Ann Murray DBE () er ein irsk mezzosopran.Macy, Laura Williams (red.) (2008). The Grove Book of Opera Singers, pp. 334–335. Oxford University Press.

Liv og virke Murray blei fødd i Dublin. Ho vann fleire prisar ved Feis Ceoil, og studerte song ved College of Music (no DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin) med Nancy Calthorpe, i tillegg til kunst og musikk ved University College Dublin. I 1968 hadde ho den irske operadebuten sin då ho song gjetarrolla i ei konsertframsyning av Tosca.Foregoing info based on Axel Klein: "Murray, Ann", in: The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, ed. by Harry White and Barra Boydell (Dublin: UCD Press, 2013), p. 697–699. Ho studerte vidare med Frederic Cox ved Royal Manchester College of Music og hadde scenedebuten sin som Alcestis i Christoph Willibald Gluck sin opera Alceste i 1974. Murray debuterte ved Salzburg og Zurich-festivalane i 1981. Ho har sidan sunge ved alle større operahus, og er særleg kjend for tolkingane sine av George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart og Richard Strauss.

Murray opptre særleg ved Covent Garden (der ho opptredde som Siphare i Mitridate, re di Ponto av Mozart), English National Opera og Bayerische Staatsoper. Murray tok del i innspelinga av den fullstendige lieder-katalogen til Franz Schubert for Hyperion Records leia av pianisten Graham Johnson.

Ann Murray har halde på bandet til Irland, og var støttespelar for Young Associate Artists Programme ved Opera Theatre Company i Dublin. I september 2010 blei ho utnemnd til professor i song ved Royal Academy of Music i London, der ho var honorary fellow frå 1999.Ann Murray at the Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 16 December 2013.

Prisar og utmerkingar Murray fekk eit æresdoktorat i musikk frå National University of Ireland i 1997.Ann Murray at the Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 16 December 2013. Ho blei utnemnd Kammersängerin i Bayern i 1998.

I 2002 blei ho gjort til Honorary Dame Commander i Den britiske imperieordenen for sine tenestene sine til musikk.Artist page at Askonas Holt Ltd. Retrieved 16 December 2013.

Ho blei tildelt Den bayerske fortenstordenen i 2004.

Privatliv Murray var gift med den engelske tenoren Philip Langridge, som døydde i 2010. Dei hadde ein son, Jonathan, som òg blei tenor.Millington, Barry, "Philip Langridge Obituary: Leading British tenor committed to the theatrical dimension of the operatic stage" The Guardian, 7 March 2010

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Mozart: Mass No. 18 in C Minor KV427 (with Amor Artis Chorale, English Chamber Orchestra, cond. Johannes Somary: LP, Vanguard, 1976) Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (with Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Jesús Lopez-Cobos: LP, Philips, 1977; re-issued CD, 1991) Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano (with Austrian Radio Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, cond. Lambert Gardelli: LP, Philips, 1979; re-issued CD, Philips, 1989) Gay: The Beggar's Opera, arr. Bonynge/Gamley (with London Voices, National Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Richard Bonynge: LP, Decca, 1981) Charpentier: Te Deum H.146, Magnificat H.74, with Academy Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Neville Marriner. CD Emi Classics 1991 Stravinsky: Songs (with Ensemble Intercontemporain, cond. Pierre Boulez: LP, Deutsche Grammophon, 1982; re-issued CD, 1992) Haydn: Stabat mater (with Lausanne Vocal Ensemble & Chamber Orchestra, cond. Michel Corboz: LP, Erato, 1983) Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (with Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Vienna Concentus Musicus, cond. Nikolaus Harnoncourt: LP, Telefunken, 1983) Gounod: Romeo et Juliette (with Midi-Pyrenées Regional Choir, Toulouse Capitole Chorus & Orchestra, cond. Michel Plasson: LP, HMV, 1985) Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (with Chorus & Symphony Orchestra of the Brussels Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, cond. Sylvain Cambreling: LP/CD, EMI, 1988) Brahms/Schumann: Voices of the Night (The Songmakers' Almanac: CD, Hyperion, 1989) Hyperion Schubert Edition vol.3 (with Graham Johnson, pf: CD, Hyperion, 1989) Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (with Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. James Levine: LP/CD, Deutsche Grammophon, 1989) Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ op.25 (with Choir of King's College Cambridge, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Stephen Cleobury: MC/CD, EMI, 1990) Mahler: Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn''' (with London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Charles Mackerras: CD, Virgin Classics, 1991) Purcell: The Fairy Queen (with The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, cond. Harry Christophers: CD, Collins Classics, 1992) Vivaldi: Gloria in D major RV589 (with Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus & Orchestra, cond. Neville Marriner: LP/CD, EMI, 1992) Rossini: La Cenerentola (with Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Riccardo Chailly: CD, Pioneer, 1993) The Last Rose of Summer: Best Loved Songs of Ireland (with Graham Johnson, pf: CD, Hyperion, 1993; re-issued 2005) De Falla: El sombrero de tres picos (with Academy of St Martin in the Fields, cond. Sir Neville Marriner: CD, EMI, 1994) Beethoven Folksong Arrangements vols 1 & 2 (with Marieke Blankestijn, vn, Elizabeth Layton, vn, Krysia Osostowicz, vn, Ursula Smith, vc, Malcolm Martineau, pf: CD, Deutsche Grammophon, 1997) Irish Songs: Bid Adieu (with Graham Johnson, pf: CD, Forlane, 1998) Songs by Bizet (with Graham Johnson, pf: CD, Hyperion, 1998) Fauré Requiem/Duruflé Requiem (with Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra etc.: CD, Hyperion, 1998) Vivaldi: Juditha triumpharis RV644 (with The King's Consort Choir, The King's Consort, cond. Robert King: CD, Hyperion, 1998) L. Boulanger: D'un matin du printemps etc. (with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Yan Pascal Tortelier: CD, Chandos, 1999) Handel: Serse (with Bavarian State Opera Chorus & Orchestra, cond. Ivor Bolton: CD, Farao Classics, 2000) Hummel: Mass in E flat etc. (with Collegium Musicum 90, cond. Richard Hickox: CD, Chandos Chaconne, 2004) The Songs of Robert Schumann vol. 9 (with Felicity Lott, S, Graham Johnson, pf: CD, Hyperion, 2004) Britten, Mahler, Schumann (with Malcolm Martineau, pf: CD, Avie/Crear Classics, 2005)

Bibliografi

«Soprano Is Discovery of 1968 Feis Ceoil», The Irish Times, 18. mai 1968 «Memoranda: Busy Singer», The Irish Times, 29. september 1979 Edward Seckerson: «The Right Repertoire», Gramophone 65 (desember 1988), s. 933 Gus Smith: Irish Stars of the Opera (Dublin, 1994), s. 113–30 David Nice: «Murray: Mezzo Ann Murray on the Art of Opera», Gramophone 71 (May 1994), s. 26–29 Michael Dervan: «Songs in the Key of Home», The Irish Times, 15. januar 1999, s. 14Denne artikkelen bygger på «Ann Murray» frå , den 21. juni 2026.''

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