Pilar Lorengar debuterade 1949 som mezzosopran men fick rösten omlagd. Hon uppträdde runt om i Spanien och var också gäst i Paris och London innan hon 1959 knöts till Städtische Oper i Berlin, där hon ingick i ensemblen ända tills hon drog sig tillbaka 1991. Hon sjöng bl.a. Ilia i Idomeneo och Pamina i Trollflöjten i Salzburg och från 1964 en rad partier som gäst på Covent Garden. Hon debuterade 1966 på Metropolitan.
Pilar Lorengar spansk sopran 1928 -1996
Though internationally her career was somewhat overshadowed by the other lyric sopranos of her day, perhaps due to an often understated presentation, her silvery voice, not large but focused enough to carry through even a Verdi and light Wagner orchestra, and her charm, winsome but not overly kittenish, made her a favorite in many European houses, particularly in Germany.
She studied music at the Barcelona Conservatory, and like many Spanish singers, she began her career in zarzuela, making her stage debut (as a mezzo) in 1949. While she left the zarzuela stage fairly soon, she maintained her ties to that genre, and throughout her career often recorded or performed zarzuela music in recitals. Her classical debut was in Barcelona in 1952, as a soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth. Her operatic debut was as Cherubino in 1955 at Aix-en-Provence. She also made her Covent Garden debut that year as Violetta in La traviata, and her Glyndebourne debut the next year as Pamina in The Magic Flute.
In 1958, she first appeared at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, beginning an association that lasted over 30 years. She was one of the most beloved artists at that house, and was awarded the title of Kammersangerin after just five years there, in 1963. She made her Salzburg Festival debut in 1961, in Idomeneo, and her Metropolitan Opera debut not until 1966, as Donna Elvira.
Early in her career she focused on the lighter lyric roles, especially Mozart, but as she matured vocally, she was able to add considerably heavier roles, including Eva in Der Meistersinger and Elizabeth in Verdi’s Don Carlo without taxing her voice beyond its resources. She made relatively few recordings, but among those, her Violetta in La traviata (London 443 000-2) is one of the few that captures the elegance and style of the famous courtesan as well as the feverishness of her doomed love affair.
Metropolitan opera
| [Met Performance] CID:205390 Don Giovanni {255} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/11/1966 Debut: Pilar Lorengar Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:205420 Don Giovanni {256} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/14/1966 |
| [Met Performance] CID:205450 Falstaff {92} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/1966 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:205490 Don Giovanni {257} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/1966 |
| [Met Performance] CID:205510 Falstaff {93} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/1966 |
| [Met Performance] CID:205640 Falstaff {94} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/5/1966 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:205660 Don Giovanni {258} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/8/1966 |
[Met Performance] CID:205670  Falstaff {95} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/9/1966 Debut: Thomas Stewart Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:205760 Don Giovanni {259} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/17/1966 |
| [Met Performance] CID:209030 Don Giovanni {270} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/4/1967 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:209080 Don Giovanni {271} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/9/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:209110 Don Giovanni {272} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/12/1967 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:209160 Don Giovanni {273} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:209270 Don Giovanni {274} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/1967 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:209500  New production Die Zauberflöte {146} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/19/1967 Debuts: Lucia Popp, Kevin Leftwich, Peter Herzberg, John Bogard, Josef Krips, Marc Chagall Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:209550 Die Zauberflöte {147} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/24/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:209670 Die Zauberflöte {150} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/8/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:209720 Die Zauberflöte {151} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/13/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:209750 Die Zauberflöte {152} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:209800 Die Zauberflöte {154} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:209830 Die Zauberflöte {156} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/22/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:209970 Die Zauberflöte {160} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/1/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:210720 Die Zauberflöte {164} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/22/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212230 Le Nozze di Figaro {211} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/1967 Debut: Tom Krause, Teresa Berganza, Nikolaus Lehnhoff |
| [Met Performance] CID:212250 La Traviata {533} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212290 Le Nozze di Figaro {213} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/17/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212320 Die Zauberflöte {169} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/20/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212350 Le Nozze di Figaro {214} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/23/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212410 Falstaff {102} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/28/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212440 La Traviata {535} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/1/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212460 Le Nozze di Figaro {216} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/3/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212510 La Traviata {536} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/8/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212530 Falstaff {103} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/10/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212660 Le Nozze di Figaro {219} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/23/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212770 Falstaff {106} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/4/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212850 Die Zauberflöte {172} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/12/1967 Debut: David Johnson |
| [Met Performance] CID:212910 Die Zauberflöte {173} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/18/1967 |
| [Met Performance] CID:212980 Die Zauberflöte {174} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/25/1967 Debut: Peter Schreier |
| [Met Performance] CID:213110 Opera News Die Zauberflöte {175} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/6/1968 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:214280 Le Nozze di Figaro {223} War Memorial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts; 04/25/1968 |
| [Met Performance] CID:214350 Madama Butterfly {484} Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio; 05/2/1968 |
