Married opera singer couples

[Mack Dixon]

We all by now know about the Alagnas, Dwayne Croft and Arteta,
John Osburn and Lynette Tapia, and James Morris and Susan
Quittmeyer. Are there any other opera couples singing on the
stage before us today?

[Tim Lowrey]

Dear Mr.Dixon: Well, the most famous of the singing couples would
probably be the tenor Mario and his long-time common-law wife Giulia
Grisi. In this century, Jan Kiepura and Marta Eggerth did films as well
as opera. Also, Christa Ludwig was once married to Walter Berry. (I
thought I heard somewhere that his second wife was Claire Watson,but I
don't know if this is true.) The sadly-missed coloratura Lucia Popp was
the real-life wife of Peter Seiffert. The late James McCracken was
married to another opera singer, Sandra Warfield (I think). And of
course, Montserrat Caballe is married to a bass, Bernard Barnabe (or
something like that).

[Randall Mayo]

This list would be incomplete without Mirella Freni and Nicolai Ghiaurov, or
Virginia Zeani and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni.
Tim Lowrey <tal...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:38C003DF...@sympatico.ca...

[andre35]

Hello,
Caballe was married, or still is for all I know, to the tenor, Bernabe
Marti.
How about Evelyn Lear and old what's his name?
I really have to stay 'au courant' on gossip.
Andre

[Karen Mercedes]

On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Mack Dixon wrote:

> We all by now know about the Alagnas, Dwayne Croft and Arteta,
> John Osburn and Lynette Tapia, and James Morris and Susan
> Quittmeyer. Are there any other opera couples singing on the
> stage before us today?

Neil Shicoff and Dawn Kotoski.

Karen Mercedes
=====
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tho' none hear Beside the singer.
- Walter Savage Landor
-----
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[David Shengold]

> From: Tim Lowrey <tal...@sympatico.ca>

Also, Christa Ludwig was once married to Walter Berry. (I
> thought I heard somewhere that his second wife was Claire Watson,but I
> don't know if this is true.)

Huh?

Claire Watson's first husband was one Dr. Watson; her second husband was the
Munich-based American spieltenor David Thaw.

-David Shengold

[Peter]

andre35 wrote:

>
> How about Evelyn Lear and old what's his name?
>

Thomas Stewart

[andre35]

Thank You.........memory is the first to go.
Andre

[Gary Nooger]

Mack Dixon wrote:

> We all by now know about the Alagnas, Dwayne Croft and Arteta,
> John Osburn and Lynette Tapia, and James Morris and Susan
> Quittmeyer. Are there any other opera couples singing on the
> stage before us today?

I also believe that Charlotte Hellekant is married to Paul Groves.

[Deborah Overes]

Jane Gilbert and John Hancock.

Deborah

[MarioB]

Ferrucio Tagliavinni and Pia Tassinari ( wonderful L'amico Fritz together),
Giacommo Lauri Volpi and Maria Gay ( contralto).

Regards

Mario

[Ian Michaud]

Tenor Michael Schade and mezzo Norine Burgess

[Tom Kaufman]

>The late James McCracken was
>married to another opera singer, Sandra Warfield (I think). And of
>course, Montserrat Caballe is married to a bass, Bernard Barnabe

Correct on McCracken and Warfield; but Montserrat's hubby was (is) TENOR
Bernabe Marti.

Cheers

Tom
Tom Kaufman
URL of web site:
www.geocities.com/Vienna/8917/index.html

[Mjm1047]

wasn't L. Price married to a singer also?
michael mcpherson

[CassidyS]

Claire Watson was married to David Thaw, I believe. And Evelyn Lear's husband
was/is Thomas Stewart.

Cassidy

[Enrique Eskenazi]

Dieter Fischer-Dieskau (though not singing these days) and the wonderful
Julia Varady
---
Enrique
eske...@teleline.es

Io chi sono? Eh, non lo so.
-Nol sapete?
Quasi no.

