Carmen Balthrop

American opera singer (1948–2021)

Carmen Arlene Balthrop (May 14, 1948 – September 5, 2021)^[1]^[2] was an American operatic soprano from Washington, D.C.

Career

She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and performed on Broadway in the title role of Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha. She served as professor of voice at the University of Maryland.

National Public Radio included her National Gallery of Art Christmas performance as part of their 2000 Millennium Celebration.^[3] She performed in the 2000 production of Handel's Agrippina and in the 2010 premiere of Frank Proto's Shadowboxer.

Other major roles

Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly
Violetta in La traviata
Micaela in Carmen
Liu in Turandot
Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
Poppea in L'incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi
Susannah in Susannah by Carlisle Floyd
Treemonisha in Treemonisha by Scott Joplin
Aurore in A Bayou Legend by William Grant Still

Death

She died on September 5, 2021, aged 73. Her funeral was held at Immaculate Conception Church in Washington DC.^[4]

Discography

Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
Claudio Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea
John Knowles Paine's Mass
Leslie Burrs' Vanqui
The Art of Christmas, Volume I
The Art of Christmas, The Original

References

^ Obituary: American Soprano Carmen Balthrop Dies at 73, operawire.com. Accessed January 21, 2023.
^ Carmen Balthrop, renowned opera singer and teacher, dies at 73, washingtonpost.com. Accessed January 21, 2023.
^ "Carmen Balthrop". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
^ "Soprano Carmen Balthrop, Voice and Opera Professor, Dies at 73". music.umd.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-16.