| [Met Performance] CID:214370 Le Nozze di Figaro {224} Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio; 05/4/1968 |
| [Met Performance] CID:214420 Le Nozze di Figaro {225} Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia; 05/9/1968 |
| [Met Performance] CID:214440 Madama Butterfly {485} Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia; 05/11/1968 |
| [Met Performance] CID:214490 Le Nozze di Figaro {226} Northrup Memorial Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 05/16/1968 |
| [Met Performance] CID:214540 Le Nozze di Figaro {227} Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan; 05/21/1968 |
| [Met Performance] CID:214640 Le Nozze di Figaro {228} Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 05/31/1968 |
| [Met Performance] CID:217070 Faust {618} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/1968 |
| [Met Performance] CID:217110 Faust {619} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/3/1969 |
| [Met Performance] CID:217140 Madama Butterfly {489} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/6/1969 |
| [Met Performance] CID:217160 Faust {620} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/8/1969 |
| [Met Performance] CID:217200 Faust {621} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/11/1969 |
| [Met Performance] CID:217220 Faust {622} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/1969 |
| [Met Performance] CID:217260 Opera News Faust {623} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/18/1969 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:217300 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {339} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/22/1969 |
| [Met Performance] CID:217460 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {341} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/7/1969 Debut: Theo Adam |
| [Met Performance] CID:217490 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {342} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/1969 |
| [Met Performance] CID:217520 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {343} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/1969 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:217550 Gala Performance Metropolitan Opera House; 02/15/1969 |
| [Met Performance] CID:220000 Aida {762} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/29/1969 Opening Night {85} Rudolf Bing, General Manager The opening of the 1969-70 season was delayed and the season nearly cancelled due to prolonged labor-management negotiations Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:221250 Die Zauberflöte {183} Hynes Civic Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts; 04/25/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221270 La Traviata {560} Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio; 04/28/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221310 Die Zauberflöte {184} Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio; 05/2/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221390 Die Zauberflöte {185} Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia; 05/9/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221430 Die Zauberflöte {186} State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas; 05/14/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221500 La Traviata {562} Northrup Memorial Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 05/21/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221530 Die Zauberflöte {187} Northrup Memorial Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 05/23/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221550 La Traviata {563} Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan; 05/26/1970 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:221600 Die Zauberflöte {188} Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan; 05/30/1970 Debut: Carol Wilcox |
| [Met Performance] CID:221630 La Traviata {564} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/3/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221670 Turandot {107} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/6/1970 Debut: Elinor Ross Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:221690 Carmen {655} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/9/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221720 Le Nozze di Figaro {234} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/12/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221750 Carmen {656} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/15/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:221880 Le Nozze di Figaro {235} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/27/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:223020 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {112} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/16/1970 Debut: Serge Baudo Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:223070 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {113} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/21/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:223120 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {114} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/26/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:223180 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {115} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/2/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:223220 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {116} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/6/1970 |
| [Met Performance] CID:223480 La Traviata {572} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/31/1970 Robert Merrill’s 25th Anniversary Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:225150 Madama Butterfly {509} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/10/1971 Debut: Fawayne Murphy |
| [Met Performance] CID:225190 Madama Butterfly {510} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:225220 Madama Butterfly {511} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/1971 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:225260 Madama Butterfly {512} Hynes Civic Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts; 04/21/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:225270 Carmen {670} Hynes Civic Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts; 04/22/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:225360 Madama Butterfly {513} Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio; 05/1/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:225430 Madama Butterfly {514} Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia; 05/8/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:225480 Carmen {673} State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas; 05/13/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:225540 Carmen {674} Northrup Memorial Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 05/19/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:225640 Madama Butterfly {516} Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan; 05/29/1971 |
[Met Performance] CID:227080    New Production Der Freischütz {22} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/28/1971 Debuts: Gerd Feldhoff, Elyssa Lindner, Rudolf Heinrich, Michael Ebert Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:227150 Der Freischütz {23} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/5/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:227230 Der Freischütz {24} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:227280 Der Freischütz {25} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/18/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:227320 Der Freischütz {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/22/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:227390 Der Freischütz {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/28/1971 |
