Audrey Schuh

Audrey Schuh Biography

Audrey Schuh (born June 11, 1931) is an American operatic soprano. She studied at Loyola University of the South.

Schuh was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her first leading role with the New Orleans Opera Association (at the age of eighteen) was the page-boy Oscar in Un ballo in maschera, opposite Jussi Bjrling, in 1950. She starred there in Don Giovanni (as Zerlina), Carmen (as Micala), Amelia al ballo, Falstaff (as Nannetta), Die Fledermaus (as Roselinde von Eisenstein), Hnsel und Gretel (as Gretel), La bohme (as Musetta), La traviata, La bohme (as Mim), Markheim (world premiere), Turandot (as Li), Elektra (as Chrysothemis), Pagliacci, and Il tabarro.

Schuh also sang Nannetta in Falstaff for the San Francisco Opera. She sang with the Houston Grand Opera (Madama Butterfly), the New England Opera Theatre (La traviata and La rondine), the Jackson Opera Guild (Pagliacci, then Die Fledermaus with Virginia MacWatters) and the San Antonio Opera Guild (Markheim). In 1967, she appeared at the New York City Opera for a memorable season at its new theatre at Lincoln Center: La bohme (as Mim), Madama Butterfly (directed by Frank Corsaro), and Suor Angelica (conducted by Julius Rudel). She made a return to the New Orleans Opera in 1977, again as Micala, which was her Farewell.

One of her sons, the tenor Kirk Redmann, appeared with the Metropolitan Opera from 1983-90. From 1994-99, VAI issued several of Schuh's New Orleans performances on Compact Discs.

Discography

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (S.Morris, Bjrling, Rothmller; Herbert, 1950) [live] VAI
Verdi: Falstaff (della Chiesa, Warren; Cellini, 1956) [live] VAI
Puccini: La bohme (Albanese, di Stefano, Valdengo, Treigle; Cellini, 1959) [live] VAI
Floyd: Markheim (Treigle; Andersson, 1966) [live] VAI
Puccini: Turandot: excerpts (Nilsson; Andersson, 1966) [live] VAI
Strauss: Elektra (Borkh, Resnik, Crofoot, Rayson; Andersson, 1966) [live] VAI

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