Gwyneth Jones

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Welsh operatic soprano

United Kingdom MusiciansBorn 1936 · age 89

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Dame Gwyneth Jones is a Welsh dramatic soprano, widely regarded as one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos of the second half of the 20th century.

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Gwyneth Jones at the Bayreuth Festival as Brünnhilde in the Jahrhundertring, first shown in 1976 and filmed in 1980

Awards 3

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

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Lucia PoppAlso in Der Rosenkavalier (1979)

René KolloAlso in The Merry Widow (1979)

Peter HofmannAlso in Wagner: Die Walküre (1980)

David Henry HwangAlso in Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland (2008)Siegfried JerusalemAlso in The Merry Widow (1979)

Brigitte FassbaenderAlso in Der Rosenkavalier (1979)

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Dame Gwyneth Jones is a Welsh dramatic soprano, widely regarded as one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos of the second half of the 20th century. The possessor of a large-scaled, powerful dramatic soprano voice, joined to a vivid stage presence and finely developed acting ability, Jones enjoyed an extensive international career that took her to all the world's major opera houses. Her talent was cultivated through a long relationship with the Bayreuther Festspiele, through which she developed a more human, vulnerable, and womanly image for Richard Wagner's main female characters. She is best known for her rendition of Brünnhilde in the 1976 Jahrhundertring at Bayreuth, staged to commemorate the theater's centenary anniversary.

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