We haven’t seen much of American soprano Carole Farley in the UK for a very long time. She was something of a cult figure in the late 1970s and early 1980s, specialising in roles such as Berg’s Lulu and the unnamed woman in Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine at a time when some singers were unwilling to tackle them.
Carole Farley
Carole Farley
Tim Ashley [The Guardian, 3 June 05]
We haven't seen much of American soprano Carole Farley in the UK for a very long time. She was something of a cult figure in the late 1970s and early 1980s, specialising in roles such as Berg's Lulu and the unnamed woman in Poulenc's La Voix Humaine at a time when some singers were unwilling to tackle them.
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Carole Farley - singer and champion of repertoire.
Interviewed by Anne Ozorio [Seen and Heard]
Starring as Lulu is an achievement for any singer, but Carole Farley debuted in it and has sung it over 80 times. She's much loved as an opera singer, particularly in Strauss, but Lulu is no ordinary role to characterize. I asked her if the experience had shaped her approach to art song. "I love song," she said, "I like the combination of music and drama." Songs, for her, can be little operas, with scope for imaginative presentation.