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Cathy Berberian

Cathy Berberian
  • Name: Cathy Berberian
  • Birthday: 1925-07-04
  • Place of birth: Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA
  • Popularity: 1.382
Biography: Catherine Anahid Berberian (July 4, 1925 – March 6, 1983) was an American mezzo-soprano and composer based in Italy. She worked closely with many contemporary avant-garde music composers, including Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Sylvano Bussotti, Darius Milhaud, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, and Igor Stravinsky. She also interpreted works by Claudio Monteverdi, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Kurt Weill, Philipp zu Eulenburg and others. As a recital curator, she presented several vocal genres in a classical context, including arrangements of songs by The Beatles by Louis Andriessen as well as folk songs from several countries and cultures. As a composer, she wrote Stripsody... Read More

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Title Release date
Life Is a Bed of Roses   as  La nourrice 1983-04-20
Il Ballo Delle Ingrate   as  Self - Soprano 1975-01-01
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda   as  Self - Soprano 1970-01-01
RARA 1969-05-30
Après la Passion selon Sade 1968-01-01
If the Unconscious Revolts 1967-11-15