{"id":69380,"date":"2020-10-09T15:29:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T19:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=69380"},"modified":"2020-10-09T19:10:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T23:10:11","slug":"memoriam-renowned-canadian-soprano-erin-wall-dies-age-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/10\/09\/memoriam-renowned-canadian-soprano-erin-wall-dies-age-44\/","title":{"rendered":"IN MEMORIAM | Renowned Canadian Soprano Erin Wall Dies At Age 44"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/Erin-Wall-In-memoriam-Template.jpg\" alt=\"Erin Wall In memoriam\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/Erin-Wall-In-memoriam-Template.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/Erin-Wall-In-memoriam-Template-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/Erin-Wall-In-memoriam-Template-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/Erin-Wall-In-memoriam-Template-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Canadian soprano Erin Wall has died at the age of 44. She had been living with cancer since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Born to American parents \u2014 both musicians \u2014 in Calgary, Erin studied as a child at the Vancouver Academy of Music, and sang in choirs. She earned a Bachelor of Music from the Western Washington University \u2014 where she was recognized with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010 \u2014 and a Masters in vocal performance from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Wall quickly graduated to a professional career in 2001. In 2003, she represented Canada at the finals of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in Wales, just a year after her international debut with the London Symphony Orchestra. She would go on to appear with the LSO frequently with conductor Sir Andrew Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Erin Wall sings &#8220;Ich kann nicht sitzen&#8221; from the COC&#8217;s <em>Elektra<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a1SV_jEopak?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In 2011, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2011\/aug\/19\/edinburgh-international-festival-thais-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a><\/span> praised her performance in Massenet&#8217;s <em>Tha\u00efs<\/em> in Edinburgh. &#8220;Her glamour is magnetic: you understand why, at the start, men are prepared to bankrupt themselves for Tha\u00efs. More important, however, is the extraordinary ease and sumptuousness of her tone, and a hovering, ecstatic quality in her singing that makes her so convincing as both sexual icon and saint.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Erin became known for her lovely tone and theatrical talent, and went on to perform at the world&#8217;s most renowned opera houses including The Metropolitan Opera House, Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Op\u00e9ra National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Canadian Opera Company, Washington National Opera, Bergen National Opera, Den Norske Opera Oslo, Theater an der Wien, and the Bayerische Staatsoper, among others.<\/p>\n<p>With a vast and versatile repertoire that included three centuries of material from Mozart to Britten, she also performed in concert halls all over the globe, and with the world&#8217;s renowned symphonies.<\/p>\n<p>Josep Pons with Erin Wall &#8211; Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder (Human Rights Concert in Geneva)<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XC0DkkAGZlw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Erin appears on a recent recording of Britten&#8217;s <em>Peter Grimes<\/em> with the Bergen Philharmonic on the Chandos label, based on a 2019 tour of the opera in the UK. The release has been garnering <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2020\/sep\/03\/peter-grimes-review-skelton-gardner-bergen-phil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excellent reviews<\/a><\/span>, with many reviewers noting her performance in particular.<\/p>\n<p>Erin spoke candidly about her struggles with cancer in <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/entertainment\/music\/2019\/01\/21\/after-facing-down-breast-cancer-soprano-erin-wall-was-up-for-an-onstage-challenge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interviews<\/a><\/span> in 2019, when she was in a period of remission. From her <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erinwallatwork?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter account<\/a><\/span>, Erin left a last message:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once I was an opera singer. Then COVID-19 and stage IV cancer changed everything. Please don\u2019t use the word \u201cbattle\u201d to refer to my life or illness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily\u00a0\u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/bowtie.mailbutler.io\/tracking\/hit\/583e6ce0-dfd0-48be-8a33-61256b3c58e3\/a01723d1-1d1d-44ee-9d0c-779ed93a798c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>HERE<\/i><\/a><\/span><em>.<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian soprano Erin Wall has died at the age of 44. 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