June Anderson was born on December 30,1952 and is an American dramatic coloratura soprano.
24 Facts About June Anderson
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In 2008, Anderson was elevated to Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government and in 2007 received a "Victoire d'honneur" in the Victoires de la musique classique in Paris.
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June Anderson attended Lyman Hall High School where she was the 5th highest in academic standing among 505 graduates in the class of 1970.
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June Anderson made her professional opera debut as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the New York City Opera in 1978.
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June Anderson left New York City Opera in 1982 and embarked on a European career.
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In 1983, June Anderson debuted in Florence and Geneva in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti, a part which became one of her most frequent portrayals.
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In 1985, June Anderson debuted as Isabelle in the historic revival of Robert le Diable by Meyerbeer in Paris.
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June Anderson returned to the Opera-Comique in 1987, appearing as Elvira in Bellini's I Puritani, and gave a recital at the Paris Opera with Alfredo Kraus.
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June Anderson appeared in a 1988 concert version of Beatrice di Tenda at Carnegie Hall, with the Opera Orchestra of New York.
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Elsewhere in 1988, June Anderson focused on Rossini roles: playing her first Armida in Aix-en-Provence, appearing in Otello at the Pesaro Festival, and debuting as Anna in Maometto II at the San Francisco Opera.
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June Anderson began with a January 1990 performance of the Berlioz song cycle Les nuits d'ete at Carnegie Hall, with Giuseppe Sinopoli conducting London's Philharmonia Orchestra.
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In 1990, June Anderson performed in Pesaro in a production of the rarely seen Ricciardo e Zoraide, by Rossini, and visited the Lyric Opera of Chicago in a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor directed by Andrei Serban.
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June Anderson closed 1990 with her New Year's Eve gala concert with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic broadcast nationwide on Live from Lincoln Center on PBS.
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June Anderson began 1995 by appearing in Paris with Roberto Alagna in another controversial production of Lucia di Lammermoor, staged by Andrei Serban and designed by William Dudley.
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Later in 1995, June Anderson returned to the Metropolitan Opera in La fille du regiment with Pavarotti, of which The New York Times wrote:.
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In 1996, June Anderson portrayed Joan of Arc in Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco, both in concert versions in New York and Barcelona, and in a stage production at Covent Garden.
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June Anderson returned to Tchaikovsky in 1996, portraying her first Tatiana in Eugene Onegin in Tokyo.
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In 1997, June Anderson made her first appearance in Vincenzo Bellini's Norma at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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In 1998, June Anderson spoke in Opera News of her move away from light coloratura roles "into deeper water":.
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Indeed, in 1998, June Anderson played her first Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore at the Metropolitan Opera, in a cast including Richard Margison and Dolora Zajick.
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June Anderson continues to appear as Norma, in Parma in and Teatro Colon 2001, and at the Opera de Marseille and the Canadian Opera Company in 2006.
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In 2007, Anderson performed Verdi's Requiem in Paris with conductor Christoph Eschenbach and the Orchestre de Paris, Norma in Leipzig, and at galas at La Fenice in Venice, and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens honoring the 30th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas.
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June Anderson appeared as Anna Bolena in Bilbao in October 2007, and ended the year with Verdi's Requiem in Manchester and at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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In 2009, Anderson appeared in the title roles of Norma at Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Italy, and Lucrezia Borgia at Opera Royal de Wallonie in Liege, Belgium.