Background
BLEGEN, Judith was born in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Doctor Halward Martin and Dorothy Mae (Anderson) Blegen.
BLEGEN, Judith was born in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Doctor Halward Martin and Dorothy Mae (Anderson) Blegen.
Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Music Academy, of the West, Santa Barbara, California.
Leading soprano, Nuremberg Opera, Federation Republic of Germany 1965-1968, Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria 1968-1970, Metropolitan Opera, New York since 1970. Vienna roles include Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos), Rosina (The Barber of Seville), Aennchen (Der Freischiitz), Norina (Don Pasquale). Numerous performances at Metropolitan include Marzelline (Fidelio), Sophie (Werther), Melisande (Pelleas et Melisande), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Adina (L’Elisir d’amore), Juliette (Romeo et Juliette), Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro).
Other appearances include Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro), San Francisco, title-role in Manon, Tulsa Opera, Gilda (Rigoletto), Chicago, Despina (Cosi fan tutte).
Covent Garden, Blondchen (The Abduction from the Seraglio), Salzburg Festival, Melisande (Pelleas et Melisande), Spoleto Festival, Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro), Edinburgh Festival, Sophie, Paris Opera. Fulbright Scholarship, Grammy.
Married 1st Peter Singher in 1967 (divorced in 1975), one son. Married 2nd Raymond Gniewek in 1977.