Carmen Balthrop

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Carmen Arlene Balthrop (May 14, 1948 – September 5, 2021)[1][2] was an American operatic soprano from Washington, D.C.

Career

Balthrop graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1971. She would later serve as a professor of voice there and was inducted into the University of Maryland Alumni Association's Hall of Fame in 1995.[3]

She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte[3] and performed on Broadway in the title role of Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha.

National Public Radio included her National Gallery of Art Christmas performance as part of their 2000 Millennium Celebration.[4] She performed in the 2000 production of Handel's Agrippina and in the 2010 premiere of Frank Proto's Shadowboxer.

Other major roles

Death

She died on September 5, 2021, aged 73. Her funeral was held at Immaculate Conception Church in Washington DC.[5]

Discography

  • Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
  • Claudio Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea
  • John Knowles Paine's Mass
  • Leslie Burrs' Vanqui
  • The Art of Christmas, Volume I
  • The Art of Christmas, The Original

References

  1. ↑Obituary: American Soprano Carmen Balthrop Dies at 73, operawire.com. Accessed January 21, 2023.
  2. ↑Carmen Balthrop, renowned opera singer and teacher, dies at 73, washingtonpost.com. Accessed January 21, 2023.
  3. 12"Hall of Fame | University of Maryland Alumni Association". University of Maryland Alumni Association. Archived from the original on 2026-06-09. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  4. ↑ "كارمن بالثروب" . NPR.org . تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 18-10-2018 .
  5. ↑ "وفاة مغنية السوبرانو كارمن بالثروب، أستاذة الصوت والأوبرا، عن عمر يناهز 73 عامًا" . music.umd.edu . تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 16 سبتمبر 2021 .