{"id":28100,"date":"2015-05-03T16:46:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T20:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=28100"},"modified":"2015-05-03T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T20:46:19","slug":"the-scoop-canadian-opera-soprano-clarice-carson-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2015\/05\/03\/the-scoop-canadian-opera-soprano-clarice-carson-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Canadian Opera Soprano Clarice Carson Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Soprano Clarice Carson as Violetta, La traviata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s never an easy thing to report the death of an artist, especially one who has made such an important impact on Canada’s opera community.<\/p>\n

Soprano Clarice Carson died yesterday in Toronto on May 2nd, 2015 surrounded by friends and family at the age of 86.<\/p>\n

Retiring from the concert stage in 1986, Carson performed regularly with Metropolitan Opera, Scottish Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Netherlands Opera, La Fenice in Venice, and Teatro Regio, as well as companies in Frankfurt, Barcelona, Houston, San Francisco, Quebec and Vancouver; L\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Montreal, the Canadian Opera Company, and many\u00a0others.<\/p>\n

She started her career in 1959 with L\u2019Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al, and the McGill Chamber Orchestra. She made her New York Metropolitan Opera debut in 1966, and is best known for her role in Tosca for Radio-Canada television in 1970 with Louis Quilico as Scarpia. She is also known for roles including Aida, Suor Angelica, Madame Lidoine (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Desdemona (Otello with Jon Vickers), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly), Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro), Violetta (La Traviata), Mimi and Musetta (La Boh\u00e8me), Senta (The Flying Dutchman), Elisabeth (Tannhauser), Salome, and Leonora (in both Il Trovatore and La Forza del Destino).<\/p>\n

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Clarice Carson Dec. 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carson leaves behind a legacy which includes some of the greatest names in opera: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Louis Quilico, Franco Corelli, Renata Tebaldi, Cornell MacNeil, George Shirley, Richard Tucker and L\u00e9opold Simoneau; and conductors Zubin Mehta, Eugene Ormandy, James Levine, Karel Ancerl, Richard Bonynge, Sir Charles MacKerras and Daniel Barenboim.<\/p>\n

Musical Toronto Opera columnist Neil Crory<\/a> recalls, “I remember her performance in Edmonton of Il Trovatore (Leonore) with fondness… mainly due to her exquisite pianissimo. Years later I was introduced to her in the lobby of Glenn Gould Studio. I reminded her of the Trovatore performance. \u00a0When I mentioned the pianissimo she said, \u201cOh that. Montserate (Caballle) taught that to me once in my kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n

In December 1998, Miss Carson was inducted in The Opera Hall of Fame at Place des Arts by L\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al. She was also honoured with a commemorative plaque at the National Opera America Center in New York in recognition to her extraordinary international career.<\/p>\n

Carson was also an active\u00a0member of the Board of the International Resource Centre for Performing Artists (IRCPA<\/a>). She had recently\u00a0donated her archive of scores and recordings to the IRCPA reference library which is planned to open in her name in the fall of 2017.<\/p>\n

Donations for the library can be made directly to the IRCPA website at Canada Helps: www.ircpa.net.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 American friends may donate and receive an American tax receipt through the Council for Canadian American Relations in New York City.\u00a0 Contact Jessica London, Executive Director: jlondon@ccar-nyc.org<\/a>; Ph: (212) 935-0231.<\/p>\n

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