[Ivrys88]

Karen Mercedes wrote:

>Neil Shicoff and Dawn Kotoski.

Shicoff's first wife was also an opera singer, and quite a good one, Judith
Haddon.

Fiorenza Cossotto is married to bass Ivo Vinco.

Soprano Sally Wolf is married to bass Kevin Langan.

[Ivrys88]

Michael Macpherson wrote:

>wasn't L. Price married to a singer also?

Yes, bass William Warfield. They've been divorced for many years, however.

[Robert Clark]

Leontyne Price was married to baritone William Warfield from 1952 to
1972. I would also like to add to the list the Canadians Léopold
Simoneau and Pierrette Alarie.

Mjm1047 wrote:
>
> wasn't L. Price married to a singer also?

> michael mcpherson

[Lis K. Froding]

Inga Nielsen and Robert Hale.

Lis

[Lis K. Froding]

Some Danes:
Stig Fogh Andersen and Tina Kiberg.
Tonny Landy and Tove Hyldgaard.

Lis

[Deborah Overes]

Wasn't Barbara Bonnie once married to Hakan Hagegard?

Deborah

[LuciaMim]

Wasn't Elizabeth Rethberg married to that wonderfully durable comprimario
George Cehanovsky? Yes, memory is the first to go.

Best wishes,

Mimi

[Bart Thomas]

We should also add Jennifer Larmore and William Powell.

---> Bart

In article <AjYv4.950$Pq3....@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"Randall Mayo" <randal...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> This list would be incomplete without Mirella Freni and Nicolai Ghiaurov, or
> Virginia Zeani and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni.
> Tim Lowrey <tal...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:38C003DF...@sympatico.ca...

> > Dear Mr.Dixon: Well, the most famous of the singing couples would
> > probably be the tenor Mario and his long-time common-law wife Giulia
> > Grisi. In this century, Jan Kiepura and Marta Eggerth did films as well

> > as opera. Also, Christa Ludwig was once married to Walter Berry. (I

> > thought I heard somewhere that his second wife was Claire Watson,but I

> > don't know if this is true.) The sadly-missed coloratura Lucia Popp was

> > the real-life wife of Peter Seiffert. The late James McCracken was

> > married to another opera singer, Sandra Warfield (I think). And of

> > course, Montserrat Caballe is married to a bass, Bernard Barnabe (or
> > something like that).

[Lis K. Froding]

Brad Cresswell used to be married to Elizabeth Futral.

Lis

[planet...@uswest.net]

In article <89q54f$nk$1...@bob.news.rcn.net>,

Actually, that was another tenor Giovanni Zenatello and Maria Gay.

Other more or less happy couples include Sena Jurinac and Sesto
Bruscantini; Julia Varady and Fischer-Dieskau; Toti dal Monte and Enzo
de Muro Lomanto; Mario Stabile and Gemma Bosini; Emmy Destinn and Dinh
Gilly; Bice Adami and Ferrucio Corradetti, who produced a career-singer
Iris Adami Corradetti; Roberto Stagno and Gemma Bellincioni, creators
of the leads in Cavalleria among much else, including also a daughter
who sang, Bianca Stagno Bellincioni (who possibly had more of a career
in silent films than on singing stages); Nicolai Figner and Medea Mei,
who also created a lot of roles but no children; Lillian Nordica for a
while tirelessly campaigned for an embarrassment of a tenor husband,
Zoltan Dome.
>
> Regards
>
> Mario
>
>

Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

[Hans Christian Hoff]

"Deborah Overes" <dov...@sprint.ca> wrote in message
news:kf1w4.10433$3z.1...@newscontent-01.sprint.ca...

> Wasn't Barbara Bonnie once married to Hakan Hagegard?
>

Yes. When we're at it: British mezzo Anne Murray is married to tenor
Philip Langridge.

Regards

Hans

[MNockin]

How about Hector Vasquez and Cynthia Clayton?

