Ann Ayars

Dari Wikipedia, ensiklopedia gratis Ann Ayars (23 Juli 1918 – 27 Februari 1995) adalah seorang penyanyi sopran dan aktris Amerika. Di awal karirnya ia berakting di beberapa serial TV dan film non-musik. Kemudian, dia bernyanyi dengan New York City Opera (NYCO), dan menjadi terkenal di seluruh dunia ketika dia menyanyi dan berperan sebagai Antonia dalam film Inggris tahun 1951 The Tales of Hoffmann. Dari tahun 1968 hingga 1987 dia mengajar suara dan piano serta mementaskan 19 produksi opera full-length di Mt. San Jacinto College di California, di mana dia diangkat menjadi profesor emerita. Ann Ayars lahir pada tanggal 23 Juli 1918 di Beverly Hills, California. Dia mulai sebagai penyanyi pada akhir tahun 1930-an dan mulai berakting pada awal tahun 1940-an. Dia berperan dalam beberapa serial televisi, termasuk Batman, Hazel, Mission: Impossible, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Perry Mason, The Virginian dan The Monroes. Dia membintangi sebagai Cholita dalam film Fiesta tahun 1941 dan pada tahun 1942 dia menjadi Cynthia Cookie Charles dalam Kemenangan Dr. Kildare. Juga pada tahun 1942, dia muncul sebagai Constance Selden di Apache Trail, Kaaren de Relle di Agen Nazi dan Juliette di Reunion di Prancis. Pada tahun 1943 dia menjadi Nyonya Sandoval di The Human Comedy dan Susan Thayer di The Youngest Profession. Dia meninggalkan Hollywood pada tahun 1943 untuk bergabung dengan New York City Opera yang baru dibentuk, menjadi soprano lirik terkemuka. Peran operatifnya termasuk Monica di The Medium, Mimi di La bohème dan Violetta di La traviata. Temannya, mezzo-soprano Frances Bible, berkata, "Karyanya dengan opera telah menginspirasi banyak penyanyi muda, banyak di antaranya melanjutkan karir profesional." Dia berperan sebagai Antonia dalam film Powell dan Pressburger tahun 1951 The Tales of Hoffmann, yang didasarkan pada opéra fantastique karya Jacques Offenbach. Meskipun semua bagian dalam film dinyanyikan, hanya Robert Rounseville (Hoffmann) dan Ayars yang menyanyikan bagian mereka sendiri, sedangkan bagian lainnya di-dubbing. Pada tahun 1968 dia kembali ke California dan mengambil posisi mengajar suara dan piano di Mt. San Jacinto College di San Jacinto, California, di mana dia mementaskan 19 produksi opera berdurasi penuh. Dia pensiun pada tahun 1987. Pada tanggal 27 Februari 1995 dia meninggal di rumahnya di Hemet di Riverside County setelah komplikasi diabetes.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ann Ayars (23 July 1918 – 27 February 1995) was an American soprano and actress. Early in her career she acted in several TV series and non musical films. Later, she sang with the New York City Opera (NYCO), and became known worldwide when she sang and acted the part of Antonia in the 1951 British film The Tales of Hoffmann. From 1968 to 1987 she taught voice and piano and staged 19 full-length opera productions at Mt. San Jacinto College in California, where she was made a professor emerita. Ann Ayars was born on 23 July 1918 in Beverly Hills, California. She began as a singer in the late 1930s and started acting in the early 1940s. She had parts in several television series, including Batman, Hazel, Mission: Impossible, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Perry Mason, The Virginian and The Monroes. She starred as Cholita in the 1941 film Fiesta and in 1942 she was Cynthia Cookie Charles in Dr. Kildare's Victory. Also in 1942, she appeared as Constance Selden in Apache Trail, Kaaren de Relle in Nazi Agent and Juliette in Reunion in France. In 1943 she was Mrs Sandoval in The Human Comedy and Susan Thayer in The Youngest Profession. She left Hollywood in 1943 to join the newly formed New York City Opera, becoming its leading lyric soprano. Her operatic roles included Monica in The Medium, Mimi in La bohème and Violetta in La traviata. Her friend, mezzo-soprano Frances Bible, said "Her work with the opera has inspired many young singers, many of whom went on to professional careers." She had a star part as Antonia in the 1951 Powell and Pressburger film The Tales of Hoffmann, which was based on the opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach. Although all the parts in the film are sung, only Robert Rounseville (Hoffmann) and Ayars sung their own parts, the others being dubbed. In 1968 she returned to California and took a post teaching voice and piano at Mt. San Jacinto College in San Jacinto, California, where she staged 19 full-length opera productions. She retired in 1987. On 27 February 1995 she died at her home in Hemet in Riverside County following complications from diabetes .