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Carole Farley (born November 29, 1946) is an American soprano and a principal singer at the Metropolitan Opera.[1]
Farley was born in Le Mars, Iowa on November 29, 1946.[2] She began her vocal training with Dorothy Barnes in [[Moscow, Idaho].[3] She graduated from Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington with a bachelor's degree in music in 1968.[4] There she studied singing with William Shriner.[2] She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich in 1968-1969[4] under Marianne Schech.[2] She later studied singing privately in New York City with Cornelius Reid.[5]
She is married to conductor José Serebrier.[4]
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Farley began her performance career in 1968, and that year performed Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs with the Cleveland Philharmonic with her husband conducting.[6] In 1969 she made her New York concert debut year at The Town Hall[5] performing Benjamin Britten's song cycle Les Illuminations.[7] That same year she made her opera debut as Formica in Peter Ronnefeld's Die Ameise at the Linz State Theatre in Germany,[5] and performed the role of Magda Sorel in Spain's first production of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul in Madrid under the composer's direction.[7] She sang leading roles at both La Monnaie and the Welsh National Opera in 1971 and 1972, and was resident artist at the Cologne Opera from 1972-1975.[5]
In 1975 Farley made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in a matinee performance as Mimi in La bohème.[8] In 1977 she sang the title role in the Metropolitan Opera's premiere of Lulu.[9] In the late 1970s and 1980s she was known for singing demanding roles such as Lulu and the solo role in Poulenc's La voix humaine.[10]
Farley has been collaborating in recent years with contemporary American classical composers including Ned Rorem, William Bolcom, and Lowell Liebermann on multiple concert and recording projects.[10]
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- DVD. Poulenc's La voix humaine and Menotti's The Telephone. Scottish Chamber Orchestra, dir. José Serebrier. Decca Music Group 1992, licensed to VAI 2006.
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