[MNockin]

Caballe is married to Bernabe Marti and Evelyn Lear's husband is Thomas
Stewart.

I thought this was a current list, though.

I cannot remember the name of Katarina Dalayman's husband, Thomas What?

[MNockin]

Walter Berry's second wife was not a singer.

[Eckingair]

Is Francois Loup (bass) married to a singer, too?

[Stregata]

>Neil Shicoff and Dawn Kotoski.
>
>

>Karen Mercedes

And remember that Shicoff's first marriage was to Judith Haddon, who used to
sing very frequently at the New York City Opera back int he 70's.

Stregata

[CassidyS]

<< I cannot remember the name of Katarina Dalayman's husband, Thomas What?
>>

Isn't he Thomas Sunnegardh?

Cassidy

[MNockin]

That's it, Sunnegardh, Thanks, Cassidy.

[David Shengold]

Irina Arkhipova and Vladislav Piavko

VladimirAtlantov and Tamara Milashkina

The late Kaaren Erickso and Edward Sooter

The late Richard Cassilly and Patricia Craig

The late Joann Grillo and Richard Kness

Dwayne Croft and Ainhoa Arteta

Mario and Giulia Grisi

Emma Eames and Emilio de Gorgoza

[Brian Morris]

MarioB <bers...@erols.com> wrote in message
news:89q54f$nk$1...@bob.news.rcn.net...

> Ferrucio Tagliavinni and Pia Tassinari ( wonderful L'amico Fritz
together),
> Giacommo Lauri Volpi and Maria Gay ( contralto).
>

> Regards
>
> Mario
>
>
It was Zenatello, rather than Lauri-volpi, who was married to Maria Gay.
They played a major part in starting the Verona arena summer season in 1913,
and both appeared in the opening Aida, when she was listed as 'Maria Gay
Zenatello'

Brian Morris (London)

[REG]

Wasn't Frances Bible "married" to someone who was a supporting singer at the
Met?
LuciaMim <luci...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000304004356...@ng-fs1.aol.com...

[Stephen Goldberg]

Greer Grimsley and Luretta Bybee
Larry Alexander and Mary Paul

[Matthew B. Tepper]

David Shengold wrote:
>
> Emma Eames and Emilio de Gorgoza

But, technically, Gogorza was a recitalist and recording artist, and not
an "opera singer," since (I read somewhere) he didn't appear in staged
opera due to extreme short-sightedness. From what I've heard of him (an
out-of-print CD on Pearl, well worth searching for), he had a terrific
voice and excellent training, and could well have had a stage career, if
somebody had accorded him the assistance now given to lesser talents.

--
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"Compassionate Conservatism?" * "Tight Slacks?" * "Jumbo Shrimp?"

[Wilson Nichols]

And let's not forget Thomas Stewart and Evelyn Lear. These two wonderful
singers are now living in the D. C. area. I talked with them this year at
the Baltimore Opera at James Morris's Don Giovanni. Thomas Stewart
performed with the Washington Opera last season, and is scheduled for this
season. He also gave one of the best Master Classes I've ever attended last
year that was sponsored by The Washington Opera and Catholic University.

"CassidyS" <cass...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000304104428...@ng-bj1.aol.com...

[Tom Kaufman]

Don't forget Giacomo Lauri-Volpi was married to Maria.

Maria Ros, of course
And Nino Piccaluga was married to Augusta Concato.

Maria Spezia (the second Violetta when it was a success) was married to
baritone Gottardo

Giuditta Pasta got her last name from a now forgotten tenor named Pasta.

Adelina Patti married Ernest Nicolas (who usually sang as Ernesto Nicolini.

