Judith Blegen

Judith Eyer Blegen was an American soprano who had a performance career in operas and concerts from the early 1960s into the early 1990s. She was particularly associated with the lyric coloratura soprano and soubrette literature. Born in Kentucky and raised in Missoula, Montana, Blegen was trained at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She began her opera career as an apprentice at the Santa Fe Opera in 1961 while still a student at CIM. She first drew attention as a performer at a series of annual performances at Gian Carlo Menotti's Festival dei Due Mondi from 1963 to 1966. She was a resident soprano at the Staatstheater Nürnberg and the Vienna State Opera before having a career at the Metropolitan Opera from 1970 until her retirement in 1991. Blegen was also active as a concert soprano. She performed and recorded with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra. Her recordings included operas, oratorios, lieder, art songs, and other concert literature.

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