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Denyce Graves<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Recognized worldwide as one of today’s most exciting vocal stars, Denyce Graves continues to gather unparalleled popular and critical acclaim in performances on four continents. USA Today identifies her as “an operatic superstar of the 21st Century,” and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution exclaims, “if the human voice has the power to move you, you will be touched by Denyce Graves.”<\/p>\n

Her career has taken her to the world’s great opera houses and concert halls.\u00a0 The combination of her expressive, rich vocalism, elegant stage presence, and exciting theatrical abilities allows her to pursue a wide breadth of operatic portrayals as well as delight audiences in concert and recital appearances. Denyce Graves has become particularly well-known to operatic audiences for her portrayals of the title roles in Carmen and Samson et Dalila. These signature roles have brought Ms. Graves to the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Op\u00e9ra National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Washington Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Arena di Verona, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opernhaus Z\u00fcrich, Teatro Real in Madrid, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Teatro Col\u00f3n in Buenos Aires, Los Angeles Opera, and the Festival Maggio Musicale in Florence.<\/p>\n

Denyce Graves made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1995-96 season in the\u00a0title role of Carmen. She returned the following season to lead the new Franco Zeffirelli production of this work, conducted by James Levine, and she sang the opening night performance of the Metropolitan Opera’s 1997-98 season as Carmen opposite Pl\u00e1cido Domingo.\u00a0 She was seen again that season as Bizet’s gypsy on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for Domingo’s 30th Anniversary Gala, and she made her debut in Japan as Carmen, opposite the Don Jos\u00e9 of Roberto Alagna. Ms. Graves appeared in a new production of Samson et Dalila opposite Pl\u00e1cido Domingo at the Metropolitan Opera, and she performed Act III of this work opposite Mr. Domingo to open the Met\u2019 s season in 2005.\u00a0 She was partnered again with Mr. Domingo in the 1999 season-opening performances of this work for Los Angeles Opera.\u00a0 She was seen as Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019seductress with Royal Opera, Covent Garden and The Washington Opera, both opposite Jos\u00e9 Cura – the latter under the baton of Maestro Domingo, as well as with Houston Grand Opera. Her debut in this signature role came in 1992 with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival under the direction of James Levine and opposite Mr. Domingo and Sherrill Milnes, and she made a return engagement to the Festival in this same role in 1997.<\/p>\n

One of the music world’s most sought-after recitalists, Ms. Graves combines her expressive vocalism and exceptional gifts for communication with her dynamic stage presence, enriching audiences around the world.\u00a0 Her programs include classical repertoire of German Lieder, French m\u00e9lodie, and English art song, as well as the popular music of Broadway musicals, crossover and jazz together with American spirituals.\u00a0 For her New York recital debut, The New York Times wrote, “Her voice is dusky and earthy. She is a strikingly attractive stage presence and a communicative artist who had the audience with her through four encores.”<\/p>\n

Denyce Graves is a native of Washington, D.C., where she attended the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts.\u00a0 She continued her education at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory.\u00a0 In 1998, Ms. Graves received an honorary doctorate from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.\u00a0 She was named one of the “50 Leaders of Tomorrow” by Ebony Magazine and was one of Glamour Magazine’s 1997 “Women of the Year.”\u00a0 In 1999 WQXR Radio in New York named her as one of classical music’s “Standard Bearers for the 21st Century.”\u00a0 Denyce Graves has been invited on several occasions to perform in recital at The White House, and she provides many benefit performances for various causes special to her throughout each season. Denyce Graves has been the recipient of many awards, including the Grand Prix du Concours International de Chant de Paris, the Eleanor Steber Music Award in the Opera Columbus Vocal Competition, and a Jacobson Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. In 1991, she received the Grand Prix Lyrique, awarded once every three years by the Association des amis de l\u2019 op\u00e9ra de Monte-Carlo, and the Marian Anderson Award, presented to her by Miss Anderson.<\/p>\n

www.DenyceGraves.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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H\u00e9ctor Ag\u00fcero<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Leon P. Turner<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recognized worldwide as one of today’s most exciting vocal stars, Denyce Graves continues to gather unparalleled popular and critical acclaim in performances on four continents. USA Today identifies her as “an operatic superstar of the 21st Century,” and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution exclaims, “if the human voice has the power to move you, you will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":534,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-538","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4746,"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538\/revisions\/4746"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}