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'''Carolann Page''' is an American singer and actress. A true crossover artist, she has won critical and popular acclaim in both the operatic and musical theatre worlds as well as in concert, recitals and chamber music.
'''Carolann Page''' (born December 22, 1950) is an [[United States|American]] singer and actress. A true [[Crossover music|crossover artist]], she has won critical and popular acclaim in both the [[Opera|operatic]] and [[musical theatre]] worlds as well as in concert, recitals and [[chamber music]].


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== Career ==
== Career ==
Carolann Page made her professional debut in 1973 at the [[Marlboro Music School and Festival|Marlboro Music Festival]], as a soloist in Beethoven’s [[Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)|Choral Fantasy]] conducted by [[Pablo Casals]], with [[Rudolf Serkin]] at the piano.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rider.edu/news/2010/10/18/westminster-voice-faculty-present-showcase|title=Westminster Voice Faculty Present Showcase|date=2010-10-17|website=Rider University|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>


Page gained international recognition in 1987 when she created the role of Pat Nixon in [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]' opera [[Nixon in China|''Nixon In China'']], directed by [[Peter Sellars]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/24/arts/opera-nixon-in-china.html|title=Opera: 'Nixon in China'|last=Henahan|first=Donal|date=1987-10-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-08|last2=Times|first2=Special To the New York|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> For her role as Pat Nixon, The Guardian wrote, “Carolann Page’s lyric soprano exultantly ravishes the ear.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carolannpage.com/operareviews.html|title=Reviews - Carolann Page|website=www.carolannpage.com|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> She also created the role of Celia in [[Carlisle Floyd]]'s [[The Passion of Jonathan Wade]], Mamah Cheney in [[Daron Hagen]]’s [[Shining Brow]] and Gayle in [[Michael Tippett|Micheal Tippett]]’s [[The Ice Break]] (in concert).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-03-17-9101140198-story.html|title=PASSIONS REKINDLED|last=Writer|first=TIM SMITH, Music|website=Sun-Sentinel.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://operaamerica.org/applications/NAWD/newworks/details.aspx?id=601|website=operaamerica.org|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
=== Broadway and Off-Broadway ===
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|1974
|[[Candide (operetta)|Candide]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/carolann-page-vault-0000056102|title=Carolann Page|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>
|Cartagenian/2nd Sheep/Cunegonde
|[[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]]
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|1976
|[[Music Is]]<ref name=":0" />
|Member of the Court/Viola (u.s.)/Olivia (u.s)*
|[[St. James Theatre]]
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|1990
|[[First Lady Suite]]
|Eleanor Roosevelt and Evelyn Lincoln*
|NY Shakespeare Festival at the Public Theatre
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|1992
|Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
|“With So Little To Be Sure Of”
|Concert staging
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|1993
|Broadway on Broadway
|"I Could Have Danced All Night"
|Concert staging
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|1994
|[[Allegro (musical)|Allegro]]
|Marjorie
|[[Encores!]]
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|1998
|[[The Fishkin Touch]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iobdb.com/Production/3395|title=The Fishkin Touch|website=iobdb.com|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/26/movies/theater-review-oedipus-shmedipus-give-em-a-happy-ending.html|title=THEATER REVIEW; Oedipus, Shmedipus: Give 'Em a Happy Ending|last=Gelder|first=Lawrence Van|date=1998-06-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|Sophie*
|Jewish Repertory Theatre
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|2001
|[[Menopause The Musical]]
|Iowa Housewife*
|Playhouse 91
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|2006
|Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Todd Lincoln<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/15/theater/reviews/15asyl.html|title=Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln - Review - Theater|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2006-09-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|Mary Todd*
|[[York Theatre]]
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>denotes original cast


[[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] appearances include Cunegonde in [[Harold Prince|Hal Prince]]’s revival of [[Candide (operetta)|Candide]], Majorie in [[Allegro (musical)|Allegro]] ([[Encores!]] series), [[Music Is]], directed by the legendary [[George Abbott]], and Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, directed by [[Scott Ellis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/carolann-page-vault-0000056102|title=Carolann Page|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
=== Selected Opera ===

