Background
Farley, Carole was born on November 29, 1946 in Le Mars, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Melvin and Irene (Reid) Farley.
Farley, Carole was born on November 29, 1946 in Le Mars, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Melvin and Irene (Reid) Farley.
Indiana University and Hochschule fur Musik, Munich (Fulbright Scholar).
Debut in United States of America in title role of La Belle Helene, New York City Opera 1969. Debut at Metropolitan Opera as Lulu 1977. Now appears regularly in leading opera houses of the world and in concert performances with major orchestras in United States of America and Europe.
Roles include Monteverdi’s Poppea, Massenet’s Manon, Mozart’s Idomeneo, Verdi’s La Traviata, Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann and Strauss’s Salome.
Musician of Month, Musical American/Hi Fidelity 1977), American debut at Town Hall, New York City, 1969, Paris debut, National Orchestra, 1975, London debut, Royal Philharmonic Society, 1975, South America debut, Teatro Colon, Philharmonic Orchestra, Buenos Aires, 1975. Soloist with, major American and European symphony orchestras, since 1970, soloist, Welsh National Opera, 1971, 72, Cologne Opera, 1972-1975, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, 1974, Brussels Opera, 1972, Lyon Opera, 1976, 77, Strasbourg Opera, 1975, Linz Opera, 1969, New York City Opera, 1976, New Orleans Opera, 1977, Cincinnati Opera, 1977, Metropolitan Opera Company, New York City, since 1977, Zurich Opera, 1979, Chicago Lyric Opera, 1981, Canada Opera Company, 1980, Düsseldorf Opera, 1980, 81, 84, Palm Beach Opera, 1982, Theatre Municipal Paris, 1983, Theatre Royale dela Monnaie Brussels, 1983, Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy, 1983, Nice Opera (France), 1984, 86, 87, 88, Cologne Opera, 1985, Teatro Comunale, Florence, Italy, 1985, British Broadcasting Corporation Opera, 1987, TeatroColon, Buenos Aires, 1987, 88, 89, Opera de Montpellier (France), 1988, 94, Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris, 1988, Helsinki Festival, 1989, Tchaikovsky Opera Arias Pickwick/Interface Message Processor Records, 1993, Metropolitan Opera Premiere Shostakovich Opera Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk, 1994, Theatre Capitole de Toulouse Wozzeck, 1994, international tour with National Chamber Orchestra of Toolouse, 2003, San Carlo di Napoli, 2007. On New Zealand Broadcasting Commission Orchestral Tour, 1986.Television film for ABC Australia La Voix Humaine, also co-producer compact disc and video for British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1990. Co-producer compact disc and video The Telephone, 1990. Recorded compact disc Weill, 1992, Metro.Opera Shostakovich: "Lady Macbeth", 1994, Strausslieder with Czech Philharmonic, 1995, Les Soldats Morts, 1995 (Grand Prix du Disque). Recorded for Deutsche Gramophone (Diapason d'or prize 1997), Chandos, Columbia Broadcasting System, British Broadcasting Corporation, ASV, Radio Corporation of America, Ricercar and Varese-Sarabande records, London/Decca Records, Interface Message Processor Masters, Pickwick. New Civil Defense Naxos: Selected Songs Ned Rorem, 2001, The Songs of Ernesto Lecuona For Bis Records, 2003.Argentine premier Bomarzo by Alberto Ginastera, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, 2003, Bolcom Songs for Naxos, 2005.
Member of American Guild Museum Artists.
Married Jose Serebrier, March 29, 1969. 1 child Lara Adriana Francesca.
