Rita Gorr
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Rita Gorr was a Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano and alto who was born as Marguerite Geirnaert in 1926 in Zelzate. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and won the Verviers singing competition in 1946 before making her professional debut at Antwerp as Fricka in the opera Die Walküre. Gorr achieved international prominence for her performances at major venues including the Paris Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala, and the Metropolitan Opera. She is famous for dramatic roles such as Ortrud in Lohengrin and Amneris in Aida. After a temporary retirement in 1972, she returned to the stage in the 1980s to perform character roles including the Mother in Louise and Madame de Croissy in Dialogues des Carmélites. Her final role was the Countess in the opera The Queen of Spades, which she performed in 2007. Gorr's discography includes studio recordings of Aida (1961), Samson et Dalila (1962), and Le Roi d'Ys (1957). She died in 2012.
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- Verdi: Aida / Act 3 - "Tu...Amonasro!...tu!...il Re?" featuring Georg Solti
- Verdi: Aida / Act 4 - "L'aborrita rivale a me sfuggia" by Rita Gorr
- Verdi: Aida / Act 2 - O Re: pei sacri Numi featuring Giorgio Tozzi
- Verdi: Aida / Act 2 - Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside featuring Georg Solti
- Verdi: Aida / Act 2 - "Ma tu, Re, tu signore possente" featuring Georg Solti
- Aida, Act III: (Pt. 1) featuring Leontyne Price
- Verdi: Aida / Act 3 - O tu che sei d'Osiride featuring Giorgio Tozzi
- Verdi: Aida / Act 2 - Fu la sorte dell'armi a'tuoi funesta featuring Georg Solti
- Verdi: Aida / Act 2 - Che veggo!...Egli?...Mio padre! featuring Georg Solti
- Verdi: Aida / Act 2 - Su! del Nilo al sacro lido featuring Georg Solti
- Verdi: Aida / Act 1 - "Alta cagion v'aduna" featuring Georg Solti
- Verdi: Aida / Act 2 - Chi mai fra gl'inni e i plausi by Rita Gorr
- Faust - opera in five acts, Act II: Vin ou bière (Choeur/Wagner) featuring Nicolai Gedda
- Aida, Act II: (Pt. 2) featuring Leontyne Price
- Verdi: Aida / Act 4 - Radamès! Radamès! Radamès! featuring Joan Sutherland
- Verdi: Aida / Act 1: Or di Vulcano...Su! del Nilo al sacro lido featuring Leontyne Price
- Verdi: Aida / Act 4 - Ohimè!...morir mi sento! Oh! chi lo salva? featuring Joan Sutherland
- Verdi: Aida / Act 4 - Già i Sacerdoti adunansi featuring Joan Sutherland
- Dialogues des Carmélites - Acte III - Premier tableau : La Chapelle entièrement dévastée : Parlez-leur, mon Père (Mère Marie, L'Aumônier, Mère Jeanne) featuring Rita Gorr
- Samson et Dalila, Act 2, Scene 3: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix (Dalila/Samson) featuring Georges Prêtre
- Dialogues des Carmélites - Acte II - Quatrième tableau : La Sacristie du Carmel : Où sont les religieuses ? (Premier Commissaire, Mère Marie, Deuxième Commissaire) featuring Rita Gorr
- Verdi: Aida / Act 4 - O terra, addio; addio valle di pianti featuring Leontyne Price
- Verdi: Aida / Act 4 - Ohimè!...morir mi sento! Oh! chi lo salva? featuring Giorgio Tozzi
- Verdi: Aida / Act 4 - Radamès! Radamès! Radamès! featuring Giorgio Tozzi
