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Forrest, George.American composer and lyricist. He collaborated with Robert Wright. Forrester, Maureen (Kathleen Stuart)(b Montreal, 25 July 1930). Canadian contralto. After studies with Sally Martin, Frank Rowe and Bernard Diamant, she concentrated on a concert career. Her New York début (Town Hall, 1956) attracted extraordinary critical attention and engagements soon followed with leading American orchestras. In Europe she appeared at festivals in Berlin, Montreux and Edinburgh, and the Holland festival, earning particular praise for her Mahler singing; she sang in Verdi’s Requiem under Sargent at a Promenade Concert in 1957. Her first major operatic engagement was as Gluck’s Orpheus, in Toronto in 1962. Subsequently she sang, among other roles, Cornelia in Giulio Cesare (1966, New York City Opera), La Cieca in La Gioconda (1967, San Francisco), Erda (1975, Metropolitan), Madame Flora in Menotti’s The Medium, Mistress Quickly, Brangäne, Arnalta (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Ulrica, Clytemnestra, Mme de Croissy (Dialogues des Carmélites) and the Countess (The Queen of Spades), which she sang at La Scala in 1990. A character actress of considerable wit, she was a singer of rare tonal opulence with a high standard of musicianship and interpretative imagination. She has made many recordings, including Gluck’s Orpheus, Handel operas and works by Mahler. BIBLIOGRAPHYEMC2 (M. Frazer, S. Spier; with discography) M. Forrester and M. McDonald: Out of Character (Toronto, 1986) [autobiography] J.T. Hughes: ‘The Art of Maureen Forrester’, International Classical Record Collector, ii/2 (1995), 50–54 MARTIN BERNHEIMER/R Forrest-Heyther Partbooks(GB-Ob Mus.Sch.e.376–81). See Sources, MS, §IX, 19. Forsell, (Carl) John [Johan] (Jacob)(b Stockholm, 6 Nov 1868; d Stockholm, 30 May 1941). Swedish baritone. He made his début as Rossini’s Figaro at the Stockholm Opera in 1896 and sang there regularly until 1911, and as a guest until 1938. In 1909–10 he appeared with success at Covent Garden as Don Giovanni, and at the Metropolitan in numerous roles including Telramund, Amfortas, Germont, Tonio and Prince Yeletsky. He was notable, especially as Don Giovanni, not only for the beauty and skill of his singing, but for the vivacity and zest of his whole dramatic performance – qualities which were still evident as late as 1930, when his fiery and elegant Don Giovanni, in Italian at Salzburg, provided a marked contrast to the sedateness of an otherwise German-speaking cast. From 1924 to 1939 Forsell was director of the Stockholm Opera; from 1924 to 1931 he taught at the Stockholm Conservatory, where his pupils included Jussi Björling and Set Svanholm. He made numerous recordings, all in Swedish, between 1903 and 1925. BIBLIOGRAPHYC.L. Bruun: ‘John Forsell’, Record News [Toronto], iv (1959–60), 256–63, 292–6 [discography] K. Liliedahl: John Forsell: a Discography (Trelleborg, 1972, 2/1977) DESMOND SHAWE-TAYLOR Forssell, Jonas (Carl Arne)(b Stockholm, 7 Dec 1957). Swedish composer and administrator. He studied composition with Eklund and instrumentation with Mellnäs at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (1979–82), where he also studied jazz and arrangement with Bengt-Arne Wallin. He chiefly plays the clarinet and baritone sax. He has also worked as a theatre musician and actor and has also written music for the municipal theatres in Göteborg and Uppsala and for the National Theatre which tours throughout the country. He was the director of the Norrlandsopera from 1996 to 1998. The Norrlandsopera commissioned from him the artistically successful Hästen och gossen (‘The Horse and the Boy’, 1988). His breakthrough work, however, was the comic opera Riket är ditt (‘Thine Is the Kingdom’, 1990–91), the subject matter of which was nuns’ concealment of refugees threatened with deportation; this attracted great attention because of its lighthearted treatment of a current and controversial topic. Performed at the Vadstena Academy in 1991 and 1992, this prizewinning opera was also broadcast on radio and television. WORKS(selective list)
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