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Eileen Farrell

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Noun1.Eileen Farrell - United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002)


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A native of North Carolina, she got her start as a rehearsal pianist in singers' studios in New York for people like Eileen Farrell, Robert Merrill, Beverly Sills and Ethel Merman.
For me, the qualities that distinguish the great American soprano voices from those of their foreign peers—I’m thinking of singers like Eleanor Steber, Eileen Farrell and Leontyne Price—are open-hearted healthiness and a two-feet-on-the-ground intelligence that shines in even the most tragic moments.
2; Jacqueline du Pre sounding quite different in Schumann's Cello Concerto than in her reading with her husband, Daniel Barenboim; and Eileen Farrell and Jess Thomas starring in 80 minutes of positively thrilling, well-recorded scenes from Wagner's Gotterdammerung.
 
 
 
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