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[[Off-Broadway]], Page’s diverse creations include Mary Lincoln in ''Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln'' ([[York Theatre]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/15/theater/reviews/15asyl.html|title=Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln - Review - Theater|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2006-09-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>, Gertrude Stein in ''Blood on the Dining Room Floor'' ([[Signature Theatre Company|Signature Theatre]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://operaamerica.org/applications/NAWD/newworks/details.aspx?id=262|website=operaamerica.org|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>, Sophie in ''The Fishkin Touch'' (Jewish Repertory Theatre)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/26/movies/theater-review-oedipus-shmedipus-give-em-a-happy-ending.html|title=THEATER REVIEW; Oedipus, Shmedipus: Give 'Em a Happy Ending|last=Gelder|first=Lawrence Van|date=1998-06-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>, Eleanor Roosevelt in John La Chuisa’s ''[[First Lady Suite]]'' ([[The Public Theater|The Public Theatre]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iobdb.com/Production/828|title=First Lady Suite|website=iobdb.com|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>, and Iowa Housewife in ''[[Menopause The Musical|Menopause, the Musical]]'' (Playhouse 91).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/menopause-the-musical_2081.html|title=Menopause The Musical {{!}} TheaterMania|website=www.theatermania.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
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Page has appeared with major symphonies internationally including [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra|Dallas]], [[Cleveland Orchestra|Cleveland]], [[Houston Symphony|Houston]], [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra|Pittsburgh]], [[New Orleans Symphony|New Orleans]], the [[London Sinfonietta]] and [[Brno Philharmonic|Brno Philharmonic Orchestra]] with repertoire from Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Britten and Gorecki. She presented her own "Evening of Sondheim" with the [[Boston Pops Orchestra|Boston]] and [[San Francisco Symphony|San Francisco]] pops orchestras.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wqed.org/fm/podcasts/voice-arts/carolann-page|title=Carolann Page {{!}} WQED|website=www.wqed.org|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>  
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Her chamber music and recital appearances include [[An die Musik|''An die Musik'']], ''Da Camera Society'' and ''Cape and Islands''.<ref name=":1" />
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|[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail|Abduction from the Seraglio]]
|Konstanze
|[[Merkin Concert Hall|Merkin Hall]]
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== Discography ==
== Discography ==
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|1974
|1974
|[[Candide (operetta)|Candide]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/Candide/recordings.html|title=Candide / The Recordings|website=www.sondheimguide.com|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
|[[Candide (operetta)|Candide]]
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|1988
|1987
|[[Nixon in China]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nonesuch.com/|title=Nonesuch Records Nixon in China|website=Nonesuch Records Official Website|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
|[[Nixon in China]]
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|1990
|1989
|Song of Songs (Koss Classics)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayT5T59ckzIC&ppis=_e&lpg=PA322&ots=VOPM8vB2kr&dq=song%20of%20songs%20recording%20carolann%20page&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Classical Music: The Listener's Companion|last=Morin|first=Alexander J.|date=2002|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-87930-638-0|language=en}}</ref>
|Song of Songs (Koss Classics)
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|1991
|1991
|[[The Ice Break]] (Virgin Classics)
|[[The Ice Break]] (Virgin Classics)<ref name=":0" />
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|1991
|1991
|[[Man of La Mancha]] (Sony Classics)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://masterworksbroadway.com/music/man-of-la-mancha-studio-cast-recording-1996/|title=Man of La Mancha – Studio Cast Recording 1996|website=The Official Masterworks Broadway Site|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
|[[Man of La Mancha]] (Sony Classics)
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|1992
|1992
|Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (BMG)
|Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (Masterworks Broadway)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sondheim-Celebration-Carnegie-Hall-Concert/dp/B000003FDW|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
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|2002
|2002
|[[Menopause The Musical]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Menopause-Musical-2002-Off-Broadway-Cast/dp/B000BKIWUO|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
|[[Menopause The Musical]]
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|2007
|2007
|Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Todd Lincoln
|Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Todd Lincoln<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Asylum-Strange-Case-Lincoln-Musical/dp/B000X5U3U4|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
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Revision as of 23:49, 8 January 2020

Carolann Page (born December 22, 1950) is an American singer and actress. A true crossover artist, she has won critical and popular acclaim in both the operatic and musical theatre worlds as well as in concert, recitals and chamber music.

