Marilyn Horne

Marilyn Horne recently retired from a career as the world’s most famous coloratura mezzo soprano. Almost single-handedly she restored Rossini operas to prominence. Her recordings of this repertoire would be sufficient to ensure her name in history, but she has also recorded many other operas and art songs to critical acclaim. She is head of the vocal department of the Music Academy of the West, where she was a student of Lehmann. Ms. Horne has established her own foundation which supports classical song performance.