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Ewing was born in Michigan Detroit the youngest of four daughters.<ref name=oclw/> Her mother, Hermina M. (''née'' Veraar), was Dutch, and her father, Norman I. Ewing, was a Briton of Scottish ancestry.<ref name=oclw/><ref name="ref1">{{cite news|last=Isenberg|first=Barbara|coauthors=|title=MUSIC No-Risk Opera? Not Even Close Maria Ewing, one of the most celebrated sopranos in opera, leaps again into the role of Tosca, keeping alive her streak of acclaimed performances while remaining true to herself|pages=|publisher=''Los Angeles Times''|date=1992-11-08|url=http://web.mit.edu/lugao/MacData/afs/net/user/tytso/usenet/americast/latimes/misc/364|accessdate=2010-02-06}}; also archived </ref><ref name="ref2">{{cite news|last=McLellan|first=Joseph|coauthors=|title=Article: Extra-Sensuous Perception; Soprano Maria Ewing, a Steamy 'Salome'|pages=|publisher=''The Washington Post''|date=1990-11-15|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1158782.html|accessdate=2010-02-06}}</ref><ref name="ref3">{{cite news|last=Marsh|first=Robert C.|coauthors=|title=Article: Growth of Maria Ewing continues with `Salome' // Role of princess proves crowning achievement|pages=|publisher=''Chicago Sun-Times''|date=1988-12-18|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3919649.html|accessdate=2010-02-06}}</ref><ref name=egd>{{Cite book|last=|first=|authorlink=|coauthors=|title=The International Who's Who 2004|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|location=|pages=508|url=|isbn=1-85743-217-7}}</ref> She studied in London and Cambridge. | ||
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| Born | Maria Louise Ewing March 27, 1950 London, UK |
Maria Louise Ewing (born March 27, 1950) is a British opera singer who has sung both soprano and mezzo soprano roles. She is noted as much for her acting as her singing.
Life and career
Ewing was born in Michigan Detroit the youngest of four daughters. Her mother, Hermina M. (née Veraar), was Dutch, and her father, Norman I. Ewing, was a Briton of Scottish ancestry. She studied in London and Cambridge.
Ewing made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1976 in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Her first European performance was at La Scala, Milan as Mélisande in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. Her repertoire includes Carmen, Dorabella in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Salome, Marie in Berg's Wozzeck and Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Ewing is particularly well known for her sensitive interpretation of the title role in Richard Strauss's Salome, where Oscar Wilde's stage directions for the original play specify that, at the end of the so-called Dance of the Seven Veils, Salome lies naked at Herod's feet. Ewing appeared fully nude at the end of this sequence, in contrast to other singers who have used body stockings. She also sang and appeared in Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
Ewing's discography includes video versions of Salome and Carmen and audio versions of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Pelléas et Mélisande. She has also recorded concert music by Ravel, Berlioz and Debussy and programs of popular American song. She played Rosina in a Glyndebourne production of Il barbiere di Siviglia (1982), available on DVD.
Ewing has also sung jazz in live performance, including appearances with the band Kymaera at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.
In 1982, she married the English theatre director Sir Peter Hall. The marriage ended in 1990; during this period of her life she was formally styled Lady Hall. Their daughter is the actress Rebecca Hall. Ewing makes her home near her birthplace.
References
- ^ Current biography yearbook, Volume 51. H. W. Wilson Co. 1990. p. 227. ISBN.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Isenberg, Barbara (1992-11-08). "MUSIC No-Risk Opera? Not Even Close Maria Ewing, one of the most celebrated sopranos in opera, leaps again into the role of Tosca, keeping alive her streak of acclaimed performances while remaining true to herself". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); also archived here - McLellan, Joseph (1990-11-15). "Article: Extra-Sensuous Perception; Soprano Maria Ewing, a Steamy 'Salome'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Marsh, Robert C. (1988-12-18). "Article: Growth of Maria Ewing continues with `Salome' // Role of princess proves crowning achievement". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - The International Who's Who 2004. Routledge. 2003. p. 508. ISBN 1-85743-217-7.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - John Rockwell (1989-04-20). "Review/Opera; Maria Ewing in Strauss's 'Salome' in Los Angeles". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- Anthony Holden (2008-02-24). "Don't go and lose your head..." The Observer. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- Erica Jeal (2003-03-11). "'I feel I belong'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-09-14.