Carolann Page
BornDecember 22, 1950
Odessa, Texas
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active1973-present
SpousePaul Gemignani (1978-1995)
ChildrenAlexander Gemignani
Websitewww.carolannpage.com

Biography

Carolann Page was born in Odessa, Texas to conductor Robert Page and Carnegie Mellon voice teacher Glynn Page.[1][2] She grew up in Philadelphia and studied voice there at the Curtis Institute of Music.[3] She has had a prolific career in theater, opera, and pops orchestra throughout various houses in New York and worldwide. She has taught voice at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, and, currently, at Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University.[1] Her sister, Paula Page, is a professor of harp at Rice University and her son, Alexander Gemingani, is a Broadway actor and musical director.[4][5]

Career

Carolann Page made her professional debut in 1973 at the Marlboro Music Festival, as a soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy conducted by Pablo Casals, with Rudolf Serkin at the piano.[6]

Page gained international recognition in 1987 when she created the role of Pat Nixon in John Adams' opera Nixon In China, directed by Peter Sellars.[7] For her role as Pat Nixon, The Guardian wrote, “Carolann Page’s lyric soprano exultantly ravishes the ear.”[8] She also created the role of Celia in Carlisle Floyd's The Passion of Jonathan Wade, Mamah Cheney in Daron Hagen’s Shining Brow and Gayle in Micheal Tippett’s The Ice Break (in concert).[9][10]

Broadway appearances include Cunegonde in Hal Prince’s revival of Candide, Majorie in Allegro (Encores! series), Music Is, directed by the legendary George Abbott, and Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, directed by Scott Ellis.[11]

Off-Broadway, Page’s diverse creations include Mary Lincoln in Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln (York Theatre)[12], Gertrude Stein in Blood on the Dining Room Floor (Signature Theatre)[13], Sophie in The Fishkin Touch (Jewish Repertory Theatre)[14], Eleanor Roosevelt in John La Chuisa’s First Lady Suite (The Public Theatre)[15], and Iowa Housewife in Menopause, the Musical (Playhouse 91).[16]

Page has appeared with major symphonies internationally including Dallas, Cleveland, Houston, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, the London Sinfonietta and Brno Philharmonic Orchestra with repertoire from Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Britten and Gorecki. She presented her own "Evening of Sondheim" with the Boston and San Francisco pops orchestras.[1][17]  

Her chamber music and recital appearances include An die Musik, Da Camera Society and Cape and Islands.[1]

Discography

Year Album
1974 Candide[18]
1988 Nixon in China[19]
1990 Song of Songs (Koss Classics)[20]
1991 The Ice Break (Virgin Classics)[20]
1991 Man of La Mancha (Sony Classics)[21]
1992 Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (Masterworks Broadway)[22]
2002 Menopause The Musical[23]
2007 Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Todd Lincoln[24]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Carolann Page". Rider University. 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  2. ^ "Robert Page (Conductor) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  3. ^ COHEN, JESSICA. "Whether Broadway or Milford Theater, Carolann Page says she performs for the moment". poconorecord.com. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  4. ^ "Alexander Gemignani New Head Of O'Neill's Music Theater Conference". Showriz. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  5. ^ "Paula Page | The Shepherd School of Music | Rice University". music.rice.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  6. ^ "Westminster Voice Faculty Present Showcase". Rider University. 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  7. ^ Henahan, Donal; Times, Special To the New York (1987-10-24). "Opera: 'Nixon in China'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  8. ^ "Reviews - Carolann Page". www.carolannpage.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  9. ^ Writer, TIM SMITH, Music. "PASSIONS REKINDLED". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ operaamerica.org https://operaamerica.org/applications/NAWD/newworks/details.aspx?id=601. Retrieved 2020-01-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ "Carolann Page". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  12. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (2006-09-15). "Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln - Review - Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  13. ^ operaamerica.org https://operaamerica.org/applications/NAWD/newworks/details.aspx?id=262. Retrieved 2020-01-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ Gelder, Lawrence Van (1998-06-26). "THEATER REVIEW; Oedipus, Shmedipus: Give 'Em a Happy Ending". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  15. ^ "First Lady Suite". iobdb.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  16. ^ "Menopause The Musical | TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  17. ^ "Carolann Page | WQED". www.wqed.org. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  18. ^ "Candide / The Recordings". www.sondheimguide.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  19. ^ "Nonesuch Records Nixon in China". Nonesuch Records Official Website. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  20. ^ a b Morin, Alexander J. (2002). Classical Music: The Listener's Companion. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-87930-638-0.
  21. ^ "Man of La Mancha – Studio Cast Recording 1996". The Official Masterworks Broadway Site. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  22. ^ www.amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Sondheim-Celebration-Carnegie-Hall-Concert/dp/B000003FDW. Retrieved 2020-01-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ^ www.amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Menopause-Musical-2002-Off-Broadway-Cast/dp/B000BKIWUO. Retrieved 2020-01-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  24. ^ www.amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Asylum-Strange-Case-Lincoln-Musical/dp/B000X5U3U4. Retrieved 2020-01-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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