| [Met Performance] CID:227990 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {344} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/1971 Debut: Benno Kusche Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:228060 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {345} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/3/1972 |
| [Met Performance] CID:228130 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {346} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/10/1972 |
[Met Performance] CID:228180  Opera NewsDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg {347} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/15/1972 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:228260 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {348} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/22/1972 |
| [Met Performance] CID:228300 Le Nozze di Figaro {236} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/27/1972 Debut: Betsy Norden |
| [Met Performance] CID:228340 Le Nozze di Figaro {237} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/31/1972 |
| [Met Performance] CID:228380 Le Nozze di Figaro {238} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/4/1972 |
| [Met Performance] CID:228430 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {351} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/9/1972 |
| [Met Performance] CID:228470 Le Nozze di Figaro {239} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/1972 |
| [Met Performance] CID:228490 Le Nozze di Figaro {240} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/15/1972 |
| [Met Performance] CID:228550 Le Nozze di Figaro {241} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/1972 |
| [Met Performance] CID:229050 Der Freischütz {28} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/8/1972 |
| [Met Performance] CID:229120 Opera News Der Freischütz {29} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/15/1972 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:229170 Der Freischütz {30} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/19/1972 |
[Met Concert/Gala] CID:229210  ReviewGala Performance Honoring Sir Rudolf Bing Metropolitan Opera House; 04/22/1972 Telecast Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:232220 La Bohème {740} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/16/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:232260 La Bohème {741} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/20/1973 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:232300 La Traviata {596} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/24/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:232340 La Bohème {742} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/27/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:232380 La Bohème {743} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/1/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:232450 Madama Butterfly {525} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/8/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:232570 Don Giovanni {309} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/19/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:232830 Opera News 1 Opera News Don Giovanni {310} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/3/1973 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:233010 Don Giovanni {311} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/10/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:233960 Otello {210} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/8/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:234050 Otello {211} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/16/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:234080 Otello {212} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/20/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:234120 La Bohème {745} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/23/1973 |
| [Met Performance] CID:237660 Madama Butterfly {552} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/1/1974 |
| [Met Performance] CID:237700 Madama Butterfly {553} Metropolitan Opera House; 06/6/1974 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:240700 Gala Performance Metropolitan Opera House; 03/1/1975 |
| [Met Performance] CID:247260 New Production Lohengrin {552} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/4/1976 Debut: René Kollo Reviews |
| [Met Performance] CID:247300 Lohengrin {553} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/8/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:247350 Lohengrin {554} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/13/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:247400 Lohengrin {555} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:247440 Lohengrin {556} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/20/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:247470 Lohengrin {557} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/23/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:247500 Lohengrin {558} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/26/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:247540 Lohengrin {559} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/30/1976 |
| [Met Performance] CID:247580 Opera News Lohengrin {560} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/4/1976 Broadcast Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:248950 Lohengrin {561} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:249000 La Bohème {797} Boston, Massachusetts; 04/19/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:249030 Lohengrin {562} Boston, Massachusetts; 04/22/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:249100 Lohengrin {563} Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio; 04/29/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:249140 La Bohème {799} Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia; 05/3/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:249170 Lohengrin {564} Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia; 05/6/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:249200 La Bohème {800} Dixon-Myers Hall, Memphis, Tennessee; 05/9/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:249240 Lohengrin {565} State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas; 05/13/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:249280 Lohengrin {566} Minneapolis, Minnesota; 05/17/1977 |
| [Met Performance] CID:267610 Così Fan Tutte {88} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/20/1982 |
| [Met Performance] CID:267630 Così Fan Tutte {89} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/1982 |
| [Met Performance] CID:267680 Opera News Così Fan Tutte {90} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/27/1982 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:267730 Così Fan Tutte {91} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/1/1982 |
| [Met Performance] CID:267760 Così Fan Tutte {92} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/4/1982 |
| [Met Performance] CID:326010 The Bartered Bride {76} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/1/1996 Debut: Timothy Nolen Review |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:351407 A Mozart Celebration Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/2006 Broadcast |
Read more
- Wikipedia
- AllMusic
- Skivinspelningar at Discogs
- Sopranos from the whole world
- Obituary i New York Times
- Obituary in Independent
- Pilar Lorengar at Youtube