Cheers

Don T.
Tom Kaufman
URL of web site:
www.geocities.com/Vienna/8917/index.html

[MarioB]

>> Giacommo Lauri Volpi and Maria Gay ( contralto).
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Mario
>>
>>
>It was Zenatello, rather than Lauri-volpi, who was married to Maria Gay.
>They played a major part in starting the Verona arena summer season in
1913,
>and both appeared in the opening Aida, when she was listed as 'Maria Gay
>Zenatello'
>
>Brian Morris (London)

I stand corrected. Sorry.
Maria Ross soprano who left her carrier for her husband Lauri Volpi.

Regards

Mario B

[Matthew B. Tepper]

MarioB wrote:
>
> I stand corrected. Sorry.
> Maria Ross soprano who left her carrier for her husband Lauri Volpi.

No, it was today's Met broadcast which lost its carrier for a while.

[Matthew B. Tepper]

"Lis K. Froding" wrote:
>
> In article <89sgp2$6ch$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> johno...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> >And on the European scene, Cheryl Barker and Peter Coleman-Wright
> >(both Australians). They were high school sweethearts. One of my
> >best opera experiences was Barker and Coleman-Wright in Eugene
> >Onegin.
>
> Did you mean Australian or European?

No, no; the line is "African or European?"

[johno...@my-deja.com]

And on the European scene, Cheryl Barker and Peter Coleman-Wright (both
Australians). They were high school sweethearts. One of my best opera
experiences was Barker and Coleman-Wright in Eugene Onegin.

J

[Lis K. Froding]

In article <89sgp2$6ch$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
johno...@my-deja.com wrote:

>And on the European scene, Cheryl Barker and Peter Coleman-Wright (both
>Australians). They were high school sweethearts. One of my best opera
>experiences was Barker and Coleman-Wright in Eugene Onegin.

Did you mean Australian or European?

Lis

[Esther A Mott]

Roberta Peters was once married to Robert Merrill.

E. Mott
Wilson Nichols wrote in message
<89rp5d$bvks$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>...

[Ian Michaud]

johno...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> And on the European scene, Cheryl Barker and Peter Coleman-Wright (both
> Australians). They were high school sweethearts. One of my best opera
> experiences was Barker and Coleman-Wright in Eugene Onegin.

We've got them singing together in Vancouver next month as Don Giovanni
and Donna Elvira.

[reg...@my-deja.com]

Having read through all 43 posts up to this point, I would like to add
my two cents.

I don't believe Walter Berry was ever married to Claire Watson. I
believe his second marriage was to a non-singer, but I think he might
now be married to a singer. Not sure.

I THINK no one mentioned Frederica von Stade, but I don't know if her
first marriage to Peter Eklaus (spelling?) counts since I believe he
gave up his career for her.

Finally, Christa Ludwig comments on singer marriages in her memoir "In
My Own Voice." The "Marriage" section in the English version
begins: "My God, I feel sorry for all the unfortunate people married to
singers!" The section specifically about singer-marriages is
titled "Singers Inc."

Disclaimer: Yes, I am connected with CL's memoir. Unfortunately, after
working on it for so long, I am like the characters in
Bradbury's "Farenheit 451" -- I've got the thing memorized.

Regina

PS: I still should get some points for von Stade.

[Celia A. Sgroi]

reg...@my-deja.com wrote:

> I THINK no one mentioned Frederica von Stade, but I don't know if her
> first marriage to Peter Eklaus (spelling?) counts since I believe he
> gave up his career for her.

His name is Peter Elkus, and he didn't have much of a career to give up.

Celia A. Sgroi
State University of New York
College at Oswego
sg...@oswego.edu

[Val Harrop]

And don't forget the five minute marriage of Robert Merrill and Roberta
Peters.

Val
Celia A. Sgroi wrote in message ...

[MarioB]

>>
>> I stand corrected. Sorry.
>> Maria Ross soprano who left her carrier for her husband Lauri Volpi.
>
>No, it was today's Met broadcast which lost its carrier for a while.

How right you are sir!
We foreigners should watch our spelling !
Thank you.

Mario Berschadsky

[Matthew B. Tepper]

Esther A Mott wrote:
>
> Wasn't Julia Varady married to Fischer-Dieskau?

