarda, sorella...Mi par che stamattina" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: Al fato dan legge...La commedia è graziosa by Arnold Östman
- Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act II: Una donna a quindici anni...Sorella, cosa dici? by Arnold Östman
- Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act II: Ei parte...Per pietà by Arnold Östman
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Alla bella Despinetta...Che sussurro! Che strepito!" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act II: In quel fiero...Tradito..Bravo! Questa è...Ora vedo by Arnold Östman
- Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act II: Barbara! Perchè fuggi?... Ah! Lo veggio, quell'anima by Arnold Östman
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 2 - "Una donna a quindici anni...Sorella, cosa dici?" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Al fato dan legge...La commedia è graziosa" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Temerari! Sortite!...Come scoglio!...Ah, non partite" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Soave sia il vento..Non son cattivo...Che vita maledetta...Madame, ecco la vostra colazione" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 2 - "Ei parte...Per pietà" by Arnold Östman
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 2 - "Andate là, che siete due bizzarre ragazze" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: Ah, scostati!...Smanie implacabili...Signora Dorabella by Arnold Östman
- Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: Ah, guarda, sorella...Mi par che stamattina by Arnold Östman
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 2 - "La mano a me date...Oh che bella giornata!" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Eccovi il medico" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: Ah, che tutta in un momento by Arnold Östman
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Ah, scostati!...Smanie implacabili...Signora Dorabella" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 2 - "E nel tuo, nel mio bicchiero" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: Vorrei dir, e cor non ho...Stelle! Per carità, signor Alfonso by Arnold Östman
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 2 - "In quel fiero...Tradito..Bravo! Questa è...Ora vedo" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 2 - "Sani e salvi" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Sento, oh Dio, che questo piede...Non piangere, idol mio!" featuring Alicia Nafé
