Wyner, Susan Davenny
Wyner, Susan Davenny
Wyner, Susan Davenny, American soprano and conductor; b. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 17,1943. She was educated at Cornell Univ., graduating summa cum laude in music and English literature in 1965, and then pursued vocal studies with Herta Glaz (1969-75). She received a Fulbright scholarship and a grant from the Ford Foundation. She also won the Walter W. Naumberg Prize. In 1972 she made her Carnegie Recital Hall debut in N.Y., and in 1974 she made her orch. debut as a soloist with the Boston Sym. Orch. On Oct. 23, 1977, she made her first appearance at the N.Y.C. Opera as Monteverdi’s Poppaea. On Oct. 8, 1981, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut in N.Y. as Woglinde in Das Rheingold. An exceptionally intelligent singer, she became equally successful as a performer of music in all historic idioms, from early Renaissance works to the most intransigent ultramodern scores. In later years, she pursued a conducting career. She married Yehudi Wyner in 1967..
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