Still is, too, as far as I know.

[Matthew B. Tepper]

Val Harrop wrote:
>
> And don't forget the five minute marriage of Robert Merrill and
> Roberta Peters.

They should have sought counseling from Ernest Borgnine and Ethel
Merman.

[Brian Harrison]

Not to mention Nuccia Focile and Paul Charles Clarke, and Philip Langridge
and Ann Murray. And, for the Europeans amongst us, Cynthia Makris and Raimo
Sirkia.

br...@harry8611.freeserve.co.uk

Ian Michaud <ian_m...@bc.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:38C0A614...@bc.sympatico.ca...
> Tenor Michael Schade and mezzo Norine Burgess

[johno...@my-deja.com]

>
> Did you mean Australian or European?
>
> Lis
>
>

They're both Australians. You might have come across Cheryl Barker as
the dishy Mimi in that Opera Australia production of Boheme, with David
Hobson totally out of his depth as Rodolfo. I must confess I think
Peter Coleman-Wright is by far the better artist of the two, but
there's no denying Barker's Hollywood looks. She was just wonderful as
Tatiana, finishing the letter scene by just beginning to slip her dress
off her shoulder as the lights fell. Her recent Violetta in Brisbane
was disappointing on the night I attended, though I'm told she was much
better in the other performances. Coleman-Wright was the Giorgio
Germont, by the way.

J

[Esther A Mott]

And another:

Wasn't Julia Varady married to Fischer-Dieskau?

Esther A Mott wrote in message ...

[doctor_a...@my-deja.com]

In article <89q54f$nk$1...@bob.news.rcn.net>,

"MarioB" <bers...@erols.com> wrote:
> Ferrucio Tagliavinni and Pia Tassinari ( wonderful L'amico Fritz
together),

> Giacommo Lauri Volpi and Maria Gay ( contralto).
>

By the way, Caruso's first wife was a singer called Ada something,
wasn't she? I hope that someone knowledgeable will clarify this issue.

[Arkel]

This may have been mentioned in an earlier post... I can't remember at this
point, but it just poppedinto my head... Ferdinand Frantz and Helena Braun.
(Going back a few years...)

[Mallardo7]

Diana Montague and David Rendall, I believe.

[Steve Silverman]

Weren't Sherrill Milnes and Nancy Stokes once married?

--
Regards

Steve Silverman
Essex
ENGLAND

"Chi di ferro altrui ferisce, pur di ferro perira. Pace, pace!."
"Mack Dixon" <rinal...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:38C04B96...@earthlink.net...
> We all by now know about the Alagnas, Dwayne Croft and Arteta,
> John Osburn and Lynette Tapia, and James Morris and Susan
> Quittmeyer. Are there any other opera couples singing on the
> stage before us today?
>

[Christine Thomas]

Charlotte Hellekant and Paul Groves.
Christine Thomas
Wauwatosa, WI

"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a!"

[Matthew B. Tepper]

Oisk17 wrote:
>
> >> And don't forget the five minute marriage of Robert Merrill and
> >> Roberta Peters.
>

> It is interesting to me, that in all of the interviews and articles I
> have seen, I have never heard either of these two people say a bad
> word about the other. How unusual is that after a quick divorce?
> These are very classy people!

I saw something on TV a couple of years ago where the two of them
introduced opera clips from the old Ed Sullivan show. They certainly
acted like old friends. Merrill's charming Noo Yawk accent was also
evident, as when he called her "Roboita."

[Oisk17]

>> And don't forget the five minute marriage of Robert Merrill and
>> Roberta Peters.

It is interesting to me, that in all of the interviews and articles I have
seen, I have never heard either of these two people say a bad word about the
other. How unusual is that after a quick divorce? These are very classy
people!

Paul

[Esther A Mott]

Back to couples: Mirella Freni and Nicolai Ghiarov.

