Nancy gustafson pavarotti biography

Nancy Gustafson is an American opera singer.
As an opera singer, Nancy Gustafson '80 MMus has been acclaimed in most of the leading opera houses of the world including the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal.
Nancy Gustafson was born on June 27, 1956 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Die Fledermaus (1990), Pique Dame (1992) and 1984 (2006).

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Pavarotti & Friends

Series of benefit concerts hosted by Luciano Pavarotti

Pavarotti & Friends was a series of benefit concerts hosted by Italian operatic tenorLuciano Pavarotti between 1992 and 2003 in his home town of Modena, Italy. Proceeds from the events were donated to humanitarian causes including the international aid agency War Child^[1] and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.^[2] The concerts featured Pavarotti performing with special musical guests^[3] and each concert was released as a compilation album and DVD under London Records/Decca Records.

Concerts

Ten benefit concerts were held between 1992 and 2003. The concerts have been broadcast in various countries and each concert was released as a compilation album and DVD under London Records/Decca Records. The Pavarotti & Friends Collection: The Complete Concerts, 1992–2000, a DVD featuring the first eight concerts, was released in November 2002 under Decca.^[4]

Pavarotti & Friends (1992)

The first Pavarotti & Friends

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Nancy Gustafson

Singer

Nancy Gustafson (born June 27, 1956, in Evanston, Illinois) is an American opera singer.

She received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1978 and her M.Mus. from Northwestern University. She has appeared in numerous productions at venues both in the United States (including the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Metropolitan Opera) and in Europe (including Milan's La Scala, London's Covent Garden, and the Paris Opera).^[1]^[2] She has performed with Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli and Joan Sutherland in numerous productions.

In Vienna, Austria, she was honored with the title Kammersängerin by the Vienna State Opera. In 2005 in London, she appeared in the world premiere of the opera 1984, based upon the famous novel by George Orwell.^[1] In 2006, she was appointed artist-in-residence at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music.

Gustafson founded the Songs By Heart Foundation in 2015. The program provides live, interactive vocal music programs to people with memory loss.