- Eva Turner
| 10/3/1892 |
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Born in Oldham,
Lancashire |
| 1911-1915 |
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Studied at the Royal
academy of Music, London |
| 1916 |
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Joined the chorus of the
touring Carl Rosa company |
| 25/11/1920 |
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Covent Garden debut as Santuzza
(with the Carl Rosa) |
| 1924 |
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La Scala debut as Freia
(in Italian) |
| 12/1926 |
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Sings her first Turandot
at the Teatro Grande in Brescia (only 7 months after
its première with Rosa Raisa, which Turner had attended) |
| 1928 |
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Returns to Covent Garden
as Aida, Santuzza, and Turandot. |
| 1929 |
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La Scala as Turandot |
| 1949 |
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Becomes Visiting
Professor of Voice at the University of Oklahoma |
| 1959 |
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Professor of Singing at
the Royal Academy of Music |
| 1962 |
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Created a Dame of the
British Empire (DBE) |
| 1971-1985 |
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President of the British Wagner Society |
| 16/6/1990 |
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Died in London |
- Eva Turner Discography
- (in progress)
DAME EVA TURNER CDs
- CD1 = EMI: CDH 7 69791 2 "Dame Eva Turner: Opera
Arias and Songs"
- CD2 = EMI: CDH 7 61074 2 "Puccini: Turandot:
Extracts"
- CD3 = G.S.E. Claremont Records: CD GSE 78-50-66
"Dame Eva Turner: Milan Recordings 1936-28/Broadcast
1938/Serenade to Music (1938)" -
Purchase at
CDNOW
- Purchase at Tower Records
- CD4 = Nimbus NI 7819 "Prima Voce - Covent Garden: An
Early History on Record"
- CD5 = Nimbus NI 7801 "Prima Voce - Great Singers
1909-1938"
- CD6 = Nimbus NI 7802 "Prima Voce - Divas
(1906-1935)"
- CD7 = Memoir Classics CDMOI 412 "Great Voices of the
Century Sing Puccini"
- CD8 = Pearl GEM 0094 "Dame
Eva Turner - The Collected Recordings"
(3 CDs) -
Purchase at
CDNOW
- Purchase at Tower Records
- EMI Classics Centenary Edition Volume 4 includes one
of the EMI "In questa reggia" recordings
EVA TURNER
- Introductory talk (1988): CD1-1
DEL RIEGO
- Homing: with piano and organ
(1933): CD1-17
GRIEG, EDVARD
- I love thee (Hjertets melodier
[The heart's melodies], opus 5: number 3 - "Jeg
elsker dig" sung in English): with piano (1933):
CD1-14
HARDELOT, GUY D'
- Because: with orchestra (1926):
CD1-18 & CD3-12
- Sometimes in my dreams: with
orchestra (1926): CD1-19 & CD3-13
MASCAGNI, PIETRO
- Cavalleria rusticana: "Voi lo
sapete": with orchestra, Lorenzo
Molajoli (1926): CD3-8
- Cavalleria rusticana: "Voi lo
sapete": with orchestra, Thomas
Beecham (1928): CD1-11
PONCHIELLI, AMILCARE
- Gioconda, La: "Gia ti veggo":
with Erminia Rubadi, Fernandino Ciniselli, Leone Paci,
Bruno Carmassi, Chorus and Orchestra del Teatro alla
Scala, Milano, Lorenzo Molajoli (1926): CD1-6 & CD3-6
- Gioconda, La: "Suicidio!":
with orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli (1926): CD1-7 &
CD3-7
PUCCINI, GIACOMO
- Madama Butterfly: "Un bel di,
vedremo" sung in English: with
orchestra, Joe Batten (1933): CD1-9
- Madama Butterfly: Entrance of Butterfly:
with George Hancock, BBC Chorus and Orchestra, Stanford
Robinson (1938): CD3-10
- Tosca: "Vissi d'arte":
with orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli (1926): CD3-9
- Tosca: "Vissi d'arte"
Royal Opera Orchestra, Thomas Beecham (1928?): CD4
- Tosca: "Vissi d'arte"
sung in English: with orchestra, Joe Batten (1933): CD1-8
- Turandot: "In questa reggia":
with orchestra, Stanford Robinson (1928): CD1-10 &
CD5
- Turandot: "In questa reggia":
with orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli (1928): CD3-1 & CD7
- Turandot: "In questa reggia":
with Giovanni Martinelli, Chorus and Orchestra of the
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Barbirolli (1937):
CD2-2
- Turandot: "In questa reggia":
with Giovanni Martinelli, Chorus and Orchestra of the
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Barbirolli (1937):
CD2-7
- Turandot: "In questa reggia":
with Dino Borgioli, BBC Chorus and Orchestra, Stanford
Robinson (1938): CD3-11
- Turandot: "Straniero, ascolta"
(Riddle scene): with Giovanni Martinelli, Licia
Albanese, Octave Dua, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal
Opera House, Covent Garden, John Barbirolli (1937): CD2-3
- Turandot: "Straniero, ascolta"
(Riddle scene): with Giovanni Martinelli,
Mafalda Favero, Octave Dua, Chorus and Orchestra of the
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Barbirolli (1937):
CD2-8
RONALD, (LANDON??)
- O lovely night: with orchestra
(1926): CD1-16
TOSTI, FRANCESCO PAOLO
- Goodbye: with orchestra (1926):
CD1-15
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, RALPH
- Serenade to Music: with Isobel
Baillie, Lilian Stiles-Allen, Elsie Suddaby, Margaret
Balfour, Muriel Brunskill, Astra Desmond, Mary Jarred,
Parry Jones, Heddle Nash, Frank Titterton, Walter Widdop,
Norman Allin, Robert Easton, Roy Henderson, Harold
Williams, BBC SO, Henry J. Wood (1938): CD3-14
VERDI, GIUSEPPE
- Aida: "Gloria all'Egitto":
with Erminia Rubadi, Fernandino Ciniselli, Leone Paci,
Bruno Carmassi, Chorus and Orchestra del Teatro alla
Scala, Milano, Lorenzo Molajoli (1926): CD1-4 & CD3-4
- Aida: "Qui Radames verra!...O patria
mia": with orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli
(1926): CD3-5
- Aida: "Qui Radames verra!...O patria
mia": with orchestra, Stanford
Robinson (1928): CD1-5
- Aida: "Ritorna vincitor":
with orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli (1926): CD3-2
- Aida: "Ritorna vincitor":
with orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli (1928): CD3-3
- Aida: "Ritorna vincitor":
with orchestra, Thomas Beecham (1928): CD1-3
- Aida: "Ritorna vincitor":
with orchestra, Stanford Robinson: CD6
- Trovatore, Il: "D'amor sull'ali
rosee": with orchestra, Thomas Beecham
(1928): CD1-2
WAGNER, RICHARD
- Lohengrin: "Einsam in trüben
Tagen" sung in English: with
orchestra, Joe Batten (1933): CD1-12
- Tannhäuser: "Dich, teure Halle"
sung in English: with orchestra, Joe Batten (1933):
CD1-13
Lisa Hirsch says she is "the world's biggest, or maybe
second biggest, Eva Turner fan." I would like to thank her
for pointing me in the direction of the Nimbus CDs when I was
compiling the discography. Read what she has to say about Turner
and check out a number of great pictures on her Eva Turner page.
Bob Rideout's biography of Eva Turner can be found
here.
Maria
Callas
Josephine Barstow
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