Esther Mott

[Victor Han]

Soprano and Pierrette Alarie and tenor Leopold Simoneau.
Conductor Nikolai Golovanov and soprano A. Nezhdanova
Did anyone mention Alagna-Gheoghiu ?

In article <whAx4.503$lA4....@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,

"Esther A Mott" <e.m...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Back to couples: Mirella Freni and Nicolai Ghiarov.
>
> Esther Mott

--
Victor Han
vh...@interlink.net
"Great Russian Voices"
http://russia.uthscsa.edu/Music/GRV/

[Jerel Zoltick]

Stewart and Lear
Fischer Dieskau and Varady

[Cthom244]

In the wake of Proposition 22 or whatever the hell number it was, let's not
forget:
Birgit Nilsson and Grace Hoffman
Peter Pears and B. Britten

[Nina O'Flynn]

Jussi Bjorling and ?

Deborah Reidel and Paul ? (Both Australians)

Did I miss the Alagnas?

Surely there are many more who are partners?

Nina

[Roger Gillard]

In article <38cbff06...@genenews.acay.com.au>, n...@acay.com.au says...

>
>Jussi Bjorling and ?
>
>Deborah Reidel and Paul ? (Both Australians)
>

Paul Ferris

[Roger Gillard]

In article <89v7vq$ujf$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, johno...@my-deja.com says...

>
>
>
>>
>> Did you mean Australian or European?
>>
>> Lis
>>
>>
>
>They're both Australians. You might have come across Cheryl Barker as
>the dishy Mimi in that Opera Australia production of Boheme, with David
>Hobson totally out of his depth as Rodolfo. I must confess I think
>Peter Coleman-Wright is by far the better artist of the two, but
>there's no denying Barker's Hollywood looks. She was just wonderful as

Peter and Cheryl both come from Geelong. My wife had Peter in her first
French class at Belmont High many years ago.
I agree that Peter is some class act. I very much enjoyed his Billy Budd
last year in Melbourne.

Cheers,
Roger Gillard

>Tatiana, finishing the letter scene by just beginning to slip her dress
>off her shoulder as the lights fell. Her recent Violetta in Brisbane
>was disappointing on the night I attended, though I'm told she was much
>better in the other performances. Coleman-Wright was the Giorgio
>Germont, by the way.
>
>J
>
>

[MOU...@webtv.net]

Pla'cido Domingo & Marta Ornelas

Ruth Ann Swenson & ?

[Hinrichh...@aol.com]

Am Freitag, 3. März 2000 09:00:00 UTC+1 schrieb Mack Dixon:
> We all by now know about the Alagnas, Dwayne Croft and Arteta,
> John Osburn and Lynette Tapia, and James Morris and Susan
> Quittmeyer. Are there any other opera couples singing on the
> stage before us today?

Almost 20 years later, a few new married couples can be added to the list:
of Course: ANNA NETREBKO & YUSIF EYVAZOV
JONAS KAUFMANN & contralto Margarete Joswig are already divorced again
CECILIA BARTOLI & OLIVER WIDMER
PETER SEIFFERT & PETRA MARIA SCHNITZER (after his first wife, Lucia Popp, passed away)
NATALIE DESSAY & LAURENT NAOURI
DIANA DAMRAU & NICOLAS TESTÉ
ANNETTE DASCH & DANIEL SCHMUTZHARD
MIAH PERSSON & JEREMY OVENDEN
EVA-MARIA WESTBROEK & FRANK VAN AKEN
ROSEMARY JOSHUA & OLIVIER LALLOUETTE
IRINI KYRIAKIDOU & BRYAN HYMEL
TARA STAFFORD & MICHAEL SPYRES
ANGELIKA KRICHSCHLAGER was married to austrian baritone HANS-PETER KAMMERER
MARILYN HORNE was married to Greek Bass Nicola Zaccaria for a while
and in the past therev were the wonderful Canadian singers LÉOPOLD SIMONEAU & PIERRETTE ALARIE.