Yvonne Kenny
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Biography
Yvonne Denise Kenny is an Australian soprano born on November 25, 1950, in Sydney. She initially studied science at the University of Sydney before training with Myra Lambert at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Kenny achieved professional recognition in October 1975 after replacing a performer in a production of the Gaetano Donizetti opera Rosmonda d'Inghilterra. She debuted at the Royal Opera House in 1976 and performed roles including Alcina in the Georg Friedrich Handel opera of the same name and Sophie in Werther and Der Rosenkavalier. Kenny appeared at the Glyndebourne Festival and the English National Opera. She performed the Olympic Hymn at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Her discography included the studio recordings Handel Arias (1998) and Strauss (2010). She was named a Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 and received the Centenary Medal in 2001.
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- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act II - Chanson bohème. Les tringles des sistres tintaient featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- Schubert: Rosamunde, D.797 - 3b. Romance by Yvonne Kenny
- Schubert: Schwanengesang, D.957 - Ständchen "Leise flehen meine Lieder" by Yvonne Kenny
- In den angenehmen Büschen, HWV 209 by Yvonne Kenny
- Künft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer, HWV 202 by Yvonne Kenny
- Lehár: The Merry Widow / Act 2 - Vilja featuring Doug De Vries
- Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 3 - 51. Trio featuring Yvonne Kenny
- Lehár: Giuditta / Act 4 - Meine Lippen, die küssen so heià featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Le Nozze di Figaro - rehearsal sequence 2 - recitative passages Act 4 featuring Samuel Ramey
- J.-P.-E. Martini: Plaisir d'amour (Arr. by Frederick Whaite) featuring Yvonne Kenny
- J. Strauss II: Casanova / Act 1 - Nuns' Chorus featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Novello: Some Day My Heart Will Awake featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Abraham: Ball im Savoy - Toujours l'amour featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Kreisler: Stars In My Eyes featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- W.H. Monk: Abide With Me (Arr. Julian Lee) featuring Yvonne Kenny
- Zeller: Der Vogelhändler / Act 1 - Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- J. Strauss II: Wiener Blut, Op.354 - Grüà dich Gott featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Lehár: Der Zarewitsch / Act 1 - Einer wird kommen featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Zeller: Der Obersteiger / Act 2 - Sei nicht bös featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Novello: We'll Gather Lilacs featuring Yvonne Kenny
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act IV - Si tu m'aimes, Carmen featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- Delibes: Les Filles de Cadix by Yvonne Kenny
- Novello: My Dearest Dear featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
