Remembering the artists we lost in 2025 including sopranos Roberta Alexander, Gilda Cruz-Romero, Edith Mathis, and Benita Valente, mezzo-soprano Béatrice Uria-Monzon, tenors Luigi Alva, Stuart Burrows, Gary Lakes, Peter Seiffert, and David Rendall, basses Donald McIntyre and Paul Plishka, and conductors Matthew Best, John Nelson, and Roger Norrington.
2025 In Memoriam
Playlist
Hugo Wolf: “Ich hab’ in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen” from Italienisches Liederbuch
Benita Valente, soprano
Richard Goode, piano
Wolf: “Auch kleine Dinge” from Italienisches Liederbuch
Edith Mathis, soprano
Karl Engel, piano
Henry Leslie: “Annabelle Lee”
Stuart Burrows, tenor
John Constable, piano
Charles Ives: “Memories”
Roberta Alexander, soprano
Tan Crone, piano
Gioachino Rossini: “Se il mio nome” from The Barber of Seville
Luigi Alva, tenor
Royal Opera House Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
Giuseppe Verdi: D’amor sull’ali rosee from Il trovatore
Gilda Cruz-Romo, soprano
Giacomo Puccini: “Vecchia zimarra” from La bohème
Paul Plishka, bass
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Leonard Bernstein
Jules Massenet: “Va! laisse couler mes larmes” from Werther
Béatrice Uria-Monzon, mezzo-soprano
Orchestre National de Lille/Jean-Claude Casadesus
Ludwig van Beethoven: “Froh, froh wie Seine Sonnen” from Symphony No. 9 “Choral”
Gary Lakes, tenor
Ambrosian Singers
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/André Previn
Beethoven: Ha! Welch ein augenblick from Fidelio
Donald McIntyre, bass-baritone
Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Karl Böhm
Carl Goldmark: “Magische Töne” from Die Königin von Saba
Munich Radio Orchestra/Jiří Kout
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne!” from The Magic Flute
Schütz Choir of London
London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
Robert Wright and George Forrest: “Stranger in Paradise” from Kismet
David Rendall, tenor
Philharmonia Singers/John Owen Edwards
Spiritual: “My God Is So High”
Jubilant Sykes, baritone
London Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Litton
George Frideric Handel: “Oh, terror and astonishment” from Semele
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
English Chamber Orchestra/John Nelson
Maurice Duruflé: “Agnus Dei” from Requiem
Thomas Trotte, organ
Corydon Singers
English Chamber Orchestra/Matthew Best
