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Rosalind Elias (March 13, 1930 – May 3, 2020) was an American who enjoyed a long and distinguished career at the Metropolitan Opera. She was best known for creating the role of Erika in Samuel Barber's Vanessa in 1958.


Early life
Rosalind Elias was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the 13th and youngest child of a Lebanese-American family. Her parents, Shelaby Namay and Salem Elias, immigrated from and her father worked as a real estate agent for some time. Elias grew up listening to Saturday broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera while doing chores. Her father was initially opposed to her performing, but she pleaded for lessons. She received her first singing lessons in Lowell from Miss Lillian Sullivan. She studied at the New England Conservatory. She appeared with the New England Opera from 1948 to 1952. She then left for Italy to complete her vocal studies at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, with Luigi Ricci and Nazzareno De Angelis. Celebrity Register © 1973. Simon and Schuster Publishing: New York; As a student she sang Poppaea in L'incoronazione di Poppea and appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
(2025). 9780028655253, Schirmer. .
She continued her studies at the Berkshire Music Center at in .


Career

Metropolitan Opera
Elias made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Grimgerde in 's Die Walküre, on February 23, 1954. She sang 687 performances of 54 roles there, including Bersi in 's Andrea Chénier, the title role in 's , Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Laura in La Gioconda, Suzuki in , Siebel in Faust, Nancy in Martha, Cherubino and Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Olga in Eugene Onegin, Marina in Boris Godunov, Fenena in , Azucena in , Amneris in , Charlotte in , and The Witch in Hansel and Gretel. She created the role of Erika in 's opera Vanessa on January 15, 1958, and the role of Charmian in Antony and Cleopatra by the same composer, for the opening of new Metropolitan Opera House at , on September 16, 1966.


Other opera houses and performances
Elias also performed abroad, notably as with in 1970, as Carmen at the Vienna State Opera in 1972, and as Baba the Turk in 's The Rake's Progress at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1975.

In the realm of live broadcasting, Elias' performance as under the direction of for 's premiere of 's opera And David Wept, earned Ellias critical acclaim in 1971.

Elias made numerous recordings primarily for RCA Victor during the 1960s, including Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro under , Preziosilla in La forza del destino and Laura in La Gioconda, both opposite , Giuseppe Di Stefano and , Suzuki in Madama Butterfly twice, first opposite in 1957, and then opposite in 1962, Azucena in Il trovatore opposite Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, , as well as Maddalena in , Meg Page in Falstaff (both under in 1963) and Judith in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle. She was the mezzo/contralto soloist in concert works like 's Roméo et Juliette and the Requiem. The recording of 'Figaro' under Leinsdorf won a for Best Classical Performance, Opera Cast or Choral, at the Second Annual Grammy Awards, November 29, 1959.

In 1984, Elias made her New York City Opera debut as Mrs. Lovett in a return engagement of ’s original staging of ‘s .

In later years, Elias assumed the role of the Old Baroness in Vanessa, first performing the work at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and later at the Los Angeles Opera in 2004 and at the New York City Opera in 2007.

Still in lustrous voice, Elias played the role of "Heidi Schiller" in a new revival of and 's 1971 musical , which ran at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts from May 7, 2011, to June 19, 2011.Gans, Andrew. "Broadway-Bound 'Follies' Plays Final Performance at Kennedy Center June 19" , Playbill.com, June 19, 2011 She made her debut when the musical transferred to Broadway in a limited engagement from August 2011 through January 22, 2012.


Directing
At the end of the 20th century, she turned to directing operas, including Carmen at the San Diego Opera.
(1987). 067161732X, Simon and Schuster. 067161732X


Personal life
She married Lebanese-American attorney and law professor Zyhayr Moghrabi in 1969. They remained married until his death in 2015.

She had her name and social security number tattooed on her abdomen in case of a disaster.


Death
Elias, who had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2019, was admitted to Mount Sinai West on April 30, 2020, after suffering breathing problems. She died on May 3, at age 90.


Videography
  • James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala (1996), Deutsche Grammophon DVD, B0004602-09


Sources
  • D. Hamilton (ed.), The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to the World of Opera (Simon and Schuster, New York 1987).
  • The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson.
  • The Metropolitan